Whiskey Lake

Whiskey Lake

General information
Launched	August 28, 2018;7 years ago (August 28, 2018)
Product code	80684
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate	4.8 GHz
Physical specifications
Cores	2–4
Socket	BGA1528
Cache
L1 cache	64 KB per core
L2 cache	256 KB per core
L3 cache	Up to 8 MB, shared
Architecture and classification
Technology node	14 nm (Tri-Gate) transistors
Microarchitecture	Skylake
Instruction set	x86-16, IA-32, x86-64
Extensions	MMX, AES-NI, CLMUL, FMA3, RDRAND SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4, SSE4.1, SSE4.2 AVX, AVX2, TXT, TSX, SGX VT-x, VT-d
Products, models, variants
Brand name	Celeron Pentium Core i3 Core i5 Core i7
History
Predecessor	Mobile: Kaby Lake Refresh (2nd optimization)
Successors	Ice Lake (Architecture) Comet Lake (4th optimization)
Support status
Legacy support for iGPU

Whiskey Lake is Intel's codename for a family of third-generation 14nm Skylake low-power mobile processors. Intel announced Whiskey Lake on August 28, 2018. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Changes

• 14++ nm process, same as Coffee Lake
• Increased turbo clocks (300–600 MHz)
• 14 nm PCH
• Native USB 3.1 gen 2 support (10 Gbit/s)
• Integrated Wi-Fi 802.11ac 160 MHz / WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0
• Intel Optane Memory support

List of Whiskey Lake CPUs

Mobile processors

The TDP for these CPUs is 15 W, but is configurable.

Core i5-8365U and i7-8665U support Intel vPro Technology.

Pentium Gold and Celeron CPUs lack AVX2 support.

Processor branding	Model	Cores (threads)	CPU clock rate (GHz)	Turbo clock (GHz) Num of cores			GPU	Max GPU clock rate	L3 cache	cTDP		Memory	Price
				1	2	4				Up	Down
Core i7	8665U	4 (8)	1.9	4.8	4.7	4.2	UHD 620	1150 MHz	8 MB	25 W	10 W	DDR4-2400 LPDDR3-2133	$409
	8565U		1.8	4.6	4.5	4.1
Core i5	8365U		1.6	4.1		3.8		1100 MHz	6 MB				$297
	8265U			3.9		3.7
Core i3	8145U	2 (4)	2.1	3.9	3.7	—N/a		1000 MHz	4 MB				$281
Pentium Gold	5405U		2.3	—N/a			UHD 610	950 MHz	2 MB	—N/a	12.5 W	DDR4-2133 LPDDR3-1866	$161
Celeron	4205U	2 (2)	1.8					900 MHz					$107

References

1. "New 8th Gen Intel Core Processors Optimize Connectivity, Great Performance, Battery Life for Laptops | Intel Newsroom". Intel Newsroom. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
2. Cutress, Ian. "Intel Launches Whiskey Lake-U and Amber Lake-Y: New MacBook CPUs?". Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
3. "Intel launches Whiskey Lake-U and Amber Lake-Y CPUs with focus on enhanced mobile connectivity". Notebookcheck. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
4. "Intel launches Whiskey and Amber Lakes: Kaby Lake with better Wi-Fi, USB". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
5. "Intel Launches Whiskey Lake And Amber Lake CPUs for Laptops". Tom's Hardware. 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2018-08-28.