

RYZEN CINEBENCH PRO
In Cinebench R20 multi-threaded, the Asus ROG Flow X13 conquers all, and the MacBook Pro M1 falls nearly to the back of the pack.
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But we’d be playing favorites if we didn’t mention that one huge disadvantage to the MacBook Pro is the use of Apple’s Rosetta 2 to handle translation of the x86 code to Arm. The MacBook Pro M1 doesn’t look so hot and actually loses to the 11th-gen Core i7-1185G7 CPU in the MSI Prestige 14. We did want to include the results for reference, as some may wonder what you get if you’re willing to carry the extra pounds. The same goes for the even heavier (and more powerful) Gigabyte Aorus 17. We don’t really think anyone would put the five-pound Acer Predator Triton 500 in the same class as any of the three-pound laptops. The Asus ROG Flow X13 weighs just 3 pounds despite having a Ryzen 9 5980HS inside of it. We didn’t have access to an XG Mobile for our review, as it was stuck in customs. In fact, it can’t be purchased without the custom-designed GeForce RTX 3080-based XG Mobile that’s connected using a proprietary x8 PCIe connection. The Flow X13 does offer one thing the MacBook Pro doesn’t: external GPU support. It features a 14-inch, 16:10 aspect-ratio touch panel with a 4K HDR+ screen and weighs 2.9 pounds.

(Note: This laptop is mistitled “Gigabyte Aero 17” in the performance charts. Gigabyte Aorus 17: 8-core Core i7-108750H, GeForce RTX 3080 with 105-watt TGP GPU, 32GB of DDR4/2933 RAM, 1TB SSD, 17.3-inch FHD 300Hz screen.(We reviewed a very similar Acer Predator Triton 500 last year.) Acer Predator Triton 500: 6-core Core i7-10750H, GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q, 32GB of DDR4/2933, 1TB SSD, 15.6-inch FHD 300Hz screen.In addition to those laptops, we also have: The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14: 8-core Ryzen 9 4800HS, GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q graphics, 16GB of DDR4/3200 memory, 1TB PCIe 3.0 SSD, 14-inch FHD screen, and a weight of 3.6 pounds.Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7: 8-core Ryzen 4800U with Radeon graphics, 16GB of LPDDR4X/4267 memory, 512GB PCIe 3.0 SSD, 14-inch FHD screen, lap weight of 3.1 pounds.MSI’s older Prestige 14: 6-core, 10th-gen Core i7-10710U, GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q graphics, 16GB of LPDDR3/2133 memory, 1TB PCIe 3.0 SSD, 14-inch 4K screen.MSI’s Prestige 14 Evo Remove non-product link: 4-core, 11th-gen Core i7-1185G7 with Iris Xe graphics, 16GB of LPDDR4X/4267 memory, 512GB PCIe Gen 4 SSD, 14-inch FHD screen.Both tests effectively confirm AMD's Zen 4 CPU cores do better with a higher power budget, and it'll be interesting to see how Dragon Range fares against Raptor Lake-HX. We put its lower-tier variant, Ryzen 7 7735HS, through the paces in our in-depth Asus TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition review, where it scored 1,588 and 13,995 points in Cinebench R23. On the Phoenix side, the Ryzen 7 7840HS scored 1,800 and 16,845 on Cinebench R23. However, the Dragon Range processor trades blows with the last-gen Core i9-12950HX (1,845/20,307), which is nothing short of impressive. Benchmarks for current-gen Raptor Lake-HX i7 models are absent, and it would be unfair to compare it against Core i9 SKUs because of their remarkably high power draw and higher core count. It is hard to pinpoint the Ryzen 7 7745HX's position in the laptop CPU segment based on its Cinebench R23 showing alone. To put things in perspective, that is about how much the Ryzen 9 6900HX consumed while scoring only 1,616 and 14,085 points in the benchmark. Given its "HX" nametag, the processor is quite power-hungry and can guzzle up to 95 Watts under load. It scores 1,828 points in the single-core test and 18,606 in multi-core. Twitter leaker stumbled upon a Bilibili post showing the Ryzen 7 7745HX's Cinebench R23 results.

Meanwhile, its younger sibling, Ryzen 7 7745HX, has shown up online. Laptops featuring the hardware are scheduled to hit shelves sometime in February 2022. Unfortunately, the CPU's real-world performance is still shrouded by mystery. While Intel's Raptor Lake-HX processors eventually dethroned it, AMD still can take back the crown with the flagship Ryzen 9 7945HX. AMD's Dragon Range-based Ryzen 9 7845HX made quite a splash by rocketing to the top of PassMark's charts.
