Test and benchmarks of core components – processors and graphics – you can find in affordable laptops.
The Intel Core i5-7200U is a member of the latest 7th Generation Intel Core U “Kaby Lake” laptop processor family. The i5-7200U is a mid-tier dual-core CPU in the 7th Gen series, as opposed to lower-mid-range i3-7100U and upper-mid-range i7-7500U from the same family. The 7th Gen Core U chips are essentially only minor upgrades … Read more
The 6th Generation “Skylake” Intel Core i5-6200U, just like its slightly faster i5-6300U sibling, is a mid-range processor for mainstream laptops. This 6th Gen U parts offers better performance than the i3-6010U and are somewhat slower than the i7-6500U from the same CPU series. Intel Core i5-6200U / i5-6300U 6th Gen Skylake PassMark CPU Benchmark … Read more
The vast majority of Windows-based tablets on the market today are powered by the Intel Atom processors from the “Bay Trail” family. That’s no wonder, since the chips provide satisfactory performance for the average user and a very low power consumption, while being quite affordable. Intel has initially released “Bay Trail” in mid-2013, and has … Read more
The Intel Pentium 3805U certainly isn’t the most important member of the latest Intel Broadwell processor family. The star of the Broadwell show is the Core i5-5200U, since it’s the typical mid-range chip used in so many notebook models. On the other hand, the entry-level Pentium 3805U is available only in select low-end laptops such … Read more
The Intel Pentium N3520, N3530, and N3540 are entry-level processors you can often find in budget laptop and 2-in-1 PCs. The N3520, N3530, and N3540 belong to the Intel Bay Trail CPU family, characterized by basic performance and very low power consumption. These quad-core Bay Trail Pentium CPUs deliver noticeably better computing speed than the … Read more
The Intel Celeron N4020 is one of the most budget-friendly and power-efficient laptop processors. This 6-Watt chip for affordable laptops isn’t as fast as the popular 15-Watt mid-range CPUs, such as those from the Intel Core U or AMD Ryzen U series. But, the Intel Celeron N4020 can be a decent solution for many laptop … Read more
The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U is a mid-range laptop processor released in 2021. It’s aimed at everyday home and office computing. It can handle it effortlessly. In addition, the Ryzen 5 5500U is a good compromise solution for those who do heavier tasks like video editing, but don’t want to deal with higher power consumption, … Read more
The AMD Athlon Gold 3150U is a laptop processor you can typically find in affordable Windows-based notebooks. It can be classified as a lower-mid-range laptop processor that can handle the routine computing tasks very well. For heavier tasks recommended are at least mid-range processors, such as the AMD Ryzen or Intel Core i series. The … Read more
With its two cores, two computing treads per core, 2.3GHz clock speed, and 2 Megabytes of cache, the Intel Pentium Gold 5405U is an entry-level laptop processor. You can find it in affordable notebook PC models. Intel Pentium Gold 5405U Benchmark Benchmarks show that the Intel Pentium Gold 5405U is faster than many of the … Read more
The AMD Athlon Silver 3050U is a budget-friendly laptop processor. It’s geared toward the usual home and office computing tasks. The processor provides basic performance, but good enough for fairly smooth web browsing, work on MS Office-type documents, e-mails, and similar. Besides the Athlon Silver 3050U, AMD offers the Athlon Gold 3150U, which is slightly … Read more
