Intel: Throws Core i9 10980HK in Laptop Market to Tackle AMD's Ryzen 4000 Series 'Renoir'

Her latest refresh Skylake architecture and lithography of 14nm comes to the fore and concerns the laptops.

Η new generation of processors Comet Lake-H includes models with eight cores and a maximum TDP of 45W while coming to oppose its equally new proposals AMD, Ryzen 4000 Series 'Renoir'.

In its characteristic opening slide, Intel states that Core i9-10980HK, the new octa-core is its most powerful mobile processor with frequencies that reach the 5.3GHz to up to two cores using Turbo Boost 3.0, and from there the timings are based on Turbo Boost 2.0.

At the same time, it states that over 60% of the 6 new models have frequencies equal to or greater than 5GHz, thus indicating that the highest frequencies are those that continue to drive performance in popular applications and games.

An important addition is the Thermal Velocity Boost, an opportunistic algorithm that adjusts the frequency according to the temperature and consumption of the processor, increasing it when the relevant headroom is available. So the lineup includes two quad-core, two six-core and two octa-core models, with the larger one (i9-10980HK) being unlocked while the Core i7-10850H provides some OC capabilities through 4 settings / states. They will all have a common TDP in 45w while Intel's goal is to fit into slim portable systems as well.

Along with its partners who have already launched several systems, we also have the details for the three chipsets HM470, QM480 and WM490. There, Intel maintains the Thunderbolt 3, allowing the connection of fast storage media and WiFi 6 for several speeds that can reach 10Gbps.

In addition we see that they have 16 more PCIe lanes for use on all peripherals such as M.2 SSDs and dedicated graphics cards. Finally, it is noted that the first notebooks based on the new platform will be released on April 15.

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