Intel I5 Coffee Lake Review

The model i have under review here is the nuc8i5bek that s powered by a coffee lake cpu which is the last 14 nm cpu intel is producing before moving onwards to 10 nm manufacturing process.

Intel i5 coffee lake review.

It is manufactured using intel s second 14 nm process node refinement. The fantastic value core i5 8400 is the gamer s chip from intel s 8th gen coffee lake range which is surprising considering the k series i5 is capable of hitting 5 1ghz without issue. Today though we re focusing on the less expensive but multiplier locked core i5. Intel s coffee lake s refresh for the second half of 2018 invokes three processors.

We already proved that the i7 9700k is the best gaming cpu by intel. Can the humble core i5 challenge it in this arena. Two eight core ones and a six core version. I covered more of the details of the coffee lake launch in the core i7 8700k review but this is the biggest generational improvement in intel s mainstream cpu line since the mainstream enthusiast.

In this review we re covering the top sku the core i7. Intel did increase the core count of its coffee lake based core i5s by 50 percent to grapple with amd s first gen ryzen 5 chips. Launching today are intel s new 8 th generation coffee lake cpus with the core i5 and core i7 parts having six distinct physical cores. Coffee lake is intel s codename for its eighth generation core microprocessor family announced on september 25 2017.

This is the new. The core i5 9600k may not have the core count increases of its higher priced siblings but it received a healthy frequency bump over its predecessor coupled with hardware patches to some vulnerabilities. Newegg shopping upgraded. Desktop coffee lake processors introduced i5 and i7 cpus featuring six cores along with hyper threading in the case of the latter and core i3 cpus with four cores and no hyperthreading.

In this review we test out the core i5 9600k. Ok last week i was looking at the i3 bean canyon nuc and now it s time to do the same for the i5 model.