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Xiaomi Announces Redmi Note 10 Series: Pro Hands-On at $279 - AnandTech
Today Xiaomi is updating one of its most popular and successful phone models with a slew of new Redmi Note 10 variants. Alongside the Note 10, Note 10S and the Note 10 5G, we’ve had the Redmi Note 10 Pro for a few days to get our first impressions of the low-cost device. The device’s predecessor, the Redmi Note 9 Pro, was amongst our top buyer’s recommendations at this price point in 2020, and the newer Note 10 Pro has a few tricks up its sleeve to make it an ever more interesting device in this price range.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro Comparison | ||
Note 9 Pro | Note 10 Pro | |
SoC | Snapdragon 7202x A76 @ 2.3GHz 6x A55 @ 1.8GHzAdreno 618 | Snapdragon 732G2x A76 @ 2.3GHz 6x A55 @ 1.8GHzAdreno 618 |
Display | 6.67-inchFHD+ 2400 x 1080(20:9) | 6.67-inchFHD+ 2400 x 1080(20:9) |
IPS LCD60Hz | AMOLED120Hz | |
Dimensions | 165.8 x 76.7 x 8.8 mm209 grams | 164.0 x 76.5 x 8.1 mm193 grams |
RAM | 6GB LPDDR4X | 6 / 8GB LPDDR4X |
NANDStorage | 64 / 128GB UFS 2.1+ microSD | 64 / 128GB UFS 2.2+ microSD |
Battery | 5020mAh (19.32Wh) typ. | |
18W Fast Charging | 33W Fast Charging | |
Front Camera | 16MP 1.0µmf/2.5 | 16MPf/2.45 |
Primary Rear Camera | 64MP 0.8µm 1/1.72"Samsung GW1(16MP 1.6µm 2x2 binning)f/1.89 | 108MP 0.7µm 1/1.52"Samsung HM2(12MP 2.1µm 3x3 binning)f/1.925mm eq. |
SecondaryRear Camera | 8MP 1.12µmUltra-Wide-Anglef/2.2 119° FoV / 13mm eq. | |
TertiaryRear Camera | 5MP 1.12µmMacro Cameraf/2.4 | |
ExtraCamera | 2MP Depth Sensor | |
4G / 5GModem | Integrated 4G | |
SIM Size | NanoSIM + NanoSIM + microSD(Triple slot, all separate) | |
Wireless | 802.11a/b/g/n/acBT 5.0 LE, NFC, GPS/Glonass/Galileo/BDS | |
Connectivity | USB Type-C + 3.5mm jack | |
Special Features | IP53 Rating | |
Fingerprint sensor (Capacitive power button)IR Blaster | ||
Launch OS | Android 10 w/ MIUI 11 | Android 11 w/ MIUI 12 |
Launch Prices | 6+64GB: $2696+128GB: $299 | 6+64GB: $2796+128GB: $2998+128GB: $329 |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Series Comparison | ||||
Note 10 5G | Note 10 | Note 10S | Note 10 Pro | |
SoC | Dimensity 7002x A76 @ 2.2GHz 6x A55 @ 2.0GHzMali G57MP2 | Snapdragon 6782x A76 @ 2.0GHz 6x A55 @ 1.7GHzAdreno 612 | Helio G952x A76 @ 2.3GHz 6x A55 @ 1.8GHzMali G76MP4 | Snapdragon 732G2x A76 @ 2.3GHz 6x A55 @ 1.8GHzAdreno 618 |
