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Intel Core i7-1370P | NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU | 14.00" | 1.5 kg
The Intel Core i7-1370P is the flagship Alder Lake-P CPU, which is to say, an expensive 28 W part meant for use in ultra-light (yet actively cooled) laptops. This CPU will probably be announced in early 2023 and it has 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) mated to 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture) according to a leak on Geekbench. The P-cores are Hyper-Threading-enabled for whopping 20 threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock speeds can reach up to 5.2 GHz for the performance cluster (1.9 GHz base speed) and 1.4 GHz to 3.9 GHz for the efficiency cluster. The CPU is quite similar to the older Core i7-1280P but probably offers higher clock speeds.
Full vPro feature set is supported by this Core i7 ("Enterprise" tier, allowing for remote device management).
Architecture
The i7 is a continuation of Intel's efforts to use the ARM-developed big.LITTLE technology for its own benefit. A single "little" Alder Lake core is supposed to be just as fast as a Skylake core (as found in the venerable Core i7-6700HQ among other options) which is six years old at this point. All of a Core i7-1280P's CPU cores enjoy access to 24 MB of L3 cache. The integrated memory controller supports up to 64 GB of LPDDR5-5200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR4x-4267 or DDR4-3200 RAM. Just like the other 12th Gen Intel Core processors, Core i7-1280P comes with Thread Director which is a new functionality designed to help Windows 11 decide which cores to use for what workload for best performance and efficiency possible. Hardware acceleration of AI algorithms is supported via GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). PCI-Express 5.0 support has not found its way into Alder Lake P processors, so users will have to be content with PCI-Express 4.0 for the time being. The CPU still only supports PCIe 4.0 x8 for a GPU and two PCIe 4.0 x4 for SSDs.
Please note this is not a user-replaceable CPU. It gets soldered permanently on to the motherboard (BGA1744 socket interface).
Performance
Multi-thread performance is most comparable to AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS, Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS, Intel Core i9-11980HK. Which is impressive but comes with a catch; long-term performance sustainability will be rather poor unless the Power Limits are very high and the cooling solution is a truly capable one.
Graphics
The built-in graphics adapter in the form of the 96 EU Iris Xe running at up to 1.5 GHz has seen no change from what was built into the 11th Gen Tiger Lake-UP3 processors, like a i7-1165G7, which is hardly a downside as this iGPU is loaded with modern features such as AV1 video decoding capability and SUHD 4320p monitor support.
Power Consumption
The i7's base power consumption (also known as the default TDP value or PL1) is 28 W, with 64 W being its maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption (also known as the PL2). The "Minimum Assured" power consumption is fairly high at 20 watts. All in all, an active cooling solution is nearly a must.
Core i7-1370P is built with Intel's third-gen 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7.
Codename | Raptor Lake-P | ||||||||||||||||
Series | Intel Raptor Lake-P | ||||||||||||||||
Series: Raptor Lake-P Raptor Lake-P
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Clock Rate | 1400 - 5200 MHz | ||||||||||||||||
Level 1 Cache | 1.2 MB | ||||||||||||||||
Level 2 Cache | 11.5 MB | ||||||||||||||||
Level 3 Cache | 24 MB | ||||||||||||||||
Number of Cores / Threads | 14 / 20 6 x 5.2 GHz Intel Golden Cove P-Core 8 x 3.9 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core | ||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) | 28 Watt | ||||||||||||||||
Manufacturing Technology | 10 nm | ||||||||||||||||
Max. Temperature | 100 °C | ||||||||||||||||
Socket | FCBGA1744 | ||||||||||||||||
Features | Thread Director | ||||||||||||||||
GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1500 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||
64 Bit | 64 Bit support | ||||||||||||||||
Architecture | x86 | ||||||||||||||||
Announcement Date | 01/04/2023 | ||||||||||||||||
Product Link (external) | ark.intel.com |
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