Intel Core m5-6Y54
The Intel Core m5-6Y54 is a very power efficient dual-core SoC based on the Skylake architecture and has been launched in September 2015. Thanks to its extremely low TDP, the CPU can be found in passively cooled tablets and 2-in-1 notebooks. In addition to two CPU cores with Hyper-Threading clocked at 1.1 - 2.7 GHz (2 cores: max. 2.4 GHz), the chip also integrates an HD Graphics 515 GPU and a dual-channel LPDDR3-1866/DDR3L-1600 memory controller. The chip is manufactured using a 14 nm process with FinFET transistors.
Architecture
Skylake replaces both Haswell and Broadwell and brings the same microarchitecture in every TDP class from 4.5 to 45 W. The extensive improvements of the Skylake design include increased out-of-order buffers, optimized prefetching and branch prediction as well as additional performance gains through Hyper-Threading. Overall, however, performance per clock has been increased by only 5 to 10 percent (compared to Haswell) respectively under 5 percent (compard to Broadwell), which is quite modest for a new architecture ("Tock").
Performance
Actual performance of the Core m5-6Y54 greatly depends on cooling capabilities and TDP configuration of the related device. While the CPU may be almost similar to a Core i5-6200U (Skylake, 15 W) in short benchmarks, its performance will fall short of a Core i3-6100U under continuous full load. Overall, the chip has sufficient power for office and multimedia purposes as well as somewhat more demanding applications.
Graphics
The integrated graphics unit called HD Graphics 515 represents the "GT2" version of the Skylake GPU (Intel Gen. 9). The 24 Execution Units, also called EUs, are clocked at 300 - 900 MHz (limited by available TDP headroom) and offer a performance somewhere in range of the old HD Graphics 4400 (Haswell, 15 W). Only a few games of 2015 can be played smoothly in lowest settings. For more information about performance and features, check our page for the HD Graphics 515 .
Power Consumption
Specified at a TDP of 4.5 W (including CPU, GPU and memory controller), the CPU is suited for passively cooled notebooks and tablets. Optionally, the TDP can be lowered to 3.5 watts (cTDP down) or raised to 7 watts (cTDP up), affecting both heat dissipation and performance.
Series Intel Core m5 Codename Skylake Clock Rate 1100 - 2700 MHz Level 1 Cache 128 KB Level 2 Cache 512 KB Level 3 Cache 4096 KB Number of Cores / Threads 2 / 4 Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) 4.5 Watt Manufacturing Technology 14 nm Die Size 99 mm2 Max. Temperature 100 °C Socket BGA Features Dual-Channel DDR3L-1600/LPDDR3-1866 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI GPU Intel HD Graphics 515 (300 - 900 MHz)64 Bit 64 Bit support Hardware Virtualization VT-x, VT-d Starting Price $281 U.S. Announcement Date 09/01/2015 Product Link (external) Intel Core m5 6Y54
Benchmarks Geekbench 4.0 - Compute OpenCL Score
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min: 15466 avg: 15466 (10%) median: 15466 (10%) max: 15466 Points
Akoya P3401T 2in1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-850 / MHz Dual-Channel 21.20.16.4590 15466
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Intel Core i7-4790K 644%
Geekbench 4.0 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score
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min: 6160 avg: 6160 (23%) median: 6160 (23%) max: 6160 Points
Akoya P3401T 2in1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-850 / MHz Dual-Channel 21.20.16.4590 6160
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Geekbench 4.0 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score
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min: 3352 avg: 3352 (61%) median: 3352 (61%) max: 3352 Points
Akoya P3401T 2in1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-850 / MHz Dual-Channel 21.20.16.4590 3352
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AMD Ryzen 5 1400 9%
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Octane V2 - Total Score
100%min: 23217 avg: 25679.8 (58%) median: 26308.5 (59%) max: 26885 Points
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Cinebench R15 - CPU Single 64Bit
100%min: 80 avg: 99.3 (45%) median: 103 (46%) max: 111 Points
Yoga 900S-12ISK-80ML HD Graphics 515 4009 MB 20.19.15.4380 80
Graphics Dock GTX 960M - Aspire Switch 12S GeForce GTX 960M 8192 MB GDDR5 SDRAM 4 GB ForceWare 362.09 Beta 80
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 99
MacBook 12 (Early 2016) 1.2 GHz HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 103
Akoya P3401T 2in1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-850 / MHz Dual-Channel 21.20.16.4590 103
MateBook m5-6Y57 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 107
Elite x2 1012 G1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 20.19.15.4331 111
EliteBook Folio G1 V1C37EA HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 900 / MHz 111
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Cinebench R15 - CPU Multi 64Bit
100%min: 137 avg: 215 (12%) median: 222.5 (12%) max: 260 Points
Graphics Dock GTX 960M - Aspire Switch 12S GeForce GTX 960M 8192 MB GDDR5 SDRAM 4 GB ForceWare 362.09 Beta 137
Yoga 900S-12ISK-80ML HD Graphics 515 4009 MB 20.19.15.4380 173
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 200
Akoya P3401T 2in1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-850 / MHz Dual-Channel 21.20.16.4590 213
MateBook m5-6Y57 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 232
EliteBook Folio G1 V1C37EA HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 900 / MHz 250
