Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 abandons AMD processor, driving backwards in battery life experience
CTOnews.com, October 25, a new generation of Microsoft notebook Surface Laptop 5 was released this month. The processor has been upgraded from the previous generation of Intel 11 to 12, with a new "immortal tea green" color and no AMD processor version.
According to the Tom's Guide test of foreign media, Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 seems to have gone backwards in terms of battery life, and has not played the AMD version of Surface Laptop 4.
According to tests, Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 with AMD R7 4980U lasts up to 12 hours and 4 minutes, including web browsing, video playback and OpenGL testing, with a brightness setting of 150 nits and connecting to the Wi-Fi.
Under the same conditions, the Surface Laptop 5 with Intel i7-1255U was tested with a range of only 9 hours and 50 minutes, or 2 hours and 14 minutes less than the previous generation.
Microsoft has previously said that Ruilong 4000 Surface Edition is optimized for Surface Laptop 4, but abandoning AMD in Surface Laptop 5 is tantamount to giving up an advantage.
However, the Cinebench i7-1255U score of 1674 (single core) and 8709 (multi-core), significantly higher than the AMD R7 4980U 1173 (single core) and 6748 (multi-core). It seems that the price of performance improvement may be a retrogression in battery life.
The following is a comparison of the parameters of the two models:
Surface Laptop 5Surface Laptop 4CPUIntel Core i7-1255UAMD Ryzen 7 4980U (Microsoft Surface Edition) graphics card Intel Iris XeAMD Radeon Vega graphics (Integrated) memory 16GB LPDDR5x16GB LPDDR4-4266 hard disk 512GB SSD PCIe NVMe SSD512GB PCIe NVMe SSD display 15 inches, 2496 x 1664 touch screen 15 inches 2496 x 1664 Touch screen Network connection Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX 201 and Bluetooth 5.2Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX 200 and Bluetooth 5 Interface Lightning 4 / USB 4 Type-C, USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-AUSB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C, USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A camera 720p IR720p IR Battery 47.4 WHr47.4 WHr Charger 65 W65 W operating system Windows 11 HomeWindows 10 Home size 339.5 x 244 x 14.7 mm339.5 x 244 x 14.7 mm weight 1.54 kg1.54 kg
