Tuesday, August 11th 2015
Intel "Skylake-U" Ultra Low Power CPU Lineup Detailed
Intel's upcoming Core "Skylake-U" low-power processors, for ultra-portable notebooks, tablets, convertibles, and fan-less desktops, is where the fruition of Intel's 14 nm process takes shape. These dual-core chips, spanning all five brand extensions - Core i7, Core i5, Core i3, Pentium, and Celeron, offering TDP as low as 7.5W, and no more than 15W. The lineup is kept slim, with no more than 2 SKUs per extension. All three Core extensions feature Intel HD 520 graphics, clocked around 350 MHz, with 1000 to 1050 MHz boost, while the Pentium and Celeron models feature slimmer HD 510 graphics, ticking at 300/900 MHz.
The lineup is led by the Core i7-6600U and i7-6500U. Besides HyperThreading enabling 4 logical CPUs, these two chips feature 4 MB L3 cache, 1050 MHz iGPU boost frequency, and the highest CPU clock-speeds in the series. The Core i5 chips differ from their Core i7 counterparts with sub-3 GHz CPU clock speeds, 3 MB L3 cache, and maximum iGPU boost frequency of 1000 MHz. The Core i3 parts are almost identical to their Core i5 counterparts, except they lack CPU Turbo Boost. The Pentium processors feature very low CPU core speeds, and are almost identical to Core i3, but feature lower 950 MHz iGPU boost frequency, and 2 MB L3 cache. Celeron parts lack HyperThreading. Some of these parts will launch in 2015, others in 2016. Find the exact clock speeds for each SKU in the table below.
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FanlessTech
The lineup is led by the Core i7-6600U and i7-6500U. Besides HyperThreading enabling 4 logical CPUs, these two chips feature 4 MB L3 cache, 1050 MHz iGPU boost frequency, and the highest CPU clock-speeds in the series. The Core i5 chips differ from their Core i7 counterparts with sub-3 GHz CPU clock speeds, 3 MB L3 cache, and maximum iGPU boost frequency of 1000 MHz. The Core i3 parts are almost identical to their Core i5 counterparts, except they lack CPU Turbo Boost. The Pentium processors feature very low CPU core speeds, and are almost identical to Core i3, but feature lower 950 MHz iGPU boost frequency, and 2 MB L3 cache. Celeron parts lack HyperThreading. Some of these parts will launch in 2015, others in 2016. Find the exact clock speeds for each SKU in the table below.
23 Comments on Intel "Skylake-U" Ultra Low Power CPU Lineup Detailed
Nice: 2.6GHz base clock at 15W for i7-6600U (i7-4510U @ 2GHz)
I guess this still leaves room for a Core M announcement. Looking good for efficiency so far. I wonder if Carrizo's 15W variants will be of some competition this time.
None of that silvermont nonsense.
There is no way in hell, that silvermont beats full blown broadwell/skylake cores. Even when we compare 4 core silvermont vs 2+2 big core.
Silvermont is great for tablets and setop boxes, but thats pretty much it.
I have a Dell Inspiron 14 7000. I know full well that it allows a single core to boost to 3.1GHz, but when both cores come online at full load, 2.0GHz is the order of the day. Not one bit more, not one bit less. Does it have an impact on my battery life? Yes, of course. Will it drain in 10 minutes? Probably not. Would it perform worse if the laptop was horribly designed? Yes. Are you pulling random stuff out of your ass to present as "facts"? Most definitely.
The world needs more information and less BS.
I have HP 840 G1 with i7-4600U at work, and I can tell that you are just writing some BS...
Intel Pentium N3540 -(Silvermont nonsense) -Cinebench R15 multicore: 157
from the data at notebookcheck.com
after a couple of week with it (and win10 upgrade to test it) quite satisfied, even handle light gaming
strongly reduced settings for some game but in 768p not that bad :laugh:
The mobile Intel CPU market is split into four: extremely low power, ULV, low power mobile (which includes Crystalwell parts), and higher power mobile/extreme edition. Mobile i7s encompass the most powerful CPUs in each of the three categories (which cannot be considered as one, since there are many different types of laptops and power envelopes); for Haswell, the -Y i7s were dominant in the ultra-low TDP category, the i7-4600U took the 15W ULV category, the i7-4600M the conventional 30-40W mobile category, and the HQs and MQs the 40W+ category, as well as usual i7 EEs as the desktop replacement / extreme edition category. A i7-4600U with a TDP of 15W is every bit a i7 as a i7-4940MX that draws 57W at load. The latter isn't going to work out in an ultrabook, the same way that Core M isn't designed for an Alienware 17".
It's not like AMD can escape such segmentation in the mobile market either. The A10 Micro-6700T from the Mullins family carries the A10 moniker, but doesn't stand a chance against the likes of the A10-7400P, because they are designed for entirely different TDP targets. Similarly, both A10s are technically at the top of their category for performance, with the Micro-6700T coming out on top of the sub-10W processors and the A10-7400P being one of the most powerful higher-wattage processors (save for the FX-7500P) that AMD can put in a mobile design.
i7 on mobile is different from i7 on desktop; one is not "truer" than the other.
btw its a nice news when processor goes below 20 watts, i hope they gonna release the same wattage for desktop
Edit: fixed the links