Has this been posted on this forums already?
http://pclab.pl/art60181.html
It's Intel Core M 5Y70 review. Doesn't look that impressive versus older gen of Core series but dominates Baytrail(as expected).
Another yoga 13 review. Remember on its numbers Core M can have one of three tdp targets.
3.5 Watts
4.5 Watts (29% higher tdp allowed)
or 6 Watts (71% higher tdp allowed)
Apparently Lenovo with the yoga 3 pro chose the lowest of the tdp options the 3.5w option (why? I really can't guess though more on that later). So core m with a 3.5w tdp is getting performance between the 6w core i3 4020y (1.5 ghz) and the 6w core i5 4210y (1.5ghz with turbo 1.7ghz with both cores and 1.9 ghz with one core) is still a big improvement since you cut the tdp from 6w to 3.5w and enable better form factors for now you can do razor thin tablets.
I also want to see the gpu performance for these 3.5w and 6w tdp parts. Newer gpu architecture that is tweaked for low tdps.
Now personally I can care less about razor thin tablets so I want to see what core m can do at 6 watts. I understand why people would want the lower tdp tablets but if the device is going to have a keyboard I can care less if the tablet portion is 7mm, 8mm, 11mm, or even higher. Hell I wish intel allowed tdps even higher than 6w for tablets that can be docked or have a fan like the surface pro 3.
Now the lenovo 3 pro is 12.8 mm thick when closed with both slices. I do not know how thick is the keyboard portion which houses the soc. I do know the keyboard portion is thicker than the screen portion. My question is did Lenovo neuter their convertible to get a desired thickness.
Thickness numbers are from notebook check with the exception of the Yoga Pro 3 which is from lenovo
- 17 mm Yoga 13
- 15.6mm Yoga 11 (tegra 3)
- 17.5 mm Yoga 11s (ivybridge 13w)
- 16 mm Yoga Pro 2 13” (haswell 15w)
- 19.3 mm Thinkpad Yoga 12.5" (haswell 15w) the thinkpad model has a better keyboard, retractible keys, and an optional digitizer supposedly it is more durable than the Pro 2 for the business crowd
- 17.5 mm Yoga 11s (haswell 6w)
vs
- 12.8 mm Yoga pro 3.
So did we get a 3.5w sku since we settled on shaving 3 or 4 mm from the thickness? Picts of showing how the yoga pro 3 thickness is comparing keyboard vs screen
Screen halfs on top of each other .
Screen halfs side by side.
Intel slide showing what tdps are needed for which tablets sizes and thickness