Ice Lake (microprocessor)

For other uses of "Ice Lake", see Ice Lake (disambiguation).
Ice Lake
General information
LaunchedSeptember 2019 (2019-09)
Marketed byIntel
Designed byIntel
Common manufacturer
  • Intel
CPUID code703E5
Product code80689
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate4.1 GHz
DMI speeds8 GT/s
Cache
L1 cache80 KB (per core):
  • 32 KB instructions
  • 48 KB data
L2 cache512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheUp to 8 MB
Architecture and classification
Technology nodeIntel 10 nm
MicroarchitectureSunny Cove
Instruction setx86-64
Instructionsx86-64
Physical specifications
Cores
  • 2–4
GPUGen11
Socket
  • BGA 1526
Products, models, variants
Product code name
  • ICL
Brand name
    • Core i3
    • Core i5
    • Core i7
    • Xeon D
Variant
History
PredecessorsCannon Lake (10 nm process)
Whiskey Lake (14 nm optimization)
SuccessorTiger Lake (10 nm optimization)
Support status
Legacy support for iGPU
Ice Lake-SP
General information
LaunchedApril 2021
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate3.7 GHz
Cache
L1 cache80 KB (per core):
  • 32 KB instructions
  • 48 KB data
L2 cacheUp to 50 MB
L3 cacheUp to 60 MB
Architecture and classification
Technology nodeIntel 10 nm Tri-Gate
MicroarchitectureSunny Cove
Instruction setx86-64
Instructionsx86-64
Physical specifications
Cores
  • up to 40
Socket
Products, models, variants
Brand name
    • Xeon Silver
    • Xeon Gold
    • Xeon Platinum
    • Xeon W
History
PredecessorCascade Lake (14 nm)
SuccessorsSame generation: Cooper Lake (14 nm, 4S/8S systems)
Next generation: Sapphire Rapids

Ice Lake is Intel's codename for the 10th generation Intel Core mobile and 3rd generation Xeon Scalable server processors based on the Sunny Cove microarchitecture. Ice Lake represents an Architecture step in Intel's process–architecture–optimization model.[1][2][3][4] Produced on the second generation of Intel's 10 nm process, 10 nm+, Ice Lake is Intel's second microarchitecture to be manufactured on the 10 nm process, following the limited launch of Cannon Lake in 2018.[1][5][6][7][8] However, Intel altered their naming scheme in 2020 for the 10 nm process. In this new naming scheme, Ice Lake's manufacturing process is called simply 10 nm, without any appended pluses.[9]

Ice Lake CPUs are sold together with the 14 nm Comet Lake CPUs as Intel's "10th Generation Core" product family.[10] There are no Ice Lake desktop or high-power mobile processors; Comet Lake fulfills this role. Sunny Cove-based Xeon Scalable CPUs (codenamed "Ice Lake-SP") officially launched on April 6, 2021.[11][12] Intel officially launched Xeon W-3300 series workstation processors on July 29, 2021.[13]

Ice Lake's direct successor in mobile is Tiger Lake, a third-generation 10 nm SuperFin processor family using the new Willow Cove microarchitecture and integrated graphics based on the new Intel Xe microarchitecture.[14] Ice Lake-SP was succeeded by Sapphire Rapids, powered by Golden Cove cores.[15] Several mobile Ice Lake CPUs were discontinued on July 7, 2021.[16]

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  7. ^ "What's the Name of Intel's Third 10-Nanometer Chip?". The Motley Fool. January 18, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
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  10. ^ "10th Gen Core: Intel verwirrt mit 1000er- und 10000er-Prozessoren - Golem.de". www.golem.de (in German). Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  11. ^ "Intel Launches Its Most Advanced Performance Data Center Platform".
  12. ^ "New Intel Processors Accelerate 5G Network Transformation". Intel Newsroom. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  13. ^ "Intel Announces New Xeon W-3300 Processors".
  14. ^ Cutress, Ian. "Intel's 11th Gen Core Tiger Lake SoC Detailed: SuperFin, Willow Cove and Xe-LP". AnandTech. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  15. ^ Pirzada, Usman (October 7, 2020). "Intel Sapphire Rapids: MCM Design, 56 Golden Cove Cores, 64GB HBM2 On-Board Memory, Massive IPC Improvement and 400 Watt TDP". Wccftech. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  16. ^ Evenden, Ian (July 7, 2021). "Intel Retires Lakefield and 10th Gen Low Power CPUs". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved April 7, 2023.