We've discussed the new batch of Coffee Lake processors a bunch of times already including some Canadian etailer leaks, however, more prices (USA) have been showing up at retailers, these include the core i3-8300 but now also list Pentium Gold processors. All new models are non tweakable ones (not K models).
The Core i3-8300 will be clocked a notch faster than the current Core i3-8100 and has a bit more l3-cache comparable to the Core i3-8350K. TheCore i5-8500 and i5-8600 are clocked a little bit faster than the i5-8400 released last year. The Core i3 8300 model has four cores but lacks hyper-threading, it has a good base clock of 3.7 GHz though, and 9MB-L3 cache. This might become a sweet-spot CPU for many as the price will hover in the 139 EUR/169 USD marker. As it seems, Intel will also launch a Core i5-8600 non-K model for a slightly lower price. Intel Core i3 8300, Core i5 8500 and 8600 now have been listed at the following average price:
- Core i5 8300 - 135 USD
- Core i5 8500 - 205 USD
- Core i6 8600 - 225 USD
Interesting times, the USD to EURO prices would be fairly direct conversions, VAT and Sales taxes might differ, and thus also the end sales price. The retailers also sho new dual-core Pentium Gold (Hyper-threading) and Celeron (Not hyperthreading) models. The introduction of the new processors is likely streamlined with cheaper motherboards (B360 or H370 chipset). An H310 platform is also expected for entry-level SKUs. When you place everything into a table (prices are roughly the etailer list prices so they do have a bit of variation), things look like this.
| Intel Coffee Lake processors (8th Gen) | ||||||
| Processor | Cores | Clock (Base) |
Clock (Boost) |
L3 | TDP | Price |
| Core i7-8700K | 6/12 | 3.7 GHz | 4.7 GHz | 12MB | 95W | $ 359 |
| Core i7-8700 | 6/12 | 3.2 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 12MB | 65W | $ 303 |
| Core i5-8600K | 6/6 | 3.6 GHz | 4.3 GHz | 9MB | 95W | $ 257 |
| Core i5-8600 | 6/6 | 3.1 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 9MB | 65W | $ 225 |
| Core i5-8500 | 6/6 | 3.0 GHz | 4.1 GHz | 9MB | 65W | $ 205 |
| Core i5-8400 | 6/6 | 2.8 GHz | 4.0 GHz | 9MB | 65W | $ 182 |
| Core i3-8350K | 4/4 | 4.0 GHz | NA | 8MB | 91W | $ 168 |
| Core i3-8300 | 4/4 | 3.7 GHz | NA | 8MB | 65W | $ 135 |
| Core i3-8100 | 4/4 | 3.6 GHz | NA | 6MB | 65W | $ 117 |
| Pentium Gold G5600 | 2/4 | 3.9 GHz | NA | 4MB | NA | $ 94 |
| Pentium Gold G5500 | 2/4 | 3.8 GHz | NA | 4MB | NA | $ 83 |
| Pentium Gold G5400 | 2/4 | 3.7 GHz | NA | 4MB | NA | NA |
| Celeron G4920 | 2/2 | 3.2 GHz | NA | 3MB | NA | $ 63 |
| Celeron G4900 | 2/2 | 3.1 GHz | NA | 3MB | NA | $ 51 |
New Intel Coffee Lake Processor Prices Pop Up at US Webshops
