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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- Zen 3
- MateBook 16
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- Ryzen 7 5800H
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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Oxford Guy - Sunday, October 24, 2021 - link
'You realize it was in response to Canada abducting an innocent Chinese woman first, right?'You don't realize the moral corruption of supporting such behavior, eh?
'Well, gee, Wally... since you ran over this grandma I'll just have to run over that one over there!'
Alistair - Monday, October 25, 2021 - link
no one was abducted in Canada, if you can't understand that, no point in talkingOxford Guy - Monday, October 25, 2021 - link
Subject change noted.Oxford Guy - Monday, October 25, 2021 - link
Nevermind. Forum software doesn't have enough levels.Alistair - Thursday, October 21, 2021 - link
I don't hate China, lived in China, love China. Hate the Chinese government and how they attacked Canadians.vladx - Saturday, October 23, 2021 - link
And the "Biggest Liar" award goes to...Alistair - Monday, October 25, 2021 - link
I speak Chinese you idiot, went to university therezodiacfml - Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - link
finally good competition to M1 Air, its time for discounts or upgrades to the Air soon.antoniogermano - Thursday, October 21, 2021 - link
I was hoping you would compare it to the M1 MacBooks (let's face it: Huawei is shamelessly copying everything made by Apple, these are MacBook clones in every way and kind of deserve to be compared to Macs), and then, later this year when you get M1 Pro and M1 Max, update the charts to include them.Wrs - Thursday, October 21, 2021 - link
How can you call this a MacBook clone? It weighs twice as much, runs a different OS, and just about every component is commodity and a generation behind.