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Comet Lake
Intel processor microarchitecture

Comet Lake is Intel's codename for its 10th generation Core processors. They are manufactured using Intel's third 14 nm Skylake process revision, succeeding the Whiskey Lake U-series mobile processor and Coffee Lake desktop processor families. Intel announced low-power mobile Comet Lake-U CPUs on August 21, 2019, H-series mobile CPUs on April 2, 2020, desktop Comet Lake-S CPUs April 30, 2020, and Xeon W-1200 series workstation CPUs on May 13, 2020. Comet Lake processors and Ice Lake 10 nm processors are together branded as the Intel "10th Generation Core" family. In March 2021, Intel officially launched Comet Lake-Refresh Core i3 and Pentium CPUs on the same day as the 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake launch. The low-power mobile Comet Lake-U Core and Celeron 5205U CPUs were discontinued on July 7, 2021.

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Generational changes

All Comet Lake CPUs feature an updated Platform Controller Hub with CNVio2 controller with Wi-Fi 6 and external AX201 CRF module support.8

Comet Lake-S compared to Coffee Lake-S Refresh

  • Up to ten CPU cores
  • Hyperthreading on all models, except for Celeron
  • Single core turbo boost up to 5.3 GHz (300 MHz higher); all-core turbo boost up to 4.9 GHz; Thermal Velocity Boost for Core i9;9 Turbo Boost Max 3.0 support for Core i7 and i9
  • DDR4-2933 memory support for Core i7 and i9; DDR4-2666 for Core i3, Core i5, Pentium Gold, Celeron
  • 400-series chipset based on the LGA 1200 socket

Comet Lake-H compared to Coffee Lake-H Refresh

  • Higher turbo frequencies by up to 300 MHz
  • DDR4-2933 memory support
  • Thermal Velocity Boost for Core i7 and i9

Comet Lake-U compared to Whiskey Lake-U

  • Up to six CPU cores
  • Higher turbo frequencies by up to 300 MHz
  • DDR4-2666 and LPDDR3-2133 memory support

One notable architectural change of Comet Lake from its predecessors is removal of TSX instruction set extensions.10111213

Entry-level CPUs like the i3 series no longer support ECC memory.14

List of 10th generation Comet Lake processors

Desktop

Comet Lake-S

Pentium and Celeron CPUs lack AVX and AVX2 support.

ProcessorbrandingModelCores (Threads)CPU clock rate (GHz)GPUSmart cache (L3)TDPMemorysupportPrice(USD)15
BaseTurbo BoostModelMax clock rate (GHz)
All-Core2.03.0TVBBaseDown
Core i910900K10 (20)3.74.85.15.25.3UHD 6301.2020 MB16125 W95 WDDR4-2933 dual-channel up to 128 GB$488
10900KF$472
109103.64.75.0UHD 6301.2OEM
109002.84.55.15.265 W$438
10900F$422
10900T1.93.74.54.6UHD 6301.235 W25 W$438
10850K3.64.85.05.15.2125 W95 W$453
Core i710700K8 (16)3.84.716 MB$374
10700KF$349
107002.94.64.74.8UHD 6301.265 W$323
10700F$298
10700T2.03.74.44.5UHD 6301.235 W25 W$325
Core i510600K6 (12)4.14.54.812 MB125 W95 WDDR4-2666 dual-channel

up to 128 GB

$262
10600KF$237
106003.34.44.8UHD 6301.265 W$213
10600T2.43.74.035 W25 W
105003.14.24.51.1565 W$192
10500T2.33.53.835 W25 W
104002.94.04.31.165 W$182
10400F$157
10400T2.03.23.6UHD 6301.135 W25 W$182
Core i3103204 (8)3.84.44.61.158 MB65 W$154
103003.74.24.4$143
10300T3.03.63.91.135 W25 W
101003.64.14.36 MB65 W$122
10100F$79
10100T3.03.53.8UHD 6301.135 W25 W$122
Pentium GoldG66002 (4)4.24 MB58 W$86
G65004.1$75
G6500T3.51.0535 W25 W
G64004.0UHD 61058 W$64
G6400T3.435 W25 W
CeleronG59252 (2)3.658 W$52
G59203.52 MB
G59054 MB$42
G5905T3.31.035 W25 W
G59003.41.052 MB58 W
G5900T3.21.035 W25 W

Comet Lake-W (Workstation)

Comet Lake-W CPUs require the W480 chipset.

