Intel 10nm Ice Lake CPU has more L1 and L2 cache

Posted on Wednesday, October 24 2018 @ 12:07 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
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Some time ago there was a SiSoft Sandra benchmark listing that indicated the future Ice Lake architecture from Intel has more cache memory. Now there's an entry in the Geekbench database that backs up this rumor.

As you may know, Ice Lake is a 10nm architecture that is supposed to arrive in 2020. Yesterday there was a rumor that Intel had pulled the plug on 10nm, but the chip giant was quick to dispel this rumor. Really odd that a benchmark result gets posted/leaked on the same day...

The part that got tested is a dual-core, four-threaded model with a 2.6GHz base frequency. Anyway, the GeekBench entry of this Ice Lake chip reveals it has 2x 32KB L1 instruction cache, 2x 48KB L1 data cache, 2x 512KB L2 cache, and 4MB L3 cache. Compared with the current Coffee Lake generation, this Ice Lake CPU has 50% more L1 data cache and double the L2 cache.

The performance results can be viewed below, the Ice Lake chip scored 4151 points in the single-core test and 7945 points in the multi-core test. Not really an exciting result, but perhaps way too early to judge.

INTC Ice Lake chip in GeekBench


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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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