Display | 6.5-inchFHD+ 2400 x 1080(20:9) | 6.43-inchFHD+ 2400 x 1080(20:9) | 6.67-inchFHD+ 2400 x 1080(20:9) | |
IPS LCD90Hz | AMOLED60Hz | AMOLED120Hz | ||
Dimensions | 161.8 x 75.34 x 8.92 mm190 grams | 160.0 x 74.5 x 8.29 mm178.8 grams | 164.0 x 76.5 x 8.1 mm193 grams | |
RAM | 4 / 6GB LPDDR4X | 6 / 8GB LPDDR4X | ||
NANDStorage | 64 / 128GB UFS 2.2+ microSD | |||
Battery | 5000mAh(19.25Wh) typ. | 5020mAh (19.32Wh) typ. | ||
18W Fast Charging | 33W Fast Charging | |||
Front Camera | 8MP | 13MP | 16MPf/2.45 | |
Primary Rear Camera | 48MP 0.8µm1/2"(12MP 1.6µm 2x2) f/1.79 | 64MP 0.8µm 1/1.72"Samsung GW1(16MP 1.6µm 2x2) f/1.89 | 108MP 0.7µm 1/1.52"Samsung HM2(12MP 2.1µm 3x3) f/1.925mm eq. | |
SecondaryRear Camera | - | 8MP 1.12µmUltra-Wide-Anglef/2.2 119° FoV / 13mm eq. | ||
TertiaryRear Camera | 2MP macro | 5MP 1.12µmMacro Cameraf/2.4 | ||
ExtraCamera | 2MP Depth Sensor | |||
4G / 5GModem | Integrated 5G | Integrated 4G | ||
SIM Size | NanoSIM + NanoSIM + microSD(Triple slot, all separate) | |||
Wireless | 802.11a/b/g/n/acBT 5.0 LE, NFC, GPS/Glonass/Galileo/BDS | |||
Connectivity | USB Type-C + 3.5mm jack | |||
Special Features | - | Dual Speakers, IP53 Rating | ||
Fingerprint sensor (Capacitive) | Fingerprint sensor (Capacitive power button)IR Blaster | |||
Launch OS | Android 11 w/ MIUI 12 | |||
Launch Prices | 4+64GB: $1994+128GB: $229 | 4+64GB: $1994+128GB: $229 | 6+64GB: $2296+128GB: $2498+128GB: $279 | 6+64GB: $2796+128GB: $2998+128GB: $329 |
MediaTek Announces Dimensity 1100 & 1200 SoCs: A78 on 6nm - AnandTech
Today MediaTek announced two new top-end SoCs in the form of the new Dimensity 1100 and Dimensity 1200. The two new designs are a...
Today MediaTek announced two new top-end SoCs in the form of the new Dimensity 1100 and Dimensity 1200. The two new designs are a follow-up to last year’s Dimensity 1000 SoC which marked the company’s return to the high-end in 2020, with a relatively solid SoC design. The two new chipsets upgrade the Dimensity 1000 in terms of CPU configuration and camera ability, as well as coming in a new 6nm process node. The new chips however don’t upgrade every aspect of their designs, as things such as the GPU configuration and the modem capabilities seem to be identical to that of the Dimensity 1000.
