Test and benchmarks of core components – processors and graphics – you can find in affordable laptops.
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
The AMD Ryzen 7 3700U is a mid-range laptop processor commonly found in the mainstream laptop PCs. It is a good solution for the daily home and office tasks. The chip can effortlessly handle these tasks and additionally provide some decent potential for heavier duties like video editing. But, it is not a full-blown workstation-class … 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 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
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 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 Intel Celeron N4120 is a laptop processor designed with low cost and low power consumption in mind. This chip for budget notebooks consumes 6 Watts of power, as opposed to the typical mainstream 15-Watt Intel Core or AMD Ryzen series processor. On the other hand, the Intel Celeron N4120 provides only basic computing performance. … Read more
The Intel Pentium Gold 6405U is a budget-oriented dual-core laptop processor. It’s a cheaper alternative to the widely used mid-range Intel Core series. But the Pentium Gold 6405U doesn’t lag a lot behind the Intel Core series when it comes to the daily computing tasks of the average home and office user, like web browsing … Read more
The AMD Ryzen 7 5700U is an upper-mid-range processor for mainstream laptop computers. It is a remarkable eight-core chip, since it provides higher-end performance while maintaining low power consumption of 15 Watts. For comparison, typical high-performance processors from AMD’s Ryzen H and Intel Core H series typically consume 45 Watts. The Ryzen 7 5700U is … Read more
Although with similar names, the AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and AMD Ryzen 5 7530U aren’t similar in terms of specs and performance. The 7520U is slower, which is not a surprise given it has four cores instead of six, a lower maximal clock speed of up to 4.3 instead of 4.5 GHz and less cache … Read more
