The only main differences are considered to be the larger core counts and slightly higher clock speeds. The similarities between the Intel 7th gen and 8th gen are almost everything. Intel claims that they expect 40 percent boosted performance, with the 25 percent coming from the 8th gen’s doubled core and thread count. Compared to that, the upcoming Coffee Lake and Cannon Lake will be built in on 14++ and 10nm process, respectively. Intel’s 8th generation Kaby Lake-R are built on the 14nm+ technology node. ASUS ROG Strix GL553VD Review – Best $1000 Gaming Laptop?.As users expected a Coffee Lake revelation, the launched chipsets are only refreshed units of the Kaby Lake, called as the Kaby Lake-R. Intel was reported to launch their “newest” 8th generation CPUs last Aug 21, but people came in for something they didn’t expect.
