Posted on Tuesday, April 23 2019 @ 15:45 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Intel rolls out its 9th Gen Core H-series laptop processors. This lineup include a new mobile flagship called the Core i9-9980HK, this is an eight-core, sixteen-threaded 45W TDP processor with a base clock of 2.4GHz and a 5.0GHz Boost.
What's New: Today, Intel launched the most powerful generation of Intel® Core™ mobile processors ever: the new 9th Gen Intel® Core™ mobile H-series processors, designed for gamers and creators who want to push their experience to the next level.
"Our new 9th Gen platform is designed to delight gamers, creators and performance users by giving them more of what they want. We are bringing desktop-caliber performance with up to 5 Ghz and 8 cores in a range of thinner systems and new level of connectivity with Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) so users can game or create where they want."
–Fredrik Hamberger, general manager of the Premium and Gaming Laptop Segments at Intel
Why It's Important: There are 580 million enthusiast PC gamers and 130 million PC-based content creators today1 who care about raw performance as much as they do responsiveness of their PC. They require PCs that can handle everything from demanding AAA games to taxing creative workloads like editing, rendering and transcoding massive 4K video – all while on the go. The 9th Gen Intel Core mobile processors deliver desktop-caliber performance in a mobile form factor and feature amazing performance; the fastest, most reliable wireless with Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (Gig+); the most versatile wired connectivity with Thunderbolt™ 3; and support for Intel® Optane™ memory technology.
At the same time, Intel also debuts some more desktop CPUs:
New Desktop Processors: New additions to the 9th Gen Intel Core desktop processor family were also introduced today. The 9th Gen Intel Core desktop processor lineup now includes more than 25 total products with options ranging from Intel Core i3 up to Intel Core i9 with amazing performance and flexibility to meet a range of consumer needs from everyday productivity to gaming to content creation. The family also brings Pentium Gold and Celeron products to market for entry-level computing, giving consumers even more options to find the right desktop to fit their specific need and budgets. New capabilities include:
Up to 47% more FPS while gaming. ( i5-9500 vs i5-4590S)
Up to 2.1 times faster video editing compared with a 5-year old PC for 4K and 360 video editing experiences. ( i5-9500 vs i5-4590S)
Intel Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) with gigabit Wi-Fi speeds delivering almost three times faster than standard 2x2 AC, and 40% faster than Intel® Wireless-AC (Gigabit).
Up to 8 cores and 16 threads, up to 5 GHz maximum turbo frequency, up to 16 MB Intel Smart Cache and up to 40 platform PCIe lanes.
