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Performance gains range from mediocre to non-existent, and in the worst cases it's actually slower than Skylake, overall it's still slower vs the 5800X despite consuming significantly more power. Interestingly it also has higher core-to-core latency and a worse performing L3 cache compared to Skylake. It's impressively bad, I'm at a loss for words. Source https://www.anandtech.com/show/16535/intel-core-i7-11700k-review-blasting-off-with-rocket-lake -
Summary Dr. Ian Cutress recently posted a review of the core i7 10700, a "65 watt" TDP chip, whose testing revealed that it consumed as much or more power than the 10700k, a "125 watt" TDP chip. Quotes My thoughts I had heard people talk about Intel having a bad time making chips that compete well at the high end (at the lower end, the core i3 10100f is slightly better than a ryzen 3 3100, and is actually available for much less than a r3 3100 in most of the world, and that is including platform costs), but holy sh*t did I not expect the power consumption to be over 3 times what's written on the box (215 vs 65 watts). TL;DR: Intel's high-end chips guzzle a lot of power (even the ones that are supposed to be energy-efficient), output a ton of heat, and are still barely able to compete with Ryzen products. I feel like the only thing that's saving Intel for now in the high-end is the fact that chips like the i7 10700 (non-k and k) and the i9 10850k are actually in stock in most of the world at close to MSRP, unlike Ryzen 3000 and 5000 chips Sources https://www.anandtech.com/show/16343/intel-core-i710700-vs-core-i710700k-review-is-65w-comet-lake-an-option/ -
source: https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/ryzen-strictly-technical.2500572/ "The Slit", established member over Anand's forums has done some testing that feature more technical benchmarks that you don't usually see go check the source for all the benches and results plus in depth technical details on the CPU and chipset (Zeppelin; the chipset is inside the CPU) the tests were conducted at 3.5Ghz mobo used ASUS CROSSHAIR VI HERO results with ER mean extremes removed (highest and lowest) let's talk IPC: back in 2015, AMD estimated a 40% IPC increase over Excavator, they achieved that and 6.6% over it - that's good what's not so good is that Zen's IPC is practically lower than Haswell's, a microarchitecture that's already 4y old - AMD took 5y in development to produce a CPU that's slower than an already 4y old microarchitecture [extremes removed] IPC gains: Zen over Excavator: 46.62% Zen over Haswell: -7.03% KabyLake over Haswell: 14.29% (my math, take with salt) Zen over KabyLake: -25.56% the FMA set implementation in Zen seems very problematic as tests with Linpack and Himeno shows: Himeno benchmark (evaluates performance of incompressible fluid analysis code - takes in measurements to precede major loops in solving the Poisson's equation solution using the Jacobi iteration method) shows particularly bad results: and before you start blaming the compiler, here's what "The Slit" said: GCC - GNU Compiler Collection MSVC - Microsoft Visual C++ compiler ICL - Intel C++ compiler --- AMD needs to get their house in order, because after seeing what happened with this launch, I don't see a bright future for AMD on the market Intel has nothing to fear from Zen - AMD's products for enterprise (Naples), based on the current IPC, have no reason to exist other than being a cheap alternative
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source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/11210/the-intel-optane-memory-ssd-review-32gb-of-kaby-lake-caching this looks like it's the 1st time, Intel delivers compelling caching Anand'd engineering sample did not survive the 1st day of testing, but they were able to get some interesting results with BAPCo SYSmark: further testing needs to be done, but the initial impressions are quite remarkable - if a 32GB Optane cache drive can mimic the performance of a mainstream NVMe drive, the future looks bright the future looks bright especially for laptops --- PCPer has their own review: https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Storage/Intel-Optane-Memory-32GB-Review-Faster-Lightning
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Was reading the coverage on the new Vega card AMD announced today over on Anandtech. http://www.anandtech.com/show/11403/amd-unveils-the-radeon-vega-frontier-edition Interestingly the article points out that the way in which AMD has implemented 16GB of HBM2 confuses them. Which is saying something since it's coming from the fountain of knowledge Ryan Smith. Any guesses on what 'creative measures' AMD could have implemented? Or do people think they just have supplier roadmaps that aren't public knowledge.
