Intel vs Amd

[mevinyavin]

Now this one seems closer to reality, still expensive.
https://www.microcenter.com/product/675418/acer-swift-go-14-sfg14-72t-71qf-oled-14-intel-evo-platform-laptop-computer-pure-silver

$1000 gets you a well-built thin and light, also Evo Edition. Weirdly the manufacturer claims 12.5H battery life when Evo Ed. requires almost that in wifi surfing. Also weirdly, it has "Arc integrated graphics" which I never heard of.

[yelped]

Now this one seems closer to reality, still expensive.
https://www.microcenter.com/product/675418/acer-swift-go-14-sfg14-72t-71qf-oled-14-intel-evo-platform-laptop-computer-pure-silver

$1000 gets you a well-built thin and light, also Evo Edition. Weirdly the manufacturer claims 12.5H battery life when Evo Ed. requires almost that in wifi surfing. Also weirdly, it has "Arc integrated graphics" which I never heard of.

It's new for the meteor lake generation based on the discrete graphics cards recently released. Reviews are not out yet, but this is the first chiplet release for Intel. Seems like IPC is not improved, but the overall package may be.

[mevinyavin]

Seems confirmed that all 2024 processors released by AMD will start with an 8. If you want to know which tech: 8x40 is Zen 4 (just like last year's 7x40), 8x45 is Zen 4+ (just like last year's 7x45), and 8x50 is the brand-new Zen 5.
As I have noted a number of times, the most important number in AMD processors (starting with a 7 and on) is now the 3rd number, which tells you how old the tech in the processor is. Some processors, such as the Ryzen 3 7320 and the Ryzen 5 7520U, are Zen 2 processors based on tech from 2020.
See here for details on current processors on the market:
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=132600.msg2817223#msg2817223