AMD Ryzen Mobile Benchmarks And Performance
Channel: hy Tech.
Date: 22/01/2018

AMD Ryzen Mobile Benchmarks And Performance: Taking On Intel In Laptops

AMD Ryzen Mobile Put To The Test In HP Envy x360 15z
AMD’s Zen processor microarchitecture is targeted for deployment across the company’s entire processor product stack, from desktop with Ryzen and Threadripper, to the data center with EPYC, and finally in laptops and convertibles with Ryzen Mobile. Ryzen is set to yet again take on Intel’s dominant position in the market. However, in this latest implementation, Zen is being coupled with AMD’s Vega graphics cores for a fully integrated laptop solution with the potential for a significantly more robust multimedia and gaming experience as a result.

On the desktop, Ryzen has proven itself to be very competitive versus Intel Core series processors, especially considering its price/performance value proposition. On the GPU side of things, Vega in its current form, is a power-hungry design that brings a bit of fight back to NVIDIA in spots in the discrete GPU space, though it's not quite the home run AMD was likely hoping for.

But what happens when you bring the two together on a single piece of silicon and install it within the confines of a laptop PC?


You’re about to find out as we take you through our first benchmark test runs with the new Envy x360 15z from HP, which is one of the first notebooks to hit the market with a Ryzen Mobile power plant under its hood
We should note that we had to pick up this machine at a local retailer since thus far HP and other OEMs have not seeded review units. As a result, this machine isn’t what we would suggest as an optimal configuration. For starters, it’s a relatively low cost configuration and the OS resides on a standard spinning hard drive. HP does have optional NVMe solid state drives available on its configuration page for the machine and for the $130 up-charge for a 256GB drive, we’d highly recommend it. 

This particular configuration also limited a clean A/B comparison in certain disk-sensitive benchmarks as a result of that HDD, so we decided to forego them and focus on metrics that could isolate host CPU and GPU performance. However, what we'll show on the pages ahead is representative of what a Ryzen Mobile quad-core CPU with Vega graphics can deliver versus Intel 8th Gen and 7th Gen Core series performance. 

One final note on the scope of this review is that we're focusing on the high level performance characteristics of Ryzen Mobile, rather than a straight-up review of the HP Envy x360 15z itself. Even for its low price, it's simply not a configuration of the machine that we'd recommend, and we'd rather reserve judgement for a model SKU that savvy, informed consumers, like HotHardware readers would appreciate. Regardless, we do have plenty to work with there with respect to how Ryzen Mobile competes versus the likes of Intel 7th and 8th Gen CPUs. So let's dig in... 

Processor AMD Ryzen 5 2500U (4C/8T, 6MB cache, 3.6GHz Boost) w/ Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Display
15.6" diagonal FHD UWVA micro-edge WLED-backlit multitouch (1920 x 1080)
Graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Memory
8 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (2 x 4 GB), Up to 16GB Available
Storage
1 TB 7200 RPM SATA HDD, NVMe PCIe SSD options available
WiFi
802.11ac (2x2) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.2 Combo
External I/O Ports 1 USB 3.1 Type-C Gen 1 (Data Transfer up to 5 Gb/s, DP1.4, HP Sleep and Charge); 2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 (1 HP Sleep and Charge); 1 HDMI v2.0b; 1 headphone/microphone combo
Webcam
HP Wide Vision FHD IR Camera with Dual array digital microphone
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
Battery 3-cell, 55.8 Wh Lithium-ion prismatic Battery
Dimensions 14.16 x 9.8 x 0.77 inches
Weight
4.75 pounds
Warranty
1 Year Limited Hardware Warranty, 90 day phone support
Pricing Starting at $729 And As Tested


Help Us to be Better
Subscribe This Chanel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo4yy-uTz-VsTlkCu8qF4Fg?sub_confirmation=1
Like me on Facebook   :
https://www.facebook.com/Home-Garden-1736098686474643/

Created by : #Hy Tech Chanel