Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype?

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00:00 Intro
02:20 Vs Snapdragon
03:16 Vs AMD’s Zen 5
03:52 Vs Apple
04:40 Steve - Gamers Nexus
04:48 Processor Comparison
06:02 Performance
07:39 Power Draw
08:03 Power Efficiency
09:36 Heat and Fan Noise
10:47 Battery
11:17 Short on Battery Life
13:25 Graphics
14:41 Taylor
15:42 AI Performance
16:20 Conclusion
17:09 Outro

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[brcosmin]

This is unreal. 25 seconds in and I get the summary of the findings.
This has the be the most underrated YouTube tech channel.
You guys are doing a terrific job!

[GamersNexus]

Seems that we accidentally broadcast to your equipment. There must have been some weird interference with the studio equipment that day!
(And thanks for the benchmarks!)

[xerzy]

Stellar video, you left all of the hype and unrealistic expectations aside, got to the point, and did so elegantly. You're quickly becoming my favorite laptop review channel, good job!

[ramanathan]

This person is a gentleman. He tells you the facts right on. No click bait. ❤

[atom]

This is probably exactly what im looking for. Dont need insane multi core like on AMD but want a fast snappy GREAT battery life laptop that can handle 20 tabs open and a few applications in the background.

[anshumansingh]

Hearing positive feedback about Intel is certainly gratifying as an Intel engineer. The anticipation for the forthcoming Arrow Lake SKUs is quite thrilling.

[eclipse-]

One additional point for Snapdragon and Apple Silicon is the standby time. From Phawx's review, standby on Lunar Lake has gotten better (from 20% drop over 12 hrs to 10% drop), it is still a very long way from being comparable to either Snapdragon (0.7% drop over 12 hrs) or Apple Silicon laptops. The difference can really be felt if you are doing lightweight work on the go or if you are moving around a lot in the office instead of just sitting in your cubicle all day.

[akin]

This, Lunar Lake laptops, will be in high demand by the sales department, traveling auditors, and consultants with business laptops. Examples: X1 carbon, Dell Latitude 74XX, HP EliteBook 840 GX, or Lenovo ThinkPad T14 lines.

[ZsigmondSzilveszter]

Your power efficiency methodology focuses on fully loaded, multithreaded scenarios (such as number crunching), where all cores are fully utilized and power is distributed evenly between them. Lunar Lake, having fewer cores, allocates a higher power budget per core, allowing them to run at higher clock speeds, than the 2 rivals (not counting Apple), which may result in lower efficiency in such scenarios. Since Intel Lunar Lake laptops are more likely to be used for lightly threaded applications, I would like to see a core-to-core efficiency measurement by assessing power efficiency during a single-threaded benchmark.

[kingakim]

I just want say Josh as a former reviewer, and current software developer, I absolutely love and respect your work. Incredibly well done.

[runninginthes]

Finally Intel is back !!
This is just Lunar Lake which is extremely good, imagine Arrow Lake, it will be insane !!

[Jayguevara]

Steve's cameo is the most random thing I've ever seen on this channel and I love it. 🤣

[RS-handle]

4 hours video test means nothing for battery life test. here's the battery tests which makes sense:
- a stand by test for at least 12 hours.
- a video playback until laptop shuts down.
- a test while laptop is in performance mode and multiple apps are running something like ( browser with 10 tabs open, running music, having office apps open etc)
- same test while running in balanced mode.
i understand you can't run all of them, but 4 hours video test doesn't really help

[g]

I don't think the conclusion of "Lunar Lake is not hot because it's not powerful" is not correct, especially basing on the multi-threaded performance. Multi-core performance basically cannot represent 99% of the real-world scenario but single-core performance can. And Lunar Lake had shown its powerful single-core performance under relatively low wattage

[NsteveA]

Loved this video! The length is just right and using multiple presenters to share the load was great.

[parijatbhamburkar]

Heatmap is a nice addition to the review! Good to know heat and fan noise are minimal, thanks.

[johngalactus]

Wow, 25 seconds in, and there's a beautiful table of comparison. I might have come across this channel before, but this is amazing! Subscribed!!!

[bitelogger]

4:50, Steve Burk cameo was AMAZING! thanks Josh from bringing him in that short!

[Kyt]

Definitely a ton of people who can comfortably sacrifice multi core performance for all the other benefits Lunar Lake brings! Great work by Intel.

[Catelynmeow]

A few months ago, I was on the edge of purchasing a Snapdragon laptop, but Josh convinced me that it was mostly hype. I'm super grateful because I'm about to purchase a zenbook s14 based on this video - now I'll have great battery, decent gaming, and max compatibility. If I had purchased a snapdragon, I would have only had great battery, no gaming, and limited compatibility. Thanks, Josh!