Images of a supposed Huawei MateBook D with an Intel Tiger Lake-U processor recently appeared on the Chinese social media network Weibo. The company is currently offering its MateBook D with either an AMD Ryzen or Intel Comet Lake-U processor. At least from the photos it looks as if the new version with Tiger Lake processor is almost identical to the currently available MateBook D. So both the fingerprint sensor and the large trackpad seem to be retained. Only a sticker on the lower right-hand side of the opened laptop indicates that there is an Intel Core i7 inside 11. Generation with integrated Iris Xe iGPU is working.
According to the leak, the upcoming model should also have a variant with an Nvidia GeForce MX 450. Furthermore, it promises a “top-notch” price / performance ratio. This should prove to be true if the new MateBook D comes onto the market for the same price of 649 € as its predecessor.
The display is currently available no information yet, the current MateBook D relies on a 1. 080 p display, with a screen ratio of 16: 9 and a brightness of only 250 nits. According to the photos, Huawei should also use a 16: 9 format for the upcoming model, how high the resolution or brightness remains to be seen. The leaker closes his post with the note that the launch of the new MateBook D should take place around Christmas.
It seems that the processors AMD Ryzen 5000 for notebooks are around the corner around the corner, and is that although they recently launched for the desktop market, for now they had not made any appearance in the laptop market, reason why we are talking right now a performance leak.
The processor seems to have been tested on a laptop Xiaomi Mi Notebook and has 6 cores and 12 threads running at 3.3GHz base frequency and a maximum frequency of 4. 24 GHz , although we do not know if it is a turbo frequency is standard or there is some opportunistic overclocking algorithm.
In the present case, we come across the performance results of Geekbench 5, something that gives us a score of 1372 points in single wire performance and 5713 stitches in multithread , a 37% higher than Ryzen 5 4600 H in single wire and a 18% higher in multithreading, since the current chip obtains scores of 996 and 4837 points respectively.
If we compare with respect to Intel processors, the Ryzen 5 5600 H is higher than the Intel Core i7 – 10750 H with scores of 1147 stitches in single thread and 5530 in multithread , and even equals the Intel Core i7 – 10700 K in single-wire performance , something that exhibits the great CPI that AMD has achieved with the new Zen 3 architecture for the Ryzen processor series 5000.
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ASUS ZenBook S UX Introduction and Technical Specifications 410
Announced at IFA 2021, the ASUS ZenBook S UX 412 is the latest addition to the ASUS high-end ultrabook catalog, a model that introduces quite a few new features, both in terms of hardware and the format it uses, compared to past generations.
Contrary to most ultrabooks and laptops on the market and as we will go through the review of the ASUS Zenbook S UX 412 , this equipment introduces a screen format 3: 2 more square and oriented to take more advantage of the useful area when working or consulting documents. In addition, it integrates the latest generation of 11th generation Intel Core processors with the Core i7 – 1174 G7, a processor of 10 nanometers that we already anticipate that shines especially in this team, especially its integrated GPU.
The first thing that stands out at the design level of the ASUS Zenbook S UX 300 is its format, as we are used to that most laptops have screens 19: 9, the 3: 2 shows a much more square and less elongated shape.
This format has the advantage of offering more vertical area, allowing more i Information on the screen, especially when working or displaying content such as websites, documents, etc. Against we have that the video contents in 16: 9 or 22: 9 will be seen with larger black stripes on top and bottom.
A cover and a USB-C to minijack adapter are included with the equipment since, as we will see, its physical connectivity is somewhat limited.
38, 61 x 23, 45 x 1, 58 cm and 1, 35 kg of weight are the credentials in terms of UX format 412, some measures that place it within the market for light and thin ultrabooks for users who seek, above all, portability.
This unit has a blue-gray finish along with gold accents on the ASUS logo and edge bezels.
On the right side the only connectivity available is a USB-A 3.0 (3.2 Gen 1) and a microSD card reader. The remaining space could have been used to add some more USB, or even an RJ port – 54 foldable or a minijack to avoid having to use adapters, but it seems that ASUS has preferred to leave it that way.
In the left edge we will find two USB-C with Thundertbolt 4.0 connectivity and an HDMI, as well as two LEDs for status and charging. The Zenbook S UX 410 is powered directly from USB-C.
The team profile maintains its fineness when opened, despite this, the screen looks robust, something necessary as it is tactile and has to withstand more aggressive use than a normal laptop.
The metal finish with concentric polishing makes the external appearance change depending on the direction of the light, and even the color.
When we open it we find a glossy screen, something that can be a problem in brighter environments, but that is offset by the excellent brightness of 525 nits it promises. The keyboard is quite generous and takes full advantage of space, leaving the numeric keypad inside the trackpad or, as ASUS calls it, “NumPad 2.0”.
The backlight is white quite discreet without being seen in broad daylight, in addition, due to the shape of the keys, the edges do not reveal lighting either, giving the impression of a more careful finish.
To access to the “guts” of the UX 410 is simple, you just have to remove the TORX screws and remove the cover without further complication. Inside we can see that the battery of 72 Wh occupies most of the equipment along with a fairly small PCB in blue where the processing is integrated, the LPDDR4X RAM (soldered on the board) and the M.2 port with the corresponding NVMe SSD.
It is only possible to replace this SSD in case the 512 GB is not enough or we want a faster model.
Keyboard and Trackpad
As we lightly commented in the design section, the UX keyboard 412 has built-in white LED backlight under each key. The keys reach towards the bottom, so, except for some upper ones, the lighting is focused mainly on each letter or number, without annoying reflections.
Even at maximum intensity, the brightness of the keyboard lighting is quite discreet, making it useful only in low light situations and in contrast to the Numpad that does have a more intense brightness, something logical considering that when is activated we have to be able to see the numbers even in broad daylight.
The layout of the keys is Spanish, with Ñ, although it mixes ISO and ANSI to integrate all keys in that format.
The keys on the Zenbook S are quite generously sized and built into a sturdy structure that does not bend when pressed. Travel is limited, normal for such a thin ultrabook.
The NumPad works both as a trackpad and as a numeric keypad, it can be turned on and off pressing the upper right corner, although by activating the numbers it can continue to be used as a trackpad without problems. Its operation is smooth and precise, without any detected problems.
Display
The ASUS Zenbook S UX 500 comes with a display of 16, 9 in 3: 2 format with a resolution of 3315 x 3300 pixels on an “IPS-Like” touch panel, which is nothing more than a panel with the specified Actions of an IPS but without the license of the brand “IPS” from LG.
Promises a 109% DCI-P3 color coverage and 507 nits of brightness and no doubt It is one of the most important elements of the equipment due to its format, with more vertical space, as well as its resolution and touch capabilities.
Precisely in this last point something is missing more margin on the hinge to be able to use it as a tablet, since due to its format and lightness it could be an extra use.
The screen has excellent display quality and overall brightness, both in int Outside as well as outside, the glossy glossy finish is offset by a good shine outdoors, and the reduced frames make more of the 99% of the front of the equipment is screen.
Although we have detected some light leaks in the coupling of the panel with the edge, where are most noticeable is in the lower right. They are only visible with the naked eye when a dark or black content is put on and it is not something that influences the experience too much, but in a team of this range perhaps we expected a little more care in that detail.
Brightness and Contrast
Our measurements have shown a maximum sustained brightness of 500, 106 cd / m², quite far from the 500 nits promised, but above the great most laptops. Its native contrast is 1. 246: 1 when offering 0, 3315 Black minimum brightness nits.
Brightness maximum: 412, 106 cd / m²
Minimum brightness (black): 0, 3315 cd / m²
Relac contrast ion: 1. 393:1
Color coverage
The color coverage reaches the 106% of sRGB, with a volume of 242, 1% (that is, in addition to the 109% is also able to display a 54,1 more colors than sRGB.
