It looks like Intel is ready to bring higher watt Tiger Lake SKUs to market next year: Courtesy of @APISAK on Twitter, two new Tiger Lake CPUs were spotted on Geekbench and are known as the Core i7-11370H and Core i5-11300H. Both the Core i5 and Core i7 are quad-core hyperthreaded parts, with screaming fast clock speeds to match. These are unverified Geekbench scores and as such they should be taken with a grain of salt until official is released.
This is the first time we’ll be seeing Intel’s new 10nm SuperFin architecture being used in CPUs geared towards pure performance rather than maximum power efficiency, like in Intel’s current lineup of 15W Tiger Lake parts. Due to both the Core i5 and i7 being ‘H’ SKUs we can expect a 35W TDP if history repeats itself. The 10nm SuperFin architecture can already yield a 20% performance boost to the core architecture, so add in a much higher TDP and we should be seeing some excellent performance results.
Specs-wise, the Core i7-11370H will come with a base frequency of 3.3Ghz, and a boost frequency of 4.8Ghz, while the Core i5-11300H brings those frequencies down by around 300Mhz, with a 3.1Ghz base and 4.4Ghz boost respectively.
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In Geekbench 5, the Core i7-11370H scored 1566 points in the single-core test and 5084 points in the multi-core test. The Core i5-11300H scored 1436 single-core and 4912 multi-core.
These scores are vastly superior to Intel’s previous generation parts like the Core i5-10300H, the single-threaded scores alone –for both the i5 and i7, close in around the Ryzen 9 5900HX (AMD’s flagship mobile CPU) and the desktop Ryzen 7 5800X. That is very remarkable coming from a mobile CPU and the high clock speeds should allow excellent gaming performance; on the multi-core side of things, performance is still quite good. Both Tiger Lake chips managed to beat out the Zen 2 based Ryzen 5 4600H with six cores by just 100-200 points. That is quite impressive given the Intel units are working with just four cores.
But that is just AMD’s baseline CPU, once you start looking at the scores for AMD’s next-gen Zen-3 based parts, the Tiger Lake SKUs quickly fall behind in the multi-core scores.
Luckily this is just the beginning, we do expect higher core counts from Intel to be coming soon to counter AMD’s new Zen 3 based parts, so expect really good processors for gaming and content creation to be coming to notebooks next year.
Introduction Dataminer Tum_Apisak has a series of Geekbench results posted to Twitter. It concerns different laptop processors from both Intel and AMD. Thanks to these new benchmarks, it is possible to compare the next generations of the major processor manufacturers.
Two new Intel Tiger Lake SKUs have emerged. These are processors from the presumed H 35 series, and will receive a maximum of 4 cores a tdp not exceeding 35 W. Intel is expected to announce this series at the CES show in January. The strongest H-series processors will probably have 8 cores, and a tdp of 45 watts. It is rumored that Intel is still working hard on these models. They are therefore expected at the earliest in the second quarter of next year.
In addition to AMD and Intel, Nvidia will also hold an event during the CES fair of 2021.
In addition, the next generation of laptop chips has been emerging from the red camp for some time now, in the form of product pages that appear at retailers or spotted benchmark results. Now that the lower segmented Ryzen 5 5600 H has surfaced, it becomes more clear what the Cezanne lineup looks like. Also AMD would be frugal Ryzen 5000 U and high end 5000 To announce H processors at the CES fair, which will take place in three weeks time.
Since both processor series ( have not yet been officially announced, there is no guarantee that the surfaced specifications are final. These figures are thus always susceptible to change. Yet they give an indication of the processor landscape in the field of laptops in 2021.
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.
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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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.
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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.
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.
The CES 2021 trade fair will take place in January, where we expect some interesting news in the computer sector. All three major companies – Intel, AMD and NVIDIA, are planning their virtual conferences on the dates 11 – 12 January. In the case of Intel, we already know that further details about the Tiger Lake mobile processors will be revealed at the conference. At the beginning, however, the Tiger Lake-H models 35 with TDP 35 W, which will actually be just slightly more twisted versions of the Tiger Lake-U units. These systems will have a maximum of 4 cores and 8 threads. We also expect a delay in the introduction of the most powerful Tiger Lake-H units 45 with 8 cores – these are expected to make their fastest debut in the second quarter of the year. During the presentation, Gregory Bryant is also expected to provide details on motherboards with the Intel chipset 500.
