Intel Kaby Lake G Core i7-8705G Review

[Julio Franco]

Today, we're finally going to explore Kaby Lake G, one of the most unexpected and interesting pieces of hardware to come from Intel in a while. This is the first ever chip that combines an Intel CPU and AMD GPU onto the one piece of silicon, forming what is essentially the fastest APU-style processor on the market.

Read the full article here.

https://www.techspot.com/review/1654-intel-kaby-lake-g/

 

[enemys]

I'd love to have one of these beasts, but I bought a Spectre 15t (MX150 + i7U version) just a bit before KB-G was announced. Good thing, though, that I got quite a bargain - slightly used, but costing like 60% of retail price. Looking at current prices, I'd have to pay over twice the money for a KB-G laptop.

 

[BSim500]

Someone wake me up when these things come in the genuine modern pricing equivalent of what used to be called "netbooks", not ultra-ports "starting at $1299" or "$1799 Hades Canyon NUC's" for the "privilege" of adding a $130 dGPU to a $500 laptop...

 

[Sausagemeat]

Curious as to what the battery life of these things is compared to their Nvidia powered competition.

 

[whereismycard]

Seriously, people are still buying these overprice rubbish and not to mention every passing week/month there is a new flaw discovered in their chip.

 

[amghwk]

Interesting and unexpected combination indeed - Intel and AMD in one chip.

But if the pricing is not favourable, it's much better to go with the discrete core i7 H + GTX1050 route.

It remains to be seen if power consumption and battery life advantage, if any, will be worth the premium price asking for this G series CPU.

 

[Dimitrios]

That feeling you get when INTEL fanboys claim AMD is garbage but INTEL needs AMD's GPU technology and ends up using it...........................................................................

 

[MaikuTech]

It won't last long just wait for the 2 companys to start clashing again about certain patented parts again like in the 80's.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=86632&page=1

 

[Abraka]

Weird cooperation between the competitors. Does this mean that PC market is shrinking so fast they now have to work together to survive? I don't like that possibility.

Anyway, I'll pass. Maybe the Intel's 9th generation chips won't have so many security holes and spying features as the current generation. Wishful thinking, I know...

 

[nismo91]

Unfortunately, right now it appears Kaby Lake G is more expensive to integrate than the 8750H + GTX 1050 Ti, for a lower level of performance.

doesn't make sense to me. something more "integrated" yet cost more and perform less. the only real advantage it seems to offer is just small footprint, which is suitable only for NUC. I doubt anyone who wants to do serious graphics want NUC or even MXM format graphic when there are tons of mini-itx cases which can house normal pcie card.

 

[hood6558]

I wouldn't mind this in a laptop, but $2500-$3000? Doesn't seem worth it for what you get. I can build a top-end desktop system for that. I guess people who insist on portability are willing to pay for it, but not me.