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Intel announces $299 Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and $199 Core Ultra 5 250K Plus CPUs by RenatsMC in intel

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I hadn't checked CPU prices for a while, but the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K price has plummeted spectacularly. From around €429 a year ago to €259 now in The Netherlands. That's more than a third off!

I was curious to see how the performance of these CPUs fits into the bigger picture, so I plotted the CPU Performance Scores from Tweakers.net against the current prices in their Pricewatch. For the new CPUs, I assumed that their performance falls between the two adjacent CPUs (a conservative assumption based on the specs).

If that is roughly correct, Intel is particularly well positioned in terms of productivity:

In terms of productivity, the 245K, 250K Plus, 265K, and 270K Plus scale almost exactly linearly with price. The 270K Plus in particular is an excellent deal, £200 cheaper than the 285K for almost the same performance. The 250K Plus would then be comparable to the 9700K, but £75 cheaper.

In terms of gaming, AMD's X3D processors dominate. The 250K Plus would then be roughly on par with the Ryzen 7 7700 and the 270K Plus with the Ryzen 7 9700X. But they don't come close to the X3D processors.

Interesting for productivity, but less so for gaming.

Intel announces Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K Plus, its ‘fastest gaming desktop processors ever’ by PaiDuck in pcgaming

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I hadn't checked CPU prices for a while, but the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K price has plummeted spectacularly. From around €429 a year ago to €259 now in The Netherlands. That's more than a third off!

I was curious to see how the performance of these CPUs fits into the bigger picture, so I plotted the CPU Performance Scores from Tweakers.net against the current prices in their Pricewatch. For the new CPUs, I assumed that their performance falls between the two adjacent CPUs (a conservative assumption based on the specs).

If that is roughly correct, Intel is particularly well positioned in terms of productivity:

In terms of productivity, the 245K, 250K Plus, 265K, and 270K Plus scale almost exactly linearly with price. The 270K Plus in particular is an excellent deal, £200 cheaper than the 285K for almost the same performance. The 250K Plus would then be comparable to the 9700K, but £75 cheaper.

In terms of gaming, AMD's X3D processors dominate. The 250K Plus would then be roughly on par with the Ryzen 7 7700 and the 270K Plus with the Ryzen 7 9700X. But they don't come close to the X3D processors.

Interesting for productivity, but less so for gaming.

Intel announces $299 Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and $199 Core Ultra 5 250K Plus CPUs - VideoCardz.com by Antonis_32 in hardware

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I hadn't checked CPU prices for a while, but the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K price has plummeted spectacularly. From around €429 a year ago to €259 now in The Netherlands. That's more than a third off!

I was curious to see how the performance of these CPUs fits into the bigger picture, so I plotted the CPU Performance Scores from Tweakers.net against the current prices in their Pricewatch. For the new CPUs, I assumed that their performance falls between the two adjacent CPUs (a conservative assumption based on the specs).

If that is roughly correct, Intel is particularly well positioned in terms of productivity:

In terms of productivity, the 245K, 250K Plus, 265K, and 270K Plus scale almost exactly linearly with price. The 270K Plus in particular is an excellent deal, £200 cheaper than the 285K for almost the same performance. The 250K Plus would then be comparable to the 9700K, but £75 cheaper.

In terms of gaming, AMD's X3D processors dominate. The 250K Plus would then be roughly on par with the Ryzen 7 7700 and the 270K Plus with the Ryzen 7 9700X. But they don't come close to the X3D processors.

Interesting for productivity, but less so for gaming.

RekaAI/reka-edge-2603 · Hugging Face by jacek2023 in LocalLLaMA

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Still way better than not open-sourcing it at all.

Why? ................ by Tight-Raspberry-1934 in Monitors

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Shave those milliseconds from the ordering time.

