Intel’s answer to AMD Ryzen 2 looks like an 8-core Coffee Lake... but not for a while

It seems Intel are preparing to go on the offensive against the upcoming AMD Ryzen 2 processors with their very own range of mainstream eight-core processors. Yes, an octacore Intel Coffee Lake CPU has been spotted lurking in the 3DMark database.

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With the second generation of AMD Ryzen chips set to launch in only a matter of weeks now it’s about time we started to hear a little bit more from Intel. They weren’t just going to let AMD launch a whole CPU range unchallenged, where they? And a mainstream eight-core / 16-thread Coffee Lake chip is surely their only real option to right now.

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https://www.pcgamesn.com/intel-8-core-coffee-lake-leak