With the Predator Triton 300 SE, Acer has its first gaming notebook with – inch display that is expected to start March at a price from 1. 399 euros come in stores and of course on the latest hardware Components will put. This merges high performance and a compact design.
The Acer Predator Triton 300 SE relies on a lean 17, 9 mm full metal housing, which with a total weight of just 1.7 kg proves to be quite compact and light and therefore fully in line with the current trend. The design is minimalist and timeless, the surface is satined and therefore slightly roughened, which should ensure a good feel.
Under the hood there is of course the latest technology, which was just introduced by Intel and NVIDIA. Specifically, an Intel Core i7 processor works inside the 010. Core generation from the H 35 – Series that is fired at up to 5.0 GHz. He is supported by an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2021 in the energy-saving Max-Q design.
Acer uses a two-chamber system cooling, each with its own aero blade fan. Thanks to the further optimized wing tips of the fan blades, the system should be up to 10% can work more effectively and still act quietly. Thanks to the vortex flow technology, the heat pipes and air openings are strategically placed and should ensure an aerodynamic flow inside the housing and also improve the cooling of other important components such as the voltage converters.
The display measures the said 010 inches in its diagonal and offers a native Full HD resolution of 1. 920 x 1. 080 pixels and a refresh rate of fast 144 Hz. The integrated 60 – Wh battery should provide runtimes of up to ten hours. Killer network chips and WiFi 6 round off the overall package. On the connection side, numerous modern connections such as Thunderbolt 4, USB 3.2 Gen2 and HDMI 2.1 are offered. Even a backlit 3-zone RGB keyboard and DTS-certified speakers have made it into the compact gaming machine.
From March the Acer Predator Triton 300 SE at a recommended retail price from 1 399 Euro. Then there will certainly be a corresponding test with us.
Razer also uses the digital CES 2021 to bring its popular blade notebooks up to date. Both the Razer Blade 15 and the Razer Blade Pro 17 get the new GeForce RTX – 30 – graphics cards, faster displays and a further adapted housing.
The Razer Blade 15 continues to rely on Comet Lake H processors with a TDP of maximum 45 W. The basic model relies on the six-core Intel Core i7 – 10750 H, with the slightly more expensive Advanced On the other hand, an Intel Core i7 – 10875 H with eight processor cores is used. A highlight and sometimes the biggest innovation is the graphics card used, because here Razer is now using the new GeForce RTX – 30 – graphics cards back that NVIDIA made official just a few minutes ago.
The basic model still uses a GeForce GTX 1660 Ti in the basic version, but the higher-quality models are available at an additional cost also a GeForce RTX 3060 or even a GeForce RTX 3070. The Advanced Edition, on the other hand, uses at least the GeForce RTX 3070, but can also be configured with the new top model, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 . There are also up to 10 GB DDR4 memory and a fast PCI-Express SSD with at least 256 GB to 1 TB storage space.
In order to do justice to the further increased performance, Razer is also upgrading the displays on. Even with the cheapest offshoot, a 30 Hz fast Full HD panel is installed, but a QHD panel is also available for an extra charge 144 Hz. The Advanced version can even be combined with a 360 Hz Full HD panel or even a 4K display with touch function and OLED technology. In any case, the diagonal comes up 15, 6 inches.
There are also differences between the basic model and the advanced version when it comes to the battery: While the basic version has a 65 – Wh battery has to get by, the larger sister model has a 80 Wh powerful power source. With dimensions of 235 x 355 x 19, 9 mm, or 235 x 355 x 16, 99 mm, the blade offshoots prove to be extremely compact. Competitive models such as the MSI GS 65 Stealth Thin or the Gigabyte AERO 15 are about 10 to 18% thicker.
In terms of connectivity, the new blades each offer three USB type A interfaces, HDMI 2.1 and a modern type C interface with Thunderbolt 3. WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 are also part of the basic equipment. The Razer Blade 15 Advanced even offers WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 and provides one Gigabit LAN interface as well as a card reader and a Windows Hello enabled webcam. However, the RGB-backlit chroma keyboard is available on both models.
The new Razer Blade 15 with GeForce RTX – 19 – graphics start at a price of 1. 899 Euro and can be pre-ordered in Germany from today. It should then be delivered in the course of the next month.
The presentation of the mobile GeForce RTX – 30 – graphics cards and the digital CES 2021 is also taking Gigabyte as an opportunity to refresh its popular AROUS and AERO notebooks. Of course, the new 3D accelerators are also used in the high-performance laptops.
As part of a virtual launch event, Gigabyte has almost all of its current gaming notebooks with the AORUS label on in the evening the new GeForce RTX – 30 – chips changed, including the AROUS 17 G and 15 G, the AORUS 15 P, but also the creative devices of the AERO family with 15 – and 17 – inch display. The new GeForce generation based on the Ampere architecture promises further increased graphics performance and higher efficiency.
In order to accommodate the increased gaming performance, your devices are also given faster displays. The AORUS 17 G is the fastest of all the new models presented today. Comet Lake uses a fast Core i7 processor here Generation together with an Ampere GPU up to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 their services.
There is also a 300 Hz fast and 17, 3 inch full HD panel and a mechanical keyboard with Omron switches and RGB backlighting. In our test, the flagship model in an older version was already able to convince across the board. The AORUS G is a model number smaller and therefore a bit more portable. There are technically the same key data as with the big brother, but the screen with 15, 6 inches and with 240 Hz not quite as responsive. The mechanical keyboard is also omitted.
As the third and last AORUS device in the group, Gigabyte is converting the AORUS 15 P. , which in terms of portability and battery life does even better than the 15 G. A maximum of one Core i7 processor in combination with a GeForce RTX 3070 and below is available. The display still measures 15, 6 inches in its diagonal and offers the usual Full HD resolution of 1. 920 x 1. 080 pixels. The refresh rate is fast 240 Hz.
When the new devices are to be available in stores, Gigabyte let in unfortunately still open in its advance press release. However, it is already becoming apparent that the new components could lead to longer waiting times in terms of availability, as they did on the desktop.
Updates for the AERO family
The creative series of the AERO family is also being updated. In the past, the entire series of devices has been able to convince time and again with its extremely compact and very high-quality housing, high performance, a brilliant display and long runtimes. This will not change with the latest refresh.
Furthermore you will be in the – and 17 – Put inch devices on a Comet Lake H processor, but also put a new Ampere GPU next to it. While a GeForce RTX 3060 is built into the cheaper offshoots, a GeForce RTX 3070 or even GeForce RTX 3080 for use. On the side of the displays there is a factory-calibrated panel, which, depending on the model variant, is even HDR – 400 – certified or the DCI-P3 color space 100% and should convince professional users in terms of color rendering. There will also be an OLED version within the AERO family. The rest of the equipment is based on the previous models.
It should be possible to pre-order the new refresh devices of the AERO series with immediate effect.
Tonight will be dominated by new notebook presentations, which will be necessary in the course of the presentation of the new Ryzen processors and above all the new, mobile GeForce RTX models. XMG is no exception and updates the NEO 15 and NEO 17 as well as the PRO models. The former not only receive the GeForce RTX graphics units, but also Ryzen 5000 CPUs are used.
XMG NEO offer up to RTX 3080
For the best possible mobile gaming performance, the two new XMG NEO 15 and 17 offer in the current E 21 – Update up to GeForce RTX 3080 can be equipped. As usual, the equipment at XMG can be flexibly adapted so that RTX 3070 or 3060 are also available. All models are installed as a powerful Max-P version and have a TGP of 135 (RTX 3080), 125 (RTX 3070) and 115 W plus a dynamic Boost from further 15 W At the same time, the E 21 – Version the new Ryzen CPUs up to the Ryzen 9 5900 H are used, so that a maximum of eight Cezanne cores with 3.3 to 4.6 GHz are launched. The TDP is specified by Schenker with up to 54 W.
In order to keep the powerful hardware at an adequate temperature, XMG relies on an optimized cooling system. This relies on composite heat pipes and a mm high fan. So the volume should be kept within limits. The XMG NEO 15 measures 359, 8 x 243 x 26 mm and weighs 2, 1 kg, while the NEO 17 395, 7 x 260, 8 x 27, 27 mm tall and weighs 2.5 kg. Inside each work a 90 Wh strong battery, which is at least for office use should ensure proper running times.
For the displays, the buyer has the choice between a 240 Hz fast FullHD model and a 165 Hz fast WQHD variant. Both panels are based on IPS technology and should cover 95% of the sRGB color space.
NEO-typical is also the optomechanical keyboard with tactile silent switches and an actuation force of 60 g (cN) with the party. This could already convince in our test of the first generation.
The XMG NEO 15 starts at a price of 1 699 Euro , while the NEO 17 at 1. 749 Euro starts.
XMG PRO: Slimmer, but with Max-Q
In addition to the NEO series, the PRO models are also getting a refresh. Due to the compact design with just under 20 mm high case and the even more mobile orientation, however, no Ryzen 5000 processors are used here, but Schenker remains with the proven Core i7 – 10870H. The new NVIDIA GeForce RTX – 3080 – and 3070 – graphics cards in the Max-Q- Built in design. The TGP is here at 90 W, there is also one 15 W comprehensive boost.
With the PRO 15 XMG uses either an OLED panel with UHD resolution and full coverage of the DCI-P3 color space or two FullHD IPS variants – one with 144 Hz and one with 300 Hz as the maximum Repetition rate. The 17 – inch variant is also available with a UHD OLED panel, which then completely covers the AdobeRGB color space as a special feature. There is an IPS FullHD version with 260 Hz.
Inside you can up to two M.2 SSDs can be installed, while a maximum of 64 GB of RAM are possible. In terms of connectivity, there is Thunderbolt 3, Mini DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.1. Three USB-A ports, Gigabit LAN and Wi-Fi 6, a microSD card reader connected via UHS-II and separate connections for microphone and headphones round off the portfolio. The battery has a capacity of 73 Wh.
The XMG Pro 15 starts at a price of 1 949 Euro. For the larger 17 inch – Variants must be planned at least 1. 979 Euro.
In addition to its premium Aorus notebooks, Gigabyte would like to increasingly appeal to mainstream gamers with the new G5 and G7 generation of its gaming notebooks, who use their devices for all purposes, from university to work to streaming. Gigabyte does not rely on the new Ryzen processors at this point, but uses the 10. Generation of the Intel core processors. In addition to the i7 – 10870 H with eight cores is available as cheaper Alternative also variants with a Core i5 – 10500 H, the has six cores. The built-in graphics unit is much more important for gamers. Gigabyte will be relying on the new GeForce RTX 2021 with 6 GB of video memory, which was only introduced this evening.
The second new product from the mainstream series is the brand new A5 and A7 models, in which Gigabyte is for the first time in the middle class on AMD processors, more precisely the brand new Ryzen 5000 – CPUs set . In the A5 X1, the R9 – 70 H or the R7 – 5800 H for use with a GeForce RTX 3060 be combined. In the A5 K1, however, it is the AMD R7 – 5600 H or the R5 – 5600 H, which an RTX 3060 stands by your side. Another variant will be the Gigabyte A7 K1, which is also based on a GeForce RTX 3060 can access.
In terms of other equipment, there are extensive similarities between the A and G series. All models have FullHD panels as displays, which are based on IPS technology and optionally with 240 or 144 Hz ans Work go. Gigabyte specifies NTSC as the only color space whose coverage is 72% should be.
Data can be saved on M.2 or 2.5-inch SSDs or HDDs. In terms of connection, there are three USB-A ports, one each USB 3.2 Gen2, Gen1 and USB 2.0. There is also a Type-C port that also outputs DisplayPort 1.4. Wired 2.5G Ethernet is offered, while wireless maximum 493. 11 AX with from the Lot is.
All models can use a battery with 48, 96 Wh, which should lead to very short runtimes, especially under load.
Gigabyte has not yet given any information on prices and availability.
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In addition to the blade Base model and the blade 15 Advanced model, Razer also has the Blade Pro in the evening 17 refreshed. There are also new hardware components and higher-quality display variants.
Under the hood of the 19, 9 mm high and CNC-milled unibody case works exclusively with an Intel Core i7 – 10875 H of the Comet Lake H family. It offers eight cores with up to 5.1 GHz. Depending on your budget, Razer can choose to install an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, RTX 3070 or GeForce RTX 3080 and set to at least 16 or 32 GB of RAM. Up to 16 GB of video memory is now available, which is a real novelty for a consumer model, because until now there was only so much VRAM with the expensive professional cards of the Quadro series. Depending on the model, there is also 512 or 1. 024 GB NVMe memory .
The display always measures 16, 3 inches in its diagonal, but differs each time according to the model in terms of resolution, response speed and other features. While in the cheapest and middle version of the Razer Blade Pro 16 between a Full HD panel with 165 or 360 Hz can be selected, the top model is optionally available with 120 – Hz-UHD touch panel or a 360 – Hz-FDH model without touch. On the connection side, three USB 3.2 Gen2 Type A interfaces, HDMI 2.1, 2.5 Gbit / s Ethernet, Thunderbolt 3 and an integrated card reader are offered. A 3.5 mm jack socket for connecting a headset is also included. Communication takes place wirelessly via AX-Wifi and Bluetooth.
