Today, Intel is officially launching their entire Skylake processor lineup featuring new 4.5W to 65W parts for the 6th generationplatform. The new Skylake-S lineup featuresa total of 8 new SKUs while the rest of the Skylake-H, Skylake-U and Skylake-Y will also make their debut with the latest Skylake core architecture enhancements that deliver improved performance and power efficiency while adding DDR4 support to the mainstream consumer platforms across the board.

Intel Kicks Off Launch of Skylake-S Mainstream Desktop Processor Family - Roadmap To Q4 2015 - Q1 2016 Detailed

While Intel initially kicked off the Skylake family with two processors, the Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K that are part of the Skylake-K (Unlocked CPU) lineup, the rest of the lineupofficially launches today with newer SKUs based on the 6th generation Skylake microarchitecture.The Skylake-S lineup is made up of 20 total SKUs, two of which have already been launched in the market and are the only unlocked chips in the lineup. Rest of the 18 chips feature four 65W (locked) processors and four 35W low TDP chips. These processors will be compatible with the LGA 1151 socket powered Z170, H170 and B150 chipset based motherboards which are also available, starting today. Featuring full support for DDR4 memory and next generation storage devices, the Skylake-S platform will deliver improved CPU performance and energy efficiency as compared to the Haswell generation of processors. The chips featured in the Skylake-S lineup are listed down below:

Intel Core i7-6700KIntel Core i5-6600KIntel Core i7-6700Intel Core i5-6600Intel Core i5-6500Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-6320Intel Core i3-6300Intel Core i3-6100Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-6600TIntel Core i5-6500TIntel Core i5-6400TIntel Core i3-6300TIntel Core i3-6100TPentium G4520Pentium G4500Pentium G4400Pentium G4500TPentium G4400T

Intel 65W “Mainstream” Skylake-S Processors (Core i7 / Core i5/ Core i3/ Pentium)

The mainstream lineup consists of 10chips which include the Core i7-6700 that features same specifications as the Core i7-6700K but doesn’t come in an unlocked package. Similarly, the Core i5-6600 also has the same specifications as seen on the unlocked model but without the K-Series design that allows over-clocking support. Clocks for the Core i7-6700 are maintained at 3.4 GHz base and 4.0 GHz boost while the Core i5-6600 is clocked at 3.3 GHz base and 3.9 GHz boost. The Core i5-6500 is a quad core clocked at 3.2 GHz base and 3.6 GHz boost while the Core i5-6400 is a quad core clocked at 2.7 GHz base and 3.3 GHz boost. All of these chips feature a 65W TDP and the Core i5 models pack 6 MB of L3 cache while the Core i7 model gets 8 MB L3 cache. There are also three dual core (Multi-threaded) Core i3 and three Dual Core (Single-Threaded) Pentium processors in the lineup which are listed in the table below.

Intel 35W “Low TDP” Skylake-S Processors (Core i7 / Core i5/Pentium)

Over at the more power efficient side, Intel will launch 4 T-Series chips which stand for low-power. All chips feature just 35W TDP and include Core i7-6700T as a multi-threaded quad core with 2.8 GHz base and 3.6 GHz boost clock. It packs 8 MB of L3 cache. The Core i5 models range from the Core i5-6600T, Core i5-6500T and Core i5-6400T featuring 6 MB of L3 cache, quad core (non-multithreaded designs) and boost speeds ranging from 2.8 to 3.6 GHz. Furthermore, the Core i3-6300T, Core i3-6100T, Pentium G4500T and Pentium G4400T also belong to the low-TDP category, featuring TDPs of just 35W and prices under $150 US for Core i3 series and under $100 US for the Pentium series processors.

Intel Skylake-S Processor Lineup: