Intel’s unlocked mobile processor to boost up to 5.3 GHz

As you might have already heard, Intel’s upcoming 10th Gen Core series for enthusiast notebooks (aka Comet Lake-H) will be announced on April 2nd. The series will utilize the 14nm fabrication process and offer up to 8 cores.

The flagship processor codenamed Core i9-10980KH will be an unlocked 8-core and 16-thread SKU with clocks up to 5.3 GHz. However this value is not the typical turbo frequency (Max Boost 2.0) that was rumored thanks to numerous leaks, instead, this is a Thermal Velocity Boost, Intel’s yet another way of boosting the clock speed under specific conditions. In this case, the clock will reach 5.3 GHz if the temperature and the power budget allows. The TVB was first introduced with Core i9-8950HK, Intel’s first i9 for the mobile platform.

The 10th Gen Core-H series will be announced on April 2nd. At the same time, NVIDIA is expected to announce its GeForce RTX Super series for laptops.

RUMORED Intel 10th Gen Core Comet Lake-H Specs (March 27th) Core SKU Cores / Threads Base Clock Turbo Clock Thermal Velocity Boost TDP Core i9-10980HK 8C/16T 2.4 GHz TBC 5.3 GHz 45W Core i7-10875H 8C/16T 2.1 GHz 4.5 GHz 5.1 GHz 45W Core i7-10850H 6C/12T 2.7 GHz TBC TBC 45W Core i7-10750H 6C/12T 2.6 GHz 4.7 GHz 5.0 GHz 45W Core i5-10500H 6C/12T 2.5 GHz 4.2 GHz – 45W Core i5-10400H 4C/8T 2.6 GHz TBC – 45W Core i5-10300H 4C/8T 2.5 GHz 4.5 GHz – 45W

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