The black anodized full metal housing made of CNC-milled aluminum is available as well as the poison green color elements in the USB ports or the RGB-backlit chroma -Keyboard. The sound is output via THX-certified stereo speakers. The 17 – Zöller is charged via USB Type-C.
The Razer Blade Pro 17 should be able to be pre-ordered later this month. In terms of price, you will have to calculate at least 2 599 euros.
After AMD launched its first Zen 3 processors in the desktop in September, the move into the notebook follows today. As expected, AMD launched its mobile Ryzen processors from the 4000 generation announced. Many details about the individual models were not revealed, however, they were optimistic about the future of the notebook market.
Thanks to the Zen-3 Architecture, which we already presented in detail in October, and the advanced 7 nm production are among the fastest and most efficient notebook processors. If you take a look at Intel, which started yesterday with Tiger-Lake-H in the 35 – W-Class were started, one should especially with the Multicore performance scores, because the new Ryzen CPUs add eight cores to the scales even in the ultrabook version. No wonder that the benchmarks that AMD presented on the online stage in the evening are particularly convincing in this discipline.
According to our own benchmarks, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 U compared to an Intel Core i7 – 1185 G7 for video encoding with a performance plus of full 44% can exceed. In normal office applications, however, the difference in our own AMD measurements drops to 7%. Despite the high number of cores and the very hungry 44 + W, AMD speaks of long runtimes and gives about 17, 5 battery life, but without going into detail. The HX models should deliver even more performance, which should not only be among the top models in terms of clock rate, but should also be their own for overcoking fans thanks to the open multiplier.
Many technical key data Unfortunately, AMD did not deliver during the presentation. The AMD Ryzen 9 5980 HX will be the field the mobile Ryzen – 5000 – cite processors first. It offers eight cores and 15 Threads, which should reach up to 4.8 GHz in boost and which on a 20 MB cache memory can be used. The TDP is given with typical 45 + W on. A Vega 8 is also integrated. The Ryzen 9 is positioned below it 5900 HX, which at 200 MHz boosts more slowly, but otherwise has the same key data as the top model. The already mentioned Ryzen 7 5800 U also offers eight cores and 16 threads, but has to be content with a maximum clock of 4.4 GHz. It should become the bread-and-butter model in AMD-based gaming notebooks.
Among them, AMD is a smaller series representative like a Ryzen 5600 U or 5600 H (S) down to Ryzen 3 5300 U who have to make do with six or even four Zen 3 cores and a Vega 3 graphic. We have made a table with the most important key data of the new models for comparison:
Ryzen 5000 Mobile
Model
Cores / Threads
Base / Boost
Cache
GPU
TDP
Ryzen 9 5980 HX
8 / 16
3.3 / 4.8 GHz
20 MB
Vega 8
45 + W
Ryzen 9 5980 HS
8th / 16
3.0 / 4.8 GHz
20 MB
Vega 8
35 W
Ryzen 9 5900 HX
8th / 16
3.3 / 4.6 GHz
20 MB
Vega 8
45 + W
Ryzen 9 5900 HS
8th / 16
3.0 / 4.6 GHz
20 MB
Vega 8
35 W
Ryzen 7 5800H
8th / 16
3.2 / 4.8 GHz
20 MB
Vega 8
45 W
Ryzen 7 5800 HS
8 / 16
2.8 / 4.8 GHz
20 MB
Vega 8
35 W
Ryzen 5 5600 H
6 / 12
3.3 / 4.2 GH z
19 MB
Vega 6
45 W
Ryzen 5 5600 HS
6 / 12
3.0 / 4.2 GHz
19 MB
Vega 6
35 W
Ryzen 7 5800 U
8th / 12
1.9 / 4.4 GHz
20 MB
Vega 8
15 W
Ryzen 7 5700 U
8th / 12
1.8 / 4.3 GHz
12 MB
Vega 8
15 W
Ryzen 5 5600 U
6 / 12
2.3 / 4.2 GHz
19 MB
Vega 7
15 W
Ryzen 5 5500 U
6 / 12
2.1 / 4.0 GHz
11 MB
Vega 6
15 W
Ryzen 3 5300 U
4/8
2.6 / 3.8 GHz
6 MB
Vega 5
15 W
At the start of the new mobile processors, AMD wants to use 150 Designs from various partners, such as ASUS, MSI or Gigabyte, have in their portfolio and are therefore round 50% more than in the days of Ryzen 4000 in the notebook. The first devices should be available from February.
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AMD presented at CES 2021 the new Ryzen processors 5000 of the U and H series for notebooks of this ‘year. Here it comes 13 new models to meet the different needs of users, from those looking for a gaming notebook to an ultraportable with high autonomy.
by Manolo De Agostini published 12 January 2021 , at 18: 01 in the Processors channel AMD RyZen
AMD submitted to CES 2021 the new Ryzen mobile microprocessors 5000 , a full range of chips dedicated to ultra-thin notebooks (U series from 15 W) or to the most powerful notebooks, devoted to gaming or to heavier productivity tasks (H series from 35 is 45 W +). Asus, HP and Lenovo will bring some models to the market as early as the first quarter , starting from February. AMD expects a total of 150 new projects this year , 50 in more than seen with the Ryzen 4000 last year.
The new offering of the company led by Lisa Su consists of eight models of the H series and five solutions of the U series , all made with a 7 nanometers production process. The most powerful model of the H series is the Ryzen 9 5980 HX , a processor with 8 cores and 16 threads operating at 3.3 – 4.8 GHz and 20 Total cache MB (L2 + L3). All H series processors are based on the latest Zen 3 architecture we have already come to like on CPUs Ryzen desktop 5000 released late last year, while not all U series processors are Zen 3, three out of five models are based on Zen 2 cores . In this case the top of the range is the Ryzen 7 5800 U , also equipped with 8 cores and 16 threads running at 1.9 – 4.4 GHz. As for the graphics, all AMD’s new chips integrate a Vega GPU like the series chips 4000 (at the moment we do not have the exact details, but the maximum limit remains 8 Compute Unit). In the following table you will find the overall picture of the specifications and the names of all the models:
Template
Architecture
Core / thread
Freq. Base
Freq. Boost
Cache
TDP
Ryzen 5000 series H
Ryzen 9 5980 HX
Zen 3
8 / 16
3.3 GHz
4.8 GHz
20 MB
45 W +
Ryzen 9 5980 HS
Zen 3
8 / 16
3 GHz
4.8 GHz
20 MB
35 W
Ryzen 9 5900 HX
Zen 3
8 / 16
3.3 GHz
4.6 GHz
20 MB
45 W +
Ryzen 9 5900 HS
Zen 3
8 / 16
3 GHz
4.6 GHz
20 MB
35 W
Ryzen 7 5800 H
Zen 3
8 / 16
3.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
20 MB
45 W
Ry zen 7 5600 HS
Zen 3
8 / 16
2.8 GHz
4.4 GHz
20 MB
35 W
Ryzen 5 5600 H
Zen 3
6 / 12
3.3 G Hz
4.2 GHz
19 MB
45 W
Ryzen 5 5600 HS
Zen 3
6 / 12
3 GHz
4.2 GHz
19 MB
35 W
Ryzen 5000 U series
Ryzen 7 5800 U
Zen 3
8 / 16
1.9 GHz
4.4 GHz
20 MB
15 W
Ryzen 7 5700 U
Zen 2
8 / 16
1 , 8 GHz
4.3 GHz
8MB
15 W
Ryzen 5 5600 U
Zen 3
6 / 12
2.3 GHz
4.2 GHz
17 MB
15 W
Ryzen 5 5500 U
Zen 2
6 / 12
2.1 GHz
4 GHz
8MB
15 W
Ryzen 3 5300 U
Zen 2
4/8
2.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
8MB
15 W
As for the U series processors, AMD places emphasis on all-round performance improvement over the models . The new Zen 3 architecture allows a chip such as the Ryzen 7 5800 U of outperform the competition of Intel (Core i7 – 1165 G7) up to 23% in PCMark 10 and with variable results in other use cases such as Excel (+ 22%). All this ensuring autonomy up to 17, 5 hours in general use or 21 hours of continuous video playback.
