Intel Core i7-8550U 8th Gen Higher-End Quad-Core Laptop Processor

Intel Core i7-8550U

The 8th Generation Intel Core i7-8550U higher-end laptop processor packs a serious punch without being power-hungry and without requiring very large cooling systems. With its four cores and a 15-Watt power consumption, it’s a great alternative to the 45-Watt i7 HQ quad-core series. The 8th Gen i7-8550U is also a noticeably more powerful substitute for … Read more

Intel Core i5-1035G7 10th Gen Processor

Intel Core i5-1035G7

The Intel Core i5-1035G7 is an upper-mid-tier laptop processor from the 2019 10th Gen Intel Core family. The i5-1035G7 is very similar to the i5-1035G1 and i5-1035G4. As the main difference, the G7 variant has the best integrated graphics processor among the trio. It has the Intel Iris Plus G7 graphics with 64 graphics execution … Read more

Intel Core i5-1035G4 10th Gen Laptop CPU

Intel Core i5-1035G4

The 10th Generation Intel Core i5-1035G4 is an upper mid-range processor for late 2019 and 2020 mainstream laptop PCs. In Intel’s laptop processor lineup, the i5-1035G4 sits between the i5-1035G1 and i5-1035G7. They are basically the same processor but with different number of execution units of their integrated graphics processors. The Intel UHD G1, Iris … Read more

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U Laptop Processor

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

The AMD Ryzen 3 4300U is a mid-range laptop processor. It provides optimal performance for the ordinary computing tasks. It can complete them easily, be it work in Office-type applications, web-based stuff, and similar. In addition, the Radeon integrated graphics processor of the Ryzen 3 4300U enables you to play many of the popular game … Read more

Intel Core i3-1115G4 (11th Gen) Laptop Processor

Intel Core i3-1115G4 11th Generation

The 11th Generation Intel Core i3-1115G4 is a lower-mid-range processor. It’s typically used in the mainstream laptop category, as a cheaper choice than the faster and pricier i5-1135G7 and i7-1165G7 chips from the same 11th Gen Intel Core G-series lineup. As the main difference, the Core i3-1115G4 has two processor cores, as opposed to four … Read more

Intel Core i5-1135G7 (11th Gen) Processor

Intel Core i5-1135G7 11th Gen

The 11th Generation Intel Core i5-1135G7 is a typical 2020 mid-range laptop processor. With its 4 computing cores, the i5-1135G7 is more powerful than the dual-core i3-1115G4 from the same 11th Gen Core G-series. The series also includes the quad-core i7-1165G7, which is somewhat faster than the i5-1135G7. Overall, all three chips can flawlessly handle … Read more

Intel Core i7-1165G7 (11th Gen) Laptop Processor

Intel Core i7-1165G7 11th Gen

The Intel Core i7-1165G7 is a higher-end model in the 2020 11th Gen Intel Core G-series lineup. Besides the quad-core i7-1165G7, the lineup also includes the slower but more budget friendly mid-range quad-core i5-1135G7 and lower-mid-range dual-core i3-1115G4. Overall, there are no big differences between these chips when it comes to performance in the usual … Read more

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U Laptop Processor

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800U is a high-end processor for laptops. Although it isn’t a typical high-performance processor you can find in gaming and other top-performing laptops, the eight-core Ryzen 7 5800U can easily compete with them and provides comparable computing power. This is exceptional, given the Ryzen 7 5800U consumes only 15 Watts of … Read more

Intel Core i7-10510U 10th Gen Upper-Mid-Range Laptop CPU

Intel Core i7-10510U 10th Gen

The 10th Generation Intel Core i7-10510U is an upper-mid-range laptop processor, typically used in the mainstream notebooks. The quad-core i7-10510U it the top model in the 10th Gen Intel Core U-series, above the popular upper-mid-range quad-core i5-10210U and mid-range dual-core Intel Core i3-10110U. The 10th Gen Intel Core lineup also includes the G-series i7 models, … Read more

Running DeepSeek R1 AI Locally on Old Regular Laptop with Integrated Graphics Only

We have just checked whether DeepSeek R1 AI can run locally on a regular everyday laptop without a dedicated graphics card. For the test we have used Ollama with the basic DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B and heavier R1-Distill-Llama-8B and R1-Distill-Qwen-14B models on a 7-year old laptop with the Intel Core i5-8250U CPU and its Intel UHD 620 integrated graphics. And it works, but note the R1 1.5B, 8B, and 14B are way smaller models than the full blown R1 671B.

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