How good are the new Intel Skylake processors
What the company says about its chips, which comparisons are correct, and which are not quite - let's try to briefly analyze the situation.
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Marketing marketing, but Intel compares Skylake with chips five years ago. For this, a flurry of criticism struck the company, including from major online magazines .
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Of course, against the background of its predecessor, Skylake looks much faster and more energy efficient, but if you put it alongside Broadwell, then the new one no longer looks so impressive. Only 10% increase in speed and only a small increase in working with graphics.
We constantly quote the opinion of Patrick Moorhead, an expert of Moor Insights & Strategies. He says that such a comparison is important not for the experts, but for the audience itself of the new product. It can be tens of millions.
If we look at the situation from this perspective, then Skylake should encourage people to buy new models and replace their gadgets. Intel and its partners in general are not required.
Intel announced that Skylake is optimized for Windows 10. In addition, they work with Intel Speed Shift technology, which aims at a 20-25% increase in performance.
In addition, energy-efficient video playback in 4K, which is very important for modern gadgets, because video in a similar resolution is exactly the reason why everyone has already bought Retina displays.
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/ photo by Uwe Hermann CC
Marketing marketing, but Intel compares Skylake with chips five years ago. For this, a flurry of criticism struck the company, including from major online magazines .
')
Of course, against the background of its predecessor, Skylake looks much faster and more energy efficient, but if you put it alongside Broadwell, then the new one no longer looks so impressive. Only 10% increase in speed and only a small increase in working with graphics.
We constantly quote the opinion of Patrick Moorhead, an expert of Moor Insights & Strategies. He says that such a comparison is important not for the experts, but for the audience itself of the new product. It can be tens of millions.
If we look at the situation from this perspective, then Skylake should encourage people to buy new models and replace their gadgets. Intel and its partners in general are not required.
Little more
Intel announced that Skylake is optimized for Windows 10. In addition, they work with Intel Speed Shift technology, which aims at a 20-25% increase in performance.
In addition, energy-efficient video playback in 4K, which is very important for modern gadgets, because video in a similar resolution is exactly the reason why everyone has already bought Retina displays.
PS Additional materials on how to optimize the work of the IaaS provider:
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/266133/
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