Re:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Beats Intel’s Core i7-9700K in Cinebench
by Tuna-Fish on Thursday June 20, 2019 @09:52AM
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AMD's current laptop lineup consists of 12nm APUs. They will switch to 7nm next year, in the 4000 series.
Re:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Beats Intel’s Core i7-9700K in Cinebench
by neogodless on Thursday June 20, 2019 @09:55AM
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Given AMD's recent success in engineering and product decisions, I think they'll overcome their previous laptop processor shortcomings. I'm optimistic. I don't think the process node was the primary driver, though. I think they just had some lingering issues with sleep states, etc. that need to be spot on to ensure excellent battery life.
How good are AMD's laptop chips? The improvement in IPC and efficiency in Zen 2 can go a long way in improving this, and then, of course, they must improve perception.
Anecdotally: I've owned almost exclusively AMD chips in my desktop builds for the past 15 years. I've never once owned an AMD laptop. When Intel built the Core line of chips, they seemed to nail laptop first, and then apply the efficiency to their desktop line with higher clocks. It worked wonders.
In my opinion, AMD really needs to nail laptop CPUs/APUs now more than ever. I hope they do!