By: anonymous2 (anonymous2.delete@this.example.com), April 6, 2021 4:28 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
> Good:
> The cheaper SKUs are no longer crippled by disabling 1 of the 2 FMA units.
> No clock frequency penalty for AVX-256 and light AVX-512 instructions.
> For heavy AVX-512 instructions, the clock frequency 80% of normal frequency.
I would rephrase those 3 to "AVX-512 is a bit better" with the caveat "most things and most people don't care". Maybe AVX-512 is useful for futureproofing but it doesn't look that way yet.
> There are a few SKUs with good price/performance, e.g. Gold 6312U.
Really? The costs aren't that low and the performance isn't that good.
This really seems like a bit of a dud release to me.
I guess Intel has to do something, they have to keep moving and releasing product which is good for everyone, but it's stunningly uninteresting and uncompetitive.
> The cheaper SKUs are no longer crippled by disabling 1 of the 2 FMA units.
> No clock frequency penalty for AVX-256 and light AVX-512 instructions.
> For heavy AVX-512 instructions, the clock frequency 80% of normal frequency.
I would rephrase those 3 to "AVX-512 is a bit better" with the caveat "most things and most people don't care". Maybe AVX-512 is useful for futureproofing but it doesn't look that way yet.
> There are a few SKUs with good price/performance, e.g. Gold 6312U.
Really? The costs aren't that low and the performance isn't that good.
This really seems like a bit of a dud release to me.
I guess Intel has to do something, they have to keep moving and releasing product which is good for everyone, but it's stunningly uninteresting and uncompetitive.