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Ryzen-powered Asus VivoBook Flip 14 shows just how badly Intel needs to launch its Tiger Lake platform

Ryzen-powered Asus VivoBook Flip 14 shows how badly Intel needs to launch its Tiger Lake platform (Image source: Asus)
Ryzen-powered Asus VivoBook Flip 14 shows how badly Intel needs to launch its Tiger Lake platform (Image source: Asus)
When a cheap AMD VivoBook can outperform even the fanciest of Dell XPS 13, Lenovo Yoga, or HP Spectre 13 money can buy, then you know Intel is in a bad spot.

Asus recently refreshed its VivoBook Flip 14 convertible series this year with both updated processor options and a brand new look. Unlike last year's model, however, only the Ryzen CPU series is available to choose from while any Intel variants won't hit store shelves until Q4 2020. Should users wait for the Intel versions or should they "settle" with the current AMD options?

Based on our time with the Ryzen 7 4700U VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA, Intel has a long hill to climb in its battle against AMD in the budget to mid-range laptop market. The Ryzen-powered VivoBook is both faster and cheaper than most — if not all — Intel Core i7 Ice Lake or Core i7 Comet Lake-U convertible currently in the market by noticeable margins. Some of these Intel convertibles may even retail for hundreds more than our VivoBook like the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 and yet our AMD-powered Asus still manages to come out on top in terms of raw performance.

Intel has no answer to the 3rd gen AMD U-series until the aforementioned Tiger Lake platform launches in Q4 2020. Even then, we fully expect these Tiger Lake laptops to cost more than the existing Ryzen laptops especially if AMD decides to cut prices and uphold their strong performance-per-dollar advantages. This ultimately means that the Ryzen 7 VivoBook and others like it will be uncontested for most of the year. Intel will really have to hit it out of the park with Tiger Lake to make the wait worthwhile.

Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 -mmt1 | 7z b 4
Geekbench 5.5: Single-Core | Multi-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core)
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
2829 Points
Dell XPS 13 7390 Core i7-10710U
Intel Core i7-10710U
2410 Points -15%
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
2401 Points -15%
Average Intel Core i7-10710U
  (1181 - 2598, n=5)
2012 Points -29%
Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL 81Q9
Intel Core i7-1065G7
1590 Points -44%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
Intel Core i7-10510U
1525 Points -46%
Average Intel Core i7-1065G7
  (1081 - 2024, n=31)
1510 Points -47%
Honor Magicbook 14
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
1492 Points -47%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
1432 Points -49%
Asus VivoBook 14 X403FA
Intel Core i5-8265U
1350 Points -52%
Lenovo Yoga C740-14IML
Intel Core i5-10210U
1292 Points -54%
Asus Zenbook 14 UX433FN-A6023T
Intel Core i7-8565U
1176 Points -58%
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core)
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
461 Points
Dell XPS 13 7390 Core i7-10710U
Intel Core i7-10710U
460 Points 0%
Average Intel Core i7-10710U
  (429 - 480, n=4)
457 Points -1%
Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL 81Q9
Intel Core i7-1065G7
452 Points -2%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
Intel Core i7-10510U
451 Points -2%
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
447 Points -3%
Average Intel Core i7-1065G7
  (358 - 474, n=31)
438 Points -5%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
427 Points -7%
Lenovo Yoga C740-14IML
Intel Core i5-10210U
421 Points -9%
Asus VivoBook 14 X403FA
Intel Core i5-8265U
399 Points -13%
Honor Magicbook 14
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
369 Points -20%
Asus Zenbook 14 UX433FN-A6023T
Intel Core i7-8565U
365 Points -21%
Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit
Dell XPS 13 7390 Core i7-10710U
Intel Core i7-10710U
1051 Points 0%
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
1049 (803.97min - 1049.04max) Points
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
973 Points -7%
Average Intel Core i7-10710U
  (513 - 1113, n=8)
957 Points -9%
Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL 81Q9
Intel Core i7-1065G7
749 Points -29%
Lenovo Yoga C740-14IML
Intel Core i5-10210U
677 Points -35%
Honor Magicbook 14
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
668 (646.48min - 668.95max) Points -36%
Average Intel Core i7-1065G7
  (288 - 836, n=36)
648 Points -38%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
Intel Core i7-10510U
642 (535.78min - 642.12max) Points -39%
Asus VivoBook 14 X403FA
Intel Core i5-8265U
622 Points -41%
Asus Zenbook 14 UX433FN-A6023T
Intel Core i7-8565U
581 Points -45%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
580 Points -45%
Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
182 Points
Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL 81Q9
Intel Core i7-1065G7
181 Points -1%
Dell XPS 13 7390 Core i7-10710U
Intel Core i7-10710U
180 Points -1%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
Intel Core i7-10510U
177.6 Points -2%
Average Intel Core i7-10710U
  (138 - 194, n=8)
174.9 Points -4%
Average Intel Core i7-1065G7
  (141 - 190, n=35)
174.2 Points -4%
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
174 Points -4%
Lenovo Yoga C740-14IML
Intel Core i5-10210U
169 Points -7%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
165 Points -9%
Asus Zenbook 14 UX433FN-A6023T
Intel Core i7-8565U
153 Points -16%
Asus VivoBook 14 X403FA
Intel Core i5-8265U
152 Points -16%
Honor Magicbook 14
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
145 Points -20%
Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
907 Seconds * -103%
Average Intel Core i7-1065G7
  (675 - 1650, n=23)
882 Seconds * -97%
Asus VivoBook 14 X403FA
Intel Core i5-8265U
815 Seconds * -82%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
Intel Core i7-10510U
782 Seconds * -75%
Honor Magicbook 14
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
703 Seconds * -57%
Average Intel Core i7-10710U
  (468 - 892, n=4)
649 Seconds * -45%
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
593 Seconds * -33%
Dell XPS 13 7390 Core i7-10710U
Intel Core i7-10710U
585 Seconds * -31%
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
447 Seconds *
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
Intel Core i7-10510U
4681 MIPS +6%
Average Intel Core i7-10710U
  (4425 - 4727, n=4)
4609 MIPS +4%
Dell XPS 13 7390 Core i7-10710U
Intel Core i7-10710U
4425 MIPS 0%
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
4422 MIPS
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
4288 MIPS -3%
Average Intel Core i7-1065G7
  (3289 - 4589, n=24)
4284 MIPS -3%
Asus VivoBook 14 X403FA
Intel Core i5-8265U
4029 MIPS -9%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4014 MIPS -9%
Honor Magicbook 14
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
3555 MIPS -20%
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
31114 MIPS
Dell XPS 13 7390 Core i7-10710U
Intel Core i7-10710U
27115 MIPS -13%
Average Intel Core i7-10710U
  (16713 - 29948, n=4)
23912 MIPS -23%
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
23610 MIPS -24%
Honor Magicbook 14
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
17508 MIPS -44%
Asus VivoBook 14 X403FA
Intel Core i5-8265U
17467 MIPS -44%
Average Intel Core i7-1065G7
  (10406 - 22898, n=24)
17024 MIPS -45%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
Intel Core i7-10510U
16487 MIPS -47%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
15043 MIPS -52%
Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core
Average Intel Core i7-1065G7
  (948 - 1348, n=18)
1274 Points +10%
Average Intel Core i7-10710U
  (1225 - 1229, n=2)
1227 Points +6%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
Intel Core i7-10510U
1211 Points +5%
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
1157 Points
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
1098 Points -5%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
1027 Points -11%
Honor Magicbook 14
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
904 Points -22%
Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
5443 Points
Average Intel Core i7-10710U
  (4575 - 5839, n=2)
5207 Points -4%
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
4646 Points -15%
Average Intel Core i7-1065G7
  (2464 - 4855, n=18)
4215 Points -23%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
Intel Core i7-10510U
3721 Points -32%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
3330 Points -39%
Honor Magicbook 14
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
3154 Points -42%
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
8.81 fps
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
6.72 fps -24%
Dell XPS 13 7390 Core i7-10710U
Intel Core i7-10710U
6.032 fps -32%
Average Intel Core i7-10710U
  (4.2 - 7.95, n=4)
5.94 fps -33%
Asus VivoBook 14 X403FA
Intel Core i5-8265U
4.6 fps -48%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
Intel Core i7-10510U
4.6 fps -48%
Average Intel Core i7-1065G7
  (2.2 - 6.38, n=22)
4.58 fps -48%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4.37 fps -50%
Honor Magicbook 14
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
3.99 fps -55%
LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
62.2 s * -9%
Average Intel Core i7-1065G7
  (46.9 - 85.3, n=19)
60.3 s * -6%
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
58.2 s * -2%
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
57 s *
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
Intel Core i7-10510U
55.8 s * +2%
R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean
Honor Magicbook 14
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
0.734 sec * -20%
Average Intel Core i7-1065G7
  (0.661 - 0.798, n=18)
0.708 sec * -16%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
0.686 sec * -12%
Average Intel Core i7-10710U
  (0.649 - 0.674, n=2)
0.662 sec * -8%
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
0.639 sec * -5%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
Intel Core i7-10510U
0.638 sec * -4%
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
0.611 sec *