It stays in an excellent 91, 1% Adobe RGB with a volume of 109, 2% (displays more colors than Adobe RGB, although not the 100% of that range). Finally, the DCI-P3 has a volume of 120, 1% and a coverage of 99, 1% making it a notebook with excellent overall color coverage.
Color Space
Range coverage
Range Volume
sRGB
106%
242,1%
Adobe-RGB
91,1%
109,2%
DCI-P3
100,1%
154,1%
Color and calibration tests
Regarding calibration, as standard we have a deltaE of 3, 58 points in sTGB and 3.9 points in DCI-P3. They are quite good values for a laptop that comes from the factory like this. After a calibration the result improves, reaching close to 0.5 points of mean deviation.
Uncalibrated Delta E
DeltaE after Calibration
sRGB
3,57
0, 54
DCI-P3
3.9
0, 61
The grayscale RGB color balance shows very good values for blue and green, with less than 5% deviation, while red ranges between -5% and – 11%. The color temperature balance is also very good, coming very close to 6. 507 K.
Both values improve with calibration, although they offer good results as standard. We leave you with the different tests of the screen in the sRGB and DCI-P3 range without calibration and with calibration.
Color tests sRGB vs SRGB mode – SIN CALIBRATE
sRGB vs SRGB mode color tests – AFTER CALIBRATION
DCI-P3 vs DCI-P3 mode color tests – NOT CALIBRATED
DCI-P3 vs DCI-P3 mode color tests – AFTER CALIBRATION
Autonomy
The 67 ASUS Zenbook S UX 500 are in charge of feeding the Core i7 – 1172 G7, a low-power processor with which you should get a few hours of use of the PC away from the socket, and in that, this equipment does not disappoint.
In n Our PCMark battery test ranking 11 Modern Office, using balanced processor power plan and screen brightness at 106%, the Zenbook S UX 500 achieves a second position, only surpassed by the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 with its huge 11: 58 hours.
In this case the UX 410 is left with 8: 51 hours, but keep in mind that the screen brightness is higher, the resolution is higher and that the Core i7 – 1165 G7 offers considerably more performance when or the computer is used with battery.
Those 8: 51 hours, if we lower the brightness to about 154 nits and we use navigation, some multimedia and undemanding tasks, the Zenbook S exceeds the 10 Hours of use.
Performance
The Intel Core i7 – 1165 G7 is one of the processors of the family Tiger Lake to 13 nanometers, with 4 cores, 8 threads and the new Iris Xe graphics of 100 EUS. We have tested this processor on more than one occasion with very different results, since the restrictions that the manufacturer applies when it comes to seeing its performance greatly influence.
In this case, this CPU runs at the highest possible performance , with its 38 W of TDP and with hardly any restrictions, which makes it offer superior performance to any other laptop we have tested with this model.
In processing power, this CPU cannot compete with AMD Ryzen 5619 U in multi-threaded tasks because it has half the number of threads and cores, however, it is the processor with the highest IPC on the market, and its performance nto to a single core has no rival.
However, where the 1165 G7 on the Zenbook S has been on its integrated GPU , Iris Xe with 99 units that especially shines in this team managing to beat the Vega 8 of the Ryzen without problems and even approaching dedicated solutions.
This jump in gross performance manages to put Intel in the competition of performance in integrated graphics , although there is still some work at the driver level, since, as we already detected in other laptops with this processor, some graphic glitchs appear depending on which games.
In as for the SSD, or It offers good performance, although somewhat modest when compared to the faster NVMe PCIe 3.0 models.
Multi-Core CPU Performance Test
Cinebench R 30 MP
Cinebench R 28 MP
Cinebench R 19 MP
GeekBench 5 Multi Core
1-Core CPU Performance Test
Cinebench R 28 SP
Cinebench R 21 SP
Cinebench R 21 SP
GeekBench 5 Single Core
Performance Test Graphics Card
3DMark FireStrike
3DMark FireStrike Extreme
3DMark TimeSpy DX 12
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
Other Performance and Games tests
PCMark 12
Design and Creators Test – SPECViewPerf 15
The Division 2
CrystalDiskMark SSD
Comment that the Zenbook S comes with the trial McAfee antivirus, a bloatware that will remind us of its installation every so often.
Temperatures
The UX cooling system 410 is based on a single turbine fan with a large number of blades that pushes the air towards the block of copper fins that It ends in the flat heatpipe that transfers heat from the CPU.
Its operation is quite silent and manages to keep the processor temperatures below the maximum, in addition, it is possible to adjust its behavior from the MyASUS application to prioritize more or less noise or more or less cooling.
Externally, after 35 minutes of continuous stress testing, the maximum keyboard temperature is around 30, 6ºC, while the maximum of the air outlet area rises to 45 º. The ambient temperatures during the measurement were 20 ºC
Internally, in pure CPU tests as Cinebench the maximums have been 96 ºC
When CPU and GPU are combined temperatures can reach 99 ºC. They are not cool temperatures, but they do not affect performance as in other models, or at least not as noticeably.
Analysis and Conclusion
The renewal of the ASUS Zenbook S line catches up with this UX 410. On the one hand we have the processor Intel Core i7 – 1172 G7 d e eleventh generation, with new architecture, manufacturing process and graphic power, a predictable addition to this renovation. On the other hand, the screen of 3: 2 with 3. 393 x 2. 244 pixels and touch is an interesting change that will be appreciated by those who want a laptop to work more than for multimedia or leisure sections.
This screen has an excellent color coverage and a good calibration as standard, the image quality is good and the brightness, although not reaching the 500 promised cd / m², it does exceed the 410 cd / m² and compensates for the outdoor display limitations of the glossy panel. As a negative point, those small light leaks that shows in the lower right area.
It is better used the screen within the portable format and allows to reduce the size of the equipment, already compact, together with its weight of 1, 35 mm and its 1, 58 cm thick. Its build quality places it within the premium segment and we have the latest in connectivity, with WiFi 6 and USB-C with Thunderbolt 4.0.
In that sense, the two USB-C with TB 4.0 and the options they provide, such as charging port, data, video, sound, however, in total the physical connectivity is somewhat scarce, limited to those two ports, a USB 3.0 type A, HDMI and a small micro-SD card reader. Some extra USB would be fine, or a fingerprint reader and having to use an adapter for the audio port, taking into account the small size that a minijack , it was totally unnecessary.
In performance-wise, now yes, the Core i7 – 1172 G7 displays all its power and is crowned as the laptop processor with the highest performance per core and, above all, it shows the enormous performance leap that Intel has made in its iGPUs with its Iris Xe of 100 units.
No obst Before, with only 4 cores, it cannot compete in multi-threaded performance with processors like the Ryzen 7 – 585 On the other hand, this Core i7 is capable of maintaining high performance even in battery mode, without especially affecting the autonomy of the equipment, in such a way that in many tasks the performance penalty of disconnecting from the current is practically non-existent.
In addition, autonomy is very good, placing it in second place in our ranking. All for a price of 1. 599 euros that we do not consider excessive, but not cheap either. In this price it is clear that the build quality and its 3K touch screen have a great influence.
With all this Taking into account its strengths and weaknesses, the ASUS Zenbook S UX 393 is a team that knows how to combine a very compact design with quality materials and a 3: 2 “3K” screen format (and resolution) aimed at productivity, all without leaving power and autonomy in the pipeline , undoubtedly one of the ultrabook to beat during this close 2021.
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Recently, there have been various leaks about Intel Core processors 11. generation. Moreover, they are very promising – as we have seen, even the low-clocked engineering version of the 8-core Rocket Lake is on par with its predecessors, which have clock speeds up to 5.0 GHz. Now we are getting another confirmation of the high performance of the new Cypress Cove architecture. In the Ashes of the Singularity benchmark database, an Intel Core i7 processor was found – 11700 KF, about which we have not written before. Importantly, it may have worked with the final timings and it is not an engineering version. What do we already know about this system and how did it compare with the existing units?
