Intel Core i7-10710U

The Intel Core i7-10710U is a power efficient hexa-core SoC for notebooks based on the Comet Lake (CML-U) generation and was announced in August 2019. Compared to the similar Whiskey Lake processors (e.g. Core i5-8665U), the only difference is support for higher memory speeds (DDR4-2666 vs 2400) and two additional cores in the top model. The processor cores are clocked between 1.1 and 4.7 GHz (all 6 cores 3.9 GHz max). Thanks to HyperThreading 12 threads can be used. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

Thanks to the two additional cores and the high clock rates, the processor performance of the i7-10710U is very good for its class. It should outperform the top Whiskey Lake and also Ice Lake processors if the cooling and TDP settings are not limiting.

The integrated graphics card however is still the same as in the previous generations. It should be still called Intel HD Graphics 620 and clock from 300 - 1150 MHz in the i7. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a VP9 and H.265 de- and encoder and an integrated dual channel DDR4-2666 / LPDDR4x 2933 / LPDDR3-2133 memory controller.

The chip is still produced in the 14nm++ process as Whiskey Lake. The TDP (PL1) is specified at 15 Watts but can be varied from 12.5 to 25 Watt from the manufacturer (cTDP up/down) resulting in different performance (especially Turbo durations). To provide the full performance, Intel proposes a short power peak of 90 W (PL4) for the i7 and therefore 8 W more than the quad-core CML-U CPUs and a whopping 19 W more than Whiskey Lake. Therefore, some slim laptops with 15W CML-U CPUs wont offer the i7 as they cant provide enough power and cooling to get full performance out of the 6 cores.

Series	Intel Comet Lake
Codename	Comet Lake-U
Series: Comet Lake Comet Lake-U Intel Core i7-10810U 1.1 - 4.9 GHz 6 / 12  12 MB L3 Intel Core i7-10710U « 1.1 - 4.7 GHz 6 / 12  12 MB L3 Intel Core i7-10610U 1.8 - 4.9 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i7-10510U 1.8 - 4.9 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i5-10310U 1.7 - 4.4 GHz 4 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i5-10210U 1.6 - 4.2 GHz 4 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i3-10110U 2.1 - 4.1 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Pentium Gold 6405U 2.4 GHz 2 / 4  2 MB L3 Intel Celeron 5205U 1.9 GHz 2 / 2  2 MB L3
Clock Rate	1100 - 4700 MHz
Level 1 Cache	256 KB
Level 2 Cache	1 MB
Level 3 Cache	12 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	6 / 12
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	15 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	14 nm
Max. Temperature	100 °C
Socket	FCBGA1528
Features	Dual-Channel DDR4-2666 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 620 (300 - 1150 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	09/01/2019

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