A Japanese tech publication PC Watch got under the hood (lid) of a Core i7-6700K quad-core processor and it seem they found the processor was an unexpectedly small silicon. It has shorter in proportion to its width than previous dies from Intel, such as Haswell D, and Ivy Bridge-D. Then, it’s smaller than the Intel Core i7-5775C, despite the same 14 nm process, because of its slimmer integrated graphics core with just 24 execution units (compare to 48 on the i7-5775C), and the lack of an external 128 MB SRAM cache for the iGPU.
The new Intel Core i7-6700K has a layer of substance with 0.8 mm thickness on the processor compared to previous generation i7-4700k with 1.1 mm thickness. The thicker HIS (integrated heat spreader) makes up for the thinner substrate, so it shouldn’t cause problems when you are trying to use your older LGA 1150 coolers with the new socket.
PC Watch changes the stock TIM with Prolimatech PK-3 and Cool Laboratory Liquid Pro and found some impressive drops in temperatures at stock speed (4.00 GHz) and with a mild overclock (4.60 GHz). Can’t wait to get our hands on the latest Intel Skylake processor and try to overclock the processor to the max.
