NOTE: The clock speed and performance varies depending on the workload and other variables.
Skylake processor
Intel Skylake is the successor to the Intel® Broadwell processor. It is a microarchitecture redesign using an already existing process
technology and it will be branded as Intel 6th Gen Core. Like Broadwell, Skylake is available in four variants with suffixes SKL-Y, SKL-H,
and SKL-U.
The Skylake also includes Core i7, i5, i3, Pentium and Celeron processors.
Skylake vs Broadwell roadmap
The following illustration is a roadmap comparison between the Skylake processor vs the Broadwell processor:
Figure 2. Skylake vs Broadwell roadmap
Processor performance features
The following table illustrates the performance available on each Skylake suffix.
Table 3. Performance features
Feature Feature description SKL-Y SKL-U SKL-H
General
Features
Cores Dual Core Dual Core Dual Core
CPU/Memory/Graphic
Overclocking
No No Yes
Intel Extreme Tuning
Utility
No No Yes
Intel Hyper-Threading
Technology
Yes Yes Yes
Intel Smart Cache
Technology with last level
cache (LLC) sharing
between Processor and
GFx cores
Yes Yes Yes
Intel Smart Sound
Technology
Yes Yes Yes
Intel Turbo Boost
Technology 2.0
Yes Yes Yes
Last Level Cache (LLC) Up to 4M Up to 4M Up to 4M
Voltage Optimizer Yes TBD TBD
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