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Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/11821/the-chuwi-lapbook-123-review-premium-feel-budget-price TL:DR, the Chuwi LapBook 12.3 is a $300 ish laptop with a great looking 2736x1824 IPS display. It has very low end specs but they're good enough for simple web browsing and video watching. This laptop is a very interesting product. While specs aren't strong at all, with the device sporting a Celeron N3450 (uses Atom based cores), 6gb RAM, and 64gb eMMC storage, the real interesting part of the laptop is the display. Of course, it's not top of the line as color accuracy isn't great, but this display truly is something that belongs in a laptop 3 or even 4 times the price. It's the same panel used in the Surface Pro (except without color calibration), so without doubt it's a pretty good display. Obviously with the specs we're looking at this thing won't be good for anything that requires performance such as gaming, but for basic web browsing and watching video it's perfectly adequate. And with that display, your experience is going to be vastly better than any other laptop of a similar price range. Overall this laptop is extremely interesting. The trackpad and speakers suck, but you can get a mouse and some better speakers for only $30 ish. Which means that this laptop really makes a case for someone who just does some web browsing and video watching. The specs don't matter too much, and the screen makes the experience truly enjoyable, especially considering the price point. -
So I don't have a "news source" for this but rather is based of logic and a tweet from Ian Cutress who writes the CPU and Motherboard reviews for Anandtech, a very reputable tech news and reviews source out there that NEVER publishes any leaks; only official info. This is the tweet: From this we can tell that this is a review sample of a product that has not been released yet and is a CPU or motherboard. A motherboard most likely wouldn't be important enough to warrant such a tweet, especially a "Launch Day Review." Therefore, it must be a CPU. He also said "redacted," which shows it must be something that can't be disclosed. This leads us with Skylake-E, possibly Xeon Phi, and Ryzen. Kaby Lake reviews have already come out, and Ian has already tweeted something about him with Knight's Landing. Which leaves us with Skylake-E and Ryzen. We haven't heard anything about Skylake-E, and Ryzen is slated for launch within the next 3 months, which leads me to believe it is a Ryzen CPU that he is talking about. So this means that AMD is already sending out review samples of the Ryzen CPUs. Very interesting... Chances are we'll also see a CES demo of Ryzen (I remember AMD has two slots for events at CES, perfectly fitting Zen and Vega). Do you guys think then that we may get a release within the next one or two months then? Also, mods, if you believe this doesn't fit, then move it to General or CPUs&Motherboards instead.
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Navi benchmarks incoming? Well the last E3 that AMD showed up is like 5 years ago benchmarking their new GPU so maybe this E3 is about navi. Source : https://www.anandtech.com/show/14325/amd-to-host-next-horizon-gaming-event-at-e3-2019 AMD instagram page. https://www.amd.com/en/events/e3?utm_campaign=e3&utm_medium=redirect&utm_source=301 https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/lisa-su-confirms-q3-launch-for-ryzenepyc-and-navi,3.html Navi will be streamed on E3 (most likely) and the announcment of releasing dates is at Computerx so we will be seeing navi performance on E3
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Ian from Anandtech had recently sat down with AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su, to talk about where AMD is at now and what are AMD's plans for the future. Interview at the link below https://www.anandtech.com/show/12312/getting-radeon-vega-everywhere-an-exclusive-interview-with-dr-lisa-su-amd-ceo
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http://www.anandtech.com/show/10695/the-phononic-hex-2-0-tec-cpu-cooler-review
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It's been 10 years since Asus first launched their ROG line up. Time does fly... http://anandtech.com/show/10126/anandtech-round-table-with-asus-10-years-of-republic-of-gamers
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The folks over at Anandtech, got to play with a brand new wifi testing device that can do a lot more than just your basic wi-fi testing. http://anandtech.com/show/10081/wifi-testing-with-ixia-wavedevice
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Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10058/price-check-price-gap-between-ddr3-and-ddr4-memory-almost-gone Even though Skylake is the newest platform now, often Haswell would still be recommended because of the price difference between the platforms, while you don't get much performance out of it. One of the biggest reasons for this is the RAM. Until very recently DDR4 has commanded a large price premium over DDR3 RAM. There are other reason Skylake is more expensive, but that was one of the biggest reasons. Until now. Just 8 months ago, the price of a 4gb DDR4 memory IC was twice as much as it is now. DDR3, meanwhile, has dropped, but not as much. DDR4 prices right now are theoretically about the same as DDR3 in December. Now, DDR3 is only around 15% cheaper, and the price difference will most likely only get smaller as time goes by. As we can see DDR4 memory kit prices have dropped dramatically. They have dropped so much that Kingston's 2133 mhz ddr4 2x8gb memory kits are now about the same price as their 2x8gb 1866mhz ddr3 kits. With the ddr4 kit, you also get higher memory bandwidth with it. Meanwhile, GSkill's Ripjaws V 3200mhz RAM has dropped from 180 dollars in November to about 100 dollars now. That's nearly a 50% drop in 3 months. GSkill's premium Trident Z 4266mhz memory, on the other hand, has dropped from about 580 bucks to about 400 bucks since November. At one point, it also reached around 660 bucks. Going from 580 bucks to 400 dollars is around a 30% price drop, which is also pretty massive. As time passes DDR4 will only get more and more affordable. Its prices have already dropped massively, and most likely will continue to drop. It is even possible its prices will drop below DDR3, though chances are that won't happen within the next few months. With these price drops, though, DDR4 is only becoming more and more accessible to the average system builder, and could perhaps make Skylake a better option over Haswell. EDIT: Looking at all you guys' comments it seems DDR4 prices could drop below DDR3 very soon... like within a month! For some of you it seems to already be cheaper. For me, it is only ever so slightly more expensive.
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Hi, so I want to do a little thing where I take different components and check out their performance vs price, then use the data to find the true sweet spot. I felt like doing it just to find out as well as maybe make a youtube video on it. I was using the Anandtech benchmark tool but I realized that it doesn't test all GPUs at all resolutions and the benchmarks don't seem correct. For example, even at 1440p at least half the DX 11 results were showing the gtx 970 out performing the r9 390x, and often I saw the gtx 980 outdoing the fury x. I have a feeling this is probably because of a combo of different drivers and not a consistent benchmarking platform (e.g. in one game the system benchmarked uses a 3960x and in another it uses a 5930k as well as different motherboards, different ram speeds, etc.). Do any of you know about a website that has results with consistent data? Thanks.
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source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9851/hostindependent-pcie-compute-where-were-going-we-dont-need-nodes --- the proof of concept shows that it works, the problem is: who's willing to pick this up and evolve it into a final product Intel? perhaps .. but they need to redesign their Xeon Phi to include the EXTOLL - if they do it, it will take years for the end product to emerge I am behind; looks like Intel demonstrated EXTOLL with Knights Corner at ISC 2015 other contenders? well ... IBM and nVidia come to mind - they do have, the "brains" in both software and hardware; problem is, they are already invested in NVLink AMD would be the "obvious" choice, but they don't have the money nor the software team needed for such endeavor
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http://anandtech.com/show/9518/the-mobile-cpu-corecount-debate/ Wow! I'm surprised at how well processes (esp. webbrowsing) are able to take advantage of higher core counts. It always seemed to me that the core count race was just a spec race for no good reason, but that's counterintuitively false. As time goes on, I think we'll see more and more designs like the Exynos 7420 and Snapdragon 810 and Mediatek Helio X10/X20 pull away from the weaker processors. There may be a "good enough" lower limit, but as for a higher limit, there seems to be none in terms of core count as it contributes to efficiency. -
The One M9 Review Part II at AnandTech Goes Really Bad for HTC http://anandtech.com/show/9137/the-htc-one-m9-review-part-2 Well damn. This is as bad as it could have gotten for HTC. People should be allowed to expect improvement over time in mobile devices, but the M9 has demonstrated palpably worse performance than the M8 in a number of areas. The Galaxy S6 is going to whoop the M9 in the butt so bad that I'm genuinely fearing for HTC. I miss the glory days of the M7, a phone whose worst quality was the two buttons instead of three. Farewell HTC. We knew thee well... Opinions? (Edited title - originally was a bit too extreme)
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Anandtech has finally published their full review of the Asus Zenfone 2. On paper, it has some very impressive specs- However, with each of those incredible specs (for the price) comes a caveat. First and foremost, the SOC- it thermal throttles within minutes. However, it isn't new for a smartphone to thermal throttle. Phones such as the HTC One M9 are known to throttle quite heavily. However, it would be nice if all smartphones can be at the level of the iPhone 6 and not throttle at all while delivering excellent performance. Overall, performance is roughly the same as a Snapdragon 801 phone, or a Snapdragon 805 that throttles, and the 5s. Next is the 1080P IPS screen. Out of the box, you are unable to crank the brightness all the way up. Asus locks it to 319 nits. However, if you download apps available on the Play store, you can crank it to the max of 390 nits. The display itself has very middling accuracy, which is fine for the $199 pricetag. However, it makes heavy use of dynamic contrast ratio and contect adaptive backlighting resulting in dramatic brightness shifts when the content on your screen changes. However, there is a reason for this- battery life. The 3000mAh battery may seem great on paper (and also charges super fast), however once again, specs aren't everything. In order to deliver the already poor battery life from being even worse, Asus uses CABC to lower brightness during everyday tasks to try to improve battery life. This signals to me that there's almost nothing that Asus can do in software to improve battery life short of running a governor that prioritizes battery life over a more balanced governor that juggles performance and battery life. With a 3000mAh battery, Brandon expected it to perform roughly as well as the OnePlus One which has the same size screen, resolution, and similar battery size. That wasn't the case. I think the LTE tests may be a little flawed because Anandtech has multiple editors all over North America, all using different carriers. In the beginning of the review, Brandon indicated that he was from Canada, using the Wind carrier. Because of varying signal strength and sometimes carriers having an effect on battery life (T-Mobile delivering better battery