Moving on to the H series, AMD seems to want to bet more than in passed on HS models, with TDP of 35 W in order to combine high performance in compact design and with good autonomy. The Ryzen 9 5980 HS offers both single-threaded performance according to AMD which multi-thread superior to any Intel CPU, even the Core i9 – 10980 HK.
The offer HX indicates instead of chips with unlocked multiplier for the OC (but it will be the discretion of the manufacturers to allow it) and a TDP that can go beyond 45 W to offer maximum performance. The Ryzen 9 5900 HX, according to the company, is the ” best processor for gaming notebooks of 2021 “with significantly higher performance than Core i9 – 10980 HK by Intel. However, we remind you that Intel is expected to renew the mobile offer with Tiger Lake H chips in the quarter from 45 W up to 8 cores, after having introduced new solutions with TDP of 35 W and four cores.
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AMD today introduced a new batch of processors for high-performance and large-scale laptops, with frequencies up to 4.8GHz, but there is also a real need on the part of users with ultraportable equipment that, although not of a great graphic power that needs the installation of a dedicated GPU, they do need a CPU performance to match.
That is why AMD has also launched processors with up to 8 cores with TDPs of 15 W, based on both architectures Zen 2 as Zen 3, for with performance on the level of what is expected of this series of processors of the company.
Model
Cores / Threads
Base / boost frequency
Cache
Node
TDP
Ryzen 7 5800OR
8 / 16
1.9 / 4.4GHz
19 MB
7nm
15 W
Ryzen 7 5700 U
8 / 16
1.8 / 4.3GHz
8MB
7nm
15 W
Ryzen 5 5600 U
6 / 12
2.3 / 4.2GHz
19 MB
7nm
15 W
Ryzen 5 5500 U
6 / 12
2.1 / 4.0GHz
8MB
7nm
15 W
Ryzen 3 5300OR
4/8
2.6 / 3.8GHz
6MB
7nm
16 W
As we can also see under these lines, the models with Zen 3 architecture will arrive with double the L3 cache, something that we saw in the architecture presentation, while the Zen 2 models arrive with more modest figures than this memory.
In any case, all models of the new generation of AMD Ryzen U Series processors arrive with a performance increase compared to previous models that reaches a 16% improvement in multithreaded performance at the same number of cores, so, in short, we will find ourselves facing very thin and light equipment at the same time that powerful that can be part of a desktop using high speed connections with an external GPU, for example.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 U
AMD has shown performance data for the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 U, and as expected with the type of equipment to which this range of low-power processors is aimed, we found a much of it dedicated to productivity software.
While PCMark is a synthetic benchmark, it does a good job of measuring system responsiveness, providing performance up to 23% higher compared to Intel Core i7 – 1165 G7. However, in traditional applications, we find that the results are more similar between models, with a 2% lower performance in Word, a 21% higher in Excel, identical in PowerPoint and 7% higher in Edge.
At the energy level, we find a autonomy of about 17 hours and a half in use general, with an autonomy of up to 21 hours in movies, figures that demonstrate the great efficiency of these processors when they only require sufficient performance to work or enjoy them.
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We are after the presentation of AMD Cezanne processors for laptops and the new generation of NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics cards 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 for gaming notebooks. More companies are announcing their new products, which will go on sale in the coming weeks. We have already informed about the Lenovo Legion laptops, and in a moment there will also be an extensive material on the ASUS line-up, which will be exceptionally rich this year. The next information, however, concerns XMG notebooks, which very often use ready-made Clevo and TongFang hulls. The German company shared the details of the XMG NEO laptops with us 15 / 17 and XMG PRO 15 / 17. The XMG NEO model is based on AMD Cezanne-H processors, while the XMG PRO uses the Intel Core i7 – 5900 H. All laptops, however, will receive free access to the announced NVIDIA GeForce RTX cards 3000.
XMG (selling laptops based on Clevo and Tongfang hulls) announced new versions of XMG NEO laptops 15 / 17 and XMG PRO 15 / 17, which will be equipped with NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics cards 3060, GeForce RTX 3070 and GeForce RTX 3080.
XMG NEO laptops 15 and XMG NEO 17 are thicker designs, allowing you to put normal versions of NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics cards inside 3000, not in Max-Q Design editions. Available in sizes 15, 6 “and 17, 3 “should offer a noticeably higher level of performance in games and programs. Both notebooks are based on AMD Cezanne-H processors: Ryzen 7 5800 H and Ryzen 9 5900 H. Interestingly, the manufacturer increased the default TDP of both units from 45 To 54 W. Thus, the processors will run at a higher clock compared to the factory settings. For cards, all three models will be available: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3000 6 GB (TDP 115, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB (TDP W) and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (TDP 135. The laptop also supports the Dynamic Boost 2.0 function, which will increase the TDP of all cards by 15 In, respectively: 130 W, 140 In and 150 W. Interestingly, GeForce RTX 3080 will only be paired with the AMD Ryzen 9 processor 5900 H.
XMG NEO 15 and XMG NEO 17 will be available with Full HD matrices 240 Hz or Quad HD 165 Hz. In both cases, we get IPS panels close to 95% sRGB color space coverage. The situation in the XMG NEO series (it is not the newest line of laptops) is interesting because so far it was based only on Intel processors. The new version ditched the layouts 10 generation in favor of the new AMD Cezanne-H processors that offer much more energy efficiency and higher efficiency compared to 01 generation, both in terms of single-threaded and multi-threaded performance . The table below presents the other elements of the technical specification.
