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For pure number crunching (e.g., for video encoding), thereвЂ™s no beating the extra cores youвЂ™ll get from Haswell-E, and even the six-core models will generally outperform the mainstream CPUs. Sure, the clock speeds are pretty tame by default, but Haswell-E can overclock to 4.5GHz with a good CLC, and 4.2GHz is readily attainable. But if you want the fastest system possible and you donвЂ™t care much about portability or size, desktops still reign supreme however, deciding which desktop CPU is best can still be tricky.ДЄt the high end, X99 and Haswell-E are currently the most powerful consumer platform. Likewise, if youвЂ™re not doing some serious number crunching or gaming, just about any modern CPU is going to be вЂњfast enoughвЂќ-thatвЂ™s why laptops have been making inroads on desktops, and many businesses forgo traditional desktops entirely these days.

What are you doing with your PC, how much are you willing to spend, and are you interested in power-saving features? If youвЂ™re just floating around on a lake and enjoying the scenery, thereвЂ™s no need for a giant yacht or a fast speedboat. Much like buying a watercraft, determining which of the processors is вЂњbestвЂќ largely comes down to personal preference. WeвЂ™ve grouped Skylake and Broadwell together, with Haswell and Haswell-E in a second table, but note that Haswell and Broadwell share a platform (LGA1150) while Skylake and Haswell-E are on different sockets. HereвЂ™s the overview of the latest generations of parts. Needless to say, the entire Intel desktop processor world can be confusing, and Skylake only serves to further muddy the waters. Besides being quad-channel, the LGA2011 platforms have also offered more PCIe lanes-40 to be exact, though SNB-E used PCIe 2.0 and the latest i7-5820K is limited to 28 lanes. Haswell-E brought the X99 chipset and LGA2011-3, with quad-channel DDR4 memory support. X79 was the initial chipset for Sandy Bridge-E, with quad-channel DDR3 support, and Ivy Bridge-E used the same platform. Intel also has their вЂњenthusiastвЂќ LGA2011 platform, now in its third iteration. Of course, the mainstream Intel platforms arenвЂ™t the only game in town. The TDP ratings arenвЂ™t the whole story, but it is interesting to see the slow but steady increase over the past three generations.

(Ivy Bridge, if youвЂ™re wondering, was 77W TDP.) The last three years of mainstream processors from Intel have mostly brought about minor changes in performance, newer and potentially faster Processor Graphics, and often better efficiency, particularly in lighter workloads. But Skylake reverses that trend and has a 91W TDP, the highest since the 95W Sandy Bridge launch over four years ago. Broadwell-DT dropped all the way to 65W, thanks no doubt to the tame clock speeds. Haswell was 84W, but DevilвЂ™s Canyon bumped that up to 88W. ItвЂ™s also priced over $100 less than then i7-6700K, so if youвЂ™re looking for a chip that can get you most of the Core i7 performance at a lower price, the Core i5 is what youвЂ™ll want.ДЄnd then thereвЂ™s TDP, Thermal Design Power, or the amount of heat the chip cooling is expected to dissipate.

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And as with the predecessors, the Core i5 part lacks Hyper-Threading, providing four full CPU cores but no extra вЂњvirtualвЂќ cores. The Core i5-6600K is less of a wild card, as it has a 3.5GHz base and 3.9GHz turbo-just like the i5-4690K, and slightly ahead of the i5-4670K. The original goal (several years ago) was that all of these parts would launch in 2014, but the 14nm process involved some hurdles, so things got pushed back. Along with the quad-core desktop launch of Broadwell in June, Intel also released вЂњnormalвЂќ higher-power notebook parts, including quad-core offerings. Broadwell came late to the party, and in the process it became a mobile-focused update, launching in late 2014 primarily on hybrid devices with the Y-series parts, and then in early 2015 with the U-series Ultrabook parts. June gave us the Broadwell for Desktop update, aka fifth-generation Intel Core Processors, and now here we are with the sixth-generation Intel Core Processors. In an unprecedented move, Intel has launched two desktop processor updates in as many months. For the past six months, there has been a repeated mantra among computer enthusiasts looking to upgrade: вЂњWait for Skylake.вЂќ The wait is now over, but does the calm surface of the water hide mysteries within its deep, or is there a tempest brewing in the sky? That brings us to the question for the day: if CPUs were boats, which one would you buy?

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Skylake is also the name of IntelвЂ™s sixth-generation Core series of processors, with the promise of higher performance and improved efficiency.

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