life than other carriers in the US), the LTE numbers may vary for different users. Here are the excellent charge time numbers: I'm glad that the author took the time to address the negatives of fast charging- Camera- there's not much to say besides specs don't mean much when the actual performance sucks. Conclusion: Is this a good phone? I would say it is only at the $199 price because at $299, it would be competing against the more rounded M8 that can be had at around $300 for a refurb, or the iPhone 5s which is slightly better due to the less compromising hardware. It's not a phone that you can blindly recommend to your friends and people on the internet. I have been really hard on this phone ever since CES because it is a phone that looks good on paper but will bite you in the behind if you don't take the time to read the reviews and understand its limitations. The experience will undoubtedly improve with software updates, but battery life will probably not improve much, if at all because Asus had to resort to dynamic contrast ratio and contect adaptive backlighting. Le Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9251/the-asus-zenfone-2-review
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I'm surprised that no one has reported on this yet after about 4 hours. Anandtech is now owned by Purch, the owners of Tom's Hardware. Anandtech will still be publishing articles independently, but will no longer be a competitor of Tom's Hardware..... Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8790/anandtech-acquired-by-purch
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According to Anandtech, the gpu inside the A8x of the iPad Air 2 is even better than they first thought. They were able to make a gpu that rivaled low end discrete gpu, so the mobile space is still no where close to consoles yet. Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8716/apple-a8xs-gpu-gxa6850-even-better-than-i-thought
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I remember this was a really significant issue where performance was reduced substantially http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand FastForwards Few months, now, I see people recommending these SSD's once again Is it because Kingston started using better NAND Flash again or.... ?
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http://www.anandtech.com/show/8562/chipworks-a8 So they do use a new GPU, but still only a 4core model. The CPU area is indeed very different to what we are used to, with no real boundaries between cores, or any distinct indicator of a shared cache at all. Though looking at it, it is obviously mirrored horisontally, so there are 2 cores, but i cant make out any specific logic inside. There is still 4MB of static ram cache, acting as a joint L3 between teh GPU and the CPU cores. This is a very interesting chip, especially how they redesigned their CPU cores, with L2 being divided amongst them. we shall see how that fares in power efficiency, since now, when a core shuts down, half of the cache also shuts down. Also yaay, 3k posts, time to go do my thing ^^ -
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8542/cortexm7-launches-embedded-iot-and-wearables So, no it cant run Crysis Wow that is alot. i was expecting it to be closer to 1billion. The Cortex-M7 design The M7 is a very powerful design, considering its in the M line. Firstly, most of the microcontrollers out there are 8/16bit. Cortex M are 32bit. This product is meant as a highperforming, low die space, low power microcontroller, used in everything, from an Arduino compatible board, to it being in your lightbulb, supporting the Internet of Things (IOT). For this, its very focused on audio and video processing, with a better DST logic. For a microcontroller, this looks like a very powerful setup, rivaling some early Cortex-A designs. As said before, this is shaping to be a very powerful part. branch predicting... again not something you expect in a micro controller.... According to this, the power consumption should be around 50uW/MHz according to the numbers supplied in the article. Hybrid Systems The way this will most probably be used is an "always on" part of your average SOC, in smartwatches/wearables/etc... to display the clock and things like that, in order to save the power on the big CPU core. So yeah, for new wearables, a small A series core, and a coprocessor in the form of the M7 will probably be the way, if intel doesnt somehow steal all the show with a super low power x86 part
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http://anandtech.com/show/7881/amd-teases-dualgpu-video-card-once-more This: And this: I'm really excited. The water may signify a water cooler GPU, but I have no clue about the pringles. Opinions? Theories?
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Anand was born in June of 1982. Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan was released in June of 1982. It had a score written by James Horner, and this was the epilogue. It can be used for Anand as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFheKByY908 To the techno/trance lovers, try and stick with it, what you are hearing is a thing called a "melody." And though you have gone long without that kind of musical embrace, listening to this may restore you.
