JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 53The Swift 5 actually does okay in our HandBrake test,
zipping past the Spectre x360 on default settingsPerformance
On to benchmarks, then. As I said, our Swift 5 review
model used an Intel Core i7-1065G7 part with Iris Plus
graphics and 8GB of LPDDR4 RAM. And it does fine.
We’ve been able to test a few of these i7-1065G7
processors now, including the aforementioned XPS 13
2-in-1 and Spectre x360. That lets us do some head-
to-head comparisons. First, let’s take a look at our
HandBrake test, wherein we encode a 30GB MKV file
down to the Android Tablet preset, a lengthy task for
CPUs of this calibre.
The Swift 5 actually does okay, zipping past the
Spectre x360 on default settings. The graph doesn’t
tell the whole story though, as the Spectre x360 set
to ‘Performance Mode’ handily outperforms the SwiftJUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 53The Swift 5 actually does okay in our HandBrake test,
zipping past the Spectre x360 on default settings
Performance
On to benchmarks, then. As I said, our Swift 5 review
model used an Intel Core i7-1065G7 part with Iris Plus
graphics and 8GB of LPDDR4 RAM. And it does fine.
We’ve been able to test a few of these i7-1065G7
processors now, including the aforementioned XPS 13
2-in-1 and Spectre x360. That lets us do some head-
to-head comparisons. First, let’s take a look at our
HandBrake test, wherein we encode a 30GB MKV file
down to the Android Tablet preset, a lengthy task for
CPUs of this calibre.
The Swift 5 actually does okay, zipping past the
Spectre x360 on default settings. The graph doesn’t
tell the whole story though, as the Spectre x360 set
to ‘Performance Mode’ handily outperforms the Swift