So with all of this data, what more do we know about Core M? Clearly, Intels goal with Core M is to provide excellent performance on short workloads. It has higher boost frequencies than the Core i5-5200U that was included in this test, and it has 4 MB of L3 cache as well compared to 3 MB of cache on the i5. On certain workloads, performance can even surpass the i5-5200U. Race to sleep is not a new idea, but that is what Core M is designed to do, and it does it well.
Is Core M a good processor? Or is it slow? It is clearly slower than a Core i5, but it would be hard to expect it not to be. On many daily workloads, it performs very well. On things like web browsing we are already to the point where the Yoga 3 Pro outscores a Core i7-860 4C/8T 95 watt desktop CPU from 2009 in web benchmarks. Since Core M is mainly aimed at thin and light devices, it can be expected that these are the kinds of workloads that one would perform on them.
In order to get something as powerful as the Core architecture inside of a fanless tablet, there is going to be compromise. In a Core M device, that is going to be sustained performance. What you give up in sustained performance though allows a thinner and lighter device, in form factors that would never have been possible with Core even one year ago. But it also means that the Core M SKU designation is only a sign of general performance, rather than absolute positioning. For that, we have to compare and contrast each unit in a review. Luckily, we hope to cover a large number of the important models over the next few months.
With the rise of tablets, the migration from hard desktops to smaller form factors has been unprecedented and Core M gives much more CPU performance than any tablet SoC available right now, at the expense of the additional cost the premium product brings. It is well suited to the types of workloads that many of us do during a typical day. There has been a lot of design wins already for this processor, covering a large range of device types and manufacturers. Even Apple has decided that there is a niche where a thinner and lighter version of their laptop may be of good use to their customers.
Because it was a comment from Dunning: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/the-anosognosics-dilemma-1/?_r=0.not sure why you left out Kruger.
In what may be a sign that Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is set to move on from the Broadwell platform and focus on Skylake, it is being reported that the chip vendor will launch just two Broadwell SKUs for desktop, with the parts set to be announced at this years Computex.
The processors will be the Core i7-5775C and Core i5-5675C, and the 65W TDP offerings will be fully compatible with current Z97 motherboards following a BIOS update. The C in the nomenclature is to denote the fact that the processors are unlocked, with Intel said to be moving away from the K naming convention.
The Core i7-5775C will feature a base clock of 3.3GHz along with a turbo clock of 3.7GHz. With four cores, eight threads and 6MB cache along with Iris Pro Graphics 6200, the i7-5775C will be the higher-end offering in this series.
The Core i5-5675C, on the other hand, will feature a slightly lower clock speed of 3.1GHz, with a turbo frequency of 3.6GHz. The CPU has 4MB cache and will also feature Iris Pro Graphics 6200. The LGA1150 Broadwell offerings are essentially a 14nm shrink of the Haswell die, and unlike previous years, Intel will not be offering a full gamut of CPUs across pricing tiers.
Instead, the vendor will focus its efforts on the Skylake architecture, the tock in Intels tick-tock release cadence cycle. Skylake will also be fabricated on a 14nm process, but will usher in significant CPU and GPU improvements along with lesser power consumption. To expedite the launch of Skylake, Intel is rumored to move up its annual Intel Developers Forum to mid-August, where it is officially set to unveil the new CPUs.
Skylake for the desktop will be offered as fully unlocked versions with TDPs of 65W and 95W, with a 35W SKU also planned for low-power devices. The chip vendor is set to begin producing the hardware in June or July, with retail availability set to commence from October.
I don't recall reading anywhere else in this thread that "C" was replacing "K" as the unlocked suffix. Or any 'hard' numbers for the Broadwell desktop release.JM, that's old news. We've known about Broadwell Iris Pro for some time now (and the cancellation of all the other LGA1150 desktop Broadwells). The i7-5775C and i5-5675C were announced a few weeks ago. Though the idea that fully unlocked Skylake is coming in October is news to me . . . I had expected locked Skylake-S in 2015 and unlocked Skylake-K in 2016.
Yes, I have read and contributed to that thread too. I still don't recall ever reading anything about a change in the unlocked suffix.
It's possible that C isn't replacing K entirely but represents the Iris Pro unlocked versions.
Yes, I have read and contributed to that thread too. I still don't recall ever reading anything about a change in the unlocked suffix.
I apologize if I missed it.
Skylake is supposed to have some K parts. Broadwell-K (that is, unlocked non-Iris Pro) is dead.
Simply I think Intel decided they can't do much on the CPU side with Broadwell-K but they still need to recoup on development costs without delaying Skylake.
The Dell Venue 11 Pro tablet, when considered as a pure tablet, has some shortcomings due to the very nature of what makes it an excellent hybrid device. At 10.8 inches in screen diameter, it never felt too big to use as a tablet, but the extra thickness and mass of it make it hard to compete against some of the pure tablets out there. It does use the extra size to great effect though, with the Venue 11 Pro packing a full personal computer into its chassis. These are not tablet parts inside, with a Core processor, 8 GB of memory, and a Solid State Drive at the heart of this device. The performance is quite a bit better than pretty much all other fanless tablets around.
Both feature Ultrabook class components inside, but have different trade-offs, with the Surface Pro 3 having better performance and active cooling. That puts the Venue 11 Pro into a class of its own, with the fanless design of a Core M tablet. The starting price of just $699 undercuts the Surface Pro 3 Core i3 version by $150, which is not insignificant.
In my opinion, only a Core-Y CPU would justify the 'Pro' of the rumored iPad Pro.
iPad Air 2 64GB $599Core Y is significantly more power hungry, massively more expensive
And what does the power consumption of that Core-Y look like, eh? Battery life is much shorter, and charge time is much longer (due to the enormous battery).
Not to mention that browser based benchmarks are notoriously dependent on the, you know, web browser.
Core Y is significantly more power hungry, massively more expensive, and runs the wrong instruction set, for comparable GPU performance and slightly better CPU performance...
I don't think iOS Safari is available on anything but iOS, and I don't think browsers other than Safari are good on iOS (due to run time code generation restrictions on iOS). So it's very unlikely the same browsers were usedI'm assuming Anandtech knows that and is, you know, using the same browser.
iPad Air 2 64GB $599
Venue Pro 64GB $699
Core Y has one big problem that Intel can't fix - Windows UI.
I don't think iOS Safari is available on anything but iOS, and I don't think browsers other than Safari are good on iOS (due to run time code generation restrictions on iOS). So it's very unlikely the same browsers were used