Archived ver.: web.archive.org/…/china-domestic-x86-cpu-the-zhao…
Original source, including in-depth tests and other fancy details of the CPU used in the MAXHUB PC itself (written in Mandarin): news.mydrivers.com/1/1070/1070803_all.htm
CPU-Z Single-Core Benchmark and specs from the original source:
That’s an 8-core, ~3GHz Base Speed, 32MB L3 cache CPU for the number-crunchers around here.
On the surface, this CPU seems like it’s best suited for general desktop and office use, to see it adopted to a PC build product geared for “AI workloads” is interesting. If I’m not mistaken, AI performance is heavily dependent on the GPU rather than on the CPU, so I think that’s fine:
In terms of performance, the MAXHUB’s AI+ desktop computer is claimed to play 1080P 30fps and 4K 30fps high-bitrate online videos with decent CPU utilization numbers, showing that the KX-7000 CPU acts decently with media workload. Of course, when compared against competitors like Intel or AMD, Zhaoxin is behind, but the key motive here to create an ecosystem that relies entirely on in-house products, and this has apparently happened here.
And that’s a good thing, lol.
The single thread perf seems about the same as the Intel N100. It would be interesting to know the process node and the power envelope.
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
And it will never be available stateside or in much of the west, because, China.