Intel Core i9-10980HK consumes 135W at its 5.3GHz boost frequency

Intel Core i9-10980HK reaches 135W at full power, surpassing the TDP of desktop chips. Inside we inform you about the details.

Yesterday, Intel’s 10th generation laptop chips were released and it was not a big moment for the company. The brand had to highlight the i9-10980HK as its stronghold to emphasize its maximum frequency of 5.3 GHz. However, it seems that reaching this frequency is not very efficient. Thus, the 10th generation Intel Core i9 could consume more than just very powerful desktop chips.

Intel Core i9-10980HK at 135W Is everything that glitters gold?

There are many people who are looking forward to Intel and are waiting for a hiccup to show them. The fact is that the 10th generation edition didn’t excite many people and leaves a bittersweet taste. From here we will inform you about the specifications of their chips, as well as many benchmarks in Geekbench or 3DMark.

Intel highlighted the maximum 5.3GHz that the i9-10980HK reaches and described the i9 as the fastest portable processor ever. Watch out, because Andreas Schilling, publisher of Hardwareluxx, has published some interesting details about this chip in a tweet. To explain it as well as possible, we include Intel’s table and Andreas’ tweet.

It seems that the i9 would have a minimum TDP of 45W, with a multiple of 107W or its maximum: 135W, which is 10W more than the previous i9-9980HK. They tested Thermal Velocity Boost, an automatic overclocking that works when the processor reaches a certain temperature. As the tweeter says, the chip gets 200MHz more when it’s at 65ºC or less; if it’s between 65ºC and 85ºC, it only increases by 100MHz.

We thought that Intel didn’t believe in seeing the Ryzen 9 3950X in this competition, but XMG has this chip for sale, as does CLEVO. Basically, because HXL published a tweet in which you can see two AIDA64 stress tests in a laptop with this Ryzen.

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