But as noted in the chart – at the Ars Technica link above – even mid-level i5-core CPUs will have four cores and eight threads – a property formerly reserved for higher-end i7-core CPUs. The base clock has been set lower, which is good for typical usage, though the high-end speeds have been upgraded. But beyond those changes, there's little to say about the new chips, because in a lot of ways, the new chips aren't really new. They also bump up the maximum clock speed to as much as 4.2GHz, though the base clock speed is sharply down at 1.9GHz for the top end part (compared to the 7th generation's 2.8GHz). Hese new chips double that to four cores and eight threads. Only now, the quad-core, even if it has hyper-threading, will not be exceptional. The bottom standard has been substantially raised, for all but the lesser CPUs.Īpple cannot help but release a new Mac Mini with the quad-core CPU that aficionados have wanted for years.
And the newer i7 CPUs will approximate the former i9 processors. The newer i5 CPUs will approximate the former i7 CPUs. The result will be that the newer-core i3 CPUs will now approximate the former i5 CPUs in performance. As one goes to i5 and i7, hyperthreading, turbo boost, and more cores will be introduced. Now, even with the lowly i3-core family, quad-core will be standard, albeit without turbo-boosting or hyper-threading. It seems that no longer will dual-core CPUs be the entry. However, what is going on here is that, in response to AMD's competition, Intel is raising the number of cores on its i-core line of CPUs. Given Apple's tendency to release tried and true technology, Apple may choose to go with this quasi-upgrade if it releases a new Mac Mini at all in late 2017 or 2018. Technically, though labeled eighth-generation, it is more of an upgrade to the seventh-generation Kaby Lake. Intel has already released a quad-core i7-8650U which goes from 1.9 GHz, boosting to 4.2 GHz. What it means for the Mac Mini – as well as for every other small computer – will prove not exceptional, but typical. The first release was actually an upgrade of seventh-generation Kaby Lake chips, but it is here that the enfilade will start. However, Intel has just countered with eighth-generation Coffee Lake CPUs. AMD was even offering six-core and eight-core CPUs at prices well under Intel's. Suddenly, reasonably priced multi-core processors became available to the consumer. Most notably, this year opened up with Ryzen processors from AMD. In the intervening years, computers have undergone a minor revolution. Mac Mini aficionados have been howling for the return of a new Mac Mini, with excellent specifications, once again.
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