Category: Processor Specs

Allwinner A83T is an eight core processor that is designed for cheap tablets. We had a chance to use the InFocus C2107 7 inch Android tablet for some time and the first thing we did were few benchmark programs to see how it fares with likes of RK3288, Atom Z3745 and Snapdragon S4 Pro by Qualcomm.

The Allwinner A83T specifications includes 2 GHz octa core that is based on ARM Cortex A7 architecture with PowerVT SGX 544MP graphics.

AnTuTu benchmark test comparison

Allwinner A83T – 27942 Detailed Allwinner A83T benchmark.
Rockchip RK3288 – 37153
Intel Atom Z3745 – 33703
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro – 20383

To give you an idea of its performance, it is faster than the Snapdragon S4 Pro that is being used in the Nexus 7 2013 tablet.

CF Bench test

Allwinner A83T – 26138
Rockchip RK3288 – 21070
Intel Atom Z3745 – 29018
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro – 15230

Allwinner A83T – 27942
Rockchip RK3288 – 37153
Intel Atom Z3745 – 33703
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro – 20383

I will be honest with you – while these benchmark tests the raw power, all chips are speedy enough for your daily work.

After spending some time with our InFocus C2107, we have come to conclusion that the processor is powerful enough to handle most games, videos and web browsing which is surprising since I tis meant to be used in such cheap tablets.

The Allwinner A83T will be used in tablets that cost between 150 to 200 dollars.

Many experts once said that Windows tablets will never be able to match the affordability of Android tablets. Well those folks have been proven wrong as many big companies have already started offering cheap windows 8 tablets. But what will Chinese OEMs react to this? Well some companies like Chuwi are offering their windows 8 tablets at incredibly low price tags. Their new Chuwi Vi8 tablet retails for mere 82 dollars.

Chuwi Vi8 specifications

For $82, you get a Chuwi Vi8 tablet that runs the latest version of Windows on an Intel Atom processor and free one year Office 365 subscription. Other specifications of Chuwi Vi8 include 8 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel IPS display, an Intel Atom Z3735F quad-core Bay Trail processor, 2 gigabytes of memory and 32GB of flash storage.

Why are some Windows 8 tablets so cheap?

The reason why some of companies are able to sell some windows 8 models so cheap is that Intel has been subsidizing certain models of Intel Atom family that has brought the overall cost of such devices very low.

Another and most important reason is waiving license fee of Windows. Microsoft is offering windows 8 for free to the device makers whose tablets are less than 10 inches in size. And to make the offer even better, Microsoft is throwing one year of free Office 365 subscription.

Intel has said that it will be waiving off its subsidies in 2015 which will result in cost of windows tablets going up.

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Qualcomm has released two new processors that will target the low cost smartphones. This Californian chipmaker has always impressed us with their products and now they have created two SoC that will bring more advanced features to the smartphone devices at very low cost.

We are in fact very intrigued by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 that comes with integrated 4G LTE radio with carrier aggregation technology that allows the user to obtain high peak bandwidth.

The Snapdragon 210 supports dual SIM configuration that is very popular in developing countries like China. Recent stats show that the dual SIM feature is getting popularity in European countries as well.

the specifications of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 include support for the Bluetooth 4.0 and comes with Adreno 300 GPU on board that is capable of driving display with HD resolution and up to 8 megapixel cameras with full HD video support.

the specifications of snapdragon 208 are identical to the 210 but lacks 4G support. However it is 3G out of the box and has maximum resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. Companies call this resolution quarter HD.

Both of these new processors will be offered to the OEMs within the first half of year 2015.

Lately low cost laptops have got very popular especially those with the Windows with Bing OS as Microsoft is offering it with a lower price tag. Many of these cheap laptops, for instance Asus Chromebook C200 and C300 make use of Intel Celeron N2820 and N2830 processors respectively.

The TDP of these processors is just 7.5 watts which is much lower than your typical thin laptops with 17 watt TDP (Intel Core i5-4200U, E5- 4210U or i5-4300U). But how do the new CPUs do in benchmarks? Let us see.

The benchmark score of both N2820 and N2830 is 1000 in the passmark benchmark test.

Both of these new CPUs are based on bay trail architecture and made using 22nm manufacturing process. Both support 64 bit operating systems and come with 1MB L2 cache.

Chinese processor maker, Mediatek is all to launch myriad smartphones and tablets by the end of this year. It is being said that the Mediatek MT6795 will power most of those devices.

The MT6795 specifications include 64-bit, octa-core  architecture. Its clock speed is 2.2 GHz and is based on HMP.

PowerVR G6200 graphics clocked at 700 MHz back the CPU which has full support for 4K video playback and 30 FPS encoding.

The Mediatek MT6795 chipset supports HSPA+ and LTE radios and has full support for displays up to 2560×1600 pixels. Camera support is there too with up to 20 megapixel sensors. This processor will be made available around December 2014.

The latest Intel Broadwell processors will make their debut in the fourth quarter of this year. This will include bunch of Y series processor for mobile devices like cellphones and tablets. Right now we have details of 5Y10, 5Y10a and 5Y70. We also know that these three will be followed by two more Y series processors. Core i5 5Y10C passmark score is 2868.

Of course the highlight of these Broadwell processors is their ultra low 4.5 watt TDP and as expected these CPU will feature will low CPU and GPU frequencies.

Model	Cores / Threads	Frequency / Turbo	L3 cache	GPU Frequency	Memory	TDP
Core M 5Y10	2 / 2	800 MHz / 2 GHz	4 MB	100 / 800 MHz	DDR3L/LPDDR3-1600	4.5W
Core M 5Y10a	2 / 2	800 MHz / 2 GHz	4 MB	100 / 800 MHz	DDR3L/LPDDR3-1600	4.5W
Core M 5Y70	2 / 4	1.1 / 2.6 GHz	4 MB	100 / 850 MHz	DDR3L/LPDDR3-1600	4.5W

We have been told that they will have good Turbo and dynamic boost frequencies that will double the performance.

The 5Y70 has dual cores and hyper threading enabled as well that will allow you to run up to four threads at a time.