XMG introduces EVO 14 / 15 ultrabooks powered by AMD's Ryzen 7 8845HS and Intel's Core Ultra 7 155H

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Even though the new EVO models do away with the Nvidia dGPU options, XMG is compensating with a solid premium spec package that includes overboost TDPs thanks to high-quality cooling systems, support for 96 GB RAM, Thunderbolt / USB4 connectors with DisplayPort 2.1 mode and a full-size SD card reader.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/XMG-introduces-EVO-14-15-ultrabooks-powered-by-AMD-s-Ryzen-7-8845HS-and-Intel-s-Core-Ultra-7-155H.864639.0.html

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The news failed to say that AMD's artificial intelligence with XDNA is twice as powerful as Intel's.
Also if we see the comparison in the iGPU RDNA3 surpasses Intel by far. With RDNA3 you can play AAA games with Intel, you have quite a few difficulties and everything at a minimum.

[Bogdan Solca]

The news failed to say that AMD's artificial intelligence with XDNA is twice as powerful as Intel's.
Also if we see the comparison in the iGPU RDNA3 surpasses Intel by far. With RDNA3 you can play AAA games with Intel, you have quite a few difficulties and everything at a minimum.

It is true that the AMD processor is more powerful overall, even with the reduced TDP, but that is not the focus of this launch article. I included the Cinebench tests because only those were provided by XMG. For more test results, readers can click each CPU name in the first paragraph.

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Also if we see the comparison in the iGPU RDNA3 surpasses Intel by far. With RDNA3 you can play AAA games with Intel, you have quite a few difficulties and everything at a minimum.

According to the results in Notebookcheck's database across a variety of systems and games, the Intel Arc "8-core" Graphics (in Meteor Lake) and the AMD Radeon 780M (in Phoenix and Hawk Point) are about even, with AMD only 6% faster in the 30-70 fps range across the tested games.

See this link for a full comparison:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Arc-8-Core-vs-Radeon-780M_12086_11564.247598.0.html
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Gaming performance between cards from different brands (different drivers etc.) is really hard to compare because sometimes one vendor leads by a lot in a few games, but then again lags behind in others. Picking a few single benchmarks often doesn't paint an accurate picture. That's why Notebookcheck's benchmark database is so valuable. They tested each iGPU already in over 50 games and at a variety of in-game settings.

Performance can be improved on the high-DPI screens in XMG EVO series by using integer scaling. Here is an excerpt from our upcoming deep dive on XMG EVO:


Integer scaling refers to a reduction of the resolution by a factor of 2, i.e. a halving (or quartering) of the resolution. With the right technology, this ensures that pixels are simply doubled or quadrupled in terms of their two-dimensional area, so to speak, without blurring contrast edges through interpolation.

A reduced render resolution with larger pixels can lead to a significant increase in the frame rate (FPS), especially for demanding games. This is particularly useful for XMG EVO 14, which has a very high pixel density with a native resolution of 2880 x 1800 on 14 inches. Although this high resolution is very nice when viewing and editing images and videos and also ensures very fine font rendering, it can also have a significant impact on performance in 3D applications.

By default, AMD's graphics driver only offers this feature for desktop monitors. However, we have requested special support from AMD for the XMG EVO series to enable integer scaling for our laptop monitors as well.

Intel already supports integer scaling out-of-the-box under the name "Retro Scaling". In contrast to AMD, we did not have to request a special driver customisation from Intel.


Best Regards,
Tom