The Core i9 Laptops Have Arrived

**Intel Unveils New Chips with Integrated AMD Graphics**

Hey guys, this is Austin. If you love laptops, I've got some good news for you. Intel recently invited me to their event in San Francisco where they showed off a wide range of new chips, including not only Intel processors that have built-in AMD dedicated graphics but also new laptop chips across the board.

**The 8th Generation Intel Core Processors with Radeon RX Vega Graphics**

So, let's start with the very first Intel processor that has dedicated AMD graphics that are actually built inside the chip. The 8th Generation Intel Core Processors with Radeon RX Vega Graphics is a special CPU that gets a quad-core Kaby Lake base CPU that lives on the Core i7 and can boost up to 4.2 gigahertz. What really makes this special is the idea that you're getting a pretty much dedicated Radeon graphics card that's actually going to be paired inside that same chip.

**Custom Vega Implementation**

This is going to be a custom Vega implementation with between 20 or 24 CUs depending on if you go with Core i5 or Core i7. They had a couple of laptops available to demo, including the HP Spectre x360 and the Dell XPS 15 2-in-1. These are fairly thin and light laptops with 15-inch displays.

**Thin and Light Laptops**

When you consider that they have the CPU and the GPU all inside a 65-watt TDP, they don't have to be all that thick and they don't need to have any kind of crazy cooling. It's all going to be on one chip, which means that for a lot of these things, they can actually be pretty close to Ultrabooks.

**Mainstream Side**

On the mainstream side, the U-Series processors that go in a ton of Ultrabooks are going to be getting Iris Plus Graphics. This is going to be almost definitely found in things like the next-generation 13-inch MacBook. It's going to be really nice to be able to have a fairly thin and small laptop that can have not only quad-core processors but also pretty decent integrated graphics.

**Brand New Gaming Laptops Chips**

What's really exciting, though, are the brand new gaming laptops chips. These are the H-Series processors and at 45 watts, it's what you find in pretty much any gaming laptop as well as some workstations. There's a big change across the board.

**Core i5's Bumped Up**

First of all, the Core i5's are basically being bumped up to what you used to be able to get as a Core i7. They're still going to be quad-core but they now have hyperthreading. The real sweet spot, though, is going to be the brand new 8th Generation Core i7's which just like the desktop, are moving from four cores to six cores.

**Core i9 Laptop Chip**

I'm really excited to get my hands on that brand new Intel Core i9 laptop chip. This essentially builds on what you're getting on the Core i7 with the six-core design but cranks up everything to 11. The i9-8950HK has that same six-core hyperthreading design as the i7.

**Velocity Boost**

Even better is that's going to be overclockable and assuming that you're going to be fairly cool on the processor, you can get up to 4.8 gigahertz out of the Core i9. Intel had a few of these Core i9 systems set up and to be fair, they're all very, very thick.

**Conclusion**

I've got to say, I am really excited for the new i7's and i9's. Having six-cores in a laptop is going to be a legit game changer. But I'm curious, which of these processors do you think will make it into your next laptop? Let me know in the comments below.