Tiger Lake

General information

LaunchedChip-only availability: September 2, 2020; 5 years ago(2020-09-02) Pre-installed-availability: October 2020; 5 years ago(2020-10)

DiscontinuedJanuary 26, 2024; 2 years ago(2024-01-26)

Product code80690

Performance

Max. CPU clock rate5.0 GHz

Physical specifications

Cores2–8

GPUIntel Xe-based integrated graphics

SocketBGA 1449, BGA 1787

Cache

L1 cache80 KB per core (32 instructions + 48 data)

L2 cache1.25 MB per core

L3 cacheUp to 24 MB, shared

Architecture and classification

Technology nodeIntel 10 nm SuperFin (10SF) process

MicroarchitectureWillow Cove

Instruction setx86-64

Instructionsx86-64

Products, models, variants

Product code nameTGL

Brand nameCeleronPentium GoldCore i3Core i5Core i7Core i9Xeon W

History

PredecessorsMobile: Ice Lake Mobile and desktop: Comet Lake

SuccessorAlder Lake

Support status

Legacy support for iGPU

Tiger Lake is Intel's codename for the 11th generation Intel Core mobile processors based on the Willow Cove Core microarchitecture, manufactured using Intel's third-generation 10 nm process node known as 10SF ("10 nm SuperFin"). Tiger Lake replaces the Ice Lake family of mobile processors, representing an optimization step in Intel's process–architecture–optimization model.

Tiger Lake processors launched on September 2, 2020. They are part of the Tiger Lake-U family (however, they end with the suffixes -G4 and -G7 instead of -U) and include dual-core and quad-core 9 W (7–15 W) TDP and 15 W (12–28 W) TDP models. They power 2020 Intel Evo laptops. The quad-core 96 EU die measures 13.6 × 10.7 mm (146.1 mm2), which is 19.2% wider than the 11.4 × 10.7 mm (122.5 mm2) quad-core 64 EU Ice Lake die. The 8-core 32 EU die used in Tiger Lake-H is around 190 mm2. Laptops based on Tiger Lake started to sell in October 2020.

The Tiger Lake-H35 processors were launched on January 11, 2021. These quad-core processors are designed for "ultraportable gaming" laptops with 28-35 W TDP. Intel officially launched the 11th generation Intel Core-H series and Xeon W-11000M series on May 11, 2021 and announced the 11th generation Intel Core Tiger Lake Refresh series (1195G7 and 1155G7) on May 30, 2021.

Features

CPU

Intel Willow Cove CPU cores
TAGE-like directional branch predictor (with a global history size of 194 taken branches)
Indirect branch tracking and CET shadow stack
Intel Key Locker

GPU

Intel Xe-LP ("Gen12") GPU with up to 96 execution units (from Ice Lake's 64), also released as a standalone GPU, the DG1
Support for FP64 was removed
Fixed-function hardware decoding for HEVC 12-bit, 4:2:2/4:4:4; VP9 12-bit 4:4:4 and AV1 8K 10-bit 4:2:0
Support for a single 8K 12-bit HDR display or two 4K 10-bit HDR displays
Hardware accelerated Dolby Vision
Sampler Feedback support
Dual Queue Support

IPU

Image Processing Unit, a special co-processor to improve image and video capture quality
Not available on embedded models
Initially there were , , and models with no IPU but later embedded processors were introduced instead

I/O

PCI Express 4.0 (Pentium and Celeron CPUs are limited to PCI Express 3.0)
Integrated Thunderbolt 4 (includes USB4)
LPDDR4X-4267 memory support, except on desktop processors
LPDDR5-5400 "architecture capability" (Intel expected Tiger Lake products with LPDDR5 RAM to be available around Q1 2021 but no companies ever released them)
Miniaturization of CPU and motherboard into an M.2 SSD-sized small circuit board

Hardware telemetry

Add Intel Platform Monitoring Technology

List of Tiger Lake CPUs

Mobile processors (Tiger Lake-H)

All models support DDR4-3200 memory
All models support 20 reconfigurable PCI Express 4.0 lanes, allowing x16 Gen 4 link for discrete GPU and x4 Gen 4 link for M.2 SSDs

Processor branding	Model	Cores (threads)	Base freq at TDP (GHz)	Turbo freq, active cores (GHz)	UHD Graphics	Smart cache	TDP	Price
@35 W	@45 W	@65 W	1 or 2	4	6	All	EUs	Max freq (GHz)
Core i9		8 (16)	—N/a	2.6	3.3	5.0	4.9	4.7	4.5	32	1.45	24 MB	45-65 W	$583
Xeon W	vPro	2.1	—N/a	35-45 W	$623
Core i9	vPro	$556
	2.5	4.9	4.8	4.6	4.4	$546
Core i7	vPro	4.8	4.8	4.6	4.3	$395
	1.9	2.3	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.2
Xeon W	vPro	6 (12)	2.6	3.2	4.9	4.7	4.4	18 MB	$450
Core i7		2.5	2.9	4.6			$395
Core i5	vPro	2.4	2.9	4.6	4.4	4.2	12 MB	$250
	2.2	2.7	4.5	4.3	4.1	16
	2.1	2.6	4.4	4.2	4.0	1.40

