Whiskey Lake
The 8th Generation Intel® Core™ U-Series processors for IoT applications are feature-rich delivering high performance per watt. All Intel IoT processors offer long-life availability, embedded use conditions, Intel® vPro™ technology features ranging from 4 to 2 cores, increased I/O capacity, support for Intel® Optane™ memory, and the latest DDR4-2400 memory. These processors meet the increasing requirements for graphics, audio, and compute capabilities while providing the headroom to consolidate data and applications. Software optimized tools such as the Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit and Intel® System Studio accelerates the development of vision applications like facial recognition, people counting, and object detection. Combined with substantial ecosystem support and long-life availability, 8th Generation Intel® Core™ U-Series processors offer a future-proof platform for intelligent solution development.
Key features on Whiskey Lake
Immersive graphics and media
Up to 50% better video transcoding performance on 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8665UE vs. 2YO 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7600U1. Deliver smooth 4K content streaming on multiple displays, enhance speech recognition and audio playback, and much more.
High-speed connectivity
Draw from a broad range of connectivity options, including integrated Gigabit Wi-Fi, Thunderbolt™ 3, and robust I/O, to quickly move data from devices to wherever it needs to go—to a network video recorder, an on-premise server, the cloud, or any other destination.
Intel® Optane™ Memory
Streamline and enhance performance by connecting cameras, displays, graphics cards, and storage to the same system, and overcome data transfer bottlenecks with support for the latest Intel® Optane™ memory technology.
Remote manageability
With out-of-band remote manageability, Intel® Active Management Technology streamlines operations and creates a consistent approach to managing a broad spectrum of devices on the network, reducing IT support and saving time and money.
Performance
Up to 58% better multi-threaded integer compute intensive application performance on 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8665UE vs. 2YO 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7600U2.
Topline specifications
- Up to 4.4 GHz max frequency
- DDR4-2400 memory
- Discrete Thunderbolt™ 3 support
- Generation 9.5 Intel® Graphics GT2
- Integrated and discrete Gigabit Wi-Fi
- Integrated USB 3.1 Generation 2
- Intel® Smart Sound Technology
- Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
- Intel® Media SDK
What you can do with Whiskey Lake
Visual retail
Retail solutions deliver continuously streaming 4K media for attention-grabbing digital signage, kiosks, and menu boards to attract and inform shoppers with stunning visuals.
AI and retail
Enable capabilities such as facial recognition for authentication at ATMs or intelligent vending machines, object detection for cashier-free checkout, people counting, and audience analytics.
Industrial security
In the industrial sector, downtime can cause significant losses. Leverage hardware- and software-based security hardening to help protect systems and data at rest and in flight.
Platform components for Whiskey Lake
8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors U-Series (Mobile-U)
| Processor | Cores | Threads | Cache (MB) | Base frequency (GHz) | Max turbo frequency (GHz) | TDP (W) | ECC | Intel® vPro™ Technology | Ordering code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel® Core™ i7-8665UE Processor | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 15 | No | Yes | - |
| Intel® Core™ i5-8365UE Processor | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 15 | No | Yes | - |
| Intel® Core™ i3-8145UE Processor | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 15 | No | No | - |
| Intel® Celeron™ 4305UE Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | No | No | - |
OS vendor |
Operating system 3 (Targeted for Support) |
Implementation | Distribution and support 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
Microsoft |
Windows* 10 IoT Enterprise RS5 (64b) |
Intel |
Intel, Microsoft |
Linux* |
Ubuntu*, SUSE, Red Hat* Enterprise (64b) | Canonical Ltd., Attachmate Group, Red Hat, and open source | |
Yocto Project* BSP tool-based embedded Linux distribution (64b) |
Intel |
Intel, Yocto Project community |
|
RTOS |
Wind River VxWorks* 7 (64b) |
Wind River |
|
Product and Performance Information
As measured by HDXPRT 4 convert videos workload on Intel® Core™ i7-8665UE vs. Intel® Core™ i7-7600U processor
Intel® Core™ i7-8665UE processor, PL1= 15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.4GHz, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, Intel Reference Platform, Memory: 2x4GB DDR4-2400, Storage: 512GB Intel® 545s SSD, OS: Microsoft Windows* 10 Pro RS5 Build Version 1809.
Intel® Core™ i7-7600U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.9GHz, Intel® HD Graphics 620, Motherboard: Intel Reference Platform, Memory: 2x8GB DDR4-2133, Storage: 512GB Intel® 545s SSD, OS: Microsoft Windows* 10 Pro RS5 Build Version 1809.
HDXPRT 4 is published by Principled Technologies (PT), an open source community and host of the BenchmarkXPRT* development forum. HDXPRT tests Windows* Media Editing using real-world scenarios: Edit photos, convert videos and edit music. Mainstream applications used in the scenarios include Adobe Photoshop* Elements, Apple iTunes* and CyberLink MediaEspresso*. Each scenario produces individual metrics that roll up to an overall score. For Windows, HDXPRT 4 supports Win64.
Performance results are based on testing as of May 24, 2019 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product can be absolutely secure.
As measured by SPECint*_rate_base2006 N copy on Intel® Core™ i7-8665UE vs. Intel® Core™ i7-7600U processor
Intel® Core™ i7-8665UE processor, PL1= 15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.4GHz, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, Intel Reference Platform, Memory: 2x4GB DDR4-2400, Storage: 512GB Intel® 545s SSD, OS: Microsoft Windows* 10 Pro RS5 Build Version 1809.
Intel® Core™ i7-7600U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.9GHz, Intel® HD Graphics 620, Motherboard: Intel Reference Platform, Memory: 2x8GB DDR4-2133, Storage: 512GB Intel® 545s SSD, OS: Microsoft Windows* 10 Pro RS5 Build Version 1809.
SPEC* CPU2000/2006 is a benchmark from the SPEC consortium that measures device performance and throughput using compute intensive application subtests. SPECint*_base2000/2006 measures how fast a device completes a single integer compute task. SPECint*_rate_base2000/2006 measures throughput, or how many integer compute tasks a device can accomplish in a given amount of time. OS support: Desktop Windows*, UNIX*/Linux* and Mac* OS.
Performance results are based on testing as of May 24, 2019 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product can be absolutely secure.
This is the OS list that is tested internally and does NOT reflect the OS vendor support for these exact release versions. Please contact respective OS vendor(s) for the release version numbers and support. Several software patches will be upstreamed and will be picked up over time. These will be required to enhance platform support.
Intel only provides support for our tools, patches and utilities on the OS. Actual OS support should come from the OS Vendor.