Performance Index

ID 615781
Date 03/08/2024
Document Table of Contents

8th Generation Intel® Core™ Mobile Processors

Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors.

Performance results are based on testing as of dates shown in configurations and may not reflect all publicly available updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure.

Form Factor Series Use Case Claim Processor Systems Measured Measurement Measurement Period
Laptop U Series Productivity Up to 2X better productivity versus 5 year old PC or Up to 2X better productivity with apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint than a 5 year old PCs (Get real work done up to 2X faster than a 5 year old PC) 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Measured on Intel Reference Platform Intel® Core™ i5-8250U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 3.4GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 versus 5 year old: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.6GHz, on Dell XPS* 12, Memory: 8GB DDR3, Storage: SSD, Intel® HD Graphics 4000, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by SYSmark* 2014 SE (Second Edition) on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2018
Laptop U Series Web Performance Up to 1.9X better web performance than a 5 year old PC 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Measured on Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i5-8250U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 3.4GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 versus 5 year old PC: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.6GHz, on Dell XPS* 12, Memory: 8GB DDR3, Storage: SSD, Intel® HD Graphics 4000, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by WebXPRT* 2015 on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2018
Laptop U Series Content Creation Edit and enhance photos up to 1.8X faster vs. a 5 year old compute 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Measured on Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i5-8250U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 3.4GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 versus 5 year old PC: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.6GHz, on Dell XPS* 12, Memory: 8GB DDR3, Storage: SSD, Intel® HD Graphics 4000, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by HDXPRT* 2014, Video Conversion subtest on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2018
Laptop U Series Content Creation Edit photos, create podcasts, and convert videos for sharing up to 1.6X faster vs. 5 year old PC 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Measured on Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i5-8250U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 3.4GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 versus 5 year old PC: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.6GHz, on Dell XPS* 12, Memory: 8GB DDR3, Storage: SSD, Intel® HD Graphics 4000, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by TouchXPRT* 2016 on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2018
Laptop U Series Content Creation Up to 2X faster content creation while editing photos vs. 5 year old PC 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Measured on Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i5-8250U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 3.4GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 versus 5 year old PC: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.6GHz, on Dell XPS* 12, Memory: 8GB DDR3, Storage: SSD, Intel® HD Graphics 4000, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by Content Creation Multitasking Workload on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2018
Laptop U Series Content Creation Transcode a 4K video to 1080p up to 13.2X faster vs. 5 year old PC 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Measured on Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i5-8250U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 3.4GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 versus 5 year old PC: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.6GHz, on Dell XPS* 12, Memory: 8GB DDR3, Storage: SSD, Intel® HD Graphics 4000, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by 4K to 1080p HEVC Transcode Workload on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2018
Laptop U Series Content Creation Edit photos up to 2.3X faster using Adobe* Photoshop Lightroom vs. 5 year old PC 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Measured on Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i5-8250U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 3.4GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 versus 5 year old PC: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.6GHz, on Dell XPS* 12, Memory: 8GB DDR3, Storage: SSD, Intel® HD Graphics 4000, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by Adobe* Photoshop Lightroom Workload on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2018
Laptop U Series Content Creation Create your highlight reel up to 2.1X faster vs. 5 year old PC 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Measured on Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i5-8250U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 3.4GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 versus 5 year old PC: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.6GHz, on Dell XPS* 12, Memory: 8GB DDR3, Storage: SSD, Intel® HD Graphics 4000, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by MAGIX Fastcut Video Create Workload on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2018
Laptop U Series Web Performance Web performance boosted up to 1.9x faster than a 5 year old computer 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Measured on Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i5-8250U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 3.4GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 versus 5 year old PC: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.6GHz, on Dell XPS* 12, Memory: 8GB DDR3, Storage: SSD, Intel® HD Graphics 4000, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by WebXPRT* 2015 on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2018
Laptop U Series Productivity Analyze and visualize data up to 40% faster 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 vPro® processors Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products As measured by Microsoft* Power BI Data Source Change Workload comparing 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8650U processor vs. 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4600U processor performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure January 31, 2018 - February 9, 2018