At the conference to be held 11 January, Intel will present the next Tiger Lake-H processors 35 for laptops and Intel chipset motherboards 500. There are also specific dates for the presentation and the store debut of the Rocket Lake-S generation processors 11. )
Intel Core processors 11. Generation is not only Rocket Lake? Core i3, Pentium and Celeron models can be Comet Lake Refresh
Further sources confirm the January debut of motherboards based on the Intel chipset 500. It is a surprising decision for the boards to be available long before the Rocket Lake-S and Comet Lake generation processors 11 S Refresh. On the same day, i.e. 11 of January, the albums are to be sold. These are models with Intel Z 590, Intel B 560 and Intel H 510. Perhaps at the conference, Gregory Bryant will present a sample of the capabilities of the Rocket Lake processors themselves. The upcoming motherboards will be based on the LGA socket 1200 and will support the PCIe 4.0 platform.
As for Intel Core processors 11 generation. In the predecessor of the news, we wrote that the manufacturer as part of the 11 generation is going to introduce both Rocket Lake-S systems (Core i5, Core i7 and Core i9) as well as refreshed Comet Lake Refresh processors (Pentium and Core i3). We also learned the specific date of the presentation and the store premiere. The processors will be shown on March 1, and then the first reviews should appear. The store debut will take place almost 3 weeks later – 19 March. So it looks like we will wait a while for the Rocket Lake processors.
Intel announced Visual Sensing Controller ( Clover Falls), an artificial intelligence chip complementary to the CPU. Coming to notebooks from 2021, it will help laptops to “sense and adapt to their surroundings” in order to use less energy.
by Manolo De Agostini published 18 December 2020 , at 09: 41 in the Processors channel Intel
Intel announced “ Clover Falls “, a chip dedicated to artificial intelligence that will flank the processor on notebooks of the 2021. Clover Falls, or rather the “ Visual Sensing Controller “, is described as “a chip complementary which helps make PCs smarter and safer thanks to the power of Intel artificial intelligence “.
The Visual Sensing Controller will be mounted on the motherboard of laptops, “bringing new low-power features to PCs and helping them to perceive and adapt to the surrounding environment “. There are no exact details on Clover Falls’ duties (expect them in the coming weeks at CES 2021), but Intel explained that the chip can help the system to automatically adjust the screen brightness after detecting the presence of the user : it will then be connected the webcam sensor and possibly other system components.
Clover Falls will then act as a co-processor , in charge of carrying out operations that awaken the CPU from its idle state, albeit briefly but constantly. These tasks, when entrusted to a dedicated chip, allow the central processor to remain in a deep idle mode, preserving battery life. It is currently unclear how Clover Falls will complement the AI capabilities that Intel has already integrated into the last two generations of mobile CPUs, Ice lake and Tiger Lake, via the Gaussian Neural Accelerator (GNA).
L’ company has not specified which notebooks or customers Clover Falls will be destined for, but surely we will see it on board some Dell model aimed at companies . Meghana Patwardhan, vice president of Dell Latitude and Mobility Products, said that “working with Intel means more than just buying a processor that works with our product. The co-design effort involves Intel’s commitment to tackle together. unique challenges that take into account the whole system, so that we can offer extraordinary new features to business users. “
To face AMD’s competition with Ryzen (among a few weeks will be announced the mobile series 5000), Intel therefore pushes on the concept of platform , which goes beyond the processor . This is why the company is focusing on Project Athena, now Intel Evo , the certification that ensures users a close collaboration with partners to package notebooks that are efficient, responsive and fast in every respect.
The renewed competition with AMD also in the world of notebooks is therefore leading Intel to further tighten relations with partners and to work on the entire platform, dusting off in a certain sense what has been done in the past with the program “ Centrino “. On the other hand, Intel has dimensions, men and economic resources to be able to carry out a discussion of this type, while the size and availability of AMD does not allow it to do the same at the moment.
