Friday, May 28th 2021
Intel Launches 10nm "Tiger Lake" Desktop Processors
Intel is likely preparing to launch its 10 nm "Tiger Lake" processor on the desktop platform. momomo_us discovered the existence of at least four new processor SKUs in Intel's ARK pages. At least one of these is marked as a desktop chip. What isn't clear, is whether these are Socket LGA1200 chips, like "Rocket Lake-S," or whether these are FC-BGA chips that have been adapted for specific desktop use-cases, such as NUCs. At the heart of these chips is the new 10 nm "Tiger Lake" 8-core/16-thread silicon, which packs 8 "Willow Cove" CPU cores, 24 MB of shared L3 cache, and a Gen12 Xe LP iGPU that has 32 EUs.
The common theme with the processor model numbering with these SKUs is the brand extension "B," next to model numbers we commonly associate with "Rocket Lake-S" SKUs. Another commonality is TDP. All four SKUs are marked as 65-Watt chips, including the part that has an unlocked multiplier. The lineup is led by the Core i9-11900KB, an 8-core/16-thread chip with Thermal Velocity Boost frequency of up to 5.30 GHz, and base frequency of 3.30 GHz. The Core i7-11700B lacks an unlocked multiplier, but interestingly features TVB, and retains the core-count and cache amount of the i9-11900KB. It is clocked at speeds of up to 5.30 GHz. The Core i5-11500B is a 6-core/12-thread part, with 12 MB of L3 cache, and the same 5.30 GHz boost, set via TVB. The Core i3-11100B is a 4-core/8-thread part with 8 MB L3 cache, and is likely based on the 4-core "Tiger Lake" die, with its iGPU cut down. The clocks remain the same. It remains to be seen how Intel markets these parts.
The common theme with the processor model numbering with these SKUs is the brand extension "B," next to model numbers we commonly associate with "Rocket Lake-S" SKUs. Another commonality is TDP. All four SKUs are marked as 65-Watt chips, including the part that has an unlocked multiplier. The lineup is led by the Core i9-11900KB, an 8-core/16-thread chip with Thermal Velocity Boost frequency of up to 5.30 GHz, and base frequency of 3.30 GHz. The Core i7-11700B lacks an unlocked multiplier, but interestingly features TVB, and retains the core-count and cache amount of the i9-11900KB. It is clocked at speeds of up to 5.30 GHz. The Core i5-11500B is a 6-core/12-thread part, with 12 MB of L3 cache, and the same 5.30 GHz boost, set via TVB. The Core i3-11100B is a 4-core/8-thread part with 8 MB L3 cache, and is likely based on the 4-core "Tiger Lake" die, with its iGPU cut down. The clocks remain the same. It remains to be seen how Intel markets these parts.
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www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/128915/intel-core-i711700b-processor-24m-cache-up-to-4-80-ghz/specifications.html
If it's desktop, I wonder how bad it'll throttle due to power limits.
but why the hell is tigerlake desktop even a thing and why is it PCIe Gen 3?
This release seems like a step forward for Intel and is their first release in years to get excited about! Took them a while, but they got there. Now for the benchmarks to see how they stack up against AMD. This will be interesting.
Probably made for some SFF/Thin client stuff for OEMs.
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This is fake news.
ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/128915/intel-core-i7-11700b-processor-24m-cache-up-to-4-80-ghz.html
ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/128916/intel-core-i5-11500b-processor-12m-cache-up-to-4-60-ghz.html
Same target system, uh except that Apple went with their own CPU this time. Who are these for?
This is interesting and a good move for Intel IMO, but not very useful for most of the folks that haunt these forums as they typically want LGA / AM upgradable socket systems with discrete GPUs.
ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/128915/intel-core-i7-11700b-processor-24m-cache-up-to-4-80-ghz.html
ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/215570/intel-core-i9-11900kb-processor-24m-cache-up-to-4-90-ghz.html
ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/128916/intel-core-i5-11500b-processor-12m-cache-up-to-4-60-ghz.html
ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/215569/intel-core-i3-11100b-processor-12m-cache-3-60-ghz.html
Intel still lists this:
ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/212279/intel-core-i7-11700-processor-16m-cache-up-to-4-90-ghz.html
desktop LGA1200.