Test and benchmarks of core components – processors and graphics – you can find in affordable laptops.
The Intel UHD G1 is an integrated graphics processor. You can find it in the main laptop processors from the 10th Gen Intel Core G1 series. The most popular among these are the Intel Core i5-1035G1 and i3-1005G1. Just like all integrated graphics processors, the UHD G1 isn’t aimed at heavy gaming. It is designed … Read more
The Nvidia GeForce GT 840M is a lower-mid-range dedicated video card for laptops. Nvidia says it isn’t designed for hard-core games, but rather for “streaming HD videos, surfing the web, and enjoying entry-level gaming”. Our benchmark tests clearly confirm that statement. For this review, we used an Acer Aspire E5-771G series laptop with the 840M, … Read more
The Intel HD 620 is an integrated graphics processor. It is used in the widely adopted 7th Generation Intel Core “Kaby Lake” laptop processor family. Currently the most popular CPU with the Intel HD 620 is the mid-range 7th Gen Core i5-7200U, which we used for this review. The tested i5-7200U / HD 620-based Lenovo … Read more
The Intel Iris Plus G4 is one of the graphics processors integrated into the 10th Gen Intel Core main processors, such as the popular Intel Core i5-1035G4. In Intel’s graphics processor lineup, the Iris Plus G4 with its 48 execution units is in the middle between the Intel UHD G1 with 32 EUs and Iris … Read more
The Intel Atom and Celeron “Bay Trail” processors are used in many low-end mobile PCs. You can find Atoms in numerous tablet models with Windows OS, while the Celerons power the cheapest Windows laptops on the market. Both CPU series feature the same Intel HD integrated graphics. No wonder gaming performance is similar on these … Read more
The Intel Iris Xe is one of the most widely used graphics processing units (GPUs) in laptops since its release in 2020. That’s because it is integrated in the popular 11th, 12th, and 13th Gen Intel Core i5 and i7 central processors (CPUs). Graphics and gaming performance wise, the Intel Iris Xe belongs to the … Read more
The AMD Radeon Vega 8 is an integrated graphics processor used in the AMD Ryzen 5-series main processors for laptops. The Radeon Vega 8 can be used for light gaming. It offers performance similar to basic graphics of common laptop processors, such as the Intel UHD graphics of the Intel Core CPUs. A step up … Read more
The AMD Ryzen 3 4300U is a lower-end member of the Ryzen 4000 U processor lineup for mainstream laptops. The same applies to its version of Radeon Graphics. It has five graphics processing cores, as opposed to 6 and 7 cores of the Ryzen 5 and 7 4000 U. Nevertheless, all of the Radeon integrated … Read more
The AMD Ryzen 4000 U series processors for mainstream laptops feature the AMD Radeon integrated graphics. The Radeon in the Ryzen 7 4700U features seven graphics processing cores, as opposed to five and six of the Ryzen 3 4300U and 5 4500U. This and a bit higher clock speed makes the Radeon of the Ryzen … Read more
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 is an integrated graphics processor used in the AMD Ryzen 7-series main processors for laptops. The Radeon RX Vega 10 is made for light gaming. But, it offers improved game smoothness over the Radeon Vega 8 and other similar basic graphics processors like the widely used Intel UHD series. … Read more