MediaTek SoCs | |||
SoC | Dimensity 1000(+) | Dimensity 1100 | Dimensity 1200 |
CPU | 4x Cortex A77 @ 2.6GHz4x Cortex A55 @ 2.0GHz | 4x Cortex A78 @ 2.6GHz4x Cortex A55 @ 2.0GHz | 1x Cortex A78 @ 3.0GHz3x Cortex A78 @ 2.6GHz4x Cortex A55 @ 2.0GHz |
GPU | Mali-G77MP9 @ ? MHz | Mali-G77MP9 @ ? MHz | Mali-G77MP9 @ ? MHz |
APU / NPU / AI Proc. / Neural IP | "3rd gen APU"2 "big" + 3 "small" + 1 "tiny"4.5TOPs total perf | "3rd gen APU"2 "big" + 3 "small" + 1 "tiny" | "3rd gen APU"2 "big" + 3 "small" + 1 "tiny"+12.5% perf |
Memory | 4x 16b LPDDR4x | 4x 16b LPDDR4x | 4x 16b LPDDR4x |
ISP/Camera | 80MPor32MP + 16MP | 108MPor32MP + 16MP | 200MPor32MP + 16MP |
Encode/Decode | 2160p60H.264 & HEVC& AV1 (Decode) | 2160p60H.264 & HEVC& AV1 (Decode) | 2160p60H.264 & HEVC& AV1 (Decode) |
Integrated Modem | 5G Sub-6DL = 4600Mbps200MHz 2CA, 256-QAM,4x4 MIMO UL = 2500Mbps200MHz 2CA, 256-QAM,2x2 MIMO LTE Category 19 DL | 5G Sub-6DL = 4700Mbps200MHz 2CA, 256-QAM,4x4 MIMO UL = 2500Mbps200MHz 2CA, 256-QAM,2x2 MIMO LTE Category 19 DL | |
Connectivity | WiFi 6 (802.11ax)+ Bluetooth 5.1+ Dual Band GNSS | WiFi 6 (802.11ax)+ Bluetooth 5.2+ Dual Band GNSS | |
Mfc. Process | 7nm (N7) | 6nm (N6) |
Intel at CES 2021: Ice, Tiger, Rocket, Jasper, and Alder Lake - AnandTech
Despite only having a 30 minute press event at this year’s annual CES trade show, Intel has a lot to discuss about its plans through the next 12 months. The company touched upon five key processor architectures and product segments that will dictate where a lot of its FY2021 will come from. This is essentially a yearly roadmap set of announcements, without actually giving us the roadmap. Carousel Image is of Intel's Greg Bryant, GM of the Client Computing Group, presenting at CES. We’ve had a lot of Intel news today, which we separated out into separate news posts for ease of use. This is a handy quick-use guide to click through to any of our analysis An Evening with Intel CEO Bob Swan: Roundtable Q&A Intel surprised us by offering a chance to ask questions to the man in charge, CEO Bob Swan. It is rare for Intel to offer access to its C-Level executives to the tech press, and as a result we had to think of some nail biters to ask him that only he could answer. Our time was short, and ended up being about 15 minutes for the 5/6 of us to ask and get answers, but it was good to hear answers relating to Intel’s fab strategy, what Intel can do when it comes to outsourcing, and whether Bob considers Intel’s technical or financial position as more important. Hot Off The Press: Ice Lake Xeon Now In Production Many of Intel’s recent challenges stems from its inability to drive its 10nm process into two of the key revenue generating areas for the company: desktop and server. We were expecting to see Intel’s 10nm Ice Lake Xeon Scalable at the end of last year, but it passed by without a peep. Today Intel is announcing that it has started production, although earlier in the year Intel said it was already ramping production, and other sources tell us that Intel has already launched the hardware, and is shipping to customers? It all got very confusing. The Newest Desktop On The Block: Rocket Lake’s Core i9-11900K Intel has been teasing its next generation Rocket Lake desktop processors for several months now, with arrows pointing to PCIe 4.0 and we already know about the backported CPU and GPU cores. There are big questions as to what this means for performance and power, and Intel answered exactly zero of our questions, but did decided to preview some of the gaming performance, as well as give us concrete numbers on frequencies. There’s also a launch of many, many 500-series motherboards. Laptops Now Have Options: Tiger Lake 35W, Tiger Lake 45W On the notebook side of the equation, Intel has two new product families for its OEM partners to play with. The closest to launch is the new Tiger Lake H35 series, which are Intel’s regular 15 W processors beefed up to a 35 W power mode, and scraping 5.0 GHz. A little further away is the traditional 45W H-Series processors, featuring up to eight cores. We’ve got details on both. Business Customers Matter Too: Intel Tiger Lake gets vPro Given the massive growth of notebook sales this year to the business sector, demand for business class notebooks is growing fast. These business notebooks need special security features, as well as out-of-band management, and thus require Intel’s vPro line of hardware. Intel is meeting that need by putting the latest 15W Tiger Lake processors into its vPro line. More details of the additional features that come with the hardware, such as CET, in our coverage. Chromebooks for Education: 10nm Jasper Lake Comes To Life Here’s an announcement we weren’t really expecting to get in detail, but we’re glad we