Intel 11th Gen H45 Tiger Lake CPU Tested & Compared

Lisa Gade benchmarks and tests Intel’s new 11th gen Tiger Lake H45 8-core CPU. This is Intel’s first 10mn processor in their nominally 45 watt H series of CPUs for gaming laptops and mobile workstations. We look at an Intel-branded custom system based on a pre-release MSI Creator Z16 with the unusual pairing of an Intel Core i9-11980HK overclockable 8-core CPU and NVIDIA RTX 3060 65 watt (seriously Max-Q low power) dedicated graphics. Since this is a creator focused laptop in a 16.5mm chassis, our benchmarks, comparisons and thermal tests focus on CPU performance rather than gaming (the GPU is too weak for competitive analysis in games vs it’s peers). We compare the CPU to the last gen Core i9-10980HK, the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and the Alienware Area 51m R2 laptop with a desktop Core i7-10700K. Pre-orders for 11th gen laptops start this week, and Intel says they have 1 million CPUs ready to go for the launch.

[mini]

That MSI Creator Z16 looks dope!! I hope you get to fully review this one Lisa.

[themoakley]

Great info as always! Thanks Lisa and crew! You guys rock!

[suntzu]

11:25
I haven't heard these words in quite a long time.
Respect++.

[Radhaugo]

6:53 That Fire Strike Graphics score beats most 1070 Max Q Gaming laptops and that Physics Score beats current i-7 8 core laptops.
~ IMO a great Business “Gaming” Laptop

[OWNORDISOWN]

I think apart from better single core performance and the extra PCIe lanes there isn't much of an advantage over the 10th gen. My i9 10980hk in my GE66 scores the same in CB R20 already and runs cooler. Sure, the chassis you tested does not have the same cooling muscle as the GE66 but performance wise its similar. Were you able to undervolt it Lisa?

[deanthompson]

Thank you, Lisa for this review and look forward at the newest from Intel. Very informative.

[RojsaCom]

Great review as always! Can't wait to see more review from you. This CPU in other laptops probably with better thermal management. :)

[qontentqreator]

Better reviewer than most tech youtubers! See you at one million subs soon!

[LuisChavezTV]

MobileTechReview videos are always so informative thank you so much for all of your hard work Lisa! I have been a long time fan since 2012 and I am not going anywhere 😊

[PWingert]

Dell just announced their new XPS 15 and 17 and they have the low wattage 3060 as well. SO you can do your comparison with them.

[ContraVsGigi]

That laptop surely looks good and functional (doesn't hurt one with sharp edges, slips nicely in the backpack).

[pweddy]

That geekbench 5 score is within spitting distance of the 10700k.
It will be interesting to see what it does with a proper cooling solution?

[princelyijieh]

Love your content but the graph on 7:48 is misleading I had to give it a second look. I thought the AMD was 2.3 times better until I saw the actual scores. I think it’ll be better if all the individual scores start at 0 instead of 4000

[andrejasofrenovic]

You are my fave tech reviewer on YouTube. 👏 Keep up the great work!
Ps. are there any chances of you perhaps reviewing Yoga 6?

[itsmisterarie]

That was a challenging review - nice work Lisa.

[pweddy]

I’m not even an Intel fan, but that Intel logo etched on the cover is sharp!
They would do well to have some vendors sell systems like that!

[EclecticVibe]

When are laptop s with these processor supposed to come out? Thank you for a great review:)

[XyonusTV]

Can't wait to see the performance of this CPU with Liquid Metal and undervolting, I bet it will smash everything 😁

[zachtravers]

I’ve been a diehard Intel fan in the past, but I think AMD has stepped up their game so much, especially with thermals, if I were in the market for a windows laptop, I’d go with AMD. My intel MBP 16 gets so hot. I can’t wait for the M1 redesign, I hope it comes this year,

[thorc]

Are these tests done on battery power only or...? Because it can differ a lot.