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fuuk1
1 month ago
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Oh, I remembered M6 had a base 16GB RAM model where it's still using LPDDR5X-9600, so A20 Pro is actually using that RAM too, it seems. Welp.
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Apple A20 Pro
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fuuk1
1 month ago
This chip is definitely desktop class. Apple nailed it. I see the memory is 12GB of LPDDR5X-10667 in Quad channel (24-bit per channel) memory interface. I guess I'll see this chip be in MacBook Neo...
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Apple A20 Pro
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fuuk1
2 months ago
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For M5 Ultra, the GPU will access around 480-500GB(?) of VRAM, rest always needs to be available for the CPU and system.
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fuuk1
2 months ago
Does anyone feel that a Mac Studio with an M5 Ultra has the hardware that where the software is gonna be the bottleneck? In the long run, I mean. After 10 years, I feel it's still gonna be fast but...
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Apple M5 Ultra
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fuuk1
2 months ago
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Dimensity 8400 doesn't support hardware accelerated ray tracing, only software based. It's pretty decent at software based ray tracing though.
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Google Tensor G6
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fuuk1
2 months ago
Google should've done 8-core (2+4+2) CPU config this generation instead of 7-core (1+4+2) CPU config. But I guess, the CPU die size might eat into the precious space of the GPU if the CPU has two...
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fuuk1
2 months ago
Apparently, Google Hardware VP corrected that Tensor G6 was fabbed on TSMC 3nm node, probably N3P. The 2nm Tensor G6 was from a Taiwanese rumour that got mistranslated or madeup or something....
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Google Tensor G6
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fuuk1
3 months ago
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You'd compare Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake) with Intel Core Ultra 7 355 (Panther Lake), the actual successor of the chip, you don't compare it with Intel Core 5 320 (Wildcat Lake) which is...
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fuuk1
4 months ago
ARM's Mali-G625 is Valhall 5th gen GPU architecture.
Also, Dimensity 7500 doesn't support AV1 video codec.
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fuuk1
5 months ago
Dimensity 7450, the Dimensity 7400 that got a modem upgrade
https://www.mediatek.com/products/smartphones/mediatek-dimensity-7450
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fuuk1
5 months ago
New Dimensity 7300 variant.
Dimensity 7300e has Mali-G610 MC2 GPU while same CPU as Dimensity 7300.
https://www.mediatek.com/products/smartphones/mediatek-dimensity-7300e
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fuuk1
5 months ago
Dimensity 7100's official page link
https://www.mediatek.com/products/smartphones/mediatek-dimensity-7100
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fuuk1
5 months ago
Dimensity 6500 is here
https://www.mediatek.com/products/smartphones/mediatek-dimensity-6500
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fuuk1
7 months ago
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Dimensity 8450 uses ARM's Mali graphics architecture while Exynos 1680 uses AMD's RDNA architecture for GPUs. Different architectures have other ways of specifications for cores/pipelines and...
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Samsung Exynos 1680
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fuuk1
8 months ago
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Probably a bad encode on that anime part, it might've actually been a corrupted file as you said. Videos on the internet use 4:2:0 chroma subsampling because it takes less space, ultimately. The...
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fuuk1
11 months ago
This chipset is definitely better than 8 Gen 3. It's also fabbed on the same node as 8 Elite Gen 5. Basing this off Geekbench, single-core and multi-core scores are pretty close to 8 Elite (8 Gen...
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fuuk1
11 months ago
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That ^ and
CPU
Architecture
4x 3.2 GHz – Firestorm
4x 2.1 GHz – Icestorm
Not
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
It's in reverse for comparisons (M1 and M2 for example)...
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Apple M1 Ipad
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fuuk1
11 months ago
L2 Cache
2MB is double 1024KB (1MB) so 2MB is more here, not the other way around.
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fuuk1
11 months ago
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The successor of it is Cortex-A510 which is part of ARMv9-A instruction set so yes, Smartphone Chip manufacturers will continue to use Cortex-A55 as long as they want to manufacture smartphone SoCs...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
So much bitching, complaining and moaning by me here but please bear with me.
Man, this is such a tough pill to swallow. Apple is making big strides with their controlling but improving nature...
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Apple M5
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fuuk1
1 year ago
Update official site link. The current one gives 404.
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/laptop/ryzen/ai-300-series/amd-ryzen-ai-9-hx-370.html
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fuuk1
1 year ago
Cinebench 2024 scores need to be updated. Single-core is around 200+ points for M5.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
C1X and N1 are the modems in iPad Pro M5, not Snapdragon now.
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Apple M5 Ipad
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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You're right. Wonder when they'll start considering that.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
Hello, Serhi, if you're reading this.
This is just me being pedantic but please correct it if possible.
Seems like Geekbench has 1GB = 1024MB here. I mean, from this comparison, I clicked on...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Oh right, how could I've forgotten about AI in the checklist? Make the NPU have 35 TOPS of performance, I guess…
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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By the way, Smartphone manufacturers are sleeping on D8400… Only 3 Chinese smartphone manufacturers used it on their devices… There's also D8450 (o_o) which is on Oppo's smartphones. Probably...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
Dimensity 8500 should be like this:
They should jump to TSMC's N3E node for the SoC instead of using N4P again unless they can iterate in other areas of the SoCs in a good way without becoming...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Also should be manufactured on TSMC's "N4P" instead of just "N4".
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fuuk1
1 year ago
The chip screams it's expensive. Wonder what the price of laptops with this SoC will be. Also, good on Qualcomm on for improving on their CPU design but this just showed their GPUs won't compare to...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Nice love confession, bro. When's the wedding?
