Intel wants its Lakefield hybrid processor to be an alternative for the ARM processors. Based on our first tests, this could works, because the initial consumption measurements are low and the graphics performance is good considering the low TDP. The raw CPU performance, especially when you only stress one core, though, requires some fine-tuning. We cannot confirm the advertised maximum clock of 3.0 GHz for the faster Sunny Cove processor in our sample of the Galaxy Book S. We will also try to find out how the load is distributed among the cores. The subjective performance impression is good so far, we did not notice any delays or or hiccups.More tests will be needed to get the full picture. While the chip performs poorly in Cinebench R15 single-threaded, it does slightly beat the Core i7-8500Y processor in multi-threaded Cinebench R15. The tester also notes that battery life seems to be really good, but he hasn't really tested it yet.
Mixed results from first Intel Lakefield Core i5-L16G7 test
Posted on Friday, June 26 2020 @ 23:00 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck