Rumoured AMD Carrizo benchmarks surface

[HEXUS]

A mobile part with surprisingly strong performance.

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[demothon]

Another mobile CPU is not what AMD needs atm since the mid to high range desktop CPU region is currently owned by Intel. New CPUs in that area is what AMD needs not only for them but also to help keep the prices of the area from exploding.

[spacein_vader]

Another mobile CPU is not what AMD needs atm since the mid to high range desktop CPU region is currently owned by Intel. New CPUs in that area is what AMD needs not only for them but also to help keep the prices of the area from exploding.

I disagree. While that would be better for us enthusiasts (in terms of power and price competition,) we're not the mass market. The mass market is in laptops and mobile. The vast bulk of the remaining desktop systems sold are to businesses, in this area AMDs APUs are a better fit and are competitive. High end desktop CPU only just isn't that big a market segment for AMD or anyone else.

[DanceswithUnix]

Another mobile CPU is not what AMD needs atm since the mid to high range desktop CPU region is currently owned by Intel. New CPUs in that area is what AMD needs not only for them but also to help keep the prices of the area from exploding.

If you follow the link to SiSoft it says:

Global Rank #11,978
Position Higher than 91.43% ranked results
Qualification Excellent Performance

so for a mass market laptop chip, I would say that is pretty good. Unfortunately if this leak is true, then Intel now know what to expect and can adjust prices accordingly to make sure no-one makes boards with these chips on.

[keithwalton]

I'd be very worried for amd if a 35w cpu was slower than a 10w one!

[kingpotnoodle]

Oh, wow a 35W CPU beats out a 10W Celeron and and 18W AMD CPU... trying not to be cynical but it's hard.

If it really is 35W part here then with 3.5x more TDP to play with it doesn't seem to exhibit great performance per watt compared to the J1900.

[DanceswithUnix]

Oh, wow a 35W CPU beats out a 10W Celeron and and 18W AMD CPU... trying not to be cynical but it's hard.

If it really is 35W part here then with 3.5x more TDP to play with it doesn't seem to exhibit great performance per watt compared to the J1900.

35W CPU is a guess, this is all guesswork. What if those figures are for Carrizo-L, the J1900 competitor? Seems just as likely to me, or possibly just as likely that all the figures are made up.

[kingpotnoodle]

35W CPU is a guess, this is all guesswork. What if those figures are for Carrizo-L, the J1900 competitor? Seems just as likely to me, or possibly just as likely that all the figures are made up.

Yeah lets hope for the sake of competition it's not accurate for the 35W part, that performance needs to be 10-20W range to be compelling against Celeron/Pentium chips.