Apollo Lake uses Goldmont cores and besides more performance it also promises 15 percent better battery life than Braswell as well as a bunch of new features, including USB Type-C.
Furthermore, Intel promises Apollo Lake will enable manufacturers to hit cheaper price points thanks to a cheaper bills of materials (BOM). Apollo Lake is expected to ship in the second half of this year and will be branded as Intel Celeron and Pentium N series. The main target applications include low-cost laptops, Chromebooks and 2-in-1 systems.A 30 per cent improvement in CPU performance compared to Cherrytrail / Braswell parts A new GPU architecture (Intel Gen9) delivering 30 per cent better performance than Braswell Flexible support for RAM, DDR3L, LPDDR3, and LPDDR4 memory are options for manufacturers Better battery life, with a claimed 15 per cent longer life compared to Braswell