DonanimHaber reports that Intel will release a faster Sandy Bridge E CPU. The chip that comes in a LGA2011 package would go by the name i7-3970X. This is the second Sandy Bridge E CPU released in 2012. Intel hasn't released a new CPU in the Sandy Bridge E-series for consumers since February this year, the upcoming CPU will be released in Q4 2012.
The Core i7-3970X would run on a default clock-speed of 3.5Ghz and in turbomode it will able to reach 4 Ghz.
By default the new CPU is 200Mhz faster than the fastest CPU Intel is currently selling in this series, the Core i7-3960X which has a clock speed of 3.3 Ghz. The turbo mode of this CPU also clocks it slightly lower as it maximizes out at 3.9Ghz.
The new 3970X CPU is pretty similar to the 3960X, both are produced on 32nm, have 15MB L3 cache and contain 6 hyper-threading cores. The TDP is 150W and the memory controller has four channels.
Pricing for the 3970X will likely be the same as the current price of th 3960X, which will likely mean that the latter will become cheaper.
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