* ... smaller is better

3DMark
1920x1080 Fire Strike Graphics
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05
NVIDIA GeForce MX350, i5-1035G1
4457 Points +47%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
NVIDIA GeForce MX250, i7-10510U
3819 Points +26%
Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU), i7-1065G7
3156 Points +4%
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, R7 4700U
3036 Points
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000), R5 4500U
2876 Points -5%
Asus Zenbook 14 UX433FN-A6023T
NVIDIA GeForce MX150, i7-8565U
2874 Points -5%
Average Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
  (1418 - 3156, n=27)
2594 Points -15%
HP 14-dk0008ng
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10, R7 3700U
2581 Points -15%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5, R3 4300U
2438 Points -20%
Acer Swift 5 SF514-54T-501U
Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU), i5-1035G1
1739 Points -43%
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05
NVIDIA GeForce MX350, i5-1035G1
1370 Points +52%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
NVIDIA GeForce MX250, i7-10510U
1163 Points +29%
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, R7 4700U
903 Points
Asus Zenbook 14 UX433FN-A6023T
NVIDIA GeForce MX150, i7-8565U
862 Points -5%
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000), R5 4500U
852 Points -6%
Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU), i7-1065G7
835 Points -8%
HP 14-dk0008ng
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10, R7 3700U
779 Points -14%
Average Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
  (526 - 851, n=23)
744 Points -18%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5, R3 4300U
733 Points -19%
Acer Swift 5 SF514-54T-501U
Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU), i5-1035G1
453 Points -50%
Asus ZenBook 14 UX433FA
Intel UHD Graphics 620, i7-8565U
402 Points -55%
2560x1440 Time Spy Score
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05
NVIDIA GeForce MX350, i5-1035G1
1522 Points +48%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
NVIDIA GeForce MX250, i7-10510U
1282 Points +25%
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, R7 4700U
1028 Points
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000), R5 4500U
967 Points -6%
Asus Zenbook 14 UX433FN-A6023T
NVIDIA GeForce MX150, i7-8565U
961 Points -7%
Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU), i7-1065G7
945 Points -8%
HP 14-dk0008ng
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10, R7 3700U
863 Points -16%
Average Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
  (587 - 963, n=23)
840 Points -18%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5, R3 4300U
825 Points -20%
Acer Swift 5 SF514-54T-501U
Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU), i5-1035G1
512 Points -50%
Asus ZenBook 14 UX433FA
Intel UHD Graphics 620, i7-8565U
461 Points -55%
3DMark 11
1280x720 Performance GPU
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05
NVIDIA GeForce MX350, i5-1035G1
6448 Points +31%
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, R7 4700U
4927 Points
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
NVIDIA GeForce MX250, i7-10510U
4785 Points -3%
Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU), i7-1065G7
4613 Points -6%
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000), R5 4500U
4400 Points -11%
HP 14-dk0008ng
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10, R7 3700U
4056 Points -18%
Average Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
  (2112 - 4630, n=28)
3996 Points -19%
Asus Zenbook 14 UX433FN-A6023T
NVIDIA GeForce MX150, i7-8565U
3560 Points -28%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5, R3 4300U
3535 Points -28%
Acer Swift 5 SF514-54T-501U
Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU), i5-1035G1
2516 Points -49%
Asus ZenBook 14 UX433FA
Intel UHD Graphics 620, i7-8565U
1979 Points -60%
1280x720 Performance Combined
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05
NVIDIA GeForce MX350, i5-1035G1
5296 Points +47%
Asus VivoBook S14 S433FL
NVIDIA GeForce MX250, i7-10510U
4546 Points +26%
Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU), i7-1065G7
4045 Points +12%
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000), R5 4500U
3767 Points +5%
Asus Zenbook 14 UX433FN-A6023T
NVIDIA GeForce MX150, i7-8565U
3707 Points +3%
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420IA
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, R7 4700U
3601 Points
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5, R3 4300U
3288 Points -9%
Average Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
  (1319 - 4163, n=28)
3189 Points -11%
HP 14-dk0008ng
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10, R7 3700U
2698 Points -25%
Acer Swift 5 SF514-54T-501U
Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU), i5-1035G1
2257 Points -37%
Asus ZenBook 14 UX433FA
Intel UHD Graphics 620, i7-8565U
1800 Points -50%

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Allen Ngo, 2020-08-24 (Update: 2020-08-23)