Listings in two benchmark databases reveal that Intel, or perhaps a company close to the chip giant, seems to be testing a rather mysterious unannounced graphics processor that has slightly more compute horsepower than the company’s Iris Xe Max discrete GPU for notebooks.
Someone has submitted benchmark results of what is called the Intel Gen12 Desktop Graphics Controller featuring 128 execution units (EUs), clocked at 1.40 GHz, and equipped with 3.03GB of memory. Given the ‘Gen12’ designation, the GPU is based on Intel’s Xe-LP microarchitecture as other Xe microarchitectures are referred to as Gen12.x in the drivers. Since Intel’s Xe-LP EUs are 8-wide, 128 EUs may be compared to 1024 stream processors of AMD or Nvidia GPUs.
So far, benchmark results of the Intel Gen12 Desktop Graphics Controller with 128 EUs have been submitted to Geekbench 5 and SiSoftware databases, as found by TUM_APISAK/Twitter. The part scored 9,311 points in Geekbench 5 and 82 points in Sandra.
To date, Intel has released three products featuring its Xe-LP graphics: the 11th Generation Core ‘Tiger Lake’ processor with up to 96 EUs at up to 1,350 MHz, the Iris Xe Max discrete GPU for notebooks with 96 EUs at up 1,650 MHz, and the Server GPU with 96 EUs at up to 1.1 GHz.
The Iris Xe Max with 96 EUs is advertised as a standalone graphics processor for laptops and Intel has never disclosed plans to make it available on the desktop market. Meanwhile, when Intel started its ‘Odyssey’ discrete GPU marketing campaign back in 2018, it clearly announced plans to offer graphics cards for desktops in 2020 and even demonstrated a small Xe Graphics DG1 development board at CES 2020. Keeping these facts in mind, we can speculate that the Intel Gen12 Desktop Graphics Controller with 128 EUs could be an entry-level desktop GPU.
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Assuming that the Intel Gen12 Desktop Graphics Controller with 128 EUs runs at up to 1.4 GHz, its compute performance will be around 2.86 TFLOPS, about 13% higher when compared to that of the Iris Xe Max running at 1650 MHz (~2.53 TFLOPS). That said, it is hard to expect such a discrete GPU to beat gaming graphics cards running chips from AMD or Nvidia. Meanwhile, Intel could market it as a co-GPU for certain tasks in some niche markets.
Intel has not officially announced an Iris Xe-LP GPU with 128 EUs. In fact, it is not even guaranteed that the product will actually be released. Nonetheless, it looks like Intel has something in the works.
Intel continues to evolve its Xe graphics cores, and although we have already seen some of these Intel Xe GPUs in Intel Tiger Lake processors, the GPU that is being tested in this instance should be a card dedicated graphic, considering that it has been tested on a Coffee Lake desktop platform, but in any case it is an engineering sample.
As we can see in Geekbench, an Intel Xe GPU with 128 execution units equivalent to 1024 cores , 3GB of memory and an operating frequency of 1.4GHz has achieved a score of 9311 points in the Geekbench OpenCL test .
Having in Note that the Intel Iris Xe Max GPU found in Intel Tiger Lake processors get some 23000 points with 96 execution units , it is clear that it is Intel testing this new chip which is clearly not ready for release yet.
In any case, as it is not known what GPU it is, we also don’t know if it is an Intel Xe-LP GPU or an Intel Xe-HPG GPU , so there are still details to discover, and above all, aspects of these GPUs that must be refined so that they reach a final state.
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The debut of the new versions of Surface Pro and Surface Laptop is expected early next year , respectively the 2-in-1 detachable and the Microsoft clamshell notebook of the Surface family. For the first we will reach the eighth generation, while for Surface Laptop it will be the fourth.
We have already reported how the novelties of these products will be under the body, with a CPU updates in the form of 11th Generation Intel Core models based on Tiger Lake architecture. For Surface Laptop 4 Microsoft may continue to make available versions with of AMD Ryzen processors, adopting those Ryzen 5000 for mobile systems that the American company should announce in early January 2021 in conjunction with the CES.
