That is just Intel grabbing some attention from the Threadripper 32 core announcement. It doesn't run at 5Ghz, that was heavily overclocked using a custom cooling system hidden under the table.
I was amused that the heroic efforts by Intel to make AMD looks bad included a 1 horse power (735 watts) pump in the cooler.
So sure Intel can make 32 cores go fast, by taking a $10,000 chip (literally, it's a relabel of the Intel Xeon 8180), a giant power supply, impressive cooling, and a 735 watt pump. Still only has 75% of the memory bandwidth/memory channels of the AMD epyc.
My main hope with threadripper is that they hit the lower price points that the HEDT intel chips do (I.e. $300-$500).
> My main hope with threadripper is that they hit the lower price points that the HEDT intel chips do (I.e. $300-$500).
1900x sells for ~$450. It's just the 8 core part, though — might as well grab the Ryzen 8 core for way less cost instead unless you need the memory b/w or PCIe lanes.
Yeah, that's the one I have my eye on. Was hoping for something more competitive with the i7-7800x or so (6 core, 12 threads, 4 memory channels, 4 GHz, and $390 list).
They're pretty similar, but I think 1900x is slightly higher end. (And arguably, better value if you can utilize all the cores.)
i7-7800x (Skylake-X) is a sort-of last gen part (Kabylake-X briefly existed in the form of i7-7740X, although only in a 4-core SKU); 4 GHz is its maximum turbo clock (may be only single core); base clock is 3.5.
1900x is current gen, although about to become last-gen; its base clock is 3.8, 4.0 turbo (single core).
Same number of memory channels. 33% more cores. AMD's IPC lags Intel a little bit, but not by 25%. Is it worth the $60 (15%) premium? Maybe.
When TR2's version of 1900x comes out, TR1 1900x may experience a nice price drop, making it (even) more competitive/affordable.
Nowhere in the linked article is there any mention of 40th anniversary. The title is simply "Intel’s 28-Core 5 GHz CPU: Coming in Q4" and the first line of the article is "...the launch of Intel’s first 5 GHz processor, the 6-core Core i7-8086K, Intel today also showcased a 28-core single socket machine also running at 5 GHz."
A bit of Googling verifies that you are at least partially correct:
"Intel announced that it is releasing the Core i7-8086K, a special edition processor that commemorates the 40th anniversary of the 8086..." and "...reports speculated that Intel would only produce 50,000 units. Our sources have confirmed that this is a limited-edition chip, so Intel isn't positioning it against AMD's competing Ryzen processors."
So sure Intel can make 32 cores go fast, by taking a $10,000 chip (literally, it's a relabel of the Intel Xeon 8180), a giant power supply, impressive cooling, and a 735 watt pump. Still only has 75% of the memory bandwidth/memory channels of the AMD epyc.
My main hope with threadripper is that they hit the lower price points that the HEDT intel chips do (I.e. $300-$500).