First benchmarks of the new Intel processors combined with AMD graphics, which want to eliminate NVIDIA's dedicated graphics from the notebook market.
Just yesterday we echoed the curious announcement made by Intel, where it confirms that it will launch the SoC with Kaby Lake-G CPU with AMD Radeon graphics in a multi-chip or MCM system, intended for entry-level and mid-range gaming laptops. . The first data of these processors has now been filtered, specifically some characteristics and benchmarks of these products, something that gives us the first relevant data and we can begin to know what these solutions will really offer us.
Initially it will be three models that will be launched by Intel, specifically the Core i7 8705G, Core i7 8706 and Core i7 8809G. These three processors are based on the Kaby Lake architecture and are included within the Kaby Lake-G family, for laptops, which are manufactured in 14nm and will have four cores and eight processing threads. Regarding AMD graphics, the specific architecture is unknown, but it will have 1.536 Stream Processors and will work at a frequency between 1GHz and 1.1GHz. The power of this set would be around 3.3TFLOPS in its maximum version. These systems will have HBM2 memory, with a maximum capacity of 4GB working at a speed of 700-800MHz, the effective frequency being 1.400-1.600MHz.
These new systems provide, among other things, great energy savings and a great improvement in graphics with respect to the GPUs normally integrated in the company's processors. Thanks to the increased graphics power, you will be able to play in medium quality without problems in 1080p resolution and dispense with NVIDIA graphics. The processors, on the other hand, work at a frequency of 3.1GHz and could go up to 4.1GHz in Boost mode. The big difference between the three models would be the working frequency of the graphics and the processors.
Source: wccftech
Well, it gives me the impression that it will give more than average qualities in 1080p ... if more or less the power of the XBOX One X is 6TFlops and some few games take them to native 4K between 30-60 Fps (few but there are) it will be necessary to consider that there are many games that will benefit from a much more robust CPU with greater frequency up to 4.1Ghz in its Turbo mode.
The question will be how much will a Core i7 + Radeon CPU (mid-range) + 4Gb HMB2 cost?
Do you know anything about consumption? I am looking forward to buying a laptop that can handle the battery all day, or at least 8 hours working with it (no games)
The only thing that is known is the TDP, which will be between 35-45W