11th Gen Intel Core i9 11950H | Review

Launched in May 2021, the i9 11th Gen 11950H is an eight-core SoC for high-end laptops and mobile workstations. The i9 11th Gen 11950H has 8 willow cove cores and 16 threads with a base clock of 2.6 GHz, which can be boosted to 5 GHz. The chip is based on the Tiger Lake H45 generation is manufactured on a 10+ nm superfin process. Other Key specs include 24 MB of L3 cache and support for DDR4-3200 memory and 4266 MHz of LPDDDR4 RAM. The Integrated GPU here is Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 with 32EUs (32 active compute units). Also, Tiger Lake SoCs adds PCIe 4 support, and the integration of WiFi 6E, Thunderbolt 4, USB 4, and PCIe 4 support. According to  Intel, the default TDP (PL1) of i9 11th Gen 11950H is 45 Watts however, the TDP can be configured at 65 Watts which increases the base clock to 3.3 GHz (cTDP up).

Performance | How is the 11th Gen Intel Core i9 11950H (Can it keep up with AMD)

The 11th Gen Intel Core i9 11950H in terms of performance goes toe to toe with AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX. The i9 11950H is faster than the Ryzen 9 5900HX in single-threaded workloads, whereas the 5900HX moves ahead in multi-thread workflows. So it goes without saying that it can easily handle workloads involving your day-to-day tasks such as web browsing and other office workloads. Now if we talk about heavier workloads such as video editing, photo editing, and CAD applications the 11950H should be able to handle it with zero difficulties.

IGPU: Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs

The Xe 750 Graphics based on the intel’s Xe architecture sees a massive improvement in its performance and is capable of playing modern AAA titles at 40+ FPS but only at low settings. However, for any laptop which comes integrated with the 11th Gen Intel Core i9 11950H, this shouldn’t be a problem as any laptop that has the 11950H will be paired with a dedicated graphics solution.