Elite x2 1012 G1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 20.19.15.4331 255
MacBook 12 (Early 2016) 1.2 GHz HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 260
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score
min: 1285.5 avg: 1325.8 (2%) median: 1308.8 (2%) max: 1400 ms
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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Multi-Core Score
min: 5189 avg: 5414.7 (17%) median: 5522 (18%) max: 5533 Points
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 5189
Elite x2 1012 G1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 20.19.15.4331 5522
Akoya P3401T 2in1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-850 / MHz Dual-Channel 21.20.16.4590 5533
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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Single-Core Score
100%min: 2588 avg: 2736.3 (59%) median: 2784 (60%) max: 2837 Points
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 2588
Akoya P3401T 2in1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-850 / MHz Dual-Channel 21.20.16.4590 2784
Elite x2 1012 G1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 20.19.15.4331 2837
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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score
min: 5538 avg: 5538 (17%) median: 5538 (17%) max: 5538 Points
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 5538
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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score
min: 2779 avg: 2779 (58%) median: 2779 (58%) max: 2779 Points
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 2779
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3DMark - Fire Strike Physics 1920x1080
100%min: 1961 avg: 3151.2 (15%) median: 3118 (14%) max: 3990 Points
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Physics 1280x720
100%min: 1383 avg: 2035.7 (5%) median: 1908.5 (5%) max: 2813 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Physics 1280x720 offscreen
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min: 29241 avg: 29241 (42%) median: 29241 (42%) max: 29241 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Physics 1920x1080
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min: 21905 avg: 21905 (33%) median: 21905 (33%) max: 21905 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Physics 1280x720
100%min: 22752 avg: 26800.7 (17%) median: 25498 (16%) max: 32152 Points
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Stream
min: 8242 avg: 8242 (68%) median: 8242 (68%) max: 8242 Points
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 8242
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Memory
min: 6695 avg: 6695 (64%) median: 6695 (64%) max: 6695 Points
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 6695
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Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 -7%
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Floating Point
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min: 5273 avg: 5273 (17%) median: 5273 (17%) max: 5273 Points
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 5273
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Integer
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min: 5480 avg: 5480 (21%) median: 5480 (21%) max: 5480 Points
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 5480
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AMD Phenom II X4 905e -1%
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Total Score
min: 5926 avg: 5926 (27%) median: 5926 (27%) max: 5926 Points
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 5926
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Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score
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min: 95.4 avg: 96.6 (2%) median: 96.6 (2%) max: 97.8 ms
Elite x2 1012 G1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 20.19.15.4331 Edge 25.10586.0.0 95.4
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 Edge 25.10586.0.0 97.8
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TrueCrypt - Serpent Mean 100MB
100%min: 0.146 avg: 0.2 (9%) median: 0.1 (9%) max: 0.151 GB/s
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz -87%
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Intel Xeon E5-2680 1033%
TrueCrypt - Twofish Mean 100MB
100%min: 0.251 avg: 0.3 (15%) median: 0.3 (15%) max: 0.257 GB/s
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TrueCrypt - AES Mean 100MB
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min: 1.5 avg: 1.5 (14%) median: 1.5 (14%) max: 1.5 GB/s
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 2
100%min: 9.93 avg: 11.1 (11%) median: 11.1 (11%) max: 12.3 fps
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz -83%
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 1
100%min: 57.67 avg: 62.6 (27%) median: 62.6 (27%) max: 67.5 fps
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WinRAR - Result
min: 2111 avg: 2111 (25%) median: 2111 (25%) max: 2111 KB/s
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 2111
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AMD Phenom II X4 905e -4%
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wPrime 2.0x - 1024m
min: 969.608 avg: 969.6 (11%) median: 969.6 (11%) max: 969.608 seconds
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 773%
wPrime 2.0x - 32m
min: 26.077 avg: 26.1 (5%) median: 26.1 (5%) max: 26.077 seconds
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3DMark 11 - Performance Physics 1280x720