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Well, you're right. The leaks back then were that D9500 uses cores which were called Cortex-X930 and Cortex-A730 in a 2+6 configuration and they're part of ARMv9.4-A. The leaks were wrong and I was...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
Apple should put this SoC in their cheaper MacBook Air, not A18 Pro.
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Apple A19 Pro
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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It should also have 10-bit AV1 4K60 video decode beside H.264, H.265, VP9.
WiFi 7. Bluetooth 6.0
But at this point, it's not realistically possible. I'm expecting too much, lol. This will not...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
MediaTek 7500 should be like this:
CPU cluster
4x Cortex-A520 at 2 GHz
3x Cortex-A725 at 2.5 GHz
1x Cortex-A725 at 2.8 GHz
GPU
Mali-G625 MP4 at 1.3 GHz (EUs/Pipelines: 4 cores, I...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
Samsung Tab S11 series have this chip.
What happened? Did Qualcomm fell out when it comes to supplying their flagship chip to Samsung's Flagship Tab series? Or Samsung picked Dimensity Flagship...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
Geekbench Compute (GPU) score from Pixel 9a: 7784
https://www.devicefacts.org/en/phone/google-pixel-9a
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Google Tensor G4
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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TL;DR if you don't wanna bother with reading them all though:
In ARM's Valhall 4th generation GPUs (year 2022), Hardware-accelerated Ray Tracing was introduced. Mali-G715 is part of 4th gen. Only...
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Google Tensor G4
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Scroll to the comments of this page:
https://www.devicefacts.org/en/soc/mediatek-dimensity-8400
And search for a post that says this by "Important question" user on January 22, 2025:
Is d8400...
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Google Tensor G4
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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hhh, Santiagobb
Well, I saw that Samsung is gearing up for LPDDR6 RAM chips release by the end of this year. I thought it'll actually happen. We'll see. I might be wrong.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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That's actually true. I hope it happens.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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You're all wrong. Binned M4 8-core CPU and GPU chip is in iMac M4 base model ($1299). Binned M4 10-core CPU and 8-core GPU chip is in MacBook Air M4 base model ($999). Binned M4 9-core CPU and...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Yes. Also, for efficiency too, in non-gaming workloads, 9700X is just better.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Good info, bro. Not sure about it supporting LPDDR5X too (?) but just checked out the JEDEC page for LPDDR6 and found out MediaTek and Qualcomm are ready support it already.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
Wish this chipset will be in Android Tablets or even Laptops, cause it's actually more than good enough for it, especially Android Tablets…
By the way, Dimensity 9500's cores are part of...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
MediaTek is the better one this time. Dang. That single-core performance is Apple-level crazy.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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This is about "Redmi Turbo 4," not "Redmi Turbo 4 Pro."
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Poco X7 Pro is my recommendation. Especially the Black or Green (plastic back) ones.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Why not? Why shouldn't someone choose iPhone 16e over iPhone 16 Pro Max?
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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If you're a gamer, don't bother with Poco F7. It gets hot after 15-30 minutes into the game, MLBB might not be as intensive Wuthering Waves but still heard it gets hot in other games. Check out...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Also, A56 has a more stable CPU/GPU compared to S24FE which thermal throttles easy. Sure 2400e's still faster but I wouldn't want dips in performance while using it.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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For gaming, Ryzen is always better. And R5 9600X also has better single threaded performance than CU5 225 here. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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People need to talk about this more. Who wants a smartphone that heats that much when it's doing something demanding. Qualcomm did a mistake here.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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I'd prefer them skipping A510 and A715 cores and going straight to A520 (2023 or 2024?) and A725 cores or going all big core like with A725 like 8400.
>A520 (2023 or 2024?)
A520 got refreshed...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Hello, in GeekBench 6 GPU Compute, can you make both comparisons in Vulkan or OpenCL APIs? Not one with Vulkan and other with OpenCL.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Sadly, this didn't happen in the global variant version of Nord 5. Welp...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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That's true. Fair enough.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Where? Also, that's bullshit. Manufacturers just don't ship many smartphones with 7+ Gen (number) chips to make it competitive enough in price. They'll sell smartphones with 8s Gen (number) chips...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
A19 Pro is pretty much a laptop chip now. Single core performance - M4 level, Multi core performance - M2 level.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
Off-topic, but this just reminded me that Samsung actually never sold a laptop with an AMD chip. They're collaborating when it comes to Exynos GPU Architecture though. Also wonder if they can bring...
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Samsung Exynos 1580
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fuuk1
1 year ago
Instruction set
ARMv9-A -> ARMv9.2-A
Cortex A520 and A720 are part of ARMv9.2-A.
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Samsung Exynos 1580
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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It's a marketing term they used; SK Hynix being the first to make 9600 MT/s LPDDR5X RAM, not Samsung. It's not an official term. Even JEDEC just calls it LPDDR5X-9600.
to quote:
>On 25 January...
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Xiaomi Xring O1
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Why is it a waste of time? I personally haven't used a smartphone or tablet with this chip. But more competition is always better. It pushes each other to actually try delievering better products...
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Xiaomi Xring O1
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fuuk1
1 year ago
Cheap and lazy refreshes… MediaTek releases a great SoC then does a lazy refresh later for some other then does that again for some other thing and then maybe do a good one; rinse and repeat. It's...
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fuuk1
1 year ago
new modem, memory being a bit slower, less L3 cache…
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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What?? OnePlus Nord 5 will have this?
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fuuk1
1 year ago
Geekbench GPU compute score for 8450?
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fuuk1
1 year ago
AV1 was mentioned in video codecs on Qualcomm's site. AV1 bros wished for AV1 being included in Snapdragon 7 Gen mobile series on this site and they got their wish, lol.
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fuuk1
1 year ago
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Oh right… >_> Also, nice name you got there.
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Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
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