Possible New Intel CPU Spotted

[Peter_Brosdahl]

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UserBenchmark had an interesting score show up recently and this time around it potentially resembles the upcoming Lakefield product line. Popular twitter user, @TUM_APISAK, has come across scores for a i5-L16G7 processor. This particular CPU has an unusual twist though. We commonly see core/thread counts with a base 2 or base 4 count. This one is 5 core/5 threads which seems similar to some European automotive engines.




Lakefield Intel Core i5-L16G7U3E1, 1 CPU, 5 cores, 5 threadsBase clock 1.4 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHzSAMSUNG SAMSUNG_NP_767XCLhttps://t.co/GICygyZmhI pic.twitter.com/q8Y2DKbTrS— APISAK (@TUM_APISAK) January 28, 2020




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[Grimlakin]

A 5 core CPU could be interesting. But in a quick read through of that article why would I want 1 regular CPU and 4 under powered ones? That's like saying you get 5 threads because we do 4:1 multi-threading on a single core.

 

[Brian_B]

A 5 core CPU could be interesting. But in a quick read through of that article why would I want 1 regular CPU and 4 under powered ones? That's like saying you get 5 threads because we do 4:1 multi-threading on a single core.

It's very nice on laptops and mobiles, as it can save a good deal on battery life - it could have some applications in servers which don't have high load factors. For desktops/workstations - yeah I don't see a lot of application there as you aren't necessarily power or density constrained (unless your looking inside the die with these very high core count chips)

Interesting that Intel is coming back to this now. They had steered away from it while ARM embraced it, showing that, at least for Intel and their arch, trace to idle on a faster core was overall more power efficient. I wonder if they are starting to hit a wall with that.