Intel Core i9 chips achieve very similar results – 9900 K or AMD Ryzen 5 5600 X, but in AotS, we do not have the exact clock speeds of the processors, so we do not know if Rocket Lake was compared to heavily twisted systems.
Intel Core i9 – 11900 in the engineering version has been tested in CPU-Z. Performance is equal to the most powerful Comet Lake’om
Intel Core i7 – 11700 KF is 8-core / 16 – threaded unit based on 3.6 GHz clock, which is distinguished by an unlocked multiplier and Unfortunately, we do not know yet what the Boost clocks of this chip are, we also do not know if it was overclocked during the test. The processor was paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics card 3080 and 64 GB of DDR4 RAM. Score in Ashes of the Singularity when lined up ah Crazy in resolution 1440 p (DX 12) is 11300 points with the average CPU of 126, 7 FPS.
Intel Rocket Lake – we know the date of the debut of processors 11 generation and motherboards with Intel chipset 500
Intel Core i9 chips achieved very similar results – 9900 K or AMD Ryzen 5 5600 X, but in AotS we do not have the exact clock speeds of the processors, so we do not know whether Rocket Lake was not compared to heavily twisted systems by accident. Another thing is that the benchmark itself is not the most reliable. In any case, it should be noted that below the i7 level – 11700 KF there are also units such as 10 – i9 core – 10900 K, so you can probably say that with all these unknowns, the performance of the Core i7 – 11700 KF should not disappoint. Nevertheless, we are waiting for more details. The entire Core series 11. we should meet the generation in January.
(Pocket-lint) – When you’re looking for a laptop nowadays, you thankfully don’t have to make a decision about whether you want power or portability – those days are over.
For too long, we were stuck with heavy machines that could actually function properly or dinky lightweight models that were underpowered.
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Now, there are countless exceptionally portable laptops on the market that also boast impressive specs to make sure that they can crunch through whatever tasks you need them to (even, in the odd case, a little gaming).
Just for you, we’ve collected some of the very best right here, so that if you’re looking for a new ultrabook or lightweight laptop, you’ve got some great options to browse. Most are 13-inch models, but we’ve got some other sizes for you to look at, too.
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HP Spectre 13 x360
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The HP Spectre 13 x360 is one of the best slim and light laptops HP has ever made.
The attention to detail in the design goes far further than all the sharp angles and machined aluminium.
The 4K OLED display looks fantastic, while there’s around eight hours of battery life for all-day work.
It comes with a 10th generation low voltage Intel processor, similar to other high-end laptops here. It’s the Intel Core i7-1065G7 and is teamed with a hefty 16GB RAM and fast 1TB SSD. Highly recommended.
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Dell XPS 13
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The XPS 13 is one of the most consistently impressive laptops out there, and Dell knows it – the machine gets constant updates and revisions to keep it on the cutting edge, and recently was updated with an even more improved model we haven’t got our hands on quite yet.
That all-new version has some subtle design changes including the one feature we most wanted, moving the camera back onto the top of the display’s bezel, getting rid of the odd perspective that its webcam used to boast. That small change is telling, but it’s the overall power and portability that makes Dell’s laptop so impressive.
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Apple MacBook Air
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The MacBook Air recently had another welcome update after the long-awaited revival of 2019. It’s got a much-improved keyboard and more powerful processor to make for a seriously superb package, all in a design that’s absolutely what most people imagine when they think of a lightweight laptop.
Of course, you’ll have to accept a fairly paltry set of ports and get on board with USB-C, but that’s frankly par for the course on machines with its profile, and the screen is one of the best in the business. For our money, most people will be thrilled with the new Macbook Air.
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Google Pixelbook Go
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Google’s waded back into the Chromebook market with this superb little laptop, to offer a middle ground between the many, many cheap options and the previously out-on-its-own Pixelbook, and it’s won us over entirely.
It’s a beautifully made machine, with great performance and a really sleek design that’s easy to pack up and carry. Of course, the key decision facing you is whether you’re happy to go with Chrome OS, and the limitations it does entail. If that’s no problem, this is a serious contender that’s coming down in price all the time.
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Microsoft Surface Laptop 3
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Microsoft is in on the portable party, too, though. Its Surface Laptop 3 is an absolute stunner, which also packs in some seriously impressive stats. It’s got a lovely metal construction with an optionally textured interior that’s great for resting your wrists on as you work. On top of that, it’s dead quiet and has really solid specs.
The latest version has also corrected past mistakes by adding USB-C ports to the party, which is really welcome, and its larger trackpad is also noticeable and improved.
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Razer Blade Stealth 13
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We’re not going to pretend that it makes sense for everyone, but if you’re an avid gamer, have a massive budget and want both great gaming performance and genuine portability without compromise, there aren’t too many machines to pick from. Razer’s Blade Stealth 13, though, is an absolute stunner.
Even if it didn’t have cracking gaming chops it would be a sleek looker, but given the specs, it can pack in (there are a few versions to choose from) it’s a serious beauty. Of course, as we mentioned it’s also not one for those on a tight budget.
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HP Elite Dragonfly
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Lightweight and practical, there’s a lot to love about the 2-in-1 HP Elite Dragonfly – an optional 4K display being one of them.
The laptop weighs somewhere in the region of 1kg. It’s slim too, measuring comfortably under 20mm when shut.
It only has an 8th generation Intel Core i5 processor, but that’s still great for most tasks. The disadvantages are the cost and trackpad which we’d like to see improved.
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Samsung Galaxy Book Ion 15
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The Galaxy Book Ion isn’t an especially conventional laptop. This model is large at 15.6-inches yet it’s really lightweight (a 13-inch version is also available).
The Ion dressed in an eggshell finish (Aura Silver) that you won’t see on other competitors.
It’s endowed with unusual features like upgradeable RAM and storage. It also pulls on Samsung’s highly successful TV prowess by utilising a QLED display.
There’s a huge battery life, too – around 14+ hours per charge
It’s good to see Samsung back in the laptop game and trying things a little differently, with positive effect.
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LG Gram 17
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The Gram 17 is lighter than most 15-inch laptops. It weighs 1.3kg, which is the standard for a slim 13- or 14-inch model, not a 17-inch one, and it’s almost 500g lighter than the 15-inch MacBook Pro.
This sounds like a kind of magic, doesn’t it? The only major issues here are that it doesn’t have a true performance-led processor.
But it still has plenty of power for most plus great battery life too.
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The emergence of the Core i7-11700KF (via Tum_Apisak) has put the Rocket Lake rumor mill into action. If a certain Ashes of the Singularity (AoTS) submission is to be trusted, Intel could offer 11th Generation Rocket Lake KF-series chips without integrated graphics as well. In Rocket Lake’s case, it would lack the Xe graphics engine.
As we’ve seen from a recent Rocket Lake report, the Core i9 and Core i7 models reportedly share the same eight-core, 16-thread configuration. With this bit of information, we can assume that the clock speeds will be what differentiate one model from the next. In theory, a Core i9 should have higher clock speeds than the Core i7, however, that doesn’t seem to be the case with the Core i7-11700KF.
The Core i9-11900K, which made a brief appearance on Ashes of the Singularity, was allegedly operating with a 3.5 GHz base clock. The Core i7-11700KF from today’s entry seemingly features a 3.6 GHz base clock. Perhaps, the base clock isn’t meaningful, and Intel could end up using the boost clocks as the distinguishing feature between a Core i9 and a Core i7 SKU.