Specification
XMG NEO 15
XMG NEO 17
XMG PRO 15
XMG PRO 16
Processor
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 H AMD Ryzen 9 5900 H
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 H AMD Ryzen 9 5900 H
Intel Core i7 – 10870 H
Intel Core i7 – 10870 H
Graphics Card
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (105 In – 130 W)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (125 W – 140 W)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (135 W – 150 W)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (115 W – 130 W)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (125 W – 140 W)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (135 W – 150 W)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q (90 W – 105 W)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q (90 W – 105
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q (90 W – 105 W)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max- Q (90 W – 105 W)
RAM
To 64 GB DDR4 3200 MHz, Dual Channel
To 64 GB DDR4 3200 MHz, Dual Channel
To 64 GB DDR4 3200 MHz, Dual Channel
To 64 GB DDR4 3200 MHz, Dual Channel
Disk
2x SSD M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe
2x M.2 PCIe 3.0 SSD x4 NVMe
2x SSD M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe
2x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD
Matrix
15, 6 “IPS
x 1080 240 Hz, 90% sRGB
15, 6 “IPS 2560 x 1440 165 Hz, 95% sRGB
17, 3 “IPS 1920 x 1080 240 Hz, 90% sR GB
17, 3 “IPS 2560 x 1440 165 Hz, 95% sRGB
15, 6 “IPS 1920 x 1080 144 Hz, 90% sRGB
15, 6 “IPS 1920 x 1080 300 Hz, 100% sRGB
15 6 “OLED 3840 x 2160 60 Hz, 100% DCI-P3
17, 3 “IPS 1920 x 1080 300 Hz, 100% sRGB
17, 3 “IPS 3840 x 2160 60 Hz, 100% Adobe RGB
Connectors
1x USB 3.2 Type-C Gen.2 (DP 1.4, G-SYNC) 1x USB 3.2 Type A Gen.2 2x USB 3.2 Type A Gen.1 1x HDMI 2.1 1x SD card reader 1x Ethernet RJ – 45 2x audio- 3.5mm jack
1x USB 3.2 Type C Gen.2 (DP 1.4, G-SYNC) 1x USB 3.2 Type A Gen.2 2x USB 3.2 type A Gen.1 1x HDMI 2.1 1x SD card reader 1x Ethernet RJ – 45 2x 3.5mm audio-jack
1x Thunderbolt 3 (DP 1.4, G-SYNC) 3x USB 3.2 Type A Gen.1 1x HDMI 2.1 1x mini DisplayPort 1.4 1x microSD card reader 1x Ethernet RJ – 45 2x 3.5mm audio-jack
1x Thunderbolt 3 (DP 1.4, G-SYNC) 3x USB 3.2 Type A Gen.1 1x HDMI 2.1 1x mini DisplayPort 1.4 1x microSD card reader 1x Ethernet R J – 45 2x 3.5mm audio-jack
Communication
Ethernet RJ – 45 2.5 Gbit WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet RJ – 45 2.5 Gbit WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet RJ – 45 2.5 Gbit WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet RJ – 45 2.5 Gbit WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.0
Battery
93 Wh
72 Wh
73 Wh
73 Wh
Power Supply
230 In
230 In
165 In
165 In
Price, availability
March 2020 From 1440 euro
March 2020 From 1749 euro
February 2020 From 1949 euro
February 2020 From 1979 euro
The second series of laptops is XMG PRO 15 and XMG PRO 16. Also available in two variants – 15, 6 “and 17, 3 “but 8-core based and 16 – Intel Core i7 threaded processor – 10870 H. XMG PRO laptops are much thinner designs that contain NVIDIA GeForce RTX cards 3070 Max-Q Design and GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q Design. In both cases, the TDP of the cards is 90 In upgradeable to 105 Thanks active Dynamic Boost 2.0 function. Additionally, XMG PRO 15 will be offered with a 4K OLED matrix, while XMG PRO 17 will get 4K IPS matrix with 100% Adobe RGB color space coverage. Full laptop specifications are presented in the table above. XMG PRO Models Availability 15 and 17 is expected at the end of February with the possibility of placing orders from the end of January. XMG NEO 15 / 17 will be available at the end of March.
Razer has launched the “next generation of Blade 15 and Blade Pro 17 gaming laptops” featuring faster display panels with higher resolutions, and the recently announced Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 Series mobile GPUs.
Featuring up to Nvidia RTX 3080 with 16GB of VRAM, an Intel Core i7-10875H, 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD storage, and 32GB of DDR4-2933 memory, the Razer Blade laptops offer a powerful combination of GPU and CPU hardware. The new Nvidia 30-series mobile GPUs feature hardware ray-tracing support and the third-generation of Max-Q technologies, which include Advanced Optimus to maximise the laptop’s battery life, Dynamic Boost 2.0 for optimised performance, and Whisper Mode 2.0 to reduce the operating noise.
The Blade 17 Pro and Blade 15 laptops have multiple display options to take advantage of the new RTX 30 series graphics cards. The Blade 15 Basic model features either a FHD display with a 144Hz refresh rate or a QHD display with 165Hz refresh rate, while the Blade 15 Advanced Model goes a step further, providing users with three display options: FHD at 360Hz refresh rate, QHD at 240Hz refresh rate and Nvidia G-Sync, and 4K OLED at 60Hz refresh rate. The Blade 17 Pro also gets new 17.3-inch display options, including a FHD panel at 360Hz, a QHD panel at 165Hz, and a UHD panel at 120Hz.
With the new Blade laptops, Razer maintains its legacy of sleek and small portable gaming machines, allowing gamers to “break free from their desk and take their game anywhere”. Featuring a wide range of inputs, including USB-C to HDMI 2.1 interface and a UHS-III SD card reader, the new Razer laptops come with Chroma RGB compatible keyboards and front-facing speakers designed to offer a fun and immersive gaming experience. Additionally, these laptops feature THX Spatial Audio, providing users with a 360º soundscape when reproducing their favourite content through a headset or laptop speakers.
Brad Wildes, senior vice president and general manager of Razer’ Systems business unit, claimed that with the introduction of the new RTX 30 series mobile GPUs, faster displays, and “one of Razer’s smallest chassis ever”, the new Blade laptops provide gamers with “ultra-smooth gameplay anywhere and everywhere”.
The Razer Blade 15 and the Blade 17 Pro are available now at Razer.com and Razer Stores, with a starting price of $1699.99/€1799.99 and $2299.99/€2399.99, respectively. Selected retailers will have the Blade 15 available for purchase starting January 26. The Blade 17 Pro will be available at selected retailers in Q1 2021.
For full specs, as well as UK pricing, see these product tables below:
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KitGuru says: Between the Blade 15 and Blade 17 Pro, which Razer Blade laptop would you prefer for a portable gaming system?
