40 PCWorld SEPTEMBER 2020
REVIEWS HP ENV Y X360 13
well they manage heat. The less heat from the
CPU or GPU (or ambient temperature), the
higher and longer they can boost clock speeds
and finish a task quickly. To simulate a heavier
load, we run the free utility HandBrake to
encode a 30GB, 1080p file using the Android
Tablet preset. Shorter times are better.
While the performance preset hasn’t
yielded great dividends with other laptops
we’ve tested, when we tried it with the Envy
360 13 we saw a very decent 11-percent
decrease in how long it takes to convert the
file. We also see just how potent the cooler
running Ryzen 5 4500U is: The only laptops in
Dell XPS 15 7590Core i9-998xq0HK
Acer SwRyzen 7 4700Uift 3
HP Envy x360 13 Performance
Ryzen 5 4500U
Dell XPS 13 7390Core i7-10710U
HP Envy x360 13Ryzen 5 4500U
M14 DefaultSI Prestige
Core i7-10710U
MLaptop 3 15”icrosoft Surface
Ryzen 7 3580U
Dell XPS 13 9380Core 7-8565U
Dell XPS 13 9300 Default
Core i7-1065G7
Dell Inspiron 15 7000
Core i7-8665U
Acer SwCore i5-8250Uift 3
HP Spectre x360 13 2019
Core i7-8565U
HP Spectre x360 13 5t h Gen
Core i7-8565U
HandBrake 0.99 Encode
Seconds
SHORTER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE
1, 595
2,635
2,542
3,280
1,876
3,192
2,542
3,469
3,654
3,654
3,927
4,302
4,399
Dell XPS 15 7590Core i9-998xq0HK
Dell XPS 13 7390Core i7-10710U
Dell Inspiron 15 7000
Core i7-8665U
Dell XPS 13 9300 Default
Core i7-1065G7
HP Spectre x360 13 5t h Gen
Core i7-8565U
Acer SwRyzen 7 4700Uift 3
Dell XPS 13 9380Core 7-8565U
HP Envy x360 13 Performance
Ryzen 5 4500U
HP Envy x360 13Ryzen 5 4500U
M14 DefaultSI Prestige
Core i7-10710U
HP Spectre x360 13 2019
Core i7-8565U
MLaptop 3 15”icrosoft Surface
Ryzen 7 3580U
Acer SwCore i5-8250Uift 3
Cinebench R15.038
Single-core performance
LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE
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