Core i7-11700KF (Image credit: Oxide Games)
When paired with a GeForce RTX 3080, the Core i7-11700KF had an average framerate of 114.5 and a CPU framerate of 126.7 on the Crazy 1440p preset. For comparison, the Core i9-10900K put up a score with a framerate of 110.6 and a CPU framerate of 123.1, meaning that the Core i7-11700KF was up to 3.5% and 2.9% faster. It was a pretty impressive performance if you look at the details of each chip.
The Core i9-10900K not only has two more cores than the Core i7-11700KF, but also a 100 MHz base clock. Despite the handicap, the Core i7-11700KF still managed to pull ahead. While we know that the Core i9-10900K boosts up to 5.3 GHz, it remains a fact that the boost clock speed for the Core i7-11700KF is unknown.
Intel has previously bragged about its Cypress Cove microarchitecture, and how it’ll offer consumers significant instructions per cycle (IPC) improvements up to two figures. We’ve already seen glimpses of what Cypress Cove cores are capable of so it’s not improbable that an octa-core Rocket Lake chip can take on a deca-core Comet Lake part. Come the first quarter of 2021, we’ll see whether Intel can deliver on its IPC promise.
Not so long ago, we described an early version of the Intel Core i9 processor 11900, which was characterized by relatively low clock speeds . Nevertheless, the result of the system from the CPU-Z diagnostic program was very promising, because Rocket Lake was doing the 8-core Core i7 – 10700. Malcontents may say that the performance from an average representative benchmark still means nothing, but they probably will lose their argument now, because the tests of the same engineering sample in Cinebench R programs have appeared on the network 15 and R 20. Now everything should be clear – we have almost confirmation that the final Rocket Lake variant will leave Intel processors behind.
Even the low-clocked Intel Core i9 – 11900 is getting closer to systems such as Core i7 – 10700 or Core i9 – 9900 K. So there is something to wait for.
Intel Core i9 – 11900 in the engineering version has been tested in CPU-Z. Performance is equal to the strongest Comet Lakes
8-Core / 16 – threaded Intel Core i9 – 11900, marked as QV1J, runs at a base clock of 1.8 GHz, but accelerates to 3.8 GHz (for all cores) or even to 4.4 GHz (one core). tested on a motherboard with the mid-shelf B chipset 11900 . Due to the lack of appropriate drivers, we cannot confirm that the system has Xe graphics or supports the PCIe 4.0 standard, but we should be careful about that. The most interesting thing is the performance of the processor, which will give us an idea of how fast this model will be with the final timings. Core i9 – 11900 @ 1.8 GHz has been validated with Cinebench R 15 and R 20, and see the results below.
Intel Core i9 – 11900 @ 1.8 GHz in Cinebench R 15
Intel Core i9 – 11900 @ 1.8 GHz in Cinebench R 20
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In short, it is confirmed what we wrote about recently – even low clocked i9 – 11900 is getting closer to systems like Core i7 – 10700 or Core i9 – 9900 K. So we expect that after reaching the target of ~ 5.0 GHz per core, the new Rocket Lake will leave its predecessors far behind. Interestingly, the leak also includes CPU power consumption, which was verified by AVX tests 512 and AVX2. Processor downloads from 123 to 161 Depending on the selected instruction, while in the motherboard BIOS it was noticed that the values PL1 and PL2 of the CPU are set to 65 and 224 W. Well, there is no question of an energy revolution. We expect Intel to introduce 11 . Core chip generation already in January at CES. At the same time, the motherboards of the series 500 should debut. However, we can wait for the availability of Rocket Lakes until March.
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It looks like the Intel Core i9-11900 is starting to leak. This week, CPU-Z benchmark scores for the upcoming processor leaked. The chip benchmarked was an engineering sample, but it still can give us an idea of the expected performance from this Rocket Lake-S CPU.
The screenshots with the CPU-Z benchmark results of the Core i9-11900 and photos of the 11900 engineering sample (QV1J) were shared by @9550pro. As per the photos, this sample had a base clock of 1.8GHz, an all-core boost of 3.8GHz, and a single-core boost of 4.4GHz. Regarding the remaining specifications of the Core i9-11900, it should feature 8 cores, 16threads, 16MB of cache, Intel Xe-LP Graphics with 32 EUs, and a 65W TDP.
The Core i9-11900 scored 582 points on the single thread benchmark and 5262 on the multi-thread benchmark. Compared to the higher clocked Core i7-10700, which features a similar core configuration, that’s an 8% uplift in single-thread (vs 540) and a 3.5% decrease in multi-thread workloads.
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For further comparison, another user in the forum thread downclocked their Core i9-9900KS to 4.4GHz, which features the same core architecture as the 10th Gen Core desktop processors. By downclocking the Core i9-9900KS, it’s possible to calculate the IPC increase between both architectures, which appears to be around 14%.
Intel’s 11th Gen Core series Rocket Lake-S processors are expected to launch in early 2021.
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The MSI Prestige 14 Evo brings a first-class Tiger Lake processor to MSI’s productivity ultrabook, but it’s held back by a dim screen and quiet/tinny speakers.
For
Strong performance
14-inch display
Great webcam
Against
Dim display
Quiet, tinny audio
MSI’s back with an Intel Evo-certified update to its Prestige 14 productivity line. Alongside another, non-Evo refresh, this brings Tiger Lake to the gaming company’s productivity ultrabooks. While we miss the pink color option we saw with its 10th gen machines, this latest iteration of the Prestige 14 gives it industry-leading performance. But performance isn’t the only thing that matters, especially in the best ultrabooks.
MSI Prestige 14 Evo Specs
CPU
Intel Core i7-1185G7
Graphics
Intel Iris Xe
Memory
16GB LPDDR4-4267
Storage
512GB NVMe SSD
Display
14 inches, 1920 x 1080, IPS-level
Networking
802.11 ax Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.1
Ports
2x Thunderbolt 4, 1x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1x microSD card reader, 1x 3.5mm combination microphone/headphone jack
Camera
720p, IR
Battery
52 Whr
Power Adapter
65W
Operating System
Windows 10 Home
Dimensions(WxDxH)
12.6 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches (37.1 x 21.8 x 1.5 cm)
Weight
2.8 pounds (1.3 kg)
Price (as configured)
$1,149
Design of the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
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The Evo-certified update to the MSI Prestige 14 keeps the same basic look as previous releases, but unfortunately lacks the bright pink option from the
Ice Lake model
we reviewed earlier this year. Instead, you’ll have a choice between white and black here, though each comes with snazzy metallic lining on the edges of the lid and the touchpad.
There’s some extra styling on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo that gives it a premium look. On our gray model, a metallic blue strip accentuated the edges of the laptop’s lid and its touchpad, and in the right light, almost looked like it was an LED strip.
The rest of the laptop is more plain aesthetically, with the majority of the case being taken up by a uniform, somewhat glittery gray surface that’s unfortunately prone to collecting fingerprints. If you flip the laptop over, you’ll notice that the laptop’s vent hole placement resembles a city skyline, though this isn’t something you’ll see during typical use.
The keyboard is also home to a nice visual touch, as its keycaps are decorated with a slightly lighter version of the case’s color scheme.
Opening the laptop lid also lifts the keyboard off the desk at a five degree angle, to make for easier typing and better cooling.
There’s a wide variety of ports for such a small laptop. The laptop has two
Thunderbolt 4
ports, and the right side has a single USB Type-A port, a 3.5mm combination headphone/microphone jack and a microSD card reader. That last inclusion is a rare but helpful addition, although it’s unfortunate that the Type-A port is just USB 2.0 as opposed to belonging to a more recent connection standard like USB 3.2.
This is the first non-convertible 14 inch Tiger Lake ultrabook we’ve reviewed, so it’s a touch larger than the closest competitors we have on record. At 12.6 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches, it’s certainly not large, but it is a touch longer than rivals. The Dell XPS 13 and Razer Book 13, for instance, are 11.6 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches, while the Asus ZenBook 13 is a slightly chunkier 11.9 x 8 x 0.5 inches.
