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PCPer Core M review: Yoga 3 Pro

Finally we get a reasonably complete review of the Core M. I think this sums it up perfectly:

"It would be easy to look at the Core M 5Y70 processor and come away disappointed. Here's Intel, the biggest microprocessor company in the world, releasing a new generation of products that is actually a step backward in performance compared to Haswell. But that view of the situation is incredibly narrow. Yes, in most of our benchmarks. the Core M 5Y70 is slower than the Core i5-4200U, especially when you look at heavily threaded applications like media transcoding. In several single-threaded workloads, CineBench and 7-Zip for example, the performance of the Core M 5Y70 is right on par with the Haswell generation of CPUs with a significantly higher TDP.

That alone is worth noting. Broadwell-Y has a TDP of just 4.5 watts and is able to match performance of the Haswell-ULT with a TDP of 15 watts in some cases. The Broadwell architecture will be more than capable of outperforming Haswell when we see matched-TDP parts on the market, but for now, Intel depends on incredibly high Turbo Boost clocks, in short bursts, to keep the experience of using a 4.5 watt variant enjoyable. Enjoyable enough that you won't realize you are using a processor with TDP levels typical of small Android and Windows tablets."

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/Intel-Core-M-5Y70-Review-and-Performance-Testing-Broadwell-Y/Power-Consumption-an