Since Skylake was introduced, 15W CPUs have largely been stuck with GPUs that pack only 24 execution units with an architecture from 2015, and that continues to be the case with 2019's 14nm refresh codenamed Comet Lake. All use Intel's new Gen 11 GPU, which is one of the bigger changes to Ice Lake compared to previous 14nm generations.Īnd it's a much needed change. The G suffix tells us exactly what sort of CPU configuration we're getting: G7 denotes Iris Plus with the full 64 execution units unlocked, G4 is Iris Plus cut down to 48 EUs, and then G1 gives us UHD graphics with 32 EUs. What has become clearer this generation though, is the integrated graphics capabilities. I personally preferred the use of U or Y, that was clearer for buyers rather than hiding this crucial performance indicator among a bunch of other letters and numbers. All 15W products get a 5 in the fourth digit, and 9W parts get a 0. Now this is relegated to a single number: the 1065G7 for example is a 15W CPU, while the 1060G7 is 9W. Before Intel used U suffixes to denote 15W products, and Y to denote 9W. Intel's naming scheme is confusing as usual. These are all designed for low-power ultraportables and other mobile devices, at least for now. Instead of one CPU, there are 11 in Intel's Ice Lake line-up, across 9W, 15W and 28W power categories.

There are many more SKUs available and we're already seeing decent uptake in the market across ultraportable laptops. Thus in our book Ice Lake is Intel's first true entry to the CPU market with the 10nm process. Because of its low-end specs, it never saw much traction. It was used in a single Lenovo laptop plus a small handful of NUCs. Last year we did see the 10nm 'Cannon Lake' but it was a single processor, the Core i3-8121U, a measly dual-core clocked at up to 3.2 GHz with no integrated graphics.

This is Intel's first real attempt at a 10nm CPU, and in this review we'll be comparing it against their 14nm offerings to see how it stacks up in terms of performance.

This has been a long time coming, as we're finally getting around to testing Intel's Ice Lake architecture.

Pcmark 10 i7 1065g7 vs i7 10065