From Intel, tenth generation Core processors for ultra-thin notebooks
Comet Lake is the code name that indicates the new Intel Core 10th generation processors, specifically designed for the thinnest and most compact notebooks. The top of the range version up to 6 cores.
Intel officially introduced the tenth generation Core processor for ultra-thin portable systems. Let’s talk about the known models with the code name of Comet Lake, divided into two families: Comet Lake-U pr the CPU with TDP up to 15 Watts and Comet Lake-Y for the versions with TDP more contained in 7 Watts.
The underlying architecture is the Skylake architecture, built with 14-nanometer production technology: these are not the 10-nanometer CPUs, which will debut with the Ice Lake models later still in low-power and very compact notebook systems. The peculiarity of these products is the number of cores, which goes up to 6 (with HyperThreading) for the Comet Lake-U versions, down to 4 for the most contained Comet Lake-Y CPU.
It should be noted that the Comet Lake-U processors are the first to integrate up to 6 cores in this consumption range. The Whiskey Lake-U models, used in the ninth generation of Intel Core processors, reach as high as 4 cores and the same goes for the Ice Lake models with 10 nanometer technology that will debut later. The real novelty is the integrated memory controller, which is now also compatible with the previously absent LPDDR4X standard.
| CPU | Core | Threads | Clock | Turbo Clock max | Clock Turbo all | TDP | GPU | DDR4 | LPDDR4X |
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Core i7-10710U |
6 | 12 | 1.1GHz | 4.7GHz | 3.9GHz | 15W | 620 | 266 | 2993 |
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Core i7-10510U |
4 | 8 | 1.8GHz | 4.9GHz | 4.3GHz | 15W | 620 | 266 | 2993 |
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Core i5-10210U |
4 | 8 | 1.6GHz | 4.2GHz | 3.9GHz | 15W | 620 | 266 | 2993 |
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Core i3-10110U |
2 | 4 | 2.1GHz | 4.1GHz | 3.7GHz | 15W | 620 | 266 | 2993 |
The base clock frequencies are very low, while those in proportion are the maximum Turbo ones with a peak of 4.9 GHz. The integrated GPU is Intel Graphics 620 model, a classic among the CPUs of the American company: depending on the model the clock frequency varies from 1,000 MHz up to a maximum of 1,150 MHz.
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CPU |
Core | Threads | Clock | Turbo Clock max | Clock Turbo all | TDP | GPU | LPDDR3 |
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Core i7-10710Y |
4 | 8 | 1.2GHz | 4.5GHz | 3.2GHz | 7W | 620 | 2133 |
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Core i7-10310Y |
4 | 8 | 1.1GHz | 4.1GHz | 2.8GHz | 7W | 620 | 2133 |
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Core i5-10210Y |
4 | 8 | 1GHz | 4GHz | 2.7GHz | 7W | 620 | 2133 |
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Core i3-10110Y |
2 | 4 | 1GHz | 4GHz | 3.7GHz | 7W | 620 | 2133 |
Moving on to the 4 versions of the Y family, we find quad core architecture as the maximum and also in this case basic clock frequencies contained, due to the TDP of only 7 Watts. However, the maximum Turbo clock is supported, starting from a minimum of 4 GHz to going up. Also in this case the GPU is the Intel 620 while the memory controller is in this case compatible with the LPDDR3 standard with a maximum clock frequency of 2,133 MHz.
Along with the new processors, Intel has also announced new chipsets for the evenings 400: the peculiarity in this case is the support for the WiFi 6 standard (802.11ax) which is becoming increasingly popular in the systems on the market. According to information provided by Intel, the new chipsets are supplied in combination with the Comet Lake-U versions only and not with the lower consumption Y versions.
