Leaked Intel documents give us our first look at what the next-generation of Intel CPUs might be like, as well as what the specifications for a number of 8th-generation refresh chips might look like too.
The first hint of the ninth-generation CPUs from Intel appeared in the microcode update guidance document released alongside news of the latest Spectre-like bugs. It detailed Coffee Lake S (6+2) and Coffee Lake S (4+2) CPUs from the existing generation, as well as some specifically cited 9000-series chips. They mention the i3-9000, i3-9100, i5-9400, i5-9400T, i5-9500, i5-9600, and i5-9600K.
It could be that the lack of a mention of Core i7 CPUs means that they will offer eight-cores as standard when the next-gen launches. Considering Intel has fallen behind AMD on core count with the currently available chip lineups, that wouldn't be wholly surprising.
We'll have to wait and see on that front, but when it comes to the previously detailed 9000-series processors, we know a whole lot more thanks to a second document leak from Intel (thanks Hexus). This one details core clocks, TDP, GPU clocks, and supported memory speeds, among other details.
They are as follows:
- Core i3-9000 -- 3.7GHz - 3.7GHz, 6MB of cache and a TDP of 65w.
- Core i3-9100 -- 3.7GHz - 3.7GHz, 6MB of cache and a TDP of 65w.
- Core i5-9400 -- 2.9GHz - 4.1GHz, 9MB of cache and a TDP of 65w.
- Core i5-9400T -- 1.8GHz - 3.4GHz, 9MB of cache and a TDP of 35w.
- Core i5-9500 -- 3.0GHz - 4.3GHz, 9MB of cache and a TDP of 65w.
- Core i5-9600 -- 3.1GHz - 4.5GHz, 9MB of cache and a TDP of 65w.
- Core i5-9600K -- 3.7GHz - 4.5GHz, 9MB of cache and a TDP of 95w.
