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Intel throws a wrench of efficient x86 CPUs into Qualcomm's Snapdragon party
- userbinator 2y agoIt's funny to just see "FASTER" as the claimed CPU performance instead of any numbers like they claim for the NPU and GPU. The use of Teams as a power benchmark is also amusing, like they're subtly implying how horribly inefficient it is. I don't care about all the AI stuff. I just want a better x86 CPU.
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- Neil44 2y agoThis time we're gonna do great at the low power thing, trust us.
- jauntywundrkind 2y agoI love love love the on package memory. It massively shrinks the difficulty of creating a motherboard, which is awesome. This was also on Intel's Lakefield, the first heterogenous x86 core (1+4), which was a bit power hungry with it's Skylake and a bit slow with it's older Atom derived small.cores, but was still a good bit better than Snapdragons in its ultralight market. Shout out to notebookcheck.net. I don't know anyone who covers product announcements/news half as copiously (tons of interesting gems you don't see covered most places) and their laptop reviews are quite solid.
- mmaniac 2y agoIntel's big promises are starting to get stale. Alder Lake is the only time in recent memory they've been able to make good on their claims. Meteor Lake was disappointing and expensive.
- joshstrange 2y agoShip something then we can talk Intel. They have made so many outrageous claims over the years for things not even close to release that I’m not sure why people still listen.
- edward28 2y ago30% lower package power than a year and a half old processor. Very impressive.
- MobiusHorizons 2y agoApparently they are fabbed on TSMC, so it makes sense. That’s more of an indication of how far behind Intel is rather than progress
- melling 2y ago“The new chips, which are for the first time made completely by TSMC for Intel, are supposed to be much more efficient than anything Intel has released prior.” Will Intel be able to compete with TSMC with its new fabs and processes?
- Rinzler89 2y ago>Will Intel be able to compete with TSMC with its new fabs and processes? Nobody here has a crystal ball to know this, and empty speculations are pointless and cheap.
- snvzz 2y ago>efficient x86 CPUs Oxymoron.
- 9front 2y agoThe new "Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows" has a power brick rated at 180W. That new "Snapdragon X" chip has the power efficiency of an Intel processor.
- SushiHippie 2y agohttps://www.theverge.com/2024/5/21/24158603/qualcomm-windows-snapdragon-dev-kit-x-elite https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/21/24158603/qualcomm-windows... > Microsoft says the Dev Kit has a peak TDP of over 80 watts.
- pquki4 2y agoDoes the TDP here refer to the CPU specifically or the whole package?
- SushiHippie 2y agoI couldn't find more information about this on the internet, but normally TDP is only for the CPU/SoC.