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0 pointsdr_zoidberg5y ago0 comments

> Would those AMD 8 core chips consume a similar amount of power to the i7-1065G7? (quad core 10nm)

A very quick summary: about the same.

Intel seems to still have the lead on quickly going to lower energy states, but AMD still has the upper hand on better node: TSMCs 7nm is better than Intels 10nm+, but 11th gen 10++ seems to have finally matured enough to be on par, so Tiger Lake will be interesting to see.

If your parameter is "I want a notebook today", then Renoir Ryzens are the best to go[0]. If you can wait until the late part of the year, maybe Tiger Lake will shake things up (again) in the mobile arena, or maybe they're spilling rumors to keep people away from AMD as much as they can.

[0] HOWEVER it seems there's no well-rounded notebook with Zen2 yet. I was almost decided for an Asus Zephyrus G14, but decided to wait a bit and see if something a bit larger (with larger battery too) becomes available in my country.

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neogodless5y ago

Is the HP Omen 15 with 70 Wh available in your country yet?

dr_zoidbergOP5y ago

No, and I've had mixed experiences with HP over the years. Looks pretty nice, has it been reviewed?

The Asus G14 looked good too, but once they became available reviewers gave me a it fo an angle that I haven't considered from using it and it was then I decidede to wait. Pretty much the same happened with the Asus TUF A15 (good on paper, but actually terrible once you get it -- it's missing a couple of heatsinks inside who knows why).

So I got into a situation where there are apparently good Ryzen notebooks on paper, but once you start using them they all come with gotchas.

Another gotcha that I have: most are not being paired with good GPUs, and I run quite a lot of code that can be accelerated with CUDA, and while not a deal breaker, having a CUDA-capable GPU is a big plus for me. And most of the Ryzens are coming with 16x0 instead of 20x0's :/

neogodless5y ago

I've been watching these like a hawk. HP Omen 15 seems like the least compromises so far. Good battery, good screen, good cooling. It's a plastic lid and screen but that doesn't seem to hurt anything. The 1660 Ti is full 80W so it's very close to a mobile RTX 2060 (especially the Max-Q).

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0 pointsdr_zoidberg5y ago0 comments

> Would those AMD 8 core chips consume a similar amount of power to the i7-1065G7? (quad core 10nm)

A very quick summary: about the same.

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neogodless5y ago

Is the HP Omen 15 with 70 Wh available in your country yet?

dr_zoidbergOP5y ago

No, and I've had mixed experiences with HP over the years. Looks pretty nice, has it been reviewed?

So I got into a situation where there are apparently good Ryzen notebooks on paper, but once you start using them they all come with gotchas.

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