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Hm, wished we also jumped from 2 to 4 cores on U processors. Then we we should have finally a big jump for consumer notebooks. My U Core i7 from 2013 is still o
by therealmarv 10y ago
Hm, wished we also jumped from 2 to 4 cores on U processors. Then we we should have finally a big jump for consumer notebooks. My U Core i7 from 2013 is still one of the better ones in 2017 when looking at raw CPU benchmarks which makes me think: What happened the last 4 years? 16% increasement only when comparing to top i7 U processors from 2017?!
- DrNuke 10y agoMainstream market moved to smartphones & tablets, so the effort.
- therealmarv 10y agoThat's true if I look at the raw CPU benchmarks of ARM chips... there it is normal to have each year 40-60% jumps which is crazy.
- Joeri 10y agoBut intel isn't doing smartphone cpu's, so again: what happened?
- dagw 10y ago1-2 years ago they where though, but for whatever reason they never managed to break into that market.
- detaro 10y agoWith the -U types, technology gains have been invested in lowering TDP, making for smaller and longer running laptops. E.g. with my last laptop change, I went from a 35W TDP i7-M to a 15W TDP i7-U, while still gaining some performance. Laptops with 35W/45W CPUs still exist, but they use e.g. the quadcore i7-6700HQ.
- jon-wood 10y agoVery much this. I replaced an old 6700HQ laptop with the latest 7500U and battery life is worlds better. My previous machine was lucky to go three hours, and that was intentionally throttling the CPU, while my new machine can go 4-5 hours pushing it hard, or all day if I'm not doing anything intensive.
- seabrookmx 10y ago> old 6700HQ I'd hardly call that old. And that's not an apples to apples comparison. The 6700HQ is a quad core part, whereas the 7500U is dual core (both of them feature hyperthreading, so 4 and 8 threads respectively). Given equivalent software, the 6700HQ will outperform the 7500U in multithreaded workloads.