PC World - USA (2020-06)

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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