3.0 GHz base clock at 28 W? Intel Core i7-1185G7 Tiger Lake processor appears on 3DMark

[Redaktion]

Intel is having a rough ride of it lately, with AMD giving the company another kicking with its Ryzen 4000 series APUs. Now, a 28 W Tiger Lake-U series processor has appeared on 3DMark Time Spy, the Core i7-1185G7. While the quad-core chip has a substantially higher base clock than its Ice Lake equivalent, its appearance raises more questions than it does provide answers.

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[Indra Maulana]

didn't i5-8259U and i7-8559U both have 28 W TDP? Both of them ended with '9' on their name.

[A]

Or it's possible that other manufacturers complained that Apple processors have a higher number scheme then theirs and Intel just decided that the Core i7-1185G7 would simply be 15W - 28W.

[Valantar]

didn't i5-8259U and i7-8559U both have 28 W TDP? Both of them ended with '9' on their name.

At the initial Ice Lake launch Intel announced a 28W i7-1068G7 that has yet to show up in any announced design from any OEM. It would thus be logical to expect Tiger Lake to follow this naming scheme, though you're right that previous Apple-only 28W SKUs have had the last digit be 9.