Probably, buying a 4-core laptop in 2021 is not very future-proof, especially considering gaming on it. Maybe good enough for the office, but then why would you bother with CPU power at all?
Quote from: DigiMan on January 27, 2021, 05:00:35
:) PC newbie here. Sorry if this is a dumb question.
Based on the benchmarks it seems this intel 10nm is very close or just as good as AMDs 7nm and only lacks in mulitcore performance/applications.
-is it safe to assume intel's 8 core H CPU will match or maybe beat AMDs?
-what will be the downsides of intel's 8 core H Vs AMDs?
Thanks
First of all, forget about that silly marketing "nanometers". They don't exactly mean any physical parameter nowadays, more marketing. Intel's "10nm" are the same or even denser packed than TSMC's "7nm". So don't expect any huge room for improvement here from Intel in the nearest future.
Architecture-wise, currently, Cezanne is more interesting. It has better scaling in means of core/power/consumption. It seems to scale better with more cores than Tiger Lake. 8-core Tiger Lake will be either hotter or less efficient than Cezanne - you would see.
But, as for me, 6/12 CPU is just fine for a multipurpose laptop in 2021. Games scale pretty well with 6/12, and, at the same time, it's not as hot or a power hog as 8/16.