Intel tiger lake

We recently learned of new leaked information about the Intel Tiger Lake-U on the Userbenchmark website. Unlike the data we had almost a month ago, here is a clearer picture of what state future processors are in.

Early versions of Intel Tiger Lake-U show quite relevant improvement

The new processors from the giant Intel were announced at the 2019 Investor Meeting and are scheduled to land in stores in 2020.

Intel roadmap for next year

At the most interesting point of these new processors are their new architectures for both graphics and processors. As for CPU we will have 10nm transistors and a new micro-architecture named ' Willow Cove' . To offset larger transistors from the competition, Intel adds to the equation:

• A cache redesign, a transistor optimization, an improvement in security (especially considering the latest vulnerabilities they have been experiencing).

According to the company itself, these processors are expected to be considerably better than Ice Lake CPUs , which mount a 'Sunny Cove' architecture .

However, the data we have is not just marketing, since two new Intel Tiger Lake-U processor benchmarks have appeared on the Userbenchmark website . Both mount 4 physical cores together with 8 virtual threads and have frequencies of 1.2GHz and 3.6GHz in boost.

Frequencies may seem strange, but being test models, they're probably only testing their performance in an early version of the final product. Surely, as the launch date approaches, we will see processors with higher frequencies and closer to what future processors will bring.

Turning to more solid topics, let's briefly analyze the new benchmarks obtained.

Benchmarks

In the results we can see that this processor achieves quite positive figures for the Californian company.

Summary of processor benchmarks

However, we have to remember that the frequencies of this unit are minimal, which leads us to think that the improvement in IPC (Instructions Per Cycle) has been quite relevant. In fact, if we compare it with other high-end processors, the results are very interesting:

As you can see, if we compare it with the Intel Core i7-8700k , the scores in 1, 2 and 4 cores are somewhat higher. The only test where Intel Tiger Lake-U does not stand above its big brother is the 8-core one, but considering that it has 2 less physical cores it is a task that we cannot demand of it.

On the other hand, we also have data from its integrated Xe graph.

Summary of the integrated graphics benchmarks

In the first of the benchmarks you get 30.2 and 28.8 fps in 3D DX9 and 3D DX10 , respectively. These results show Intel's new architecture slightly superior to its current iteration (Intel UHD 630 Graphics) .

However, the second benchmark performed obtained 58.0 and 26.5 fps in the same tests. On the one hand, in 3D DX9 we see that it is capable of performing better than AMD's Vega 10 and even better than the Intel Iris Pro 580 . On the other hand, we see strangely how in the DirectX 10 test the graph worsens its results.

It is true that to be such a 'bad' processor (apparently) it achieves a performance of aupa. However, we have to keep our feet on the ground and remember that it is a trial version. The final characteristics and performances will change, so we cannot take anything for granted until we have official data and benchmarks made by users.

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And you, what do you expect from the upcoming Intel processors? Do you think they will turn the current scene around? Share your ideas in the comment box.

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