Tiger Lake

This article is about the microprocessor family. For other uses, see Tiger Lake (disambiguation).

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,^[4] representing an optimization step in Intel's process–architecture–optimization model.

Tiger Lake

General information
Launched	Chip-only availability: September 2, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-09-02)^[2] Pre-installed-availability: October 2020; 3 years ago (2020-10)
Discontinued	January 26, 2024; 3 months ago (2024-01-26)^[1]
Product code	80690
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate	5.0 GHz
Cache
L1 cache	80 KB^[3] per core (32 instructions + 48 data)
L2 cache	1.25 MB per core
L3 cache	Up to 24 MB, shared
Architecture and classification
Technology node	Intel 10 nm SuperFin (10SF) process
Microarchitecture	Willow Cove
Instruction set	x86-64
Instructions	x86-64
Physical specifications
Cores	2–8
GPU(s)	Intel Xe-based integrated graphics
Socket(s)	BGA 1449, BGA 1787
Products, models, variants
Product code name(s)	TGL
Brand name(s)	Celeron Pentium Gold Core i3 Core i5 Core i7 Core i9 Xeon W
History
Predecessor(s)	Mobile: Ice Lake Mobile and desktop: Comet Lake
Successor(s)	Alder Lake
Support status
Supported

Tiger Lake processors launched on September 2, 2020, are part of the Tiger Lake-U (however, they end with the suffixes -G4 and -G7 instead of -U) family and include dual-core and quad-core 9 W (7–15 W) TDP and 15 W (12–28 W) TDP models.^[5] They power 2020 Intel Evo laptops.^[6][7][8] 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.^[9] According to Yehuda Nissan and his team, the architecture is named after a lake across Puget Sound, Washington from Seattle.^[10] Laptops based on Tiger Lake started to sell in October 2020.^[11]

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.^[12] Intel officially launched the 11th generation Intel Core-H series and Xeon W-11000M series on May 11, 2021^[13] and announced the 11th generation Intel Core Tiger Lake Refresh series (1195G7 and 1155G7) on May 30, 2021.^[14]

Features

CPU

Further information: Willow Cove

• Intel Willow Cove CPU cores^[15]
• TAGE-like directional branch predictor (with a global history size of 194 taken branches)^[16]
• Indirect branch tracking and CET shadow stack^[17]
• Intel Key Locker^[18][19]

GPU

• Intel Xe-LP ("Gen12") GPU with up to 96 execution units^[20][21] (50% uplift compared to Ice Lake, up from 64) with some yet to be announced processors using Intel's discrete GPU, DG1^[22][23]
• Support for FP64 was removed^[24]
• 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^[25][26][27]
• Support for a single 8K 12-bit HDR display or two 4K 10-bit HDR displays
• Hardware accelerated Dolby Vision
• Sampler Feedback^{[28][29][30][31]} support
• Dual Queue Support^[32]

IPU

• Image Processing Unit, a special co-processor to improve image and video capture quality
• Not available on embedded models
• Initially there were i7-1165G7, i5-1135G7, i3-1125G4 and i3-1115G4 models with no IPU but later embedded processors were introduced instead

I/O

• PCI Express 4.0^[33] (Pentium and Celeron CPUs are limited to PCI Express 3.0)
• Integrated Thunderbolt 4 (includes USB4)
• LPDDR4X-4267 memory support
• LPDDR5-5400 "architecture capability" (Intel expected Tiger Lake products with LPDDR5 to be available around Q1 2021 but never released them)^[34][35][36]
• Miniaturization of CPU and motherboard into an M.2 SSD-sized small circuit board^[22]

Hardware telemetry

• Add Intel Platform Monitoring Technology^[37]

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	11980HK	8 (16)	—	2.6	3.3	5.0	4.9	4.7	4.5	32	1.45	24 MB	45-65 W	$583
Xeon W	11955M vPro		2.1		—								35-45 W	$623
Core i9	11950H vPro													$556
	11900H			2.5		4.9	4.8	4.6	4.4					$546
Core i7	11850H vPro					4.8	4.8	4.6	4.3					$395
	11800H		1.9	2.3		4.6	4.5	4.4	4.2
Xeon W	11855M vPro	6 (12)	2.6	3.2		4.9	4.7	4.4				18 MB		$450
Core i7	11600H		2.5	2.9		4.6								$395
Core i5	11500H vPro		2.4	2.9		4.6	4.4	4.2				12 MB		$250
	11400H		2.2	2.7		4.5	4.3	4.1		16
	11260H		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	11390H	4 (8)	2.9 GHz	3.4 GHz	5.0 GHz		4.6 GHz	96	1.40 GHz	12 MB	28-35 W	$426
	11375H		3.0 GHz	3.3 GHz	5.0 GHz	4.8 GHz	4.3 GHz		1.35 GHz			$482
	11370H				4.8 GHz							$426
Core i5	11320H		2.5 GHz	3.2 GHz	4.5 GHz					8 MB		$309
	11300H		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	1195G7	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
	1185G7 vPro		1.2 GHz	1.8 GHz^[35]	3.0 GHz	4.8 GHz	4.3 GHz			1.35 GHz
	1165G7		1.2 GHz	1.7 GHz	2.8 GHz	4.7 GHz	4.1 GHz			1.30 GHz
Core i5	1155G7		1.0 GHz		2.5 GHz	4.5 GHz	4.3 GHz		80	1.35 GHz	8 MB			$309
	1145G7 vPro		1.1 GHz	1.5 GHz	2.6 GHz	4.4 GHz	3.8 GHz			1.30 GHz
	1135G7		0.9 GHz	1.4 GHz	2.4 GHz	4.2 GHz	3.8 GHz
Core i3	1125G4				2.0 GHz	3.7 GHz	3.3 GHz	UHD	48	1.25 GHz			DDR4-3200 LPDDR4X-3733	$281
	1115G4	2 (4)	1.7 GHz	2.2 GHz	3.0 GHz	4.1 GHz					6 MB
Pentium Gold	7505		—	2.0 GHz	—	3.5 GHz					4 MB	15 W		$161
Celeron	6305	2 (2)		1.8 GHz		—								$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	1185GRE 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
	1185G7E vPro												No	$431
Core i5	1145GRE vPro		1.1 GHz	1.5 GHz	2.6 GHz	4.1 GHz		80	1.30 GHz	8 MB			Yes	$362
	1145G7E vPro												No	$312
Core i3	1115GRE	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
	1115G4E												No	$285
Celeron	6305E	2 (2)	—	1.8 GHz	—	—				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	1180G7 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
	1160G7			1.2 GHz	2.1 GHz	4.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
Core i5	1140G7 vPro		0.8 GHz		1.8 GHz	4.2 GHz			80		8 MB	$309
	1130G7			1.1 GHz		4.0 GHz	3.4 GHz
Core i3	1120G4				1.5 GHz	3.5 GHz	3.0 GHz	UHD	48			$281
	1110G4	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 these CPUs are meant only for system integrators
• Intel Xe UHD Graphics
• Up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 memory

Processor branding	Model	Cores (threads)	Base clock (GHz)	Boost clock (GHz)	L3 Cache	TDP	GPU EUs	GPU Max freq	Price
Core i9	11900KB	8 (16)	3.3	4.9	24 MB	55-65 W	32	1.45 GHz	$539
Core i7	11700B		3.2	4.8
Core i5	11500B	6 (12)	3.3	4.6	12 MB	65 W
Core i3	11100B	4 (8)	3.6	4.4			16	1.4 GHz

See also

• Process–architecture–optimization model
• List of Intel CPU microarchitectures

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