Mobile processors (Tiger Lake-H35)

All models support DDR4-3200 or LPDDR4X-4267 memory

Processor branding	Model	Cores (threads)	Base freq at TDP	Max Turbo freq active cores	Iris Xe Graphics	Smart cache	TDP	Price
@28 W	@35 W	1	2	All	EUs	Max freq
Core i7		4 (8)	2.9 GHz	3.4 GHz	5.0 GHz	4.6 GHz	96	1.40 GHz	12 MB	28-35 W	$426
	3.0 GHz	3.3 GHz	5.0 GHz	4.8 GHz	4.3 GHz	1.35 GHz	$482
	4.8 GHz	$426
Core i5		2.5 GHz	3.2 GHz	4.5 GHz	8 MB	$309
	2.6 GHz	3.1 GHz	4.4 GHz	4.0 GHz	80	1.30 GHz

Mobile processors (UP3-class)

Processor branding	Model	Cores (threads)	Base freq at TDP	Max Turbo freq	GPU	Smart cache	TDP	Memory support	Price
@12 W	@15 W	@28 W	1 Core	All Cores	Model	EUs	Max freq
Core i7		4 (8)	1.3 GHz		2.9 GHz	5.0 GHz	4.6 GHz	Iris Xe	96	1.40 GHz	12 MB	12-28 W	DDR4-3200 LPDDR4X-4267	$426
vPro	1.2 GHz	1.8 GHz	3.0 GHz	4.8 GHz	4.3 GHz	1.35 GHz
	1.2 GHz	1.7 GHz	2.8 GHz	4.7 GHz	4.1 GHz	1.30 GHz
Core i5		1.0 GHz		2.5 GHz	4.5 GHz	4.3 GHz	80	1.35 GHz	8 MB	$309
vPro	1.1 GHz	1.5 GHz	2.6 GHz	4.4 GHz	3.8 GHz	1.30 GHz
	0.9 GHz	1.4 GHz	2.4 GHz	4.2 GHz	3.8 GHz
Core i3			2.0 GHz	3.7 GHz	3.3 GHz	UHD	48	1.25 GHz	DDR4-3200 LPDDR4X-3733	$281
	2 (4)	1.7 GHz	2.2 GHz	3.0 GHz	4.1 GHz	6 MB
Pentium Gold		—N/a	2.0 GHz	—N/a	3.5 GHz	4 MB	15 W	$161
Celeron		2 (2)	1.8 GHz	—N/a	$107

Embedded mobile processors (UP3-class)

Processor branding	Model	Cores (threads)	Base freq at TDP	Max Turbo freq	GPU	Smart cache	TDP	Memory support	Price
@12 W	@15 W	@28 W	Model	EUs	Max freq	Type	ECC
Core i7	vPro	4 (8)	1.2 GHz	1.8 GHz	2.8 GHz	4.4 GHz	Iris Xe	96	1.35 GHz	12 MB	15 W	DDR4-3200 LPDDR4X-4267	Yes	$490
vPro	No	$431
Core i5	vPro	1.1 GHz	1.5 GHz	2.6 GHz	4.1 GHz	80	1.30 GHz	8 MB	Yes	$362
vPro	No	$312
Core i3		2 (4)	1.7 GHz	2.2 GHz	3.0 GHz	3.9 GHz	UHD	48	1.25 GHz	6 MB	DDR4-3200 LPDDR4X-3733	Yes	$338
	No	$285
Celeron		2 (2)	—N/a	1.8 GHz	—N/a	—N/a	4 MB	No	$107

Mobile processors (UP4-class)

TDP: 7-15W
Memory support: LPDDR4X-4267

Processor branding	Model	Cores (threads)	Base freq at TDP	Max Turbo freq	GPU	Smart cache	Price
@7 W	@9 W	@15 W	1 Core	All Cores	Model	EUs	Max freq
Core i7	vPro	4 (8)	0.9 GHz	1.3 GHz	2.2 GHz	4.6 GHz	3.7 GHz	Iris Xe	96	1.10 GHz	12 MB	$426
	1.2 GHz	2.1 GHz	4.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
Core i5	vPro	0.8 GHz		1.8 GHz	4.2 GHz		80	8 MB	$309
	1.1 GHz	4.0 GHz	3.4 GHz
Core i3		1.5 GHz	3.5 GHz	3.0 GHz	UHD	48	$281
	2 (4)	1.5 GHz	1.8 GHz	2.5 GHz	3.9 GHz	6 MB

Desktop processors (Tiger Lake-B)

Socket: FCBGA1787, a BGA socket, thus are meant only for system integrators
Intel Xe UHD Graphics
Up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 memory

Processor branding	Cores (threads)	Base clock (GHz)	Boost clock (GHz)	L3 Cache	TDP	GPU EUs	GPU Max freq	Price
Core i9	8 (16)	3.3	4.9	24 MB	55-65 W	32	1.45 GHz	$539
Core i7	3.2	4.8
Core i5	6 (12)	3.3	4.6	12 MB	65 W
Core i3	4 (8)	3.6	4.4	16	1.4 GHz