Laptop Comparison Watt Cost Linux Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. Lenovo i7-720QM: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB FUJITSU MHZ2160B, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 HP i5-2520M: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 ASUS i3-3217U: Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K56CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 ASUS i7-3517U: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 1024MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Apple i5-4250U: Processor: Intel Core i5-4250U @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 ASUS i7-4558U: Processor: Intel Core i7-4558U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX301LAA v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD6SP1M1, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: LQ133T1JW14, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 ASUS i3-5010U: Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X555LAB v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB HGST HTS545050A7, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Realtek RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Toshiba i5-5200U: Processor: Intel Core i5-5200U @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: FF50 06F2, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E + Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 56.34 |================================== HP i5-2520M ...... 62.91 |====================================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 42.06 |========================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 65.16 |======================================== Apple i5-4250U ... 64.41 |======================================= ASUS i7-4558U .... 87.21 |===================================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 56.36 |================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 70.74 |=========================================== x264 2015-11-02 Performance / Cost - H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better ASUS i3-5010U .... 0.16 |====================================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 0.16 |====================================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 1.04 |================ HP i5-2520M ...... 1.60 |======================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 2.04 |=============================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 2.18 |================================= Apple i5-4250U ... 2.67 |======================================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 2.39 |==================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 3.61 |====================================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 3.08 |============================================== x264 2015-11-02 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. MIN: 32679 AVG: 54047 MAX: 62512 HP i5-2520M ...... MIN: 12854 AVG: 39294 MAX: 43843 ASUS i3-3217U .... MIN: 10845 AVG: 20579 MAX: 23325 ASUS i7-3517U .... MIN: 27084 AVG: 29860 MAX: 31109 Apple i5-4250U ... MIN: 22298 AVG: 24166 MAX: 24878 ASUS i7-4558U .... MIN: 34609 AVG: 36501 MAX: 37351 ASUS i3-5010U .... MIN: 13794 AVG: 15631 MAX: 16347 Toshiba i5-5200U . MIN: 21198 AVG: 22965 MAX: 23664 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 28.91 |========================= HP i5-2520M ...... 32.69 |============================ ASUS i3-3217U .... 42.75 |==================================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 49.31 |========================================== Apple i5-4250U ... 59.52 |=================================================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 41.52 |=================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 43.35 |===================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 62.37 |===================================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better ASUS i3-5010U .... 0.12 |============================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 0.14 |====================================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 0.65 |============= HP i5-2520M ...... 0.86 |================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 1.53 |================================ ASUS i7-3517U .... 1.54 |================================ Apple i5-4250U ... 2.26 |=============================================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 1.45 |============================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 2.18 |============================================= Toshiba i5-5200U . 2.62 |====================================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. MIN: 31531 AVG: 44790 MAX: 47135 HP i5-2520M ...... MIN: 11283 AVG: 38194 MAX: 41760 ASUS i3-3217U .... MIN: 13050 AVG: 27992 MAX: 33900 ASUS i7-3517U .... MIN: 24649 AVG: 31952 MAX: 34402 Apple i5-4250U ... MIN: 13297 AVG: 26389 MAX: 41572 ASUS i7-4558U .... MIN: 17815 AVG: 28591 MAX: 50427 ASUS i3-5010U .... MIN: 12441 AVG: 19863 MAX: 23180 Toshiba i5-5200U . MIN: 16867 AVG: 23850 MAX: 28104 OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 137.60 |=========================== HP i5-2520M ...... 211.13 |========================================= ASUS i3-3217U .... 134.67 |========================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 209.27 |========================================= Apple i5-4250U ... 173.30 |================================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 265.90 |==================================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 183.07 |==================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 228.67 |============================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g Performance / Cost - RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better ASUS i3-5010U .... 0.52 |====================================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 0.51 |===================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 2.35 |========== HP i5-2520M ...... 5.47 |======================= ASUS i3-3217U .... 7.15 |============================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 7.71 |================================ Apple i5-4250U ... 8.46 |=================================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 8.18 |================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 12.79 |===================================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 11.59 |================================================ OpenSSL 1.0.1g System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. MIN: 40849 AVG: 58467 MAX: 62287 HP i5-2520M ...... MIN: 13507 AVG: 38629 MAX: 40843 ASUS i3-3217U .... MIN: 11130 AVG: 18823 MAX: 21075 ASUS i7-3517U .... MIN: 24383 AVG: 27142 MAX: 29022 Apple i5-4250U ... MIN: 13893 AVG: 20491 MAX: 23366 ASUS i7-4558U .... MIN: 29492 AVG: 32497 MAX: 34443 ASUS i3-5010U .... MIN: 12912 AVG: 14311 MAX: 15101 Toshiba i5-5200U . MIN: 18508 AVG: 19725 MAX: 20484 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Milliwatts Lenovo i7-720QM .. MIN: 31145 AVG: 47682 MAX: 62512 HP i5-2520M ...... MIN: 11283 AVG: 34771 MAX: 43843 ASUS i3-3217U .... MIN: 10620 AVG: 21658 MAX: 33900 ASUS i7-3517U .... MIN: 9886 AVG: 26599 MAX: 34402 Apple i5-4250U ... MIN: 8794 AVG: 21961 MAX: 41572 ASUS i7-4558U .... MIN: 8769 AVG: 26808 MAX: 50427 ASUS i3-5010U .... MIN: 7470 AVG: 15865 MAX: 23180 Toshiba i5-5200U . MIN: 8454 AVG: 19821 MAX: 28104 Meta Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM . 74.28 |======================================================