[FFmpeg-devel] Hardware purchase request: AVX512-capable laptop

[Lynne]

Jan 3, 2024, 04:04 by dev at lynne.ee:

> Jan 3, 2024, 02:22 by jamrial at gmail.com:
>
>> On 1/2/2024 9:56 PM, Lynne wrote:
>>
>>> As some of you know, my laptop died nearly 2 years ago, and
>>> I've been working on a desktop machine, which is currently a Zen 3.
>>> AVX512 has become more popular in the meantime, with Zen 4
>>> and future AMD CPUs shipping with it, but currently, we have very
>>> little AVX512.
>>> In short, I'd like a machine which runs an AVX512-capable
>>> AMD CPU, and as the world is opening up more and more, I'd
>>> like for it to be portable.
>>>
>>> I've looked around a lot, but as Intel still has a firm monopoly,
>>> the options are limited (7940H(S), 7945HX, 7845HX, 8945HS).
>>> What I think I've settled for is an ASUS Vivobook Pro 15, with a
>>> 7940HS CPU (the second least powerful Zen 4 mobile CPU),
>>>
>>
>> 7940HS is the highest Ryzen 9 model from the 7040 series. Not sure where you got second least powerful from.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Ryzen_processors#Phoenix_(7040_series,_Zen_4/RDNA3_based)
>>
>
> Was reading Wikipedia, and thought it was a Zen 3, my mistake
> (and AMD's mistake for making 4 versioning formats):
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Ryzen_processors
>
>
>>> currently trading for 1999.0 EUR on amazon.de.
>>>
>>> https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Vivobook-Display-R9-7940HS-Windows-Keyboard/dp/B0BRYTS8MR
>>>
>>> The other alternative I've found is a Lenovo Legion 7 Pro, but
>>> it's more expensive at 2399 EUR (currently seems temporarily
>>> discounted due to the holidays).
>>>
>>
>> I see a Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 available for 1099 EUR. https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Lenovo-Display-Graphics-Blue-Green-Premium/dp/B0CGLPVQHK/
>>
>> Same amount of RAM, screen resolution and storage, and a Ryzen 7.
>>
>
> It's a good suggestion, but I have a better one, that's somewhat more expensive,
> but has a better screen, better build quality, and is cheaper than the Vivobook:
>
> A Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 with the following options:
>  - Windows 14 Home (if you don't pick Windows, the OLED display is not available for no reason)
>  - 32Gb of RAM
>  - 1Tb "performance" SSD (it's 70 EUR more, but twice the size)
>  - 2880x1800 OLED monitor
>  - 4-cell battery (only 10 EUR more)
>  - English (EU) keyboard, without backlighting
>
> https://www.lenovo.com/de/de/configurator/cto/index.html?bundleId=21K9CTO1WWDE2
>

Correction: link I pasted was for the P16s, not the P14s, this is the correct link:
https://www.lenovo.com/de/de/configurator/cto/index.html?bundleId=21K5CTO1WWDE2