(Pocket-lint) – Acer’s gaming laptops span a wide range, so whether you’re looking for something more outlandish or something altogether more discreet, there are plenty of options. If you’re in the latter camp then this, the Predator Triton 300 SE, might house heaps of appeal.
The ‘SE’ – which stands for style edition – is the first 14-inch Predator laptop that Acer has ever made, placing it in a footprint that is more akin to an everyday lifestyle laptop. Indeed, the Triton 300 SE looks every bit like your day-to-day machine, but inside it houses much more grunt than your average.
This isn’t just any old 14-inch display either. It’s a 144Hz refresh rate panel, giving gamers one of those much-desired features: higher frame-rates and greater smoothness during play (well, if the CPU and GPU can keep up).
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As such it’s not an Ultra-HD display, rather a Full HD panel instead. Again, this is fairly common in gaming laptops of all sizes – and at this 14-inch scale it looks plenty sharp. It’s an IPS LCD so viewing angles are good, but there’s no touch panel control here, so keep those grubby mitts off to keep everything looking extra plush, eh?
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We do wonder why the lower bezel is so pronounced though; it’s a big silvery-grey bar that looks more like what Lenovo was making a couple of years back. We think there’s scope for Acer to squash that down, while maintaining the same screenaspect ratio, to given an even more refined finish.
The overall product’s finish, however, here dressed in a silver-like colour – it’s the only option, but it’s not too spangly or metallic – is generally discreet. The lid has a simple raised Predator symbol logo to the top corner, but no in-your-face text or other logo prints anywhere else to be seen.
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There is perhaps some greater giveaway that this machine has more going on under the hood though: you only need to look at the large vents to the rear to know that it’s ready to pass a lot of air through for the sake of cooling. Still, at 17.9mm thick at its deepest, it’s really not that massive compared to an everydayer.
Open to Triton 300 SE up and the keyboard also has an air of ‘normal’ about it. By which we mean there’s no raised WSAD keys. But, dig deeper, and you’ll quickly see there’s more to it: the typical backlight is a reasonably subtle blue, but there’s full RGB lighting control if you want animations and rainbow colours.
The keys are full-size – the only irritation being the split Enter key (sharing with ‘|’) – in order to open up an additional row to the right side with Predator symbol for quick-access to PredatorSense software and controls, alongside play/pause/skip keys.
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There’s also a Turbo button towards the speaker grille, for quick-access overclocking. Basically all the gamer goodness that you might want access to, but achieved in a more subtle way.
Hardware & Performance
Intel Core i7 (11370H) processor, up to 24GB RAM
5th Gen AeroBlade 3D Fan cooling system
Next-gen Nvidia GeForce GPU
Dedicated Turbo button
256GB/512GB SSD
Wi-Fi 6 (AX1650i)
This setup comes with Intel’s 11th Gen Core i architecture – it’s the i7-11370H here – with up to 24GB of DDR4 RAM. So it’s certainly no slouch if you want to load heavyweight AAA titles.
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Or perhaps you’re a creative who’s looking for that bit extra – as you can pick from Intel Iris Xe or discrete graphics from Nvidia’s brand new GeForce RTX 30 series.
All of that obviously requires more cooling than your average, hence those big vents to the back and side of the device. But we’ve found the fans do kick in with little fuss. Just resting the laptop on a desk and opening a browser saw them intermittently switch on and off – and a little noisily. There are more fan controls within PredatorSense to take extra command, including maxxing them during gaming sessions.
Acer calls this cooling setup AeroBlade 3D – a method that uses the fans to pull air in over the most heat capacitive components (CPU, GPU, RAM) and hold air in chambers to aid with this cooling process.
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We’ve not had the time to test this laptop under full pressure to see how well it will handle various circumstances, nor how long the battery will hold out, but being a gaming laptop with Intel architecture we wouldn’t ever assume it’s going to be a long-laster (Acer claims up to 10 hours use per charge).
First Impressions
So there you have it: the first Predator laptop with a 14-inch screen is basically a business laptop in disguise. It’s this discreetness that’ll be its make-or-break appeal for many.
But don’t let the subtle silver finish and relatively ‘normal’ size fool you: there are the cooling vents, the Turbo button, the high-end innards and all the goodness that you’re likely to want from a gaming laptop. Just wrapped up into something somewhat different to usual.
E-ink screens are a wonder for eye strain, especially as so many of us have shifted during the past year to looking at screens more than ever. But while we’ve seen the occasional oddball monitor or touch-only convertible attempt to expand the role of e-ink displays beyond their traditional place in e-readers, you won’t usually find them on laptops.
ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i
ThinkBook 13x i
ThinkBook 14p
ThinkBook 16p
CPU
Up to 11th Gen Intel Core i7
Up to 11th Gen Intel Core i7
Latest Gen AMD Ryzen mobile processors
Latest Gen AMD Ryzen mobile processors
GPU
Integrated UHD Graphics
Integrated UHD Graphics
Integrated AMD graphics
Latest gen Nvidia GeForce RTX Discrete Mobile Graphics
Memory
Up to 16GB LPDDR4x
Up to 16GB LPDDR4x
Up to 32GB DDR4
Up to 32GB DDR4
Storage
Up to 1TB M.2 SSD
Up to 1TB M.2 SSD
Up to 1TB M.2 SSD
Up to 1TB M.2 SSD
Display(s)
13.3 inch, 16:10, 2560 x 1600 IPS touchscreen
13.3 inch, 16:10, 2560 x 1600 IPS touchscreen
Up to 14 inch, 4:3, 2880 x 2160 OLED
16 inch, 2:1, 2560 x 1280 IPS
AND
12 inch, 16:10, 2560 x 1200 e-ink touchscreen
Dimensions
11.7 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
11.7 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
12.3 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
14 x 9.9 x 0.8 inches
Weight
2.9 pounds
2.7 pounds
3.08 pounds
4.4 pounds
Release Date
Q1 2021
Q1 2021
Q1 2021
Q1 2020
Starting Price
$1,549
$1,189
$849
$1,299
Last CES, we saw Lenovo introduce the ThinkBook Plus, which at first glance seems like a standard ThinkBook until you close the lid and see the 10.8-inch secondary e-ink screen on its outside. The idea here was to allow users to have documents open or take notes during meetings without being distracted by a traditional laptop display. A whole laptop seemed a little bulky at the time for how much screen you got, and a low refresh rate made input a struggle. But a year later, Lenovo is now introducing the ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i, which seeks to resolve those issues.