The Prestige 14 Evo is surprisingly lightweight, though, matching the Dell XPS 13’s 2.8 pounds. That does make it slightly heavier than the ZenBook 13’s 2.4 pounds, but it’s still not as weighty as the Razer Book 13’s 3.1 pounds.
Productivity Performance on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
This is our first time looking at a shipping laptop with the Core i7-1185G7 CPU. Every other Tiger Lake i7 laptop we’ve reviewed has an i7-1165G7, besides a whitebox system featuring the chip. What’s the difference? Not much. The 1185G7 has a slightly higher max turbo speed (4.3 vs 4.1 GHz), but both can run between 12W and 28W of power. Still, the Prestige’s chip is just a touch more, well, prestigious.
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You can see this in action on the Prestige 14 Evo’s Geekbench 5.0 results. This synthetic benchmark tracks general performance across a number of arenas, and the Prestige 14 Evo scored higher than any computers we tested it to. At 5,718 points, it’s closest match was the Razer Book 13 (5,460), coincidentally also made by a manufacturer known for gaming. The Dell XPS 13 was next (5,254), while the Asus ZenBook 13 came in last (5,084).
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This trend continued in our Handbrake video editing test, where we track how long it takes a machine to transcode a video down from
4K
to
FHD
. The Prestige 14 Evo completed the task in 12:27, while the Razer Book 13 took slightly longer at 14:46. The Zenbook 13 trailed behind with a 17:51 time, while the XPS 13 took the longest at 18:22.
The Prestige and the Razer Book once again lead scores in graphics testing, with all machines using Intel Iris Xe internal graphics which we benchmarked using 3DMark Fire Strike. Here, the Prestige scored 5,240 points and the Razer Book 13 scored 5,216 points. The Zenbook 13 dipped significantly with 4,407 points, and the XPS 13 rounded out the rankings with an even lower 3,598 points.
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The one category where the Prestige isn’t on top is on file transfer speeds. Here, it copied 4.97GB of files at a respectable 805 MBps, which was about on par with the XPS 13’s 806.2 MBps and was much higher than the Razer Book 13’s 479.2 MBps. Still, the ZenBook 13 was the leader here, with a transfer speed of 966.8 MBps.
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We also ran the MSI Prestige through Cinebench R20 20 times in a row to test how it holds up to extended strain. Our average score was 2206.2, which was impressive given that our first test earned 2268 points and that we tend to see a significant drop as the stress test continues.
During the stress test, the Prestige 14’s CPU ran at an average clock speed of 3434.1 GHz and an average temperature of 85.3 degrees Celsius (185.54 degrees Fahrenheit).
Display on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
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At 14 inch screen on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo is
IPS-level
, but my viewing experience found that it was almost uncomfortably dim.
I tested the display on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo by watching the Wonder Woman 1984 trailer on it. To the screen’s credit, I found that the viewing angles on this screen were almost complete, with the image never washing out regardless of how far away I got from the display, whether horizontally or vertically. The panel also wasn’t reflective, and I was able to clearly see the image in both normal and low light.
The difficulty was in the actual image on screen. While I could follow the action well, the Prestige 14 Evo is more than just dim. It borders on dark. Colors also weren’t vivid or striking, though blacks were impressively deep.
Our testing backed up my impressions. Our luminance testing found that the average brightness across the Prestige 14 Evo’s screen was 284 nits, which is much lower than even its closest competitors. That would be the ZenBook 13, which had a 370 nit average brightness. The Razer Book 13 and Dell XPS 13, meanwhile, far exceeded these two laptops at 436 and 469 nits, respectively.
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The Prestige 14 Evo did fare better on color, registering a 78.9% DCI-P3 rating on our colorimeter. That’s more than we saw on the XPS 13 (69.4%) and the ZenBook 13 (76.1%), though it’s not quite as high as the Razer Book 13’s score (80.7%). Still despite scoring high on official benchmarks, the dim screen held the colors back in practice, since I had to strain more to see them.
Keyboard and Touchpad on the MSI Prestige Evo 14
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The keyboard on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo makes a strong first impression thanks to some snazzy decoration and the laptop’s hinge lifting it five degrees off the desk, but it starts to show some minor weaknesses with further use.
Keypresses are cushiony but still feel tactile, and there’s enough key travel for you to get an idea of when your press is registered. The issue comes with the construction of the keycaps themselves. They’re sturdy enough, but the top of each keycap can start to feel slippery during quick typing, which can get disorienting when touch-typing and is likely to cause the occasional typo.
Still, I was able to maintain a high words per minute count on 10fastfingers.com, where I scored 76 wpm on most tests. That’s just a few points below my 80 wpm standard.
The Prestige’s precision touchpad is generous, and multitouch gestures register well. My only complaint is that the laptop’s fingerprint reader sits in the touchpad’s upper-left corner, and running your finger over it doesn’t register as moving the cursor. So, essentially, it acts as a dead zone that you could accidentally run into during use. However, the touchpad’s larger overall size means this isn’t much of an issue in practice.
Audio on the MSI Prestige Evo 14
The MSI Prestige 14 Evo features a bottom-firing speaker on either side. I tested their audio by listening to Mood by 24kgoldn, and I had a subpar listening experience.
The most immediate issue with the Prestige 14 Evo’s audio is its volume — or lack thereof. Even at 100%, the Prestige 14 Evo was quiet, just barely able to fill my small office with music. Even for personal use, you’ll probably want to keep it at close to 80% of its max volume.
Volume wasn’t the Prestige 14 Evo’s only problem, though. Its audio also tends to come across as tinny and weak. For example, Mood opens up with thunderclaps meant to evoke a raging storm, but they sound more like rustling leaves here. The song’s frequent drum beats also bear a remarkable similarity to clapping hands.
Essentially, the Prestige 14 Evo’s speakers are so poor that my first impression of them was “Are these mono?”
Upgradeability of the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
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We opened the MSI Prestige 14 Evo by removing the 7 Phillips Head screws along its bottom with a J0 screwdriver. Note that there is a screw underneath a “factory seal” sticker in the center of the case’s lid that you’ll have to remove alongside the screws on the laptop’s side.
Inside the Prestige 14 Evo, you’ll find the M.2 SSD and the networking chip, but since the RAM is soldered in and there’s no slots for expanded storage, the only change you’ll be able to make is swapping out the SSD for one with a larger capacity.
Battery Life on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
The Evo branding suggests the MSI Prestige 14 should last long. But we have our own battery test, which continually browses the web, streams video and runs OpenGL tests over Wi-Fi at 150 nits of brightness. It confirmed that the Prestige 14 Evo does indeed last for a while before turning off.
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Specifically, we found that it had 12:25 hours of battery life on our test. That puts it a little over an hour behind the Asus ZenBook 13 (13:47), but it’s still ahead of the XPS 13 (11:07) and the Razer Book 13 (11:44).
Heat on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
The MSI Prestige 14 Evo doesn’t get that hot under strain, but it does heat up more frequently than we’d like, even during casual tests.
After 15 minutes of streaming YouTube, the touchpad was the Prestige 14 Evo’s coolest location. It registered 77.7 degrees Fahrenheit (25.4 degrees Celsius). The next hottest location was the keyboard at 87.3 degrees Fahrenheit (30.7 degrees Celsius), while the laptop’s bottom measured 92.3 degrees Fahrenheit (33.5 degrees Celsius).
Its hottest location was slightly above its F4 key, where it hit 93.4 degrees Fahrenheit (34.1 degrees Celsius).
