Core i9
Developer	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel
Type	Microprocessors
Introduction	May 30, 2017 (announced)
Architecture	High-performance, high core count x86 desktop processors
µarch	Skylake
Word size	64 bit 8 octets 16 nibbles
Process	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Technology	CMOS
Clock	3,300 MHz
Package	FCLGA-2066
Socket	Socket R

Core i9 is a family of high-performance and high core count 64-bit x86 microprocessors introduced by Intel in mid-2017.

Overview

The Core i9 family was announced during Computex 2017. The new family of processors are positioned above the Core i7 family and offer a significant increase in core and thread count at a premium.

Members

Skylake

See also: Skylake µarch and Skylake X core

Skylake-based Core i9 processors were introduced during Computex 2017. Those processors incorporate a large number of changes over their Broadwell counterparts which brings along a performance increase along with other improvements. Those processors are also the first to incorporate the new AVX-512 extension.

• TDP: 140 W
• ISA: Everything up to AVX-512 (SMM, FPU, NX, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, FMA3, AVX2, and AVX-512)
• Tech: Turbo Boost 2.0, Turbo Max 3.0, Hyper-Threading, VT-x, VT-d, and SpeedStep

See also

• AMD Ryzen 7
• Intel Core i7EE