Intel introduces Comet Lake H laptop processors with eight cores and 5.3GHz turbo
Intel has announced six new processors with a TDP of 45 watts. It concerns CPUs with four, six and eight cores, and a maximum turbo clock frequency of 5.3GHz. The processors also support faster RAM than their predecessors.
Most of the specifications of the new processors had already been leaked recently and turned out to be correct. Intel announces two Core i5 processors with four cores and two i7 processors with six cores. There will also be an i7 processor with eight cores: the i7-10875H, and the top model is a Core i9: the 10980HK. As the K suffix suggests, that latter processor has a fairly adjustable multiplier that allows for overclocking. The i7-10850H is partially overclockable, with up to ‘4 bins’, or 400MHz.
| Processor | Clock Speed (GHz) | Max. turbo 1 core (GHz) | cores/threads | cache |
| Core i9-10980HK | 2.4 | 5.3 | 8/16 | 16MB |
| Core i7-10875H | 2.3 | 5.1 | 8/16 | 16MB |
| Core i7-10850H | 2.7 | 5.1 | 6/12 | 12MB |
| Core i7-10750H | 2.6 | 5.0 | 6/12 | 12MB |
| Core i5-10400H | 2.6 | 4.6 | 4/8 | 8MB |
| Core i5-1030H | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4/8 | 8MB |
Intel makes the Comet Lake processors just like their predecessors at 14nm, but has made some innovations. For starters, the new processors support ddr4-2933 memory, which was ddr4-2666 in the previous generation. In addition, the new processors use Turbo Boost 3.0 Max instead of Turbo Boost 2.0. Turbo Boost 3.0 can deliver higher clock frequencies on up to two instead of one core. In addition, the i7 and i9 processors are equipped with Intel Thermal Velocity Boost, which overclocks the CPU a bit further, provided the temperature allows. That limit is 65°C at Comet Lake H.
The TDPs of the Comet Lake H processors are 45 watts as standard, but can also be configured to 35 watts by the laptop manufacturer. In the case of the i9 processor, the tdp can also be configured up to 65 watts. Intel ships the H470 chipset with the new processors, but that’s just a new number, because it’s no different from the H370 chipset.
Comet Lake H will mainly appear in game laptops and laptops intended for content creators, according to Intel. This mainly concerns large laptops, which can accommodate the necessary cooling for the new CPUs. According to Intel, however, there will also be more than thirty laptop models with the new processor that are no thicker than twenty millimeters. The arrival of the tenth generation processors does not mean the end for the ninth generation H processors. Intel will continue to supply it for a while for use in cheaper laptops.