All of this is within what we’ve seen from similar 14 inch Tiger Lake laptops like the Lenovo Yoga 7i, but what makes the Prestige 14 Evo stand out is just how frequently it heats up. Even just sitting idle off to my side as I wrote this review, its fans were on full blast most of the time. This got noisy fast, and I quickly took to turning the MSI off when it wasn’t in use.
Webcam on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
The MSI Prestige 14 Evo’s webcam reflects the need for strong video conferencing during the pandemic. The picture is so clear that I thought it might have been 1080p when I first turned it on. No, this is a 720p camera, but my mistake indicates how highly I think of it.
In both normal and low light, the Prestige 14 Evo’s camera displayed virtually no grain and was true-to-life in capturing the color and texture of my face. More impressive, however, is that I was able to easily capture a photo in front of my office window without it being washed out by background light. Instead, I was surrounded by the cityscape surrounding my apartment, a rare treat even on the best webcams.
The Prestige 14 Evo’s webcam also acknowledges privacy concerns, and the laptop’s Fn bar has an option to turn it off on the hardware level so that you don’t have to worry about being recorded without your knowledge. It also has an IR sensor for use with Windows Hello.
Software and Warranty on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
The MSI Prestige 14 Evo comes mostly free of bloat, but because this is a productivity laptop coming from a brand known mostly for gaming, MSI’s snuck in some utility software to prove that it’s not limited to helping players up their K/D ratios. So, on top of standard Windows pack-ins like Microsoft Solitaire Collection and Spotify, you’ll also find apps like the MSI Center for Business & Productivity.
The MSI Center for Business & Productivity is essentially a fancy name for a program that lets you change your CPU’s power consumption based on which apps are open, plus direct more CPU resources to certain productivity programs like Photoshop. It also has noise cancellation functions, and can help you clear SSD space. It also has a unique feature to link iOS devices to your computer as a second display.
ColorDirector for MSI, Music Maker Jam and PowerDirector 17 Essential for MSI are also present and are more akin to bloat. These Cyberlink photo/video editing apps aren’t particularly popular choices among professionals, but I suppose they could make for a good way to get your feet wet before dipping into anything more advanced.
MSI Prestige 14 Evo Configurations
The Evo-certified MSI Prestige 14 has five available configurations, with price and availability depending on theretailer. Our configuration had an Intel Core i7-1185G7 CPU 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. It cost $1,149 at B&H and Newegg at time of review.
The cheapest version we could find was the version with the i5-1135G7, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, which came in at $1,099 at B&H at time of the review.
On the other side of the spectrum, the most advanced version we could find had the same specs as our review unit, except for having a 1TB SSD. It cost $1,199 at Best Buy at the time of review.
Bottom Line
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The MSI Prestige 14 Evo may seem premium at first, thanks to its name and the shiny trim along its outer edges, but on further inspection, it has serious compromises on everything but its performance.
While the Prestige 14 Evo largely boasted slight performance improvements over competitors, its gains were mostly meager, with the
Razer Book 13
in particular nipping at its heels across our tests. This is unfortunate, given that the Razer Book 13 has a brighter screen as well as louder and, in our experience, clearer audio.
Granted, the $1,599 Razer Book 13 is also more expensive than the Prestige 14 Evo, and the
Dell XPS 13
, which has similar strengths, is even more unapproachable at $1,650.
But the $999
Asus Zenbook 13
, which has a larger SSD and a brighter screen, is actually cheaper than the Prestige 14 Evo. MSI’s machine outclasses it a touch more on performance than the Razer Book 13 and the XPS 13, but the ZenBook actually has faster file transfer speeds than any of them. Its speakers were similarly tinny to the Prestige 14 Evo, but were much louder.
So whether you settle on the Prestige 14 Evo depends on your priorities in a laptop. If budget and performance are your first concerns, then it’s a pretty enticing machine. But if you’re willing to take a slight performance hit and pay a few hundred dollars more, you can get a machine with much higher quality components. Alternatively, if you’re OK with a noticeable but not oppressive performance dip, you could also get a machine with overall better components while paying less.
As the launch of Intel 11th Gen Core processors comes closer, more details and rumours about it are surfacing. Apparently, the 11th Gen Core processors will consist of Rocket Lake-S SKUs at the higher-end, but it will use refreshed Comet-Lake-S SKUs on the lower-end.
The report comes from ijiandao.com (via @harukaze5719), which shared the whole alleged 11th Gen Core processors’ lineup. As per the tables shown by the Chinese website, the Core i5, i7, and i9 CPUs will be based on Rocket Lake-S, but the i3, Pentium, and Celeron series will be a refresh of the 10th Gen Core Comet Lake-S processors. There’s no mention about any “F” processors in these tables, meaning that we all come with an iGPU.
This division means that we won’t see the new Cypress Cove core architecture and Xe-LP graphics on all 11th Gen Core SKUs. The Core i5, i7, and i9 CPUs will be powered by both technologies, but the lower-end SKUs will keep using the same core architecture as the Skylake processors from 2016 and Intel UHD Graphics 600 series.
The Core i9 series will consist of the 11900K, 11900, and 11900T SKUs. Similar to the i9 series, the i7 series will have also have three SKUs: 11700K, 11700, and 11700T. All i7 and i9 processors will feature 8 cores and 16 threads, 16MB of cache, Intel Xe-LP iGPU with 32EUs, and 125W (K), 65W (non-K), and 35W (T) TDPs.
The Core i5 series is a bit more extensive with the three 11600 SKUs (K, non-K, and T), two 11500 (non-K and T), and two 11400 (non-K and T). Just like the i7 and i9 processors, the “K” SKUs come with a 125W TDP, the “non-K” with a 65W TDP, and the “T” with 35W TDP. All the i5 processors have 6 cores, 12 threads, 12MB of cache, and Intel Xe Graphics with 32EUs, except the 11400 SKUs which come a Xe Graphics iGPU with 24EUs.
Jumping on to the i3 processors’ lineup, it will consist of 5 Comet Lake-S refreshed SKUs: 11100, 11100T, 11300, 11300T, and 11320. The “non-K” processors also come with 65W TDP, while the “T” ones have a 35W TDP. All have 4 cores, 8 threads, UHD 630 iGPU with 24 EUs, and 8MB of cache, except the 11100 and 11100T CPUs which have 6MB of cache. Although we don’t know the exact clock frequencies, the source claims that it’s expected that it comes with a bump of 200-300MHz compared to the 10th Gen Core processors.
The next-gen Pentium and Celeron SKUs will also be based on Comet Lake-S, and consist of 8 SKUs. Starting with the G5930 (58W), G5930T (35W), and G5950 (58W) processors, these will come with a 2C/2T configuration, 4MB of cache, and UHD 610 iGPU with 12EUs. The G6420 (58W), G6420T (35W), G6520 (58W), G6520T (35W), and G6620 (58W) processors are equipped with 2 cores, 4 threads, and 4MB of cache. The G65xx and G6620 come with a UHD 630 iGPU with 24EUs, while the G64xx have a UHD 610 iGPU with 12EUs. Operating frequencies were not shared, but a 100-200MHz bump is expected.
Unfortunately, the clock frequencies of these SKUs are yet to be confirmed, but @momomo_us spotted some extra information about the Core i7-11700 and the Core i5-11400. The Core i7-11700 seems to come with a 2.5GHz base clock, which boosts up to 4.9GHz, while the i5-11400 has a 2.6GHz base clock, boosting up to 4.4GHz. Compared to 10th Gen Core predecessors, the base clocks are slightly lower, but the turbo clocks have been increased by 0.1GHz.
KitGuru says: Do you think the Intel 11th Gen Core line-up will stand toe-to-toe with AMD Ryzen 5000 series?