did: Intel is updating its Pentium Silver and Celeron processor line with 10nm Jasper Lake processors. What makes this an exciting launch is that these are powered by Intel’s latest generation Tremont Atom cores that do x86 a little differently than most. We can’t wait to get our hands on one, especially as they filter into Windows machines and mini-PCs. More details inside. Alder Lake? Mentioned briefly in our pre-show discussions under NDA at the time, while there’s no specific news on Intel’s Alder Lake platform coming later in 2021, CEO Bob Swan did tell us that it will be Intel’s most ‘power scalable’ SoC for desktop and mobile. More details to follow later in the year. Update: Intel showed off this system during the CES press conference. Intel said it was an Alder Lake system, up and running with Windows. Obviously early silicon and a test board so far, but it's a step in the right direction. It was confirmed for launch in the second half of the year. Related Reading
Lenovo Announces New IdeaPad 5 Laptops at CES: AMD, Intel, Qualcomm, and 5G - AnandTech
Always one of the biggest set of announcements for CES is from Lenovo, with updates to a lot of their lineup being announced every...
Always one of the biggest set of announcements for CES is from Lenovo, with updates to a lot of their lineup being announced every January, as well as some very interesting new products being shown off most years. As we head into CES week, Lenovo is teasing us with some updates to their IdeaPad lineup, including a new 5G model. As tends to be the case, we don’t always have the full spec sheets for these announcements yet, but let’s dig in and see what Lenovo is planning for the start of 2021. IdeaPad 5G 5G is still a buzzword, but it is nice to see the technology coming to laptops as well. Lenovo’s new IdeaPad 5G is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx processor, and is coupled to the X55 modem to provide sub-6 GHz 5G capabilities for speedier networking in supported locations. Interestingly, the new laptop offers the fastest cellular connectivity, but only has Wi-Fi 5 support when you do connect to an access point. The 14-inch laptop offers a 1920x1080 16:9 display which can hit 300 nits in the sRGB gamut. RAM is up to 8 GB of LPDDR4X, and storage offerings will be up to 512 GB of PCIe SSD. The IdeaPad, thanks to the 8cx platform, is able to go fanless, which is one of the benefits of the low-powered Arm platform. Another benefit is battery life, with Lenovo claiming up to 20 hours of video playback from just 51 Wh capacity is a strong showing, and the USB-C charging offers Rapid Charge Express. Lenovo hasn’t fixed a price yet, other than to say it will vary by market, and that it will not be released in North America at this time. IdeaPad 5 Pro and 5i Pro Back in the x86 world, Lenovo is releasing two new IdeaPad models powered by AMD Ryzen in the 5 Pro, and 11th Gen Intel Core in the 5i Pro. These new laptops have moved to a 16:10 aspect ratio, and will be available in both a 14-inch and 16-inch model. We have seen a lot of laptops make the jump to taller displays in the last year or two, and it is very nice to see Lenovo offer several models with the 16:10 ratio. Lenovo is utilizing the IR sensor for time-of-flight, instead of just for Windows Hello login, which is a nice touch. The laptop will sense when you get up and walk away, and automatically pause video, as an example. Lenovo is also adding Amazon Alexa Show Mode, which lets you use your PC as an Alexa device when you want to. The displays are not only 16:10 aspect, but the 14-inch model offers a 90 Hz refresh rate and 400 nits of brightness. The 16-inch offers 120 Hz and 350 nits, which is nice to see in a non-gaming laptop. Both the Intel and AMD models will also offer an NVIDIA MX450 graphics card as a bump over integrated graphics. The 14-inch model will offer a 56.5 Wh battery, while the larger 16-inch model jumps to a very impressive 75 Wh unit, and all of them feature Rapid Charge Express for quicker charging over USB-C. On the Intel model, Tiger Lake is paired with up to 16 GB of DDR4 RAM and up to 1 TB of PCIe storage, and the 16-inch model features a Thunderbolt 4 port. Those opting for the next-generation AMD Ryzen H model lose access to the Thunderbolt 4, but the 16-inch IdeaPad 5 Pro can be outfitted with 32 GB of DDR4, rather than the 16 GB max in the smaller model. Lenovo has also added a larger trackpad, and updated the keyboard with new keys and backlighting. These devices, other than the 16-inch AMD powered model, will not initially be in the US market, but availability for all models will be in March, with prices as follows:
- IdeaPad 5 Pro 16” AMD laptop starts at $1149.99 and is to be available starting May 2021.
