Intel tonight unveiled the new eleventh generation Core processors for laptops previously codenamed Tiger Lake. The new processors are faster and more energy-efficient than their predecessors, but are especially notable for the stronger GPU with which, according to Intel, gaming on thin laptops is possible.
Intel itself calls the new eleventh generation Core processors the world’s best mobile processor and the best mobile processor Intel has ever built. Intel is launching nine different versions. These are dual and quad-core CPUs that come on the market as Core i3, i5 or i7. The processors are manufactured on an improved 10nm process and are more energy efficient because they can operate at a lower voltage than their predecessors. Depending on the task performed, they are from 20 percent to four times faster than other mobile CPUs, including AMD’s most recent mobile processors, according to Intel. The CPUs are equipped with an integrated Thunderbolt 4 controller and Wifi 6 chip.
Gaming on a thin notebook?
The new processors are not only faster and more energy efficient, they also feature a new integrated GPU based on Intel’s XE architecture, which Intel calls the Iris X Graphics. According to Intel, these GPUs are twice as fast as the Iris Plus GPUs that are processed in the tenth generation of Core processors. This should make it possible to play relatively modern games in 1080p without extra GPU. Intel showed demos in which the GPU in one of their new processors performs better than the GPU in an AMD Ryzen 7 4800U and an Nvidia MX 350 GPU.
Laptops with the new processors are expected from now on, Asus has already announced laptops that are equipped with the eleventh generation Core processors tonight.
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