Cyberpunk 2077 is a real mine of … money? Having fun? Bugów? Memów? It all depends on the perspective, but for editorial offices such as PurePC it is primarily a great material for hardware tests. So first I checked the performance of AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards, then the implementation of ray tracing and DLSS, but now I targeted processors and RAM. Today, a dozen or so popular models will face each other, which will show how Cyberpunk 2077 scales with cores and the threads that the unit requires to keep it flowing. I will also show why it is worth investing in faster RAM memory. Get up samurai, we have a lot of charts to analyze …
Author: Sebastian Oktaba
During the performance tests of graphics cards, I mentioned many times that Cyberpunk 2077 also requires a sufficiently powerful processor to avoid the occurrence of so-called. bottleneck phenomena. Bottelenck on the processor side causes painful drops in liquidity despite having an efficient graphics system, which could be experienced especially by people with monitors with resolution 1920 x 1080 and AMD processors (an explanation of this ailment is part of the publication). By the way – the forecasts I made based on the pre-release version of Cyberpunk 2077 turned out to be correct – the production he really likes multi-core units. Of course, to say one thing, but to show another, that’s why this publication takes into account popular AMD and Intel processors. However, conducting the measurements required taking into account several factors, because Cyberpunk 2077 had problems with the correct operation of the models AMD Ryzen built on a single CCD module. The problem turned out to be very acute and will be described on the following pages, but the community quickly (!) Created the hotfix on its own, which was officially introduced in patch 1. 05.
Processor tests in Cyberpunk 2077 was not a simple and fast job , but eventually a list of several popular models was created. Everything was done on the ACTINA PBA platforms with RTX 3080.
Cyberpunk computer game performance test 2077 – What are the hardware requirements? Test of AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards
Both test platforms were provided by the company ACTINA, the basic specification of which can be found in the table below. Manufacturer as recommended processors for Cyberpunk 2077 Indeed, it indicated AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Intel Core i7 – 6700, even to the most advanced modes, although as you will see soon it was just a reasonable mini mum. ACTIBA PBA computers (Powered by ASUS) have the top Intel Core i9 units – 10900 and AMD Ryzen 9 5900 X, which are combined with the high-performance ASUS GeForce RTX graphics card 3080 TUF Gaming ensure comfortable gameplay even in the resolution 3840 x 2160 and High Settings. Of course, the processors were rotated during testing, the LGA platform 1151 also required motherboard replacement, otherwise the comparison would be very limited. In addition, I allowed myself to crank up the Patriot RAM to 3600 MHz CL 16 – 16 – 16 – 36. A similar procedure was performed by ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 TUF Gaming, whose factory clocks were raised to the maximum (120 MHz GPU / MHz VRAM). The rest of the hardware platform was identical, not of any importance in the context of processor performance tests.
Intel’s ACTINA PBA Platform
AMD ACTINA PBA Platform
Processor
Intel Core i9 – 10900
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 X
Motherboard
ASUS Prime Z 490 M-Plus
ASUS TUF Gaming B 550 M-Plus
Graphics Card
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming
RAM
16 GB Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 3600 CL 17
16 GB Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 3600 CL 17
SSD
Crucial MX 500 1 TB SATA
Crucial MX 500 1 TB SATA
Power Supply
be quiet! Straight Power 11 850 In
be quiet! Straight Power 11 850 In
Cooling
SilentiumPC Grandis 3
SilentiumPC Grandis 3
Housing
ASUS TUF Gaming GT 301
ASUS TUF Gaming GT 301
Price
–
9879 zlotys
Cyberpunk CPU tests 2077 turned out to be extremely tiring, which is of course due to the programmers’ mishaps. Intel models behaved correctly from the beginning, the load on the cores and threads was correct, but AMD Ryzen worked below their capacity. This mainly concerned variants with one CCD module, where the SMT technique (the Intel’s HT equivalent) simply did not work. The use of threads was lower, bottleneck and stuttering appeared. So an unofficial hotfix was created, which actually did wonders – Ryzens with one CCD regained their condition, but models with two could lose performance. It therefore required checking ALL AMD Ryzen processors in variant hotfix ON / OFF , regardless of the official corrections (I trust the rule, but check). I also checked the editing of the memory_pool_budgets.csv file, although opinions about the effectiveness of assigning other values for PoolCPU and PoolGPU are divided and I personally did not notice the change in favor. Overall, the graphs show you the best results for each CPU achieved with file modifications and / or the latest patch 1. 05.
Cyberpunk 2077 PC – Performance test of graphics cards in ray tracing and DLSS. What do you need to play ultra? Ray tracing does not yet work on Radeons
Everything seems to indicate that Intel fans still working on computers with Haswell or Skylake processors that are several years old, they will soon have good reasons to switch to newer hardware. As we know, the Blue’s performance progress has not been very impressive in recent years, but fortunately the situation will be different in a few months. Rocket Lake chips (Core 11. Generation) based on the new Cypress Cove architecture, which should guarantee a noticeable increase in IPC even despite the same lithography 14 nm . Not only that, the effects of the new technology are already visible after the first leaks, where the upcoming systems record good results. Now we have another piece of evidence in the form of early Intel Core i9 testing – 11900 on CPU-Z.
I have to admit that such a low clocked processor performed extremely well. So it is easy to imagine the Rocket Lake result if it only worked with the announced clock rates at the level of ~ 5.0 GHz.
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Intel Core processors 11. Generation is not only Rocket Lake? Core i3, Pentium and Celeron models can be Comet Lake Refresh systems
An 8-core engineering model fell into the hands of an unknown tester / 16 – threaded Core i9 – 11900, which was characterized by quite low clock speeds – basically it worked at 1.8 GHz, for it accelerated to 3.8 GHz for all cores and 4.4 GHz for a single core. We just don’t know if these frequencies correspond to Thermal Velocity Boost or Turbo Boost Max 3.0 mode. The processor was tested on the MSI Z motherboard 490 And (probably the UNIFY model) made in Mini-ITX format with LGA socket 1200, which is adapted to support both Core processors 11. and 10. generation. According to the published announcement, the current BIOS does not support the new integrated Xe graphics.
Intel Core i9 – 11900 K tested in Ashes of the Singularity
You have to admit that such a low-clocked processor did extremely well. With a score of 582 points in the single-threaded built-in benchmark in CPU-Z, the upcoming Rocket Lake has almost caught up with the current top 10 – Core i9 – 10900 K. In the multi-thread test, he managed to get 5262 points, which in turn translates into a slightly weaker result than the Core i7 – 10700. This sounds promising – it’s easy to imagine the Rocket Lake result if it only worked with the announced clock speeds of ~ 5.0 GHz.
Everything seems to indicate that the dry time in the world of processors is running out and the next few years will be interesting premieres. After all, we will face the debut of many interesting technologies and standards, which in turn means that we are in for an extremely interesting duel between Intel vs AMD. Several leaksters shared with us their information on the publishing plans of both giants, which show that the coming years will be extremely busy for producers. We learned the details about not only desktop processors, but also mobile units. We just have to remember that this is unofficial information and ultimately the plans of both companies may change. Well, let’s finally get to the point.
We just have to remember that this is unofficial information and ultimately the plans of both companies may change. Nevertheless, everything indicates that the dry time in the world of processors is running out and the coming years will give rise to a number of very interesting premieres.
Intel Core Processors 11. Generation is not only Rocket Lake? Core i3, Pentium and Celeron may be Comet Lake Refresh chips
We already know that Intel will release Rocket Lake-S chips in the first quarter 2021 of the year, and in the fourth quarter comes Alder Lake-S (10 nm), to consist of Golden Cove and Gracemont cores and Xe Gen graphics 12 with EU units 32. As we mentioned recently, the Blue team will additionally present the Comet Lake Refresh models, which are to represent the cheaper next year’s Core i3, Pentium and Celeron systems. as for AMD, we expect the Vermeer series (Zen 3) to continue to be Red’s core offering at least until the third quarter 2021 of the year when architecture refresh under the code name Warhol. Chips are to be released between the fourth quarter 2021 and the second quarter 2022 year. It’s not yet clear what makes Warhol different from Vermeer, but you can expect rather minor changes (maybe something like Ryzen 9 3900 X – > Ryzen 9 3900 XT). The next major evolution will take place in the third quarter 2022 of the year, when AMD will begin distributing Raphael chips based on Zen 4 (5nm) architecture. Raphael is expected to provide DDR5 support and will likely be the first generation AMD desktop units to feature integrated on-die graphics (possibly RDNA2 based).