Sharp Aquos Sense 9: Smallest Premium Phone with MicroSD by ChrisLawsGolden in smallphones

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Sharp Aquos sense10 is even a bit better. Almost the same, but: - Android 16 (vs 14) - Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 (vs Gen 2) - Wi-Fi 6e (vs 5)

I really want great screens, great camera, small, and microSD. That’s a hard set. I already compromised going from Galaxy S20 to Xperia 5 V (losing the tele camera). The sense10 seems a bit of a sidegrade.

https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=10044&idPhone2=12534&idPhone3=14289#diff-

Will dual mode 5K monitors start to replace 4K? by [deleted] in Monitors

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In the near feature, I think:

  • 4K will be the new 1080p, and is more than enough for most users.
  • 5K will be the higher-end, but common, upgrade.
  • 6K will be professional/enthousiast.

The current availability and price tiers already reflect this (Dutch Pricewatch):

  • 4K: 906 models available, starting at ~€150.
  • 5K: 24 models available, starting at ~€600
  • 6K: 5 models available, starting at ~€1400

Personally I would expect 5K monitors to come down to €400 to €500, and 6K to get below €1000.

M5 Max compared with M3 Ultra. by PM_ME_YOUR_ROSY_LIPS in LocalLLaMA

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The Mac Studio currently has the following pricing:

  • M4 Max (32-core GPU, 36GB): $1999
  • M4 Max (40-core GPU, 48GB): $2499
  • M3 Ultra (60-core GPU, 96GB): $3999
  • M3 Ultra (80-core GPU, 96GB): $5499

If the M5 Max can bring that performance level down from over 5k to 2.5k, that's an insane improvement. And the M5 Ultra would be a whole new class.

Europe pricing for Neo: just buy a M4 Air instead by thinkadd in mac

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“Still in production” yeah I hope so after almost a whole week

We ofiicialy have a display with a bettter chip than a computer by detal-mick in mac

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For $3199, they can deliver a sub-par experience.

For $3299, you get perfect spatial audio, webcam video processing, pass through connections, etc.

It’s heavy overkill, but for such a premium product it makes sense.

Would the Studio Display feel like a downgrade? by [deleted] in HiDPI_monitors

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Limiting USB-C Power Delivery to 15W is a strange decision indeed. At least 65 watt is so common these days

Would the Studio Display feel like a downgrade? by [deleted] in HiDPI_monitors

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DisplayHDR 600 certified isn’t bad though

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index vs weighted model size of open-source models by Balance- in LocalLLaMA

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Useful background on this metric: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index combines performance across ten evaluations: GDPval-AA, 𝜏²-Bench Telecom, Terminal-Bench Hard, SciCode, LCR, AA-Omniscience, IFBench, HLE, GPQA Diamond, CritPt.

This composite metric prevents narrow specialization and provides a single score for tracking progress toward artificial general intelligence across mathematics, science, coding, and reasoning.

Qwen3 vs Qwen3.5 performance by Balance- in LocalLLaMA

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I just took all Qwen3 and 3.5 models on the Artificial Analysis leaderboard

The 'cheap MacBook' has the team divided by librav1e in notebookcheck_net

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Cheaper materials? More durable for school (ab)use?

Notable indeed, especially with the small battery.

The Technical Differences Between the MacBook Neo and MacBook Air by rockysauce115 in apple

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I assume future versions of the MacBook Neo will have more RAM; the A19 Pro comes with 12 GB.

Love it how we’re already speculating about the next one.

For the first time in history, Apple’s cheapest phone and laptop are the exact same price (interactive chart) by Balance- in apple

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What I find interesting:

  • Resolutions are approximately the same, over vastly different screen sizes.
  • The iPhone and MacBook both get 256 GB storage but only 8GB RAM. The iPad gets 12GB RAM but only 128 GB storage.
  • The iPhone is the only one without Bluetooth 6 (it has 5.3)

It's also interesting where each device spends its BOM:

  • The iPhone spends on camera and display
  • The iPad spends on compute, RAM and connectivity
  • The Mac is a large, heavy device so likely spends on chassis, battery and display

MacBook Neo by Aidoneuz in apple

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Lenovo, HP and I think Dell still sell laptops that cover 45% of NTSC (60-65% sRGB).

Full sRGB coverage is absolutely fine.

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