- IdeaPad 5 Pro 14” AMD laptop (not in the U.S.) available in EMEA March 2021, starts at €799.00
- IdeaPad 5i Pro 16” Intel laptop (not in the U.S.) available in EMEA March 2021, starts at €899
- IdeaPad 5i Pro 14” Intel laptop (not in the U.S.) available in EMEA March 2021 starts at €699
Apple Announces new 8th gen iPad with A12, iPad Air with 5nm A14 Chip - AnandTech
This year’s September Apple event has been relatively unusual, not only because of the pandemic and online-only nature of the show, but also because...
This year’s September Apple event has been relatively unusual, not only because of the pandemic and online-only nature of the show, but also because amongst the new hardware releases there’s been an evident lack of a new iPhone at this point in time. Apple however didn’t disappoint, and managed to showcase brand-new iPads and Apple Watches. Amongst the new tablet line-up, we find the new 8th generation iPad which sees an upgrade in its computing capabilities with the new A12 chip, and the newest iPad Air which sees a total redesign, adopting the design queues of the iPad Pro siblings, and also for the first time introducing the new Apple A14 chipset – the industry’s first 5nm processor.
Apple iPad Comparison | ||||
iPad (2019) | iPad (2020)NEW | iPad Air (2019) | iPad Air (2020)NEW | |
SoC | Apple A102x Hurricane4x Zephyr | Apple A122 × Vortex @ 2.5GHz4 × Tempest @ 1.59GHz | Apple A142 × Firestorm4 × Icestorm | |
Display | 10.2" 2160x1620IPS LCD | 10.5" 2224x1668IPS LCDDCI-P3, True Tone | 10.9" 2360x1640"Liquid Retina"IPS LCDDCI-P3, True Tone | |
Dimensions | 250 x 174.1x 7.5mm483g | 250 x 174.1x 7.5mm490g / 495g | 250.6 x 174.1x 6.1mm456g / 464g | 247.6 x 178.5x 6.1mm458g / 460g |
RAM | 3GB LPDDR4 | ? | 3GB LPDDR4X | ? |
NAND | 32 / 128GB | 64 / 256GB | 64 / 256GB | |
Battery | 32.9Wh | ? | 30.8Wh | |
Front Camera | 1.2MP, F/2.2 | 7MP, F/2.2 | ||
Rear Camera | 8MP, F/2.4, 1.12 µm | 8MP, F/2.4 | 12MP, f/1.8 | |
Cellular | 2G / 3G / 4G LTE (Category 9) | UE Category 16 LTE (1Gbps) with 4x4 MIMO and LAA | ||
SIM Size | NanoSIM | NanoSIM + eSIM | ||
Wireless | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2x2 MIMO,BT 4.2 LE, GPS/GLONASS | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2x2 MIMO,BT 5.0 LE, GPS/GLONASS | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 2x2 MIMO,BT 5.0 LE, GPS/GLONASS | |
Connectivity | Apple Lightning3.5mm headphone jack | Apple Lightning | USB-C | |
Launch OS | iOS 13.1 | iOS 14 | iOS 13.1 | iOS 14 |
Launch Price | (Wi-Fi / Cellular)$329/$459 (32G)$429/$559 (128G) | (Wi-Fi / Cellular)$329/$459 (32G)$429/$559 (128G) | (Wifi / Cellular)$499/$629 (64G)$649/$779 (256G) | (Wifi / Cellular)$599/$729 (64G)$749/$879 (256G) |
NVIDIA Ampere Unleashed: NVIDIA Announces New GPU Architecture, A100 GPU, and Accelerator - AnandTech
