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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- 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
640K ought to be enough for anybody.Oxford Guy - Sunday, October 24, 2021 - link
'I'm amazed companies keep pushing laptops with 512GB SDDs and pretend they are not crap. 1 TB of storage is the absolute minimum any new pc or laptop should have if you don't want to buy a second SSD in a few months.'Agreed. Companies think they can be Apple.
Alistair - Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - link
Won't buy anything from Huawei again. They are basically the Chinese military and are heavily connected to top leadership in China. They abducted two innocent Canadian citizens for 3 years and mistreated them. My current Huawei phone will be the last product I ever buy from them, that's for sure. Don't support evil.abufrejoval - Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - link
Let's not forget that without top military connections, Silicon Valley would not have happened.I couldn't really stop buying hardware from a country run by a narcicistic would-be dictator either, nor are there many ways around a company from that country, which now seems quite more ready to "do evil".
Since I was born in the city where Konrad Zuse invented the programmable computer to help Adolf win The War, I just hope that sooner or later the other millions or billion citizen come to their senses without civil or even less civil war.
Alistair - Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - link
China today, we are talking about a company right now, a government, right now, 2021. You can buy products from other brands like Samsung, or Adata, Asus, or Acer.Oxford Guy - Sunday, October 24, 2021 - link
Glenn Greenwald, in his 'collapsing empire' piece at Salon, said the US is the world's largest dealer of arms.Last time I checked, arms are used to rob people of theirs.
Alistair - Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - link
Also you should wake up, suggesting China is comparable to any modern country is just ignorant. Taiwan, Korea, and Japan are the major modern Asian countries. Not China, especially politically.TheinsanegamerN - Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - link
The canadian government regularly turned a blind eye to the abuse/murder of natives by the RCMP. Hope you dont buy anything canadian either eh!Alistair - Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - link
That is just anti Canada nonsense.sonny73n - Thursday, October 21, 2021 - link
You must be one of them racist and prejudice KKK in the US. I don't ever hear any Chinese slander you people but somehow you people keep spewing shit everyday. Chinese people in general are much more decent than you scumbag.Yea in China some company is state sponsored but in your country, big corps sponsor the state. You know what does that mean, don't you?