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The Intel 10th Generation Ice Lake 10nm CPUs officially launched during Computex 2019 is now shipping, units will soon be available at your favorite stores. The company also announced that by Fall of 2019, they will unveil their next generation Core X HEDT Processors. (Photo: Intel/Twitter)

A recently leaked benchmark has given the tech community a good look of what to expect with Intel's upcoming line of Ice Lake processors. Based on the leak, Intel's 10th-generation Ice Lake mobile processors appear to have outperformed its AMD Ryzen counterparts.

The leaked benchmark had the i7-1065G7 go against AMD's Ryzen 5 3500U, both processors are aimed at the mobile market. The results revealed that Intel still has a few tricks up its sleeve, especially with the upcoming Ice Lake lineup.

It is important to note here that the Ryzen 5 3500U has a higher clock speed at 2.1GHz, while the i7-1065G7 only clocks in at 1.3GHz. Despite this, the Intel chip still managed to outperform the AMD chip in the instructions per clock (IPC) test.

AMD has been playing catch with Intel for well over a decade now. The company's Ryzen line of processors have breathed some semblance of fresh air into the competition and managed to chip away a couple of points off of Intel's market share. The Ryzen series was deemed by many as AMD's secret weapon into toppling Intel's monopoly in the market. Despite showing early signs of defeat, Intel is still able to snag away a couple of victories from unexpected pockets.

During Computex 2019 about a month ago, both AMD and Intel traded blows in announcing new lineups, with benchmark leaks coming out almost every day. AMD managed to win the stage with the introduction of its 7nm Ryzen Zen 2 3000 line of processors. Intel, on the other hand, only managed to introduce its 10nm process, and with the absence of its 10th generation desktop lineup, many gave the points to AMD at that event.

The recent leak revealed quite a lot about Intel's roadmap for the foreseeable future. With the i7-1065G7 dominating its AMD counterpart, it would appear that Intel is investing quite a bit of its resources towards the laptop and mobile industry. It would be interesting to know what hardware Intel's partners can come up with now that its latest mobile chip has been revealed.

While this appears to be a clear win for Intel, it is important to note that the Ryzen 5 3300U is based on an older Zen+ architecture, not the Zen 2 architecture which AMD recently flaunted at Computex. This means that Intel pit an old AMD processor with a new model from its lineup. It would be very interesting how AMD responds to this recent leak.