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Dell Latitude 7424 Rugged Extreme Service Manual

Skylake processor

Intel Skylake is the successor to the Intel Broadwell processor. It is a micro-architecture 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 1. Skylake vs Broadwell roadmap
Figure displaying broadwell and skylate comparison.

Processor performance features

The following table illustrates the performance available on each Skylake suffix.

Table 1. Performance featuresThe following table illustrates the performance available on each Skylake suffix.
Feature Feature description SKL-Y SKL-U SKL-H
General FeaturesCores 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
Display3 Independent Display Support Yes Yes Yes
HDMI 2.0 Display @60Hz 3840x2160 3840x2160 3840x2160
DP/eDP Display @60Hz 3840x2160 4096x2304 4096x2304
eDP 1.3, support for MPO, NV12 Yes Yes Yes
MediaIntel Built-In Visuals Yes Yes Yes
ComputeOpenCL 2.0 Yes No yes
Platform Hardware14nm process Yes Yes Yes
16PCIe Graphic lanes (configurable as 1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8+2x4) No No Yes
PCIe Gen3.0 support No No Yes
Switchable graphics (muxless solution) No Yes Yes
MemoryMemory Type DDR4 DDR4 DDR4
Connector / Memory Down Memory down SODIMM SODIMM
Speed 2133MT/s for DDR4 2133MT/s for DDR4 2133MT/s for DDR4
Max Capacity 32 GB 32 GB 32 GB
OS SupportWindows 11 (64-bit) Yes Yes Yes
Windows 10 (64-bit) Yes Yes Yes
Windows 7 (64-bit / 32bit) Yes Yes Yes
Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Yes Yes Yes
Linux (kernel and associated modules) Yes Yes Yes
Chrome Yes Yes No
Android No No No

General comparison with Broadwell processor

Figure 2. Comparison with Broadwell processor
Figure showing skylake comparison.

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