ProcessorbrandingModelCores (threads)CPU clock rate (GHz)GPUSmart cache (L3)TDPMemory supportPrice (USD)
BaseTurbo Boost
2.03.0TVB
Xeon W1290P10 (20)3.75.15.25.3UHD

P630

20 MB125 WDDR4-2933

2-channelup to 128 GBwith ECC

$594
12903.25.05.15.280 W$546
1290T1.94.64.735 W
1270P8 (16)3.85.05.116 MB125 W$472
12703.44.95.080 W$398
1250P6 (12)4.14.812 MB125 WDDR4-2666

2-channelup to 128 GBwith ECC

$342
12503.34.780 W$280

Mobile

Comet Lake-H (High power)

Core i5 CPUs lack Thermal Velocity Boost.

Processor brandingModelCores (threads)CPU clock speed (GHz)GPUSmart cache (L3)TDPMemory supportPrice (USD)
BaseMax.

Turbo

ModelMax.

freq. (GHz)

BaseDownUp
Xeon W10885M8 (16)2.45.3UHD 6301.2516 MB45 W35 WDDR4-2933

2-channel up to 128 GB

$623
10855M6 (12)2.85.11.2012 MB$450
Core i910980HK8 (16)2.45.31.2516 MB65 W$583
10885H35 W$556
Core i710875H2.35.11.20$450
10870H2.25.0$417
10850H6 (12)2.75.11.1512 MB$395
10750H2.65.0
Core i510500H2.54.51.05$250
10400H4 (8)2.64.61.108 MB
10300H2.54.51.05
10200H2.44.1UHD 610

Comet Lake-U (Medium power)

The following SKUs additionally support Intel vPro and LPDDR4-2933 memory: i5-10310U, i7-10610U, i7-10810U.

Pentium and Celeron CPUs lack AVX2 support.

Processor

branding

ModelCores

(Threads)

CPU clock speed (GHz)GPUL3

cache

(MB)

TDPMemory

support

Price

(USD)

BaseMax.

Turbo

ModelMax.

freq. (GHz)

DownBaseUp
Core i710810U6 (12)1.14.9UHD

620

1.1512 MB12.5 W15 W25 WDDR4-2666

LPDDR3-2133

$443
10710U4.7
10610U4 (8)1.84.98 MB10 W$409
10510U
Core i510310U1.74.46 MB$297
10210U1.64.21.10
Core i310110U2 (4)2.14.11.004 MB$281
Pentium6405U2.4UHD

610

0.952 MB12.5 WDDR4-2400

LPDDR3-2133

$161
Celeron5305U2 (2)2.30.90$107
5205U1.9

List of 10th generation Comet Lake Refresh processors

Desktop processors

On March 16, 2021, Intel announced the refreshed models of Comet Lake Core i3 and Pentium Gold processors. These processors have the same characteristics as their original parts, albeit with a 100MHz higher frequency and the last digit changing from zero to five.17

ProcessorbrandingModelCores

(Threads)

CPU clock rate (GHz)GPUSmartcache

(MB)

TDPMemorysupportPrice(USD)
BaseAll-Core

Turbo

Turbo

Boost 2.0

ModelMax.

freq. (GHz)

DownBase
Core i5105056 (12)3.24.34.6UHD

630

1.212N/A65DDR4-2666

2-channel

up to 128 GB

$192
Core i3103254 (8)3.94.54.71.15865$154
103053.84.34.5$143
10305T3.03.74.01.102535
101053.74.24.4665$122
10105F$97
10105T3.03.63.9UHD

630

1.102535$122
Pentium

Gold

G66052 (4)4.3458$86
G65054.2$75
G6505T3.61.052535
G64054.1UHD

610

58$64
G6405T3.32535

References

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  15. Price is Recommended Customer Price (RCP) at launch. RCP is the trade price that processors are sold by Intel to retailers and OEMs. Actual MSRP for consumers is higher

  16. Transistorized memory, such as RAM, ROM, flash and cache sizes as well as file sizes are specified using binary meanings for K (10241), M (10242), G (10243), etc. /wiki/Binary_prefix

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