HP 290 G3 (i3-10100) is £290 and beats my old top end PC!

[chazzy2501]

 

The flagship i7-4770k beaten by a budget PC. The i3 only has a single stick of ram but does use an ok Nvme drive which can do 2000/1000GB (so better than my sata based SSD in the i7)

 

also included in the picture is the new mobile i5-1135G7 that came with the ProBook G8 we got this year, smoking the 10th gen i5-10210U (only 576 points) from the G7.

What a load of power to have on mobile, truly fewer compromises these days.

Edited June 8, 2021 by chazzy2501

[dmj]

Seems odd to hear a good result for an intel chip these days so I did some comparison.

@£583 these are nearly TWICE the price but the benchmark is EIGHT times faster with a four year warranty.

 

https://www.theedustore.co.uk/mac/mac-mini/mac-mini-apple-m1-chip-with-8-core-cpu-and-8-core-gpu-256gb-ssd-4-year-warranty

https://www.notebookcheck.net/These-Apple-M1-Cinebench-R23-scores-are-quite-impressive-for-a-10-W-processor.504380.0.html

[chazzy2501]

Yeap, those M1 Processors are amazing. I lust after the new ipad pro 12" with the fancy display.

 

but these PCs just need to office and surf so the i3 will do. plus the i3 badge will serve and anti theft deterrent.