Cache is also a major point of differentiation, with the i9 including 12MB combined cache, versus the 9MB of i7 and i5 portable offerings.
Alongside the 8950HK, Intel is also shipping an i7-8750H, i7-8850H, and Xeon CPUs (2186M and 2176M). The Xeon CPUs are 6C/12T parts that operate at 2.9/4.8GHz and 2.7/4.4GHz, respectively. TDP remains 45W for both of these parts.
Gigabyte is one of the launch partners, and has announced the following SKUs:
SKU |
Short Description |
MSRP (April) |
X5 v8-CL4D |
15.6" FHD 144Hz IPS i7-8850H GTX 1070 GDDR5 8GB DDR4-2666 8GB x2 PCIe NVMe 512GB x1 HDD 1TB G-SYNC Win10 |
$2,599 |
X7 DT v8-CL4D |
17.3" FHD 144Hz IPS i7-8850H GTX 1080 GDDR5X 8GB DDR4-2666 8GB x2 PCIe NVMe 512GB x1 HDD 1TB G-SYNC Win10 |
$2,999 |
X9 DT-CL5M |
17.3" FHD 144Hz IPS i9-8950HK GTX 1080 GDDR5X 8GB DDR4-2666 16GB x2 PCIe NVMe 1TB HDD 1TB G-SYNC Win10 |
$3,899
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We are presently unsure if we’ll be testing these parts.
Editorial: Steve Burke