The Huawei MateBook 16 Review, Powered by AMD Ryzen 7 5800H: Ecosystem Plus
by Dr. Ian Cutress on October 20, 2021 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Graphics Performance: Vega 8 in Mobile
The world of mobile graphics is somewhat of a wild west right now. Both AMD and Intel equip all their mobile processors with, at least physically, the same configuration from top to bottom in their stacks. Intel has a base 96-EU Xe graphics solution that goes in all of its 15 W to 65 W mobile processors, while AMD has a Vega 8 solution that also goes from 15 W to 45 W and above. That means the graphics performance of these parts matters a lot on the processor performance being used, how well the power is managed between the CPU and GPU, but also the memory solutions.
This is where the Vega 8 inside the Ryzen 7 5800H might falter. The best design for this processor would be to enable LPDDR4X memory, with a 68.2 GB/s bandwidth. That configuration is typically used for super thin and light ultrabooks with U-series processors. The bigger the system, the more likely you are to end up with regular DDR4-3200, which in dual channel mode goes up to 51.2 GB/s bandwidth. This is also because most big H-series systems come with discrete graphics, and so DDR4 vs LPDDR4x is more a discussion about cost.
That being said, the Vega 8 graphics solution typically has to game at lower resolutions and quality settings, where CPU performance matters more. Between the synthetic and real-world gaming tests, this could be interesting.
Overall we’re seeing small improvements compared to Zen 2 processors with integrated graphics, however the Vega 8 solution still sits behind the Intel Core i7-1185G7, which is usually equipped with LPDDR4X.
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Alistair - Monday, October 25, 2021 - link
kind of funny, the Chinese government is acting criminally, and you just scream racism if it is criticized, you know China is a country right? a government? not a raceshabby - Thursday, October 21, 2021 - link
Blame Canada!fishingbait15 - Friday, October 22, 2021 - link
Sure, what Canada and the US did in the 1800s is comparable to what China (and Cuba, Viet Nam, North Korea, Venezuela) are doing today. Makes a ton of sense.Alistair - Friday, October 22, 2021 - link
Western Canada is the size of all of Europe. In fact just BC is larger than France and Germany combined. There were only a few thousand first nations people in all of BC (in the stone age, without the wheel) and they were all treated well and given their own reserves. Nobody fought wars or attacked them. You can't connect one aborigial exerience thousands of kilometres away with Canada. Canada has been free from war for 200 years, longer than any other country.Oxford Guy - Sunday, October 24, 2021 - link
Canada, interestingly, gets a free pass for its deportations. For instance, a man risked his life greatly, coming through Greenland and the Canadian arctic — only to be promptly bundled back to his home country.Is this happens in the US, it apparently involves heartlessness and other psychological failures.
sonny73n - Thursday, October 21, 2021 - link
@alistairGo to hell with your politics bs. Your country isn't at war with China. So the only reason you hate China so much is because you're a god damn racist. Huawei products are available in the US. You can support the real evil Google, Apple or FB. I don't care. The only thing I mind is your snake tongue. You're doing evil but saying others do. You gotta be a wolf in sheep clothing.
And if those two Canadians aren't real spies, why did the Canadian spy agency welcomed them back? Check the tweet for yourself.
sonny73n - Thursday, October 21, 2021 - link
***Huawei products are NOT even available in the USAlistair - Thursday, October 21, 2021 - link
You are Exhibit A for why no one should buy Huawei products. Corrupt company. Got the Chinese government to abduct innocent people.DominionSeraph - Friday, October 22, 2021 - link
You realize it was in response to Canada abducting an innocent Chinese woman first, right? And not even for your own racist agenda, you were willing racists by proxy for the US.Alistair - Friday, October 22, 2021 - link
People who call others racist are usually the most racist, and that would you be you. Canada abducted no one. She was charged with an actual crime, unlike the Canadians. She was given trial, was living in her 5 million dollar mansion. Educate yourself.