Intel Core i7 For Laptops — First Benchmarks

Posted by timothy on Saturday September 19, 2009 @11:06AM from the context-switching dept.

Barence writes "PC Pro has benchmarked the first Intel Core i7 processors for laptops. The chips mark the debut of Intel's Turbo Boost technology, which ramps up the speed of the working cores if two or more cores are sitting unused. For the quad-core i7-820QM, this can take the stock speed of 1.73GHz up to a maximum of 3.06GHz. The 2D benchmarks show comparable performance to Core 2 Extreme chips running at 2.53GHz. Power consumption and processor temperature is dramatically lower, which should lead to significant improvements in laptop battery life."

3 of 196 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

Re:macbook pro? by alen · 2009-09-19 13:50 · Score: 0, Troll

and Dell and HP laptops which will run half the price of the MBP for the same performance
Re:macbook pro? by linhares · 2009-09-19 18:25 · Score: 0, Troll

haha you're funny too
Re:battery life? by beelsebob · 2009-09-19 19:15 · Score: 0, Troll

If you want battery life *and* a beefy portable desktop replacement, consider an apple laptop.