100%min: 1467 avg: 2532.5 (15%) median: 2529 (15%) max: 3465 points
MacBook 12 (Early 2016) 1.2 GHz HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 1467
MateBook m5-6Y57 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 1826
Graphics Dock GTX 960M - Aspire Switch 12S GeForce GTX 960M 8192 MB GDDR5 SDRAM 4 GB ForceWare 362.09 Beta 2003
Yoga 900S-12ISK-80ML HD Graphics 515 4009 MB 20.19.15.4380 2333
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 2725
Akoya P3401T 2in1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-850 / MHz Dual-Channel 21.20.16.4590 3098
EliteBook Folio G1 V1C37EA HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 900 / MHz 3343
Elite x2 1012 G1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 20.19.15.4331 3465
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100%min: 2449 avg: 2935 (28%) median: 2935 (28%) max: 3421 Points
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 2449
Elite x2 1012 G1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 20.19.15.4331 3421
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Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Single 64Bit
100%min: 0.57 avg: 1 (15%) median: 1.1 (16%) max: 1.26 Points
Yoga 900S-12ISK-80ML HD Graphics 515 4009 MB 20.19.15.4380 0.57
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 1.06
MacBook 12 (Early 2016) 1.2 GHz HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 1.13
Elite x2 1012 G1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 20.19.15.4331 1.26
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Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Multi 64Bit
100%min: 1.59 avg: 2.3 (11%) median: 2.4 (12%) max: 2.75 Points
Yoga 900S-12ISK-80ML HD Graphics 515 4009 MB 20.19.15.4380 1.59
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 2.08
Elite x2 1012 G1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 20.19.15.4331 2.7
MacBook 12 (Early 2016) 1.2 GHz HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 2.75
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit
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min: 4927 avg: 4927 (54%) median: 4927 (54%) max: 4927 Points
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 4927
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Intel Core i7-960 -2%
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Intel Core i7-980X EE 1%
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit
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min: 7979 avg: 7979 (20%) median: 7979 (20%) max: 7979 Points
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 7979
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single 32Bit
100%min: 3026 avg: 3796.3 (51%) median: 3962 (54%) max: 4235 Points
Yoga 900S-12ISK-80ML HD Graphics 515 4009 MB 20.19.15.4380 3026
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 3690
Akoya P3401T 2in1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-850 / MHz Dual-Channel 21.20.16.4590 4234
Elite x2 1012 G1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 20.19.15.4331 4235
AMD Geode LX 800 -96%
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Intel Xeon X5670 -3%
Intel Core i7-960 2%
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit
100%min: 3848 avg: 6594 (16%) median: 6898.5 (17%) max: 8731 Points
Yoga 900S-12ISK-80ML HD Graphics 515 4009 MB 20.19.15.4380 3848
IdeaPad Miix 700 HD Graphics 515 4096 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 10.18.15.4281 6340
Akoya P3401T 2in1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-850 / MHz Dual-Channel 21.20.16.4590 7457
Elite x2 1012 G1 HD Graphics 515 8192 MB 300-900 / MHz Dual-Channel 20.19.15.4331 8731
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M -
min: 14.637 avg: 14.8 (3%) median: 14.8 (3%) max: 15.037 Seconds
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 3020%
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M -
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min: 34.128 avg: 35.6 (2%) median: 35.6 (2%) max: 36.986 Seconds
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M -
100%min: 785.494 avg: 822.1 (4%) median: 822.1 (4%) max: 858.752 Seconds
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 2639%
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Reviews for the Intel Core m5 6Y54 processor
Acer Aspire Switch 12S SW7-272-M0JS (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12.5")Acer Aspire Switch 12S SW7-272-M0JS - External Review
Apple MacBook 12 (Early 2016) 1.2 GHz (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12")Apple MacBook 12 (Early 2016) 1.2 GHz - External Review
Asus UX305CA-FC106T (Intel HD Graphics 515, 13.3")Asus UX305CA-FC106T - External Review
Asus ZenBook Flip UX360CA-C4055T (Intel HD Graphics 515, 13.3")Asus ZenBook Flip UX360CA-C4055T - External Review
HP Elite x2 1012 G1 (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12.1")HP Elite x2 1012 G1 Convertible Review - ReviewHP Elite x2 1012 G1, Core m5-6Y54 - External Review
HP Elite x2 1012 G1-L5H19EA (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12.5")HP Elite x2 1012 G1-L5H19EA - External Review
HP Elite x2 1012 G1-L5H20EA (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12")HP Elite x2 1012 G1-L5H20EA - External Review
HP EliteBook Folio G1 V1C37EA (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12.5")HP EliteBook Folio G1 Subnotebook Review - ReviewHP EliteBook Folio G1 V1C37EA - External Review
HP EliteBook Folio G1-V1C39EA (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12.5")HP EliteBook Folio G1-V1C39EA - External Review
HP Elitebook Folio G1-V1C40EA