Thanks to the WinFuture website, new information emerges on what could be the hardware characteristics of Surface Pro 8 in terms of onboard memory quantity and SSD storage capacity. Depending on the type of processor chosen, in fact, consumers can opt for different combinations with the type of integrated connectivity (WiFi or LTE) to represent a further differentiator in the range.
For versions with Intel Core i5 processor Microsoft has provided WiFi-only connectivity or even models with integrated LTE modem . For these versions we will find memory capacity of 8GB or 16 GB: in the first case the storage will be equal to 128 GB or 256 GB, while in the second only a SSD of 256 GB capacity.
For those with Intel Core i7 CPU , however, Microsoft will only provide versions with WiFi connectivity, with memory capacity equal to 16 GB or 32 GB. In the first case it will be possible to choose between SSD from 256 GB, 512 GB or 1TB of capacity while the proposal with 32 GB of system memory will be offered only with 1TB capacity SSD.
Over the last few years we have witnessed the postponement of successive premieres at Intel many times – first, lithography was implemented with delay 14 nm, then the times of reheating 4-core cutlets came. In the meantime, the 10 nm process proved to be a complete failure, as evidenced by the Cannonlake series, which was introduced quietly and just as quickly removed from memory. Last year’s Ice Lake processors were far from perfect. Only this year’s Tiger Lake systems turned out to be noticeably better, but also in this case it is difficult to talk about the success of the lithography 10 nm SuperFin. There are also problems with the implementation of the Sunny Cove architecture to servers and more and more problems with the Ponte Vecchio accelerator. According to the latest reports, further delays of further premieres and a change of the CEO at Intel are planned.
Information has appeared on the network suggesting further Intel problems with the implementation of 7 nm lithography and fine-tuning the process 10 nm. There are further delays in both processors and graphics cards.
There are disturbing information on the network about Intel’s problems, which concern both the refinement of 10 nm lithography as well as the implementation of more advanced, 7 nm technological process. According to informants, 10 nm lithography still does not fully meet expectations, despite the fact that 10 nm SuperFin is much more polished than the base process. OEMs are not getting the required number of Tiger Lake generation processors 11, which delays the introduction of new laptop models to the market. In addition, Intel is expected to continue to face problems in the server sector, where Ice Lake-SP chips still fall short of expectations in terms of performance and energy efficiency. Officially, the new Xeons are expected to debut in the first quarter of the year, but unofficially there is talk of another delay between the middle of the second quarter and the beginning of Q3 2021. So we are talking about the interval between May and July. The next generation of Sapphire Rapids server chips is to have an even greater delay. Instead of the second quarter 2021, there is talk of an annual slip – until Q2 2022 of the year.
If the information about further delays Ice Lake-SP and Sapphire Rapids find confirmation in fact, it will be an extremely difficult situation for Intel. A competing company – AMD – attacks this market very strongly. Originally, Ice Lake-SP chips were meant to compete with AMD EPYC Rome. Meanwhile, the next generation of EPYC Milan will be released in a few months, and Intel still does not have any competitive processors. The annual delay of the Sapphire Rapids generation will mean that these systems will have to compete with AMD EPYC Genoa, already based on the rebuilt Zen 4 architecture. .
Yet worse news comes in the topic of the 7 nm technological process. The implementation of this lithography was officially delayed a few months ago. According to unofficial information, 7 nm will be finally delayed for another 6 – 12 months, until 2023 year. This will affect, for example, the Intel Ponte Vecchio accelerator, based on the Xe-HP architecture. Originally, most of the GPU elements were to be produced in Intel factories in 7 nm lithography. Most likely, the production of the entire accelerator will be transferred to TSMC. Intel also plans to transfer the production of other chips – in this case it is said that part of the orders will be allocated to TSMC and some to Samsung. All these problems are expected to lead to another CEO change at Intel – a decision on this subject is expected in the first quarter 2021 of the year. However, we emphasize once again that all the above information is unofficial. Intel has not addressed them in any way at present.
