IDGĬinebench R20 puts the Ryzen 7 slightly ahead of both Intel chips, but it’s essentially a tie. It’s not the same as running a spell-check in Microsoft Word, but it does give you an indication of the chip’s performance under load. To focus on Intel’s contention that single-threaded performance matters most, we use Cinebench R20 set to a single thread. For consistency, all of the results we show are from the laptops running the same tests at the same time.ĪMD’s budget Ryzen 7 4700U in the Acer Swift 3 easily puts both premium Intel 10th-gen U-chips to sleep. With ambient temperatures always shifting in our test lab-slash-dining room, we stopped testing when the temps got too high. We also want to mention that testing three laptops at home during shelter-in-place required some accommodation. While the Acer didn’t appear to have any performance settings other than Window 10’s slider (remember, it’s a $650 budget laptop), both Dell XPS laptops were run using their Ultra Performance settings. They both have 16GB of RAM compared to the Acer’s 8GB, but the Dell uses slower LPDDR3, while the XPS 13 2-in-1 uses LPDDR4X/3733. The XPS 13’s display is 13.3 inches, and the XPS 13 2-in-1’s screen is 13.4 inches.Īll three laptops were running the latest public build of Windows 10 (1909 18363.815) and the latest drivers and UEFI, to bring them in line with all of the security mitigations. We consider both XPS laptops to be good comparisons, as they usually top the charts in performance over most of the laptops we see. Representing Intel are Dell’s with Intel’s Comet Lake U 10th-gen Core i7 10710U, and Dell’s XPS 13 2-in-1 7390 with Intel’s Ice Lake 10th-gen Core i7-1065G7. The top-end Comet Lake U features 6 cores and 12 threads, while the Ice Lake chip features 4 cores with 8 threads. An expansion is only fair.As you can’t test a laptop CPU by itself, we selected three models to represent their respective CPUs. Acer’s Swift 3 SF314-42 debuts with AMD’s Ryzen 7 4700U, code-named “Renoir.” This budget CPU features 8 cores, but without Symmetrical Multi-Threading (that’s reserved for the Ryzen 7 4800U), so it’s limited to 8 total threads. The Swift 3 comes with 8GB of LPDDR4X/3733 RAM and a 14-inch display. This is an area where AMD has trailed Intel for several generations now. The memory subsystem will also get a facelift, increasing the load-store and L2 bandwidth. It’s unclear whether AMD will widen or add another execution port, but if so, the Floating Point EUs will get the upgrade. The retire/reorder buffer should also get larger, leading to a powerful backend. The front end will be revamped with a wider issue and higher decoder count. The Zen 5 core will be a major upgrade over Zen 4. AMD plans to launch its Zen 5 offerings in 2024, probably in Q2 or Q3, for the client Ryzen parts. The final retail versions will be faster or at least more efficient than these early chips. With all said and done, it’s important to note that these are engineering samples. As for the single-threaded performance, we’re looking at 2,500 to 2,700 points, a healthy 10% uplift over the Core i9-13900K. The hex-core Ryzen 5 8600X is allegedly capable of 17,000 points, roughly 14% higher than the 7600X. Meanwhile, the octa-core Ryzen 7 8700X nets 23,000 points, roughly the same as the Core i5-13600K. The 12-core Ryzen 9 8900X allegedly scores 36,000 points, placing it right behind the 7950X. Featuring the Zen 5 core architecture on TSMC’s 4nm (enhanced 5nm), these chips are expected to offer a substantial performance uplift over existing Ryzen 7000 parts.Īccording to RedGamingTech, the 16-core Ryzen 9 8950X scores 49,000 points in Cinebench R23 nT, making it nearly 30% faster than its predecessor while beating the Intel Core i9-13900K by at least ~20%. AMD’s response to the rebranded lineup will be slightly delayed as the Ryzen 8000 processors are slated to land next year. Intel plans to release its 14th Gen Raptor Lake-SR next month, offering double-digit performance improvements with a simple refresh.
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