> I'd bet money Intel releases a high end 8-core around the same time as AMD releases zen so they don't "win" on top end performance (around 20k on that benchmark).
The rumour is the 6950X (the top-of-the-line Broadwell "enthusiast" chip) is going to be a 10-core part. And I suspect most people going for the more-than quad-core parts will take as many cores as they can get.
Yeah, it won't be pretty on the top end for AMD. But at least we will get to see those high end chips from Intel when AMD puts out something competitive. Intel has been treading water and raking in the cash on the high end for a decade without any decent competition from AMD.
The rumour is the 6950X (the top-of-the-line Broadwell "enthusiast" chip) is going to be a 10-core part. And I suspect most people going for the more-than quad-core parts will take as many cores as they can get.