Intel Coffee Lake introduced mobile processors and brought innovations to the mobile platform. Introduced the high-performance “H Series” for laptops and the first Core i9 mobile processor in this series. With the new processors, Intel has raised the bar in gaming laptops to the next level. In addition, Intel’s new processors can handle the high resource demands of virtual reality software and allow creators to edit their videos, manipulate images and render graphics.
Not only the high-performance 8th generation processors have been updated, but also the “U-Series” from the main mobile processors. In addition, Intel Optane support came to the mobile platform with 8th generation mobile processors.
What’s New in Coffee Lake Mobile Processors?
With the H series processors, for the first time in laptops, 12-core processors, 6 physical cores in total, will be used. High processing power will increase the performance of resource-intensive processes such as 3D animation, 4K video editing and will offer better gaming performance.
As we mentioned, i9 processors entered the mobile platform for the first time. Core i5 models of the H series will be 8 cores, 4 physical, while other models will have 12 cores, 6 physical. The Core i9 processor, on the other hand, will come unlocked for overclocking.
Core i9-8950K and Xeon E-2186M models will come with Intel Thermal Velocity Boost feature. This feature will increase the clock frequency up to 200 MHz when the temperature is low and the required power is available. This will move the frequency of the Core i9 processor, which can reach 4.6 Ghz frequency, to 4.8 Ghz.
What Kind of Performance Can Be Expected From The Core i9 Processor?
Core i9 processors, Intel’s general manager of gaming laptops, are “the closest thing to desktop performance in a laptop.” introduces as. Intel states that the 8th generation Core i9 processor increases the FPS values in games by up to 41% compared to the 7th generation Core i7 processor. It is stated that the overall performance has increased by 29%.
In the tests performed on new laptops with Core i9 processors, the highest values seen in benchmark programs were reached. The processor took half the time of its best competitors to convert a large 4K video to 1080P.
Compared to the old systems, the performance increase is more clearly visible. Intel states that the overall performance of the 8th generation Core i7 processor is 88% higher than that of a 3-year-old laptop. According to Intel, this results in a 2.7x increase in FPS and 68% faster processes such as photo editing.
300 Series Chipset
Intel’s high-performance processors come with Intel 300 series chipsets and have built-in Intel Wireless 802.11ac standard and offer file transfer speeds up to Gigabit. According to Intel, a wireless adapter using the 802.11 b/g/n standard takes 11 minutes to download a large file, while this process takes less than a minute with the new standard. A faster internet connection also means better online gaming performance without lag. Assuming, of course, that your internet provider offers a high-speed and quality connection.
In addition, Intel’s new chipset comes with the high-speed USB 3.1 Gen 2 standard. Intel also states that its processors have been made more compatible with fast Thunderbolt 3 connectivity and discrete graphics processors.
How Many Nanometers and How Much Power Do Coffee Lake Processors Consume?
Coffee Lake processors were produced as 14nm like Broadwell processors 3 generations ago. Like previous intel H-series processors, they all have a TDP of 45-watts.
8th generation U-series processors have a TDP of 28-Watt. Older generation U-series processors had a TDP of 15-Watts. In other words, the new generation U series processors consume more power.
Intel Optane Support
All new Coffee Lake processors, including the U-series, offer Optane memory support. However, if you already have an SSD in your computer, you will not need the Optane module. It would not make much sense to buy a computer with an 8th generation processor and not buy an SSD.
However, as paper data, if you are using these processors on a laptop with a mechanical hard disk, it is stated that with Optane modules, daily work is 2.2 times faster, game loading time is up to 4.7 times faster, and opening media files is 1.7 times faster.
