First pictures of the boxes of the new intel coffee lake processors

Finally we have the first images of the boxes in which the new eighth generation Intel Core processors, also known as Coffee Lake, will come. These processors stand out mainly for taking a leap forward in configuration so that the Core i3 becomes four physical cores and the Core i5 / Core i7 becomes six physical cores.

So are the boxes of Coffee Lake

The Core i7 and Core i5 Coffee Lake will be released tomorrow August 22, 2017, as for the Core i3 we will have to wait a little longer since they are not expected until the end of the years or the beginning of 2018. The box of the processors confirms us some aspects that were already rumored, starting with its integrated graphics that come with the name Intel UHD Graphics 6xx. The need to acquire a new motherboard is also confirmed since the 200 series is not compatible, despite the fact that the same 1151 socket from Skylake and Kaby Lake is still used.

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By using the same socket it is expected that the 300 series motherboards if they are compatible with the previous Skylake and Kaby Lake generations, despite this we remember once again that Coffee Lake will only work with 300 series motherboards.

The new name Intel UHD Graphics is due to the fact that the new video hardware implemented in these processors bets with great force on the multimedia section, with great decoding capabilities of formats such as 10-bit VP9 at 4K resolution without messing up. Other important new features such as HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.4 have also been included.

The desktop models confirmed so far are summarized in the following table:

Source: techpowerup