2-in-1 U/Y Series Productivity Compress data and visuals up to 2.3 times faster 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 vPro® processors Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products As measured by File Compression (Zipping) workload comparing 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8650U processor vs. 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4600U processor performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure January 31, 2018 - February 9, 2018
2-in-1 U/Y Series Productivity Transform data up to 87% faster 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 vPro® processors Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products As measured by Dataset JOIN query workload comparing 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8650U processor vs. 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4600U processor performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure January 31, 2018 - February 9, 2018
2-in-1 U/Y Productivity Gain up to 2.1 times faster multitasking 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 vPro® processors Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products As measured by Office Productivity and Multitasking Workload: Comparing 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8650U processor vs. 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4600U processor performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure January 31, 2018 - February 9, 2018
2-in-1 U/Y Series Productivity Gain up to 80% better overall system performance 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 vPro® processors Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products As measured by SYSmark* 2014 SE comparing 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8650U processor vs. 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4600U processor performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure January 31, 2018 - February 9, 2018
2-in-1 U/Y Series Productivity Gain up to 2.1 times faster DNA sequencing 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 vPro® processors Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products As measured by WebXPRT* 2015 (DNA Sequencing Subscore): comparing 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8650U processor vs. 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4600U processor performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure January 31, 2018 - February 9, 2018
2-in-1 U/Y Series Productivity Gain up to 2.3 times faster finance calculations 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 vPro® processors Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products As measured by Large numerical calculation workload comparing 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8650U processor vs. 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4600U processor performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure January 31, 2018 - February 9, 2018
2-in-1 U/Y Series Productivity Gain up to 50% faster stock option pricing 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 vPro® processors Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products As measured by WebXPRT* 2015 (Stock Option Pricing Subscore) comparing 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8650U processor vs. 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4600U processor performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure January 31, 2018 - February 9, 2018
Laptop U Series Content Creation Edit and enhance photos up to 19% faster vs a computer with a 7th Generation Intel® Core™ processor 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.0GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10; versus previous generation: Intel® Core™ i7-7500U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.5GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2133, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® HD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by HDXPRT* 2014 Overall Score on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Productivity Use office productivity applications and multitasking up to 40% faster vs a computer with a 7th Generation Intel® Core™ processor 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.0GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10; versus previous generation: Intel® Core™ i7-7500U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.5GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2133, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® HD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by Office Productivity and Multitasking Workload on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Content Creation Transcode a 4K video to 1080p up to 16% faster vs a computer with a 7th Generation Intel® Core™ processor 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.0GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10; versus previous generation: Intel® Core™ i7-7500U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.5GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2133, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® HD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by 4K to 1080p HEVC Transcode Workload on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Content Creation Edit photos up to 28% faster using Adobe* Photoshop Lightroom vs. a computer with a 7th Generation Intel® Core™ processor 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.0GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10; versus previous generation: Intel® Core™ i7-7500U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.5GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2133, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® HD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by Adobe* Photoshop Lightroom Workload on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Battery Life Up to 10 hours battery life 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.0GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10, Battery Size: 40WHr, Screen: 25x14 12”, Windows* 10 Power Slider – Better Performance As projected on Intel Reference Platform using a 40WHr battery and 25x14 Panel on Windows* 10 1080p 24fps Local Video Playback August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Battery Life Binge watch up to 9.4 hours of your favorite 4K Netflix show 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.0GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10, Battery Size: 70WHr, Screen: 4K, Windows* 10 Power Slider – Better Performance As projected on Intel Reference Platform using a 70WHr Battery and 4K Panel on Netflix 4K