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

[Kieran Kunhya]

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On Wed, 3 Jan 2024, 03:30 Lynne, <dev at lynne.ee> wrote:

> 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


Why not just buy an Intel NUC 11th gen with AVX512?

There are also Zen 4 NUC clones.

Kieran