The Spanish Slimbook, once again, returns to give a pleasant surprise to the world of linuxeros with new notebooks with next-generation AMD microprocessors. And it does it for your sake, for the sake of the end user, since these chips will bring more performance to your equipment so that you can enjoy that wonderful essence of all the products of this firm and the latest technology.
In this way, they are guaranteed to have the most powerful 14-inch laptop with only 1.1 kg of weight, and an ultralight of 1.5 kg and 15.6 ″ screen with maximum CPU performance thanks to the Zen 2 microarchitecture (codename Renoir) in which the AMD Ryzen 4000 Series of the latest generation they have chosen.
The Linux kernel works like a charm with these AMD Ryzen, not only because of the continuous improvements of the code dependent on the x86 architecture, but also because of specific contributions for these chips. And you will already know that «the creator», Linus Torvalds, has also preferred to pass the Intel for the first time after 15 years and start using AMD chips. And it seems that he is delighted, compiling up to 3 times faster than he did before ... for a reason.
The time for change is now
Until now, AMD has been behind in terms of power and temperature for microprocessors intended for notebooks. That made the temperature management, especially on ultrabooks, and the battery life not the best. But the problems with Intel's 10nm manufacturing node, and the good Advances Made With Zen By AMD And 7nm, have made AMD to surpass Intel in this regard.
And it does not do so by sacrificing performance precisely, since benchmarks speak for themselves. As I say, the fabrication node and microarchitecture improvements have a lot to say in getting great performance per watt. In fact, Zen 2 has managed to optimize performance to achieve double the capacity in floating point and 15% more in IPC compared to its predecessor.
Technologies like AMD SenseMI they are also generating a better adaptation of these chips to all scenarios. These types of technologies use artificial intelligence for learning and adaptation to different profiles or levels of performance, even going so far as to overcome the frequency limitations of turbo mode with XFR technology.
You can enjoy all of this in your future slimbook laptop...
ProX and ProX 15
The new objects of desire of many users are now these two Slimbook laptops. The ProX and ProX 15, to choose the 14 or 15 inches according to your interest. Besides that, it will also be available in the KDE Slimbook, you know ... the version with the KDE logo of the Valencian company's team.
They are the ones who receive this update with AMD Ryzen 7 4800H. That is the specific model they have chosen. A model that integrates an AMD Radeon GPU that surpasses the integrated ones from Intel and also in some respects the dedicated NVIDIA GeForce MX of other models of their notebooks.
For your information, the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H has the following characteristics:
- 8 cores
- 16 threads (SMT)
- 2.9 Ghz base clock and up to 4.2 Ghz maximum
- Manufactured with 7nm TSMC process and FinFET transistors
- TDP of only 45w
- AMD Radeon 7-core 1.6Ghz GPU
- Support for DDR4-3200 and LPDDR4-4266 and PCIe 3.0 (12 lanes)
- FP6 connection
A chip that outperforms most Cinebench Rxx benchmakrs Intel Core i7-9750H. Therefore, a not inconsiderable performance ...
Of course, that Slimbook essence I was talking about has not disappeared, these ProX laptops continue to maintain the quality and performance of the Intel models, but with the benefits of AMD. That is, you will continue to enjoy:
- Quality IPS LED screen, 100% sRGB, brightness greater than 300nits, high resolution and good pixel density.
- Lightweight aluminum-magnesium alloy chassis (with 1.1 and 1.5kg for 14 and 15 ″ respectively) and with the ability to dissipate internal heat better than chassis made of polymer materials.
- Firmware privacy switches (BIOS / UEFI) to safely disconnect webcam, WiFi, Bluetooth and microphone.
- One of the largest batteries in the sector for you to enjoy hours and hours of your Slimbook, with 46.7 Wh and 91.2Wh for the two existing screen sizes.
- Keyboard available in multiple languages (coming soon).
- State-of-the-art hardware, and not just the AMD microprocessor.
- Ability to choose the operating system you want to install (or none). Although at the moment only the Ubuntu fork of Slimbook is available, that is, the Slimbook OS distro.
- Camera with biometric capacity to login or use sudo through facial recognition.
- Multi-touch touchpad for gesture configuration with shortcuts.
- And with two possible finishes to choose from:
- KDE SLimboo, with the KDE project logo and Plasma key, as well as KDE Neon.
- The normal ProX with Slimbook logo, Tux key.
Where can I get it?
For if you want your Slimbook powered with AMD, you can buy it from the official online store ... and you're already taking time!
Buying a KYMERA Slimbook desktop with AMD