Streaming workload August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Battery Life Enjoy up to 10 hours of 4K UHD local video playback 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.0GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10, Battery Size: 70WHr, Screen: 4K, Windows* 10 Power Slider – Better Performance As projected on Intel Reference Platform using a 70WHr Battery and 4K Panel on Windows* 10 4K 24fps 10bit HEVC Local Video Playback August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Productivity Collaborate with your team members while also working on multiple office applications up to 2.3X faster than a 5 year old PC; giving you more time for other things 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor Measured on Intel Reference Platform Intel® Core™ i5-8250U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 3.4GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: : Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 versus 5 year old: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.6GHz, on Dell XPS* 12, Memory: 8GB DDR3, Storage: SSD, Intel® HD Graphics 4000, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by Office Productivity and Multitasking Workload: Slack is open in the background while a 2.28 MB, Microsoft* PowerPoint .ppt presentation is exported as a 1920x1080 H.264 .mp4 video presentation. While the video presentation is being created 1) a 6.49 MB, 844 page, Microsoft Word .docx document is converted to a 7.98 MB, PDF file and 2) a 70.4 MB, Microsoft* Excel .xlsm macro-enabled worksheet that is recalculated August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Gaming Play your favorite games, like Halo Wars II or Dirt 4 on-the-go in HD (up to 2.8X better 3D Graphics vs. 5 year old PC) 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor Measured on Intel Reference Platform Intel® Core™ i5-8250U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 3.4GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 versus 5 year old: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.6GHz, on Dell XPS* 12, Memory: 8GB DDR3, Storage: SSD, Intel® HD Graphics 4000, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by Futuremark* 3DMark* Sky Diver Graphics Score August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Content Creation Edit your video footage up to 14.7x faster, rendering that used to take 45 minutes on a 5 year old PC, now takes 3 minutes 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor Measured on Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i5-8250U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 3.4GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 versus 5 year old PC: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.6GHz, on Dell XPS* 12, Memory: 8GB DDR3, Storage: SSD, Intel® HD Graphics 4000, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by PowerDirector Ultra HD HEVC Video Creation on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Content Creation Organize and edit photos to create video slide shows up to 48% faster than a 7th gen PC 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.0GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10; versus previous generation: Intel® Core™ i7-7500U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.5GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2133, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® HD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by Content Creation Multitasking Workload August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Productivity Create media content, analyze financial data, or use your favorite office products up to 40% faster than a 7th gen PC 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Intel Reference Platform Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.0GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 versus previous generation: Intel® Core™ i7-7500U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.5GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2133, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® HD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by SYSmark* 2014 SE (Second Edition) on Intel Reference Platform August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Content Creation Organize online photos and make online photo enhancements with up to 23% better performance vs. 7th gen 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.0GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10; versus previous generation: Intel® Core™ i7-7500U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.5GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2133, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® HD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by Principled Technologies WebXPRT* 2015 Overall Score August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Content Creation Take your latest drone, adventure or vacation videos and easily create a 4K ready to share highlight reel up to 26% faster than 7th gen 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.0GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10; versus previous generation: Intel® Core™ i7-7500U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 2C4T, Turbo up to 3.5GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2133, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® HD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10 As measured by MAGIX* Fastcut Video Create Workload: The workload video is a 9 min. 21 sec., 3840x2160, ~59.9Mbps, H.264, 3.89GB, .mp4 file. The “A Cold Place” template is applied and is exported using the Full HD setting. The output video is a 38 sec., 1920x1080, ~20Mbps, H.264, ~93MB, .mp4 file August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Battery Life Play up 4K UHD video from your laptop for up to 10 hours - Ideal for a long trip 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.0GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10, Battery Size: 70WHr, Screen: 4K, Windows* 10 Power Slider – Better Performance As projected on Intel Reference Platform using a 70WHr Battery and 4K Panel on Windows* 10 4K 24fps 10bit HEVC Local Video Playback August 10, 2017
Laptop U Series Gaming Stream up to 11.9 hours of your favorite 4K UHD YouTube content 8th Gen: Intel® Core™ i7 processor Intel Reference Platform: Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor, PL1=15W TDP, 4C8T, Turbo up to 4.0GHz, Memory: 8GB DDR4-2400, Storage: Intel® SSD 600p Series, Intel® UHD Graphics 620, OS: Windows* 10, Battery Size: 70WHr, Screen: 4K, Windows* 10 Power Slider – Better Performance As projected on Intel Reference Platform using a 70WHr Battery and 4K Panel on YouTube 4K Streaming workload August 10, 2017