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Even so, one
3DMark 8 Sky Diver 1.0 Performance
of our Ice Lake
performance
SDS Core i7-1065G7 10th Gen Ice Lake U
tests (go. 25 Watt (4/8) 9,443

pcworld.com/ SDS Core i7-1065G7 10th Gen Ice Lake U 9,028
15 Watt (4/8)
ilpf) shows how HP Spectre x360 13 8th Gen Core
i7-8565U Whisky Lake U (4/8) 4,711
well Intel’s Ice
Dell XPS 13 9380 8th Gen Core
Lake matches up i7-8565U Whisky Lake U (4/8) 4,321
to the down- Huawei Matebook 13 Core i7-8560U/
GeForce MX150 25-Watt 1D12 8,982
clocked Nvidia
Huawei Matebook X Pro Core
GeForce MX100 i7-8565U/GeForce MX150 10-Watt 1D10 12,027
discrete GPU LONGER BARS INDICATE BET TER PERFORMANCE

that was
Note that Huawei used two versions of the GeForce MX100 discrete GPU in
featured in a successive Matebook notebooks; the slower chip was used in the Matebook X Pro.
recent release of

an Huawei Matebook. Intel’s claims HOW ICE LAKE DIFFERS
that its Ice Lake graphics capabilities FROM WHISKEY LAKE,
equal those of a discrete GPU seem to AMBER LAKE

be borne out. What’s interesting, though, is that the low-
While we don’t know what Intel will be power (previously known as Y-series) parts

charging individual PC makers, Intel recently consume more power, at 9W, than their 5W
published some of its microprocessor prices Amber Lake predecessors. Ultrabooks and
as part of its ARK database (go.pcworld. tablets that used the Amber Lake Y-series

com/arkd): chips were relatively few—Ultrabook Review
• Core i7-1065G7: $426 counted just seven (go.pcworld.com/7ysr),

• Core i5-1035G7: $320 of which five were 13-inches or larger. It’s not
• Core i5-1035G4: $309 clear whether the higher power levels will
• Core i5-1035G1: $297 end up attracting more tablet customers. Save

• Core i3-1005G1: $281 for Dell’s announcement of its Ice Lake-based
For reference, Intel’s August XPS 13 2-in-1 (go.pcworld.com/dl21), we

microprocessor price list (go.pcworld.com/ really don’t know which notebooks will use
mpli) lists the 8th-gen “Whiskey Lake” Ice Lake, period.
i7-8565U at $409, and the Core i5-8265U The vast majority of Ice Lake chips also

at $297. start out at extremely low clock speeds, yet

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