Any chance Apple will ever consider AMD chips for the MacBook Pro or any of their computers. I have to wonder how much of the $4k+ I just spent on my MacBook Pro went to pay for the Intel 8-core CPU...
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#12How come techquila is publishing benchmark results while noone else is? Is this a controlled leak or a publisher that broke the rules?
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#13Any independent verification here or runs of different test suites?
There are many ways to put your finger on the scale for this kind of test (say, inadequate cooling on the intel part)
Or could it be PCI-E 4.0 significantly increasing the performance?
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#14Any independent verification here or runs of different test suites? There are many ways to put your finger on the scale for this kind of test (say, inadequate cooling on the intel part) Or could it be PCI-E 4.0 significantly increasing the performance?
Tons of reviews will be released a week from now; be patient.
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#15How come techquila is publishing benchmark results while noone else is? Is this a controlled leak or a publisher that broke the rules?
Stuff always leaks and sites like WCCFTech or Techquila aggregate those leaks.
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#16My next CPU will be an AMD.
Is the socket really zero insertion force? I've always been planning on buying an AMD CPU after dealing with an Intel processor.
Yes. Typically you lift the lever on the side of the socket, drop the CPU in, and then lower the lever. The lever causes the holes in the socket to tighten, clamping down on the pins in the chip, holding it in place. ZIF sockets have been a part of PC builds and a feature of motherboards since at least the early-mid 90s.
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#17Any chance Apple will ever consider AMD chips for the MacBook Pro or any of their computers. I have to wonder how much of the $4k+ I just spent on my MacBook Pro went to pay for the Intel 8-core CPU...
Less than $583. https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/192990/...
$1999
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/189126/...
The XE is something a vanity chip however.
The HK maintains the same single core performance but obviously only achieves about half the multicore score.
https://browser.geekbench.com/processors/2585
Still very good value for money.
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#18My next CPU will be an AMD.
i5-9400F looks amazing though. Powerful and cheap.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Less than $583. https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/192990/...
$1999 https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/189126/... The XE is something a vanity chip however. The HK maintains the same single core performance but obviously only achieves about half the multicore score. https://browser.geekbench.com/processors/2585 Still very good value for money.
Read the thread again; MacBook Pros don't use XEs.
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#20My next CPU will be an AMD.
I put a 2700X in my most recent desktop and a 2400G in my HTPC. For the price they can't be beat.