Unfortunately, AMD's Carrizo is in no way competitive with Intel's Core M (Broadwell).
1. Carrizo isn't shipping yet. Broadwell shipped in September, and Intel's next microarchitecture (Skylake) ships late this year.
2. Carrizo will be fabbed on a 28nm process.[1] Broadwell is 14nm. When it comes to fab tech, AMD is over 3 years behind Intel. Ivy Bridge (22nm) shipped in April of 2012.[2]
3. Carrizo's lowest TDP is 12W.[1] The Core M version of Broadwell has a 3-6W configurable TDP.
I compliment AMD's PR department, but when it comes to performance or efficiency, AMD is not a serious competitor. Intel's fab tech is simply too far ahead. I'd love to see a repeat of the Athlon days, but for the foreseeable future AMD can only compete on price.
1. Carrizo isn't shipping yet. Broadwell shipped in September, and Intel's next microarchitecture (Skylake) ships late this year.
2. Carrizo will be fabbed on a 28nm process.[1] Broadwell is 14nm. When it comes to fab tech, AMD is over 3 years behind Intel. Ivy Bridge (22nm) shipped in April of 2012.[2]
3. Carrizo's lowest TDP is 12W.[1] The Core M version of Broadwell has a 3-6W configurable TDP.
I compliment AMD's PR department, but when it comes to performance or efficiency, AMD is not a serious competitor. Intel's fab tech is simply too far ahead. I'd love to see a repeat of the Athlon days, but for the foreseeable future AMD can only compete on price.
1. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/02/amds-carrizo-system-o...
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)