Most processor lines from Intel get an update mid-cadence, usually a few individual processors to fill up the product stack or another one on top for increased clock speeds. This time around, Intel is looking to release a long line of refresh processors according to various leaked sources. Like usual processor updates mid-cadence, an update in CPU clock speeds for a given price point is usually par-for-the-course, although in the past we have seen stepping changes that might offer a little more. At CPU-World, they have caught an e-tailer listing pre-order pricing information for several of the expected SKUs:

Pre-Order Pricing SKU Price USD Celeron G1840 2.8 GHz $47.51 Celeron G1850 2.9 GHz $59.20 Pentium G3240 3.1 GHz $70.96 Pentium G3440 3.3 GHz $90.54 Core i3-4150 3.5 GHz $132.73 Core i3-4350 3.6 GHz $155.12 Core i3-4360 3.7 GHz $166.31 Core i5-4590 3.7 GHz $213.36 Core i5-4690 3.9 GHz $235.75 Core i7-4790 4.0 GHz $326.48

ShopBLT in the US has ten of the processors up to pre-order, although the dating of when they are expecting these processors remains unknown. Given the details provided by ShopBLT, we can build a table of competing components from the original Haswell processor launch:

Haswell Core i7 Core i7-4790

(New) Core i7-4771

(Current) CPU Speed 3600 MHz / 4000 MHz 3500 MHz / 3900 MHz Cores 4 4 Threads 8 8 L2 Cache 1024 KB 1024 KB L3 Cache 8192 KB 8192 KB IGP HD 4600 HD 4600 IGP Frequency ? / 1200 MHz 350 MHz / 1200 MHz TDP 84W 84W Price at Launch ? $314 (OEM) / $320 (box) Price Today $326.48 $319.99

Haswell Core i5 Core i5-4590

(New) Core i5-4570

(Current) CPU Speed 3300 MHz / 3700 MHz 3200 MHz / 3600 MHz Cores 4 4 Threads 4 4 L2 Cache 1024 KB 1024 KB L3 Cache 6144 KB 6144 KB IGP HD 4600 HD 4600 IGP Frequency ? / 1150 MHz 350 MHz / 1150 MHz TDP 84W 84W Price at Launch ? $192 (OEM) / $202 (box) Price Today $213.36 $199.99

Haswell Core i3 Core i3-4150 3.5 GHz

(New) Core i3-4130 3.4 GHz

(Current) CPU Speed 3.5 GHz 3.4 GHz Cores 2 2 Threads 4 4 L2 Cache 512 KB 512 KB L3 Cache 3072 KB 3072 KB IGP HD 4000 Series HD 4400 IGP Frequency ? 350 MHz / 1150 MHz TDP 54W 54W Price at Launch ? $122 (OEM) / $129 (box) Price Today $132.73 $124.99

Haswell Pentium Pentium G3440 3.3 GHz

(New) Pentium G3430 3.3 GHz

(Current) CPU Speed 3.3 GHz 3.3 GHz Cores 2 2 Threads 2 2 L2 Cache 512 KB 512 KB L3 Cache 3072 KB 3072 KB IGP HD (Haswell) HD (Haswell) IGP Frequency ? 350 MHz / 1100 MHz TDP 53W 53W Price at Launch ? $86 (OEM) / $93 (box) Price Today $90.54 $99.99

Haswell Celeron Celeron G1840 2.8 GHz

(New) Celeron G1830 2.8 GHz

(Current) CPU Speed 2.8 GHz 2.8 GHz Cores 2 2 Threads 2 2 L2 Cache 512 KB 512 KB L3 Cache 2048 KB 2048 KB IGP HD (Haswell) HD (Haswell) IGP Frequency ? 1050 TDP 53W 53W Price at Launch ? $52.00 Price Today $47.51 $59.99

The newer processors have to deal with the older SKUs being price dropped initially, until stocks run dry. By this quick analysis the Celerons and Pentiums might be in the best position to sell at launch. As of yet there is no indication of a new unlocked –K series processor, or the prices updates to the lower power processor lines, despite this list provided by CPU-World that shows 20 SKUs coming for the fresh. I would expect a Xeon update as well perhaps, but those cards are still close to Intel’s chest.

Source: CPU-World