CPU fraud: Chuwi mini-PC also sold with slower CPU than advertised
Over the past few days, we have teared down a Chuwi CoreBook X ($459 on Amazon) and a Chuwi CoreBook Plus and have not found the advertised AMD Ryzen 5 7430U, but the older and slower Ryzen 5 5500U. Since not only the marketing and packaging advertise the newer chip, but even Windows shows a Ryzen 5 7430U, this is obviously an attempt at deception, either by Chuwi or its supplier.
As the retailer Hornington reported on Facebook, it has now checked its own stocks and found not only other CoreBook X and CoreBook Plus with fake CPUs, but also a Chuwi Ubox 7430U. This model also advertises a Ryzen 5 7430U, but only a Ryzen 5 5500U is installed. Hornington has launched a product recall so that affected customers can return the devices in question and get their money back.
Chuwi has yet to respond - at least apart from threats of legal action to stop our reporting. There are currently many indications that the fraud is being perpetrated by the contract manufacturer Emdoor Digital, as some Ninkear products with the same motherboard are also affected. However, this has not yet been confirmed.
CPU-Z claims to have fixed a bug in the latest update that caused some Ryzen 5000U processors (Lucienne) to be displayed as Ryzen 7000U (Cezanne), whereby not all processors that deliberately misidentify themselves are recognized. If you own a device with an alleged Ryzen 5 7430U, you should at least use benchmarks to check whether the performance corresponds to what can be expected from this chip. Reference values can be found in our benchmark database.
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Hornington (Facebook), via HKEPC | CPU-Z
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