
The 14nm Cherry Trail SoC brings the same kind of improvements when compared to the Bay Trail. Another important improvement is in the integrated graphics department, with expected somewhat smoother gaming than on the corresponding Haswell Intel Core chips. This enables physically smaller CPUs, better power efficiency, and cooler operation. The most remarkable one is a die shrink to 14 nanometers from 22nm. Intel Broadwell brings several improvements over the current Haswell generation. The i7-5700HQ features the Intel HD 5600 integrated graphics, while the rest of the pack comes with noticeably better Iris Pro 6200. The new models are the Intel Core i7-5700HQ, i7-5750HQ, i7-5850HQ, and i7-5950HQ, designed for use in gaming, mobile workstation, and other high-performance laptops. UPDATE: Intel released in June the high-end quad-core Broadwell mobile CPUs. Successors of the powerful Intel Core i7 quad-core parts used in gaming and other high-performance notebooks won’t be available before 3rd quarter 2015, according to rumors.

There’s no word on high-end H-series Broadwell chips in Intel’s announcement. The processors with Iris consume 28W of power.įurthermore, the Core-series Broadwell parts are accompanied by a couple of budget-class Pentium and Celeron chips based on the same architecture.įor affordable tablets, Intel has prepared a new platform with low-power Atom Cherry Trail system-on-chip, replacing the Bay Trail. It is supposed to be noticeably better in terms of graphics performance than the HD 55, but still without being a gaming-class GPU solution. Furthermore, the new Core lineup features the i3-5157U, i5-5257U, i5-5287U, and i7-5557U with the Intel Iris 6100 IGP. Their 15-Watt 5th Gen replacements arrived today in 10 different variants. They are utilized in numerous thin-and-light and mainstream systems, delivering a mid-range computing speed without consuming excessive amounts of power. The most widely adopted notebook processors currently are those from the 4th Generation Haswell Intel Core U-series family, such as the i3-4030U, i5-4210U and i7-4510U. You can find this brand new processor breed in a few ultra-thin convertible laptops such as the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro.

The 5th Gen Core series CPUs, known as Broadwell, started shipping last year in form of the Intel Core M 5Y70 with a lower-mid-range performance, very low power consumption, and potentially fanless cooling. Intel today officially announced the 5th Generation Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors for laptops and other mobile PC form factors such as 2-in-1 systems.
