Intel's "mobile" branding was always a clusterfuuu. They just relied on the reputation the desktop parts had and used the same branding and very similar model numbers to sell castrated CPUs with lower core count and much lower frequency that delivered nothing like the desktop ones.
Because they have no idea that one is 15W and the other is 90W. The other thing they have no clue about is that in my experience most mobile cpu;s are going to spend very little time at the advertised turbo speed. They will start thermal throttling almost instantly
@satai, so you mean the millions of people who go to a store or a website and buy a laptop know that it uses a 15W CPU and not a 65 or 95W CPU? Is this a joke?
Most people hear about Intel or i7 and then go for the laptop that has that. And Intel capitalizes on the
Intel capitalizes on the confusion this creates. And it takes more than basic HW knowledge. Most people don't spend their days on tech websites. You would probably make the same mistakes in a field you're not familiar with.
My first computer was an AND composed marking cup- at the time I thought I was getting an Intel 386 25mhz chip and they put Amd clone 25mhz chip. I spent $1700 and that was cheep then
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Intel's "mobile" branding was always a clusterfuuu. They just relied on the reputation the desktop parts had and used the same branding and very similar model numbers to sell castrated CPUs with lower core count and much lower frequency that delivered nothing like the desktop ones.satai - Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - link
@close - how can anybody with a basic knowledge of HW expect, that a 15W part is going to perform similary to a 90W one?Ratman6161 - Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - link
Because they have no idea that one is 15W and the other is 90W. The other thing they have no clue about is that in my experience most mobile cpu;s are going to spend very little time at the advertised turbo speed. They will start thermal throttling almost instantlyclose - Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - link
@satai, so you mean the millions of people who go to a store or a website and buy a laptop know that it uses a 15W CPU and not a 65 or 95W CPU? Is this a joke?Most people hear about Intel or i7 and then go for the laptop that has that. And Intel capitalizes on the
close - Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - link
*Crappy 1997 comment system.Intel capitalizes on the confusion this creates. And it takes more than basic HW knowledge. Most people don't spend their days on tech websites. You would probably make the same mistakes in a field you're not familiar with.
HStewart - Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - link
These statements are confusing, everything here stated that the mobile 6 core CPU's do have Hyperthreading. 6C/12TMarketing wise - AMD does similar tactics calling Ryzen 7, Ryzen 3 .... maybe they will have Ryzen 9 one day.
Ratman6161 - Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - link
AMD is at least a little better on this. Generally speaking the 3/5/7 distinctions hold up...with potentially confusing exceptions of course.HStewart - Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - link
My first computer was an AND composed marking cup- at the time I thought I was getting an Intel 386 25mhz chip and they put Amd clone 25mhz chip. I spent $1700 and that was cheep thenSonic01 - Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - link
Still no Core Y / 4.5W updates... its been 2 years now :/jhoff80 - Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - link
I'm guessing that they're skipping to Cannon Lake / 10nm for the Y-series, but who knows.