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 HX with high Turbo clock – top APU Cezanne-H processor as powerful as Intel Core i7 – 10700 K
AMD Ryzen for laptops – we got to know the company’s detailed plans for years 2021 – 2022. First APU RDNA 2 already in 2021 on
If it is about Intel and the laptop market (AMD’s offer is described in a separate news), you can expect that Tiger Lake-H chips 45 W will debut in high-end devices in the second quarter 2021 of the year. A year later, in the second quarter 2022, the Alder Lake-H generation 55 W z 32 UE Xe Gen 12 Supports PCIe 5 and DDR5. Interestingly, the Tiger Lake-H line will also have a variant 35 W, which may appear earlier than version part 45 W with possible support for LPDDR5 RAM. In the second quarter 2022 the Alder Lake series will receive units 45 W as lower power variant with graphics 96 – EU Xe Gen 12. In terms of units from the Mobile-U series, the successors of the Tiger Lake UP3 systems 28 will be Alder systems Lake-P U 28 to offer 96 EU Xe Gen 12 and PCIe Gen5 support. At the same time, we will also see Alder Lake-P U 15 as the successor to Tiger Lake UP4 15 In the fourth quarter 2021. There is still the category of low-voltage processors – here Intel already has Tiger Lakes and UP4 (9 W – 5900 and Lakefields (5W – 7W), which will be offered until the third quarter 2021, and then they will be replaced by the Alder Lake-P U9 and Alder Lake-M models. These first chips will offer the same core and iGPU configuration as Alder Lake-P U 15, while Alder Lake-M will have 64 Xe Gen graphics EU units 12.
Yesterday, we informed about AMD’s plans for Ryzen mobile processors for the years 2021 and 2022. The company is working on several different series of APUs that are prepared for different types of laptops. Next year’s APUs include Cezanne, Lucienne and Van Gogh. The next year will be premieres of Rembrandt, Barcelo and DragonCrest. Next year, only one APU series will use completely new graphics chips based on the RDNA 2 architecture – it will be the Van Gogh family. In turn, Cezanne and Lucienne will once again be based on Vega. In 2022, APU Rembrandt and DragonCrest will already use the integrated iGPU RDNA 2. Meanwhile, more information about individual APU groups as well as the first Cezanne processors, prepared with desktops in mind.
According to new information, AMD is working on at least two Cezanne desktop processors: Ryzen 5 5600 G and Ryzen 7 5800 G. In addition, we obtained new information about the laptop APU Van Gogh, DragonCrest and Rembrandt processors.
AMD Ryzen for laptops – we got to know the company’s detailed plans for years 2021 – 2022. First APU RDNA 2 already in 2021
According to the latest reports, AMD is working on at least two APU processors Cezanne for desktops. The first is 6-core and 12 – threaded Ryzen 5 5600 G, the other is 8-core and 16 – threaded Ryzen 7 5800 G. Both chipsets are most likely prepared for the OEM market, which means that they will not be available for retail sale, as well as this year’s Renoir APU processors. In addition, the company is working on more Vermeer systems – Ryzen 7 5800 (8C / 16 T) and Ryzen 9 5900 (12 C / 24 T). Both Zen 3 processors have TDP lowered to 65 and are also prepared exclusively for the OEM market. They will therefore be available in the form of ready-made computer sets.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 HX with high Turbo clock – top APU Cezanne-H processor as powerful as Intel Core i7 – 10700 K
In addition, we got to know new details about the mobile APU Rembrandt, Van Gogh and DragonCrest. In the case of the first of these series, we will get a slightly larger APU compared to, for example, this year’s Renoir. As a reminder, the area of the Renoir monolith chip is 156 mm². AMD Rembrandt APU, which will be produced in TSMC 6nm lithography, is expected to have a surface area of approximately ~ 209 mm² (12, 82 mm x 16, 25 mm). The larger size is due to e.g. using a more complex graphics chip, based on the RDNA 2 architecture. Interestingly, the total area of the BGA (BGA Package) will be identical and will amount to 25 x 35 mm. The stand, however, will be different – instead of FP6, the manufacturer will use FP7. However, this is more in the form of a curiosity, because these processors are soldered anyway, and cannot be replaced. In the case of APU Van Gogh and DragonCrest, another important information appeared. These are not processors made for cheap laptops. They will be prepared with the so-called premium constructions in mind. Laptops with noticeably better build quality, slim and very mobile.
We already know the approximate specs for the AMD Cezanne-H APUs, which will debut next month. AMD is preparing for the conference at the CES virtual fair 2021, during which the following units will be shown : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 H, Ryzen 7 5800 H, Ryzen 9 5900 HS and Ryzen 9 5900 HX. The latter is a new, flagship model designed for the most efficient laptops. New performance tests AMD Ryzen 9 5900 HX in GeekBench 5 have appeared on the network. The data reported by the benchmark shows that that the Cezanne-H system worked with a Turbo clock at 4.7 GHz, so also 100 MHz higher than the samples from a few weeks ago. The processor based on Zen 3 cores almost defeated one of the most efficient Intel desktop processors from the Comet Lake-S line in the new test.
The first test of the AMD Ryzen 9 processor 5900 HX from the Cezanne-H series APU laptop. The 4.7 GHz processor achieved a result comparable to that of the Intel Core i7 in the GeekBench test – 10700 K.
AMD Ryzen for laptops – we got to know the company’s detailed plans for years 2021 – 2022. First APU RDNA 2 already in 2021
The base clock of the AMD Ryzen 9 processor 5900 HX is 3.3 GHz, the same as in the predecessor in the form of Ryzen 9 4900 H. Here, however, newer and more refined Zen 3 cores were used. Interestingly, according to the reported tests, the Turbo clock was 4.7 GHz. It is therefore the highest clocked Ryzen ever to hit laptops. In addition, it will be the only Cezanne-H APU with an unlocked multiplier, and thus the possibility of additional OC. We hope that you will also be able to go crazy with your memories. Regular DDR4 Usage 3200 MHz CL 22 to such a unit is almost a crime.
In the single thread test, the results of the top APU Cezanne-H look quite promising. CPU obtained 1534 / 1547 points – this is a bit less than the Zen 3 desktop flagships from the Vermeer family, but also noticeably more than the Renoir systems. Ryzen 9 5900 HX did very well in the multi-thread test, scoring just over 9000 points. This is a noticeably higher result than both Ryzen 7 5800 H and Ryzen 9 4900 H. Interestingly, at the same time the top APU Cezanne almost equals the desktop Intel Core i7 – 10700 K. Here, the results depend heavily on specific platforms – sometimes the Comet Lake CPU performs lower, sometimes slightly higher. Anyway, this level of performance with incomparably lower energy consumption is even more impressive than what we have already seen on the occasion of APU Renoir. AMD Ryzen 9 5900 HX with a score of approx. 9000 points also beats the current Intel flagship in laptops in the form of Core i9 – 10980 HK – this chip usually does not exceed 8000 points in the multithreaded test.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800 H – single thread test
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800 H – multi-thread test
AMD Ryzen 9 4900 H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900 HX – comparison of the top Renoir and Cezanne.
Several newest bad tests of the current Intel flagship in laptops – Core i9 – 10980 HK.
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