The Skylake processors of Intel are getting a refresh in the shape of the new Kaby Lake processors, as it launched under the branding of 7th generation Core. Kaby Lake is the upcoming 14 nanometer successor to the Skylake microarchitecture, with a few efficiency and power improvements thrown in.

Kaby Lake also opens the opportunity for Apple Inc. to finally upgrade its MacBook Pro computers and maybe even the MacBook Air. In spite of the fact that the Cupertino based company opted to skip the Skylake architecture with those models, based on the report of The Verge.

Aside from Kaby Lake's pure power or stamina improvements, there are still a couple of measurable advantages to the new processor, and those can start with efficiency.

In terms of performance per watt, Intel claimed that the 7th-gen Core Kaby Lake is 10 times more efficient compared to the first generation. Where the 6th generation family was only 8 times better. Also, Kaby Lake has improved web performance by 19 percent in Intel's benchmarks. Plus the productivity apps, which clock in at 12 percent faster.

Kaby Lake's video will be packed with multiple streams of 4K content, 360-degree videos, as well as virtual and augmented reality applications, PC Mag reported.

However, reports surfaced on the internet that Intel's seventh-gen Core Kaby Lake processors are not as big an upgrade as people would expect from Intel. The Kaby Lake processors might be a little bit faster and a little bit more power-efficient, but Intel's new CPUs might actually be found on PCs with last year's chips, according to CNET.

Also, it's not too surprising that Kaby Lake CPU ran 12 percent faster than the Skylake, for the reason that the new chip is clocked 12 percent faster. But a problem could occur, as faster clock speed will cause more heat and consume more battery as well.

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