While NVIDIA’s usual presentation efforts for the year were dashed by the current coronavirus outbreak, the company’s march towards developing and releasing newer products has continued unabated. To that end, at today’s now digital GPU Technology Conference 2020 keynote, the company and its CEO Jensen Huang are taking to the virtual stage to announce NVIDIA’s next-generation GPU architecture, Ampere, and the first products that will be using it. Like the Volta reveal 3 years ago – and is now traditional for NVIDIA GTC reveals – today’s focus is on the very high end of the market. In 2017 NVIDIA launched the Volta-based GV100 GPU, and with it the V100 accelerator. V100 was a massive success for the company, greatly expanding their datacenter business on the back of the Volta architecture’s novel tensor cores and sheer brute force that can only be provided by a 800mm2+ GPU. Now in 2020, the company is looking to continue that growth with Volta’s successor, the Ampere architecture. Now a much more secretive company than they once were, NVIDIA has been holding its future GPU roadmap close to its chest. While the Ampere codename (among others) has been floating around for quite some time now, it’s only this morning that we’re finally getting confirmation that Ampere is in, as well as our first details on the architecture. Due to the nature of NVIDIA’s digital presentation – as well as the limited information given in NVIDIA’s press pre-briefings – we don’t have all of the details on Ampere quite yet. However for this morning at least, NVIDIA is touching upon the highlights of the architecture for its datacenter compute and AI customers, and what major innovations Ampere is bringing to help with their workloads. Kicking things off for the Ampere family is the A100. Officially, this is the name of both the GPU and the accelerator incorporating it; and at least for the moment they’re both one in the same, since there is only the single accelerator using the GPU.
NVIDIA Accelerator Specification Comparison | |||
A100 | V100 | P100 | |
FP32 CUDA Cores | 6912 | 5120 | 3584 |
Boost Clock | ~1.41GHz | 1530MHz | 1480MHz |
Memory Clock | 2.4Gbps HBM2 | 1.75Gbps HBM2 | 1.4Gbps HBM2 |
Memory Bus Width | 5120-bit | 4096-bit | 4096-bit |
Memory Bandwidth | 1.6TB/sec | 900GB/sec | 720GB/sec |
VRAM | 40GB | 16GB/32GB | 16GB |
Single Precision | 19.5 TFLOPs | 15.7 TFLOPs | 10.6 TFLOPs |
Double Precision | 9.7 TFLOPs(1/2 FP32 rate) | 7.8 TFLOPs(1/2 FP32 rate) | 5.3 TFLOPs(1/2 FP32 rate) |
INT8 Tensor | 624 TOPs | N/A | N/A |
FP16 Tensor | 312 TFLOPs | 125 TFLOPs | N/A |
TF32 Tensor | 156 TFLOPs | N/A | N/A |
Interconnect | NVLink 312 Links (600GB/sec) | NVLink 26 Links (300GB/sec) | NVLink 14 Links (160GB/sec) |
GPU | A100(826mm2) | GV100(815mm2) | GP100(610mm2) |
Transistor Count | 54.2B | 21.1B | 15.3B |
TDP | 400W | 300W/350W | 300W |
Manufacturing Process | TSMC 7N | TSMC 12nm FFN | TSMC 16nm FinFET |
Interface | SXM4 | SXM2/SXM3 | SXM |
Architecture | Ampere | Volta | Pascal |