42 PCWorld JUNE 2020
REVIEWS ACER SWIFT 3
performance, we also run Cinebench R15 set
to use just one thread. A lot of photo editing
apps are surprisingly reliant on one or two
threads for much of their work. Most functions
in Office likely don’t use many cores either.
The Swift 3 doesn’t win, but it’s basically
dead-even with most of the pack. Few could
tell the difference between most of these
laptops for most single-threaded tasks.
One issue with Cinebench R15 is that it’s a
On heavier loads, the Core i7-10710U-based
laptops give up ground as the heat builds up and
their boost clocks burn off.
Dell XPS 15 7590Core i9-9980HK
Acer SwRyzen 7 4700Uift 3
Dell XPS 13 7390Core i7-10710U
M14 DefaultSI Prestige
Core i7-10710U
MLaptop 3 15”icrosoft Surface
Ryzen 7 3580U
Dell XPS 13 9300 Default
Core i7-1065G7
Dell Inspiron 15 7000
Core i7-8565U
Acer SwCore i7-8565Uift 3
Acer SwCore i5-8250Uift 3
HuawX Proei MateBook
Core i7-8550U
Acer SwCore i5-1035G1ift 3
HP Spectre x360 13 2019
Core i7-8565U
HP Spectre x350 13 5t h Gen
Core i7-1065G7
HandBrake 0.99 Encode
Seconds
SHORTER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE
1, 595
3,280
2,635
3,654
1,876
3,654
3,192
3,734
3,927
4,175
4,183
4,302
4,399
Single-threaded performance sees most of the
laptops bunch up, with the highest-clocked chips
in front. You probably won’t feel the difference.
Dell XPS 15 7590Core i9-9980HK
Dell XPS 13 7390Core i7-10710U
Dell Inspiron 15 7000
Core i7-8565U
Dell XPS 13 9300 Default
Core i7-1065G7
HP Spectre x350 13 5t h Gen
Core i7-1065G7
Acer SwRyzen 7 4700Uift 3
M14 DefaultSI Prestige
Core i7-10710U
HP Spectre x360 13 2019
Core i7-8565U
HuawX Proei MateBook
Core i7-8550U
Acer SwCore i5-1035G1ift 3
MLaptop 3 15”icrosoft Surface
Ryzen 7 3580U
Acer SwCore i5-8250Uift 3
Acer SwCore i7-8565Uift 3
Cinebench R15.038
Single-core performance
LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE
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184
190
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197
183
184
172
170
169
152
146
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