Category: Processor Specs

Intel Celeron 3215U and 3765U micro processors are meant to be used in cheap laptops and ultra thin laptops. Both of these processors are built in Broadwell architecture and come with basic, entry level integrated graphics from Intel. You can call Intel Celeron 3215U and Celeron 3765U as successors to Celeron 3205U and 3755U processors.

Intel Celeron 3215U specifications include 1.7 GHz clock speed, dual core, 2 threads, 2MB L3 cache and 16GB RAM support. TDP is 15 watts and maximum operating temperature is 105 degrees.

Intel Celeron 3765U specifications include 1.9 GHz clock speed, dual core, 2 threads, 2MB L3 cache and up to 16GB RAM support. TDP is same as 3215U which is 15 watts and maximum operating temperature is same as well.

Mediatek MT8173 is the newest SoC to make its debut in the market. The new chipset features a 64 bit architecture and  a quad cores based on Cortex A72 / A53 with big little technology. Here is Mediatek MT8173 review.

Continue reading Mediatek MT8173 review, reference tablet overview

Allwinner A83T is an octa core processor made especially for the low end tablets that offer good performance and at the same time value for money. We reviewed Allwinner A83T on the Infocus CS1 A83 tablet.

The AllWinner A83T is based on ARM Cortex A7 architecture and runs at 2016 MHz clock speed. Allwinner A83T benchmark results are given below. The processor is more than enough powerful to keep the entire system running smooth at all times.

1) AnTuTu benchmark – 27770

2) 3DMark Unlimited – 4956

Our review tablet, the Infocus CS1 A83 is able to run 1080p videos easily with hardware acceleration.

Normal bitrate 1080p	Can run it?	Mode
MPEG2 / MP2 2.0 – 6.6Mbps	Yes	HW
MPEG4 / MP3 2.0 – 7.6Mbps	Yes	HW
H264 / AAC 2.0 – 7.2Mbps	Yes	HW
VC1 / WMA3 2.0 – 8.6Mbps	Yes	HW
VP8 / VORBIS 2.0 – 7.8Mbs	Jump frames	HW
–	–	–
High bitrate 1080p
Birds – H264 / No audio – 40Mbps	Yes	HW
Samsung Oceanic Life – H264 – AC3 2.0 – 40Mbps	Yes	HW
–	–	–
4K Format
Skyfall – H264 / AAC 2.0 – 10Mbps	Yes	HW
Timelapse – H264 / AAC 2.0 – 43Mbps	Jump frames	HW
HD Club Chimei – H264 / AAC 2.0 – 60Mbps	Jump frames	HW
–	–	–
Newer 4K formats
Elecard – H265-HVEC / AAC 2.0 – 6.4Mbps	Jump frames	SW
Tears of steel – H265-HVEC / AAC 2.0 – 15Mbps	Jump frames	SW
Google test – VP9 / No audio – 14Mbps	Jump frames	SW

As you can see the AllWinner A83T is a very capable processor and more than enough capable to perform most of the common jobs on a tablet.

The Core i7 5650U is a very powerful ultra low voltage processor by Intel that was introduced by the chip giant in January 2015. It is slated to be used in the upcoming broadwell Macbook Air and ultrathin ultrabooks as it consumes little power; has high performance output and dissipates little heat which is critical in ultrathin laptops. Interestingly the Core i7 5650U has lower CPU base clock speed than the outgoing Core i7 5600U but faster GPU.

The Intel Core i7 5650U benchmark indicate that thanks to improved architecture, it is about 10 percent faster than the lower clocked Core i7 4650U which. This means it is powerful enough for working on CPU-hungry applications.

Core i7 4650U benchmark results:
Cinebench R15 (CPU Single 64 bit): 124
Geekbench 3 (32 bit multi core): 5875
3DMark 2013 (fire strike standard physics full HD): 3864
Passmark: 4176

Core i7 5650U also brings improved HD graphics 6000 that offer 48 EUs at 300 MHz – 1000 MHz. It has faster memory speeds up to 1866 LPDDR3, so this makes it more powerful than the Intel HD Graphics 5000 that has 40 EUs. Demanding games should run just fine at medium detail settings.

We tested out the Intel Core i5 5500U processor that came on Nec Lavie hybrid laptop. The laptop did not come with discrete graphics which will allow us to properly do Intel Core i5 5500U benchmark since we be able to evaluate the performance of its built in HD 5500 graphics.

The Intel Core i5 5500U has maximum clock speed of 3GHz under turbo boost mode and 2.4 GHz under normal mode. There are 2 cores that can handle up to 4 threads simultaneously. TDP of Intel Core i5 5500U is 15 watts.

Crystal mark benchmark score for Intel Core i5 5500U is ALU 47852, FPU 43499, MEM 31295, HDD 10856, GDI 16036, D2D n / a, OGL 10325. The windows index was overall 5.1 with individual score as follows: Processor 7.4, 7.4 memory, graphics 5.1, Gaming graphics 5.5, the primary hard disk 5.9.

The PCMark 8  benchmark result is 2307. This Core i7 processor scored high in all the benchmark tests. Storage score is poor but that is due to the hard disk used in our review laptop.

NVidia GeForce GTX 960 is the new graphic card that introduces the new GM206 GPU and it is also the world’s first graphics card that is capable of outputting 5K resolution.

NVidia GeForce GTX 960 specifications include 1024 CUDA cores, 1127 MHz clock speed which together promise maximum single precision floating point performance of 2413 GFLOPS and if you overclock it, you can push it as high as 3073 GFLOPS.

The reference design of NVidia GeForce GTX 960 will carry 2048 MB 128-bit GDDR5 memory with a clock speed of 7010 MHz and bandwidth of 112.16 GB/s and its output ports include one dual link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0 and three display ports. As said earlier the NVidia GeForce GTX 960 si capable of driving displays up to 5120 x 3200 (5K).

NVidia GeForce GTX 960 operates over PCI-E 3.0 bus and takes power from its 6 pin PCI-E power connector that has TDP of 120 watts. It has maximum operating temperature of about 98 degrees centigrade.