Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

It appears that Intel’s i9 series are actually happening. The Skylake-X and KabyLake-X series are to launch next month.

Intel i9 series feature up to 12 Cores

Intel is allegedly preparing six HEDT processors, two based on KabylakeX architecture and four based on SkylakeX. The most powerful CPU called i9-7920X will launch in August, while the rest will be available in June. The processors will have TDP up to 112W (KabylakeX) and 160W (SkylakeX).

The i9-7900 series will support up to 44 PCIe lanes, while i9-7800 are feature up to 28 lanes and i7-7700/7600 up to 16.

Three parts from i9 series will feature a third clock state called Turbo Clock 3.0, which essentially allows Intel’s Core-X CPUs to reach much higher clocks than Broadwell-E.

Allegedly Core-X processors have AVX512 extensions enabled. According to the leaker, the L2 cache size is 1MB. Skylake-X parts support quad-DDR4 2666 MHz, while Kabylake-X support dual-channel.

All processors expect i9-7920X are to launch next month, probably after PC Gaming Show, which Intel is sponsoring this year.

Intel Core-X Series (Kabylake-X, Skylake-X) Processor Cores/ Threads L3 Cache PCIe Lanes Base Clock Turbo Clock 2.0 Turbo Clock 3.0 Launch Core i9-7920X 12C/24T 16.5 MB 44 TBD TBD TBD August Core i9-7900X 10C/20T 13.75 MB 44 3.3 GHz 4.3 GHz 4.5 GHz June Core i9-7820X 8C/16T 11 MB 28 3.6 GHz 4.3 GHz 4.5 GHz June Core i9-7800X 6C/12T 8.25 MB 28 3.5 GHz 4.0 GHz – June Core i7-7740K 4C/8T 8 MB 16 4.3 GHz 4.5 GHz – June Core i7-7640K 4C/4T 6 MB 16 4.0 GHz 4.2 GHz – June

Intel i9-7900X and i9-7920X benchmarks

Both 10-core and 12-core Skylake-X processors have already appeared at userbenchmark website:

Source: AnandTech Forums