Tiger Lake

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Tiger Lake
General Info
LaunchedSeptember 2, 2020; 15 months ago (September 2, 2020)[1]
Product code80690
Cache
L1 cache80 KiB per core (32 instructions + 48 data)
L2 cache1.25 MiB per core
L3 cacheUp to 12 MiB, shared
Architecture and classification
Architecturex86-64
Instructionsx86-64
Extensions
  • MMX, AES-NI, CLMUL, FMA3
  • SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
  • AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, SHA, TXT, TSX
  • VT-x, VT-d
Physical specifications
Transistors
  • 10 nanometer "SuperFin"
(i)GPU(s)Intel Xe
History
PredecessorIce Lake
SuccessorAlder Lake
Intel-logo-2020.jpg

Tiger Lake is the code-name for Intel's 11th generation mobile processors based on Intels "Willow Cove Core" architecture. The processors are manufactured on Intel's 10nm "SuperFin" production node. Tiger Lake processors will feature "Intel Xe" integrated graphics which Intel in their marketing claims is more powerful than the integrated graphics in comparable mobile processors from competitor AMD.

i5 and i7 Tiger Lake "UP3" laptop models have four cores and eight threads at TDPs ranging from 12 to 28W. The i3 models are limited to two cores. The i5 and i7 "UP4" ultrabook models are also four core/eight thread parts with TDP ratings from 7 to 15W.

Architecture changes[edit]

  • "Willow Cove" CPU cores
  • Integrated Intel Xe-LP ("Gen12") GPU with up to 96 execution units or Intel DG1 discrete GPU
  • Hardware decoding for HEVC 12-bit, 4:2:2/4:4:0; VP9 12-bit 4:4:4 and AV1 10-bit 4:2:0[2]
  • PCI Express 4.0
  • Thunderbolt 4
  • USB4
  • LPDDR4X or LPDDR5 memory[3]
  • Deep Learning Boost (DL Boost) extensions
  • A new VP2INTERSECT AVX-512 instruction
  • Indirect branch tracking and shadow stack
  • Support a single 8K 12bit HDR display or two 4K 10bit HDR displays
  • Hardware accelerated "Dolby Vision"
  • Full memory (RAM) encryption[4]

List of Tiger Lake CPUs[edit]

IPU: Image Processing Unit, a special co-processor to improve camera capture image and video quality

Mobile processors (UP3-class)[edit]

Processor

branding

Model Cores

(threads)

Base freq Max Turbo freq GPU Smart

cache

TDP Memory

support

Price
Single Core All Core Series EUs Max

freq

Core i7 1185G7 IPU 4 (8) 3.0 GHz 4.8 GHz 4.3 GHz Iris Xe 96 1.35 GHz 12 MiB 12-28 W DDR4-3200
LPDDR4X-4266
LPDDR5-5400
$426
1165G7

with IPU

2.8 GHz 4.7 GHz 4.1 GHz 1.30 GHz $426
Core i5 1135G7

with IPU

2.4 GHz 4.2 GHz 3.8 GHz 80 8 MiB $309
Core i3 1125G4 2.0 GHz 3.7 GHz 3.3 GHz UHD

Graphics

48 1.25 GHz DDR4-3200

LPDDR4X-3733

1115G4

with IPU

2 (4) 3.0 GHz 4.1 GHz 6 MiB $281

Mobile processors (UP4-class)[edit]

Processor

branding

Model Cores

(threads)

Base freq Max Turbo freq GPU Smart

cache

TDP Memory

support

Price
Single Core All Core Series EUs Max

freq

Core i7 1160G7 IPU 4 (8) 1.2 GHz 4.4 GHz 3.6 GHz Iris Xe 96 1.10 GHz 12 MiB 7-15 W LPDDR4X-4266
Core i5 1130G7 IPU 1.1 GHz 4.0 GHz 3.4 GHz 80 8 MiB
Core i3 1120G4 3.5 GHz 3.0 GHz UHD

Graphics

48
1110G4 IPU 2 (4) 1.8 GHz 3.9 GHz 6 MiB

Linux Support[edit]

Linux 5.8+ supports all the Tiger Lake processor specific features. Hardware video decoding is supported through VAAPI. HEVC and VP9 support has been present in VAAPI for a very long time, AV1 hardware decoding support was merged to VAAPI in August 2020.

Footnotes[edit]


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