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Intel 9th-generation Coffee Lake S processors may be closer than we thought

Intel Core i7-9700K and i9-9900K processors have showed up for preorder on European retailers, fueling speculation that the release is right around the corner. 

We previously reported on a leaked Intel roadmap which pointed to the Core i5, i7 and i9 Coffee Lake-S models launching on October 1. CentralPoint, the retailer that posted the early pre-order (and has since taken it down), said that it would be getting stock on September 7, as reported by Wccftech. If this is true, it would seem to back up that October 1 release date. 

The Core i9-9900K is being listed by Netherlands-based retailer Dutch Computer Centre for €561 (about $652, £507), which would fall in line with what we’d expect a Core i9 processor to cost. This is likely a placeholder price, though, and we’ll see official pricing once Intel actually announces these next-generation processors.

Intel is at it again 

What we want to know is what’s going on with the rest of the 9th-generation lineup. We’ve only really seen solid information about the high-end parts, with only shaky leaks and speculation to guide our hand when it comes to the Core i5 and i3 lineup. 

Some of these low-end processors did show up on a leaked microcode revision, but as it wasn’t published by Intel directly, we have to take it with a grain of salt. 

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Intel’s 9th-generation processors could land earlier than expected

Although it was previously looking like we wouldn’t see any of Intel’s 9th-generation processors until early on in 2019, a new leaked document has revealed that part of the family may be seeing light of day on October 1, 2018.

Sources close to Wccftech have reported that three of Intel’s flagship desktop processors in the 9000 series will land on October 1, with the remainder of the family being released in the first quarter of 2019.

These three CPUs are:

Intel Core i9-9900K (8 core / 16 thread)

Intel Core i7-9700K (8 core / 8 thread)

Intel Core i5-9600K (6 core / 6 thread)

Nitty gritty

Among the three CPUs is Intel’s first mainstream desktop Core i9 release, as well as the first octa-core with 16 threads, but it wasn’t just the three aforementioned processors that the document exposed. 

The clock speeds, cache size and thermal design power (TDP) of the entire 9th-gen family was also revealed in the leaked document, as well as approximate pricing for the three flagships.

Below is a table with the divulged details, courtesy of Wccftech:

The full rundown of Intel’s 9th-generation CPU family [Courtesy of Wccftech]

(Image: © Wccftech)

While all of this information is technically still a rumor, the mounting evidence seems to support this timeline.