The other major change is hyperthreading. Over the past few years, Apple and Qualcomm deployed chips on every node 20nm, 16/14nm, 10nm, and 7nm while AMD and Nvidia have used just 16/14nm and 7nm. Intel did tease Tiger Lake powered laptops at CES 2020 (Codenamed Horseshoe Bend) which gave us a good idea of how powerful Xe Graphics could be. That said, it is entirely possible that any Rocket Lake chiplet designs are destined for the mobile market only, or that these chips will serve as specialized SKUs that replace the retired Kaby Lake-G models that came with an integrated graphics chip. 7nm could mean 10nm, plus we pour chocolate sauce on it, as far as Intel is concerned. Initially scheduled for a release in 2019 and then delayed to 2020, Intel has now pushed the release date of Ice Lake-SP once again, from Q4 2020 to Q1 2021. The selection is limited to only low-powered U and Y-series chips, topping out at 15 watts. More instructions per cycle, less cycles per instructions, lower latency - higher bandwidth cache and more cache along with higher clock speeds takes the cake. The Xe GPU supposedly has 12-bit, 4:2:2 & 4:4:4 fixed-function hardware decoding & VP9 12-bit 4:4:4 fixed-function hardware decoding and AV1 10-bit 4:2:0 fixed-function hardware decoding. With that in mind, it certainly feels like a regression for Intel to step back to eight cores, asComet Lake-S (CML-S)sports up to 10 cores within the same TDP envelope. Until now(and until the new consoles come out and a couple of years after that) we've had game engines that are optimized for current gen console cpus, which are much closer in design with Intels CPUs than both Bulldozer and Zen, so ironically optimization for current gen consoles actually benefits intel cpus more than AMDs own cpus. Guess we'll have to wait a few years to see how this will play out.If I find any new info I'll send you a link. The 9th-gen predecessor to these were rated at 95 watts, but this years chips go all the way up to 125 watts. Intel's Gen12 Xe LP graphics are projected to be twice as fast as the existing Gen9.5 graphics, so we can expect a drastic improvement to graphics performance. The best cheap Mac Mini deals for October 2020, The best Microsoft Surface Pro deals and bundles for October 2020, The best laptop deals for October 2020: Dell, HP, Apple, and more, The best cheap gaming chair deals for October 2020: AKRacing, Respawn, and more, Common Google Meet problems and how to fix them, Alienwares Aurora gaming desktop now comes with a custom RTX 3080, Save $50 on latest Apple MacBook Air ahead of Prime Day 2020. But is it all enough to hold back the rising tide of Ryzen dominance? But you're not right.