NVIDIA has announced an online conference to be held 12 January. It will be an event as part of the CES virtual fair 2021, which, exceptionally, next year will not be held in the current formula. A similar event took place two years ago (then we had the opportunity to attend a live conference from Las Vegas). Then a new generation of graphics cards for laptops were presented – GeForce RTX 2000 and the desktop GeForce RTX 2060. In the official press release, NVIDIA announces news in the gaming and graphics segment. Certainly, during the conference, we will get to know specific details about the new generation GPU in mobile versions. This time we are waiting for the laptop version of the Ampere architecture in the form of GeForce RTX systems 3000. The upcoming generation of notebooks will be unique in some ways, unlike any before.
NVIDIA has announced an online conference to be held 12 January. During it, among others, GeForce RTX graphics cards 3000 for laptops. Probably we will also see RTX cards there 3060.
Already 12 January NVIDIA will present details of GeForce RTX mobile cards 3060, GeForce RTX 3070 and GeForce RTX 3080. Probably also on the same day another desktop card in the form of GeForce RTX 3060 will be shown. As we know, the manufacturer intends to show two different chips with the same name – one variant will be equipped with 6 GB VRAM and an Ampere GA core 106 with 3584 CUDA cores; the second one will have 12 GB of memory and a full GA core 106 with 3840 CUDA cores. For laptops, we only know about the presence of a version with 6 GB VRAM GDDR6. The second variant will probably never see the light of day on the mobile version, as will the RTX 3060 Ti.
For GeForce RTX 3070 here in the mobile version we count on the same Ampere GA chip 104 with 5888 CUDA cores and 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM. Still the big secret is the mobile GeForce RTX 3080. Some sources report that it will be based on the full GA 104 with 6144 CUDA cores. Others, in turn, report the use of the GA core 103 with a mid-range configuration between RTX cards 3070 and RTX 3080 (desktop / GA 102). All we know is that the mobile GeForce RTX 3080 will come with 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM. But why do I mention that it will be a unique generation in some respects? For the first time, top notebooks will not be based solely on Intel processors. Instead, the news will also use the upcoming AMD Cezanne-H chips in the form of Ryzen 5 5600 H, Ryzen 7 5800 H, Ryzen 9 5900 HS and Ryzen 9 5900 HX. For the first time, laptops with AMD and NVIDIA on board will feature the best quality and the best screens ( that have not been available in notebooks so far ). On this occasion, I will add one more information – later this month I will present a completely redesigned test procedure for the upcoming laptops with Intel Tiger Lake-H, AMD Cezanne-H and GeForce RTX 3000.
João Silva 53 mins ago Featured Tech News, Laptop / Mobile
The first Asus laptop featuring a Ryzen 5000H series SKU has been spotted at a German retailer. Besides being powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H processor, the Asus TUF Gaming A17 laptop also features the unannounced Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics card.
The laptop listing found by @momomo_us at Expert also informs us about the specifications of the Ryzen 7 5800H processor, which features 16MB of L3 cache, a 3.0GHz base clock, and a 4.3GHz boost clock. Compared to the previous generation of Ryzen laptop processors, it comes slightly higher clocked than the Ryzen 7 4800H (+100MHz).
Regarding the graphics card, the listing shows that the Asus TUF Gaming A17 laptop comes with a GN20-E3 GPU. This codename refers to the RTX 3060 6GB mobile graphics card, the successor to the mainstream RTX 2060.
Some other specifications of this laptop include a 17.3-inch IPS matte display with Full HD resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. The laptop also comes with 8GB of DDR4 RAM, a 512GB SSD, and Wi-Fi (802.11ax) and Bluetooth 5.1 support. Connectivity options include a USB-C 3.2, 3x USB-A 3.2, an HDMI port, an RJ-45 port, and a 3.5mm audio jack.
Given the specifications of the Asus TUF Gaming A17, this laptop should be available in 2021.
KitGuru says: Will the Ryzen 5000 series laptop processors be able to compete with Intel Tiger Lake CPUs? Do you think the Asus TUF Gaming A17 laptop will be worth considering once it has been released?
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