We tested one of Intel’s Tiger Lake processors — and Xe Graphics are the real deal
Photo by Monica Chin / The Verge Earlier this month, Intel announced its 11th-Gen Tiger Lake" laptop CPUs. The company proclaimed them the new best processor for thin-and-light laptops - but thanks to AMD's 7nm Ryzen 400 chips, competition for that title is fierce. This week, we finally got a chance to try one out.
For some background: the Tiger Lake line includes nine new processors. These aren't what you'd find in a large gaming laptop or desktop replacement - they're meant to power ultraportable devices. The chips feature Thunderbolt 4 support, Wi-Fi 6, and the company's new Xe integrated graphics. They're built on a 10nm node similar to their 10th-Gen predecessors, but Intel says that they'll perform faster with lower power consumption thanks to a new SuperFin...