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Samsung CPU performance meets AMD GPU performance per watt? I couldn't imagine a worse combination heh. I don't think this will compete with the M1 very well. At least I'm glad the industry is moving towards putting cheap high-performance/efficiency SoCs in all laptops finally.

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There was a generation here or there where AMD(and Nvidia) had poor performance per watt. And even then it was due to pushing clock speeds and voltages on the high end parts to compete on performance. Hardly the norm or even the case today. RDNA2 seems to be very efficient. Cooling aside the RDNA mobile GPU in my Macbook gets a lot done with 20w-30w of power.

Indeed and the reported Exynos GPU utilizing AMD IP is likely a bit hot on phones but the sustained leaks for 3D games look promising, if they are accurate in that they were recorded for sustained activity then it sets a sort of upper bound on the power draw given it’s in a phone.

Peak:

https://twitter.com/fronttron/status/1430192491450363913?s=2...

Sustained:

https://twitter.com/fronttron/status/1434492507283279884?s=2...

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