Intel has released its latest CPU price list which first shows the Core i9-7920X. According to the picture, the Core i9-7920X features 12 cores and 24 threads, and we now know it comes with 16.5 MB of L3 cache. The base clock is set to 2.9GHz which is a pretty significant step down from the Core i9-7900X's 3.3GHz base clock.


The addition of the Core i9-7920X is the only thing that has changed on Intel's price sheet and it doesn’t come as a surprise that Intel is launching this particular chip at this point in time. The list price of the Core i9-7920X is $1'189 US, which is $200 more than what the 10 core, Core i9-7900X would be setting you back if you were to buy one. Since Intel is was asking $1'700 US for the last-generation 10 core Core i7-6950X CPU, the price of the upcoming Core i9-7920X might look interesting. However since Threadripper 1920X with its 12 core and 24 thread will costs just $799 dollar, we believe that the Intel's price is still a bit too high. But by the end of the day the performance numbers will tell the full story on that.

As we all know meanwhile AMD is going to release their Threadripper 1950X chip that comes with 16 cores and 32 threads with a $999 US price tag, which is $200 less than what Intel wants for their i9-7920X. So far we’re really curious to find out how those two chips compare.

On another note the Core i9-7920X is rated at 165W TDP. This is yet another 25W more than what the Core i9-7900X is burning, which results in even more punishment on the motherboard’s VRM. Conducting our own testing we were able to confirm the VRM temperature issues on X299 motherboards with Intel’s current high-end processors, especially when overclocked. Basically, when the latest Intel chips burn around 250 Watts the VRM on different motherboards is getting very hot to say the least. In such a scenario on a Gigabyte X299 Gaming 9 motherboard we were able to measure a whopping 110.9°C right next to a VRM MOSFET. Since the chips featuring even more than 10 cores burn even more power, overclocking them will results in even higher wattages and that will also mean the motherboard’s VRM will have to work even harder. It will certainly be interesting to see how this new 12 core chip is going to perform when overclocked and how hard the punishment on the motherboard’s VRM is going to be.



Source: Guru3D