Quote from: China Lied People Died on July 13, 2021, 10:38:43
Would love to see a ThinkPad X1 Extreme with the following specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950HS + liquid metal
RAM: 2 slots + XMP
Storage: 2x M.2 2280
GPU: RTX 3080, 16GB
Screen: 16" matte slimmer bezel like Dell XPS 15/17
Quote from: Solandri on June 27, 2021, 06:16:21Quote from: jonney on June 24, 2021, 14:56:20It's supposed to use a Tiger Lake i9. Those are made on Intel's 10nm process, which is competitive with the TSMC 7nm that AMD is currently manufactured on (101 million transistors/mm^2 vs 114 MT/mm^2). So I wouldn't expect much difference in heat or power. AMD has been murdering Intel because they've been on TSMC 7nm while Intel has been stuck on their 14nm process. That's 114 MT/mm^2 vs 37.5 MT/mm^2, which was a 3-to-1 advantage in density, with corresponding heat and power advantage. But that advantage mostly disappears with Tiger Lake. (At least until AMD starts manufacturing on TSMC 5nm or 3nm.)
And the last thing is that it doesnt sport a AMD processor which is far more superior than the intel one that runs slower and hotter
Intel still has a lead in single-threaded performance. I just swapped out an i7 Coffee Lake 6-core for an AMD Zen 2 8-core on my security camera computer expecting performance to increase. But it actually decreased - went from about a constant 60% CPU load to 70%. The i9s are 8 core 16 thread (the first on Intel's 10nm). So I expect them to be competitive with AMD's Zen 3 offerings (currently max out at 8 core 16 thread in their mobile line).
Quote from: Anonym on June 24, 2021, 15:21:58Quote from: jonney on June 24, 2021, 14:56:20The 2nd m.2 slot is very apparent under the left fan, it simply has a bonus heatsink for your super-fast (and super-toasty) PCIe 4 drive that you need to unscrew.
Two dealbrakers.
Its clear that the 2nd SSD m.2 slot is not apparent in all configurations of this product.
And the last thing is that it doesnt sport a AMD processor which is far more superior than the intel one that runs slower and hotter
Furthermore, while I do agree it would be amazing to have an AMD CPU and more choice is always better, you really need to update yourself with the latest data about the very latest Intel CPUs fitted here. At this power level, they perform on-par (if not better) than the latest AMD offerings, but still have TB4/USB4 and PCIe 4 -- *the* glaring omissions even on the latest AMD Mobile platforms.
Quote from: jonney on June 24, 2021, 14:56:20It's supposed to use a Tiger Lake i9. Those are made on Intel's 10nm process, which is competitive with the TSMC 7nm that AMD is currently manufactured on (101 million transistors/mm^2 vs 114 MT/mm^2). So I wouldn't expect much difference in heat or power. AMD has been murdering Intel because they've been on TSMC 7nm while Intel has been stuck on their 14nm process. That's 114 MT/mm^2 vs 37.5 MT/mm^2, which was a 3-to-1 advantage in density, with corresponding heat and power advantage. But that advantage mostly disappears with Tiger Lake. (At least until AMD starts manufacturing on TSMC 5nm or 3nm.)
And the last thing is that it doesnt sport a AMD processor which is far more superior than the intel one that runs slower and hotter
Quote from: jonney on June 24, 2021, 14:56:20The 2nd m.2 slot is very apparent under the left fan, it simply has a bonus heatsink for your super-fast (and super-toasty) PCIe 4 drive that you need to unscrew.
Two dealbrakers.
Its clear that the 2nd SSD m.2 slot is not apparent in all configurations of this product.
And the last thing is that it doesnt sport a AMD processor which is far more superior than the intel one that runs slower and hotter