More details on Broadwell-E CPUs for high-end desktops appear online

More details have emerged about the new Intel Broadwell-E processors, which are believed to have four variants. The information seems to confirm the arrival of a processor with ten cores and twenty threads. Intel was to announce the enthusiastic CPUs at the Computex 2016.

In November, the Taiwanese website Xfastest first reported on a series of four processors in the Broadwell-E family for high-end desktops. China’s Benchlife.info has more details, saying that Intel will announce the processors at the Computex trade show, which will take place from May 31 to June 4, 2016 in Taiwan. The table that Benchlife.info publishes includes details about the Core i7-6950X, a processor with ten cores. That processor was already mentioned in the Xfastest message, but rumors from last year and a slide from March this year, which seemed to come from Intel, only mentioned processors with six and eight cores.

According to earlier rumors, the CPUs will have access to a maximum of forty PCI-e lanes. That number probably applies to the top model and the cheaper CPUs have fewer lanes at their disposal, as is the case with the current line-up of Haswell-E processors.

According to the slide, all Broadwell-E CPUs, which are produced at 14nm, get a TDP of 140W, just like the 22nm Haswell-E generation. The image also confirms that the new processors will work on the X99 platform with the existing 2011 v3 socket. That platform is intended for demanding users and overclockers. All four Broadwell-E CPUs will receive an unlocked multiplier.

Cores/Threads Speed/Boost L3 Cache Socket Memory Speed

The suspected specs of the four Broadwell-E CPUs