It does not surprise me that a Broadwell CoreM can have faster graphics than a Haswell Core i5. There was significantly more die area allotted to graphics in t

It does not surprise me that a Broadwell CoreM can have faster graphics than a Haswell Core i5. There was significantly more die area allotted to graphics in the Broadwell generation. It's also my understanding that significant effort was spent improving performance/watt in low-power scenarios (sorry, don't have a source for this; I heard it at work). Take a look at the difference in Die area: Haswell: http://images.anandtech.com/doci/7003/Screen%20Shot%202013-05-31%20at%207.59.16%20PM.png http://images.anandtech.com/doci/7003/Screen%20Shot%202013-0... Broadwell CoreM: http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/intel-core-m-broadwell-y-die-diagram-map.jpg http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/intel-...