Technology glossary · 2023
Intel’s 24-core HX-series laptop processor launched in the first quarter of 2023.
According to Intel, the processor has 8 performance and 16 efficiency cores, 32 threads in total. The performance cores reach up to 5.6 GHz and the efficiency cores up to 4.0 GHz, with 36 MB of cache.
Base power is 55 W and maximum turbo power 157 W. It supports DDR5-5600 and DDR4-3200 memory up to 192 GB; the real limit depends on the laptop maker’s design.
The integrated graphics are Intel UHD Graphics with 32 execution units, and the processor is made on the Intel 7 process. In gaming laptops it is usually paired with a separate NVIDIA or AMD graphics card.
Laptops · 2023
The ROG Strix G16 (2023) is ASUS’s 16-inch gaming laptop. This SKU pairs the 24-core i9-13980HX with an RTX 4060 Laptop GPU drawing up to 140 W and a 240 Hz QHD+ display. It has two memory and two M.2 slots, but memory is capped at 32 GB. Owners like the performance and cooling; weight is the most frequent criticism.