According to the latest report, it appears that Intel will only launch two Broadwell desktop CPUs in Q2 2015, the Core i7-5775C and Core i5-5675C.

Based on 14nm manufacturing process, the Broadwell architecture is essentially an optical shrink of Haswell architecture and is pretty much what Ivy Bridge was to Sandy Bridge. Although it will bring significant performance per Watt improvements as well as much better integrated GPU part, you should not expect any ground-breaking improvements.

According to a fresh report from Chinese VR-Zone, it appears that we will only see two Broadwell desktop parts in Q2 2015, the Core i7-5775C and Core i5-5675C. Both are quad-core parts with 65W TDP and should be "unlocked" which suggest that Intel might changed the "K-unlocked" branding to C-unlocked on Broadwell lineup.

The Core i7-5775C will work at base frequency of 3.3GHz with 3.7GHz Turbo, have enabled Hyper Threading, pack 6MB of cache and will come with Intel Iris Pro 6200 graphics and support for DDR3L-1600 memory.

The Core i5-5675C is also a quad-core part but does not have Hyper Threading support and packs 4MB of cache. It works at 3.1GHz base frequency with 3.6GHz Turbo and has the same Intel Iris Pro 6200 graphics and same support for DDR3L-1600 memory.

Both new Broadwell CPUs will be supported on current LGA1150 motherboard, with BIOS update of course. It will definitely be interesting to see new Broadwell parts compared to currently available Haswell-desktop generation.





Source: Chinese.VR-Zone.com.