A person looking for a new laptop usually looks first at the processor model and then decides whether the device is worth buying or not. Processor performance is affected by various features such as clock speed, number of cores, cache size, and many others.
Most modern laptops have one of the Intel processors, and only a few run on the AMD platform. Although most chips are made by one of these two companies, there are many different models that can confuse the uninformed user. We present the rating of mobile processors in 2017, based on research by AnandTech, one of the oldest foreign Internet publications dedicated to hardware.
10.Intel Atom Z3735F
The average battery life is 7 to 12 hours.
Representatives of the Atom series are the cheapest processors from Intel. They are installed in budget notebooks or Windows tablets such as the ASUS EeeBook X205TA and Prestigio Smartbook 141A03.
The Z3735F Atom is a quad-core (like almost all Atom processors), manufactured using a 22nm process technology, has 2MB of cache, and extremely low power consumption. Thanks to this, the device works for a very long time without recharging, but this is leveled by low performance.
Devices based on the Atom platform are perfect for a gift to a schoolchild or student. They are good enough for watching YouTube videos, surfing the Internet and working in a text editor, but playing "heavy" games and working with applications that heavily load memory and processor will not work. Most of today's cheap laptops already use Celeron chips rather than Atom chips.
9.Intel Pentium N4200
Battery life is from 4 to 6 hours.
If you are looking to buy a laptop that costs between 10,000 and 20,000 rubles, there is a good chance that it will have an Intel Pentium processor installed. This line of budget processors offers good performance, which is enough for working with an office suite and not overly demanding games. But doing video editing or, for example, going on a raid on a boss in your favorite online game without lags and terrible "brakes" with such a processor will not work.
Intel Pentium N4200 is manufactured using a 14nm process technology, has 4 cores, 2 MB of cache and operates at a base frequency of 1.10 GHz.
8.Intel Celeron N3050
The average battery life is 4 to 6 hours.
Celeron chips are very common in Chromebooks because Google's operating system is browser based and doesn't require as much horsepower as Windows does. Therefore, we do not recommend purchasing a laptop with Windows OS and Celeron or Pentium platform.
Celeron processors have TDPs ranging from 4W to 15W. At the same time, the heat dissipation of Celeron models starting with N is from 4 to 6 watts, and those ending with U - 15 watts, but their performance is also higher.
The N3050 has two cores, is manufactured using a 14nm process technology, clocked at 1.60 GHz and has 2 MB of cache.
7.Intel Core i5-7Y54
The average battery life is 5 to 9 hours.
In seventh place in the ranking of laptop processors is the seventh generation platform, made using a 14nm process technology. It has a base frequency of 1.20 GHz (can be overclocked to 3.20 GHz), two cores and 4 MB of cache memory. Suitable for ultra-thin laptops that require long work and daily tasks such as working with tables and texts, surfing the web, watching videos, etc.
6.Intel Core i5-7200U
The average battery life is 5 to 17 hours.
If you are looking for a laptop with good performance and long battery life, then look at devices with Intel U series chips. One of the best in this series is the Core i5-7200U, it comes with various data protection technologies such as Intel MPX (extensions memory protection), Intel SGX (High Level Secret Protection) technology, and a secret key. In addition, this 14nm chip has two cores, a clock speed of 2.50 GHz (upgradeable to 3.10 GHz) and 3 MB of cache.
5.Intel Core i5-8250U
The battery lasts, on average, 5 to 17 hours.
U-series processors come in models with a large battery and screen and can last more than 10 hours on a single charge.
This chip has a TDP of 15W, which is a reasonable compromise between good performance and long battery life, but needs active cooling. Unlike the i5-7200U version, the i5-8250U has four cores, the operating frequency can be increased from 1.60 to 3.40 GHz, and the cache is not 3, but 6 MB.
4. Intel Core i7-7500U
The average battery life is 5 to 17 hours.
This top-end processor from the 7th generation of Core processors is commonly found in business notebooks suitable for high-performance tasks. It has 2 cores and 4 MB of cache, and with Turbo Boost technology you can increase the clock speed from 2.70 GHz to 3.50 GHz.
3. Intel Core i7-8550U
The average battery life is 5 to 17 hours.
The new mobile microprocessor with Intel UHD Graphics 620 integrated graphics, four cores, 1.80 GHz base frequency and 4 GHz Turbo frequency has as much as 8 MB of cache memory. It supports up to 32GB of dual-channel DDR4-2400 memory and includes Intel UHD Graphics 620 IGP, clocked at 300MHz with a burst rate of 1.15GHz.
2. Intel Core i5-7440HQ
The average battery life is 3 to 8 hours.
The second position in the ranking of mobile processors for laptops went to a powerful quad-core platform, which is perfect for gamers, bloggers, designers and other users who demand the capabilities of a laptop. And thanks to Hyper-Threading technology, Core i7 chips can have 8 parallel threads. At the same time, HQ processors are very demanding on laptop cooling, their TDP is 45 W. For this reason, HQ chips are not used in ultra-thin laptops.
The Intel Core i5-7440HQ has four cores, a base frequency of 2.80 GHz, and a maximum of 3.80 GHz and 6 MB of cache. The processor is made according to the 14nm process technology.
1.Intel Core i7-7820HK
The battery lasts from 3 to 8 hours.
HK processors are almost the same as HQ processors, but they have higher frequencies and more cache memory. Many high quality gaming laptops have HK processors. The i7-7820HK has 4 cores, base and maximum clock speeds of 2.90 GHz and 3.90 GHz (with Turbo Boost technology), and 8 MB of cache.
Different processors are suitable for different purposes. For example, if you want to play the latest games and run large graphics applications, you will need a Core i7 quad-core processor. And the capabilities of the Core i5 are more than enough for the average user who does not need to work with audio and video editors, engineering programs or play on ultra-settings.