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At its core, the ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i has the same general idea as the Gen 1. At first blush, it seems like a standard Thinkbook, sitting at just 11.7 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches large and weighing just 2.9 pounds. Its power is on par with any other Thinkbook, with up to an 11th generation Core i7 processor, 16GB of LPDDR4x RAM, up to a 1TB M.2 SSD and integrated Intel UHD graphics. Plus, its main display is actually larger than the Gen 1’s, with a 13.3 inch, 16:10, 2560 x 1600 IPS touchscreen. But close the lid and you’ll see a new e-ink screen, which is where the ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i seeks to improve on its predecessor most.
The ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i’s screen is now 12 inches diagonally across, and has the same 16:10, 2560 x 1600 resolution as the laptop’s main display. That gives it a 68% screen-to-body ratio over the Gen 1’s 48%. But beyond that, it also has new widget options for viewing and opening calendar invites, email, news and reminders. The Gen 1’s e-ink screen, meanwhile, had icons to open notes, documents or even a Kindle app, but wasn’t as full-featured.
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Lenovo’s also promising a faster refresh rate, though we haven’t yet had an opportunity to get our hands on the device to see any differences for ourselves. The ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i also comes with a pen which you can store directly in the device, another improvement over the Gen 1.
In general, the idea with the Gen 2 i is to make the e-ink screen more usable without needing to open the laptop. And because the Gen 2 i is thinner (by about 0.2 inches) and lighter (by about 0.2 pounds) than the Gen 1, it also puts the Gen 2 i more directly in competition with other, more traditional e-ink devices like e-readers. All these features do come with a hefty price tag, though. The ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i will launch in quarter one of this year for a starting price of $1,539. We’re not sure if the “i” in the Gen 2’s name means that we’ll eventually get an AMD version as well, though we wouldn’t be surprised.
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Of course, Lenovo’s also announced a suite of more traditional ThinkBooks this year as well. These include the ThinkBook 13x i, the ThinkBook 14p and the ThinkBook 16p. The 13x i, essentially, is a ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 without the e-ink screen, while the ThinkBook 14p and 16p are Ryzen-powered ThinkBooks that use the “latest generation of Ryzen mobile processors,” up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM, up to a 1TB SSD and have screen options up to 4:3, 2.8K OLED. The 14p uses integrated AMD graphics, while the 16p has the “latest Nvidia GeForce RTX discrete mobile graphics.”
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All three of these laptops will also be available in quarter one of this year, with the 13x i starting at $1,189, the 14p starting at $849 and the 16p starting at $1,299.
AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su took to the stage at the virtual CES 2021 to announce new ‘Cezanne’ Ryzen 5000 Mobile processors that bring the powerful Zen 3 architecture to the notebook market for the first time, opening the door for the company to finally have a larger presence in the highest-end gaming notebooks. That means that we’ll finally see AMD’s chips paired with the highest-end mobile GPUs when the new Ryzen 5000 Mobile processors come to market in February, which could shake up our Best Gaming Laptops rankings.
AMD says the new chips set the new standard for battery life in x86 notebooks and remain the only 8-core x86 chips for ultrathin laptops. The 13 new processors span from low-power 15W chips up to two new 45W+ HX-series models designed to bring desktop PC-like gaming performance to notebooks. These eight-core HX models carve out a new high-performance niche by bringing CPU, memory, and fabric overclocking to AMD-powered notebooks for the first time.
AMD also expanded its HS series with four flagship chips that slot in with boost clock speeds that stretch up to 4.8 GHz within the 35W TDP envelope. Two new 45W H-series models, which come in both six- and eight-core flavors, are trailed by five U-series processors.
AMD also conducted a demo of its RDNA2 mobile graphics cards that will come to market in the first half of this year. They’ll be accompanied by unspecified new RDNA2 cards for the desktop PC. But first, let’s take a look at the mobile CPUs.
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The Ryzen 5000 mobile processors all come with threading enabled, higher boost clocks than the previous-gen, and support CPPC (Collaborative Power and Performance Control) technology. This is the same thread-targeting feature present in the Ryzen 3000 and 5000 desktop CPUs, but now it’s debuting in AMD-powered laptops. Ultimately, this allows for tighter performance and power control, resulting in higher boost clocks on the fastest cores and extends battery life.
While we have detailed clock speeds and other particulars for the CPU portion of the SoCs, we do know the chips come with the same enhanced 7nm Vega architecture as the previous-gen Ryzen 4000 models (not the company’s newest Navi engine). AMD says the units have seen ‘double-digit increases’ due to higher frequencies, precise clock selection, better power state management, and the increased performance of the Zen 3 CPU cores.
AMD’s 7nm Radeon Vega graphics engine touts up to 59% more performance per CU (compute unit) than the first-gen 14nm Vega, which previously allowed the company to use 8 CUs instead of 11. We don’t know any other details about the integrated graphics engine, like the graphics clock rates or core (CU) counts for the various SKUs, but AMD says it will share more info in technical briefings as we come closer to the launch next month.
AMD recently chose to unify its Ryzen Mobile branding under the same Ryzen 5000 umbrella as its desktop chips, clearing up the confusion with the Ryzen 4000 series processors that came with an older architecture than desktop Ryzen 3000 models. However, AMD also sprinkled in three Zen 2 chips in the Ryzen 5000 Mobile stack. AMD says this approach meets specific pricing criteria and customer (OEM) demand on the lower end of its product stack. As seen in the second slide, these Zen 2-powered Ryzen 3, 5, and 7 models slot into the lowest-end 15W U-series category, muddying the branding for value seekers.
AMD U-Series Ryzen 5000 Mobile
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AMD shared a series of head-to-head benchmarks, but as with all vendor benchmarks, we should take them with a grain of salt.
AMD’s 15W U-series includes the Zen 2-powered Ryzen 7 5700U, Ryzen 5 3500U, and 5500U, but as you can see, they outperform their previous-gen Zen 2 equivalents in the Cinebench R20 multi-threaded test (as listed in the test notes). However, this test result is a bit unclear as it appears that AMD has used a multi-threaded metric to derive a single-threaded performance rating.
The PCMark 10 tests are a bit more definitive. The 15W Ryzen 7 5800U outperforms the previous-gen Ryzen 7 4800U easily and notches substantial wins over Intel’s four-core eight-thread Core i7-1165G7. Intel’s processor has a 12W to 28W TDP range, and it’s unclear if it was set to the maximum settings in these tests.
AMD says the Ryzen 7 5800U offers up to 17.5 hours of battery life during general usage and up to 21 hours of battery life during video playback, both of which are the longest in the ultrathin category.
AMD HS-Series Ryzen 5000 Mobile
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AMD’s 35W HS-Series processors are geared toward compact notebooks, and the flagship Ryzen 9 5980HS comes armed with four cores and eight threads that operate at a 3.0 GHz base and 4.8 GHz boost frequency — the highest of the Ryzen 5000 Mobile series. AMD’s benchmarks show the chip beating the eight-core 16-thread Intel Core i9-10980HK by ~1% in the single-threaded Cinebench R20 benchmark, and ~11% in the multi-threaded test.
AMD HX-Series Ryzen 5000 Mobile
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AMD shared a few benchmark comparisons of its highest-end overclockable Cezanne chip, the 45W Ryzen 9 5900HX, against Intel’s 45W Core i9-10900HK in a battle of the highest-end chips in both chipmakers’ stables. AMD claims a 14% advantage in single-threaded performance measured by Cinebench R20, a 37% advantage in overall performance as measured by Passmark PT10, and a 21% game physics advantage in the Fire Strike Physics benchmark. How that translatest to actual games is another matter.
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AMD’s Ryzen 4000 series mobile processors have already taken the notebook market by storm, granting the company its biggest slice of the mobile market in history, and the Ryzen 5000 Mobile chips look to continue that momentum. AMD pulled off this feat in record time — the Raven Ridge chips didn’t come to the mobile market for a year after debuting on the desktop, while this Zen 3 transition should take roughly four months.
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Speaking of Raven Ridge, those chips came to market in 75 designs, while the next-gen Ryzen 4000 chips landed in 100 devices. AMD expects Ryzen 5000 to land in over 150 notebooks by the end of the year, many with the highest-end graphics cards, a distinction that has long eluded the company.
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AMD has its own higher-end discrete mobile graphics cards coming, too. The company demoed an RDNA2 GPU running at over 60 fps in Dirt 5 at the 1440p resolution. The RDNA2 mobile graphics cards will come to market in the first half of this year. AMD also says that new RDNA2 graphics cards for the desktop PC will also land in the first half, but didn’t share any further detail.
Based on what we know about RDNA2 GPUs, these mobile chips are most likely unannounced Navi 22 or Navi 23 parts. Navi 21 goes in the current RX 6900 XT, 6800 XT, and 6800, but it can be quite power hungry and is a large 520mm2 chip. We expect AMD will have RX 6700 XT and RX 6700 cards in the near future, which will use less power. Mobile optimized versions of these would be the logical choice for gaming laptops.
We’ll have to wait to see how the Ryzen 5000 Mobile chips perform in real-world testing, and we’re particularly eager to see how the 7nm Radeon Vega graphics engine performs in tandem with the Zen 3 CPU cores. It won’t be long before we learn more about the chips — AMD says it will share more details before they come to market in February.
At its CES 2021 keynote, AMD has announced its new Ryzen 5000 mobile CPUs. Most (but not all) of them are based on the company’s 7nm “Zen 3” architecture. AMD CEO Lisa Su called the series “the most powerful PC processors ever built.”
As with the previous generation, the 5000 line has two categories for two very different audiences. There’s the H-series — which you’ll find in laptops intended for gaming and content creation — and the U-series, meant for ultraportable notebooks. (Three of the U-series chips are based on the older Zen 2 architecture, which is a bit annoying.)
Within those categories are the Ryzen 3, Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7, and Ryzen 9 tiers (loose counterparts to Intel’s Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, and Core i9, respectively). The H-series keeps the H and HS suffixes from the 4000 series, in addition to a new HX designation.
Headlining the U-series is the eight-core, 16-thread Ryzen 7 5800U, with 1.9GHz clock speeds that can boost up to 4.4 GHz. AMD claims that this chip delivers “the fastest productivity in ultrathin notebooks.” Per the company’s benchmarks, the chip outperforms Intel’s Core i7-1165G7 by a factor of 1.23 on PCMark 10 and beats it on a subtest involving a number of office apps including Excel and Edge (though the two chips tie on PowerPoint, and Intel wins very narrowly on Word).
The company also claims the 5800U can deliver up to 17.5 hours of general-usage battery life and 21 hours of movie playback. That would be quite a lot of juice, even for AMD, but we’ll have more accurate estimates once we’ve tried the systems out.
On the H-series side, the big player is the Ryzen 9 5980HS, also with eight cores and 16 threads, but with 3.0Ghz clock speeds boosting up to 4.8GHz. AMD says these are “the fastest mobile processors you can get.” The 5980HS is multiple steps above the Ryzen 9 4900HS, the monstrous chip that powers Asus’ 2020 Zephyrus G14.
AMD claims that the Ryzen 9 5980HS beats out Intel’s Core i9-10980HK on Cinebench R20 in both single-thread performance (601 to Intel’s 514) and multi-thread performance (4349 to the i9’s 3892). It also beats the newer Core i7-1185G7 in both cases.
New to the H-series are the HX chips, which AMD says are meant for “serious gaming.” AMD claims that its Ryzen 9 5900HX, at 45W+ TDP, will power “2021’s best gaming notebooks.”
Per the company’s benchmarks, the chip beats the Core i9-10980HK on Cinebench R20 (single-thread) by 14 percent, 37 percent on Passmark P10 (measuring overall CPU performance), and 21 percent on 3DMark Fire Strike Physics (which measures graphics performance).
Su expects over 150 Ryzen 5000 laptops to launch this year — she expects the first to hit shelves in February.
The big question will be how these processors compare to Intel’s new Tiger Lake H systems — the company announced those chips yesterday at its CES 2021 keynote. All three of those chips (including two Core i7s and one Core i5) max out at 35W and have just four cores and eight threads — half the count of Ryzen’s top offerings. However, Intel says there’s an eight-core processor with speeds up to 5GHz coming “later this quarter.” That’s likely what AMD has to watch out for.
AMD Ryzen 5000
Model
Cores /
Threads
TDP (Watts)
Boost / Base Frequency
(GHz)
Cache (MB)
Model
Cores /
Threads
TDP (Watts)
Boost / Base Frequency
(GHz)
Cache (MB)
AMD Ryzen 9 59580HX
8C / 16T
45W+
Up to 4.8 / 3.3 GHz
20
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
8C / 16T
35W
Up to 4.8 / 3.0 GHz
20
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C / 16T
45W+
Up to 4.6 / 3.3 GHz
20
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C / 16T
35W
Up to 4.6 / 3.0 GHz
20
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C / 16T
45W
Up to 4.4 / 3.2 GHz
20
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS
8C / 16T
35W
Up to 4.4 / 2.8 GHz
20
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
6C / 12T
45W
Up to 4.2 / 3.3 GHz
19
AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS
6C / 12T
35W
Up to 4.2 / 3.0 GHz
19
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
8C / 16T
15W
Up to 4.4 / 1.9 GHz
20
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
8C / 16T
15W
Up to 4.3 / 1.8 GHz
8
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C / 12T
15W
Up to 4.2 / 2.3 GHz
19
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C / 12T
15W
Up to 4.0 / 2.1 GHz
8
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
4C / 8T
15W
Up to 3.8 / 2.6 GHz
6
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