AMD’s Threadripper will face more powerful competition that we first thought. A 18-core processor called Core i9-7980XE will be Intel’s flagship model of Core-X series.

Please note that the following chart contains information from multiple sources:

UNCONFIRMED Intel Core-X Series Specifications Processor Cores/ Threads L3 Cache PCIe Lanes Base Clock Turbo Clock 2.0 Turbo Clock 3.0 Launch Core i9-7980XE 18C/36T TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Core i9-7960X 16C/32T TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Core i9-7940X 14C/28T TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD 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 i7-7740X 4C/8T 8 MB 16 4.3 GHz 4.5 GHz – June Core i5-7640X 4C/4T 6 MB 16 4.0 GHz 4.2 GHz – June

Speaking of the Core-X series, it seems Intel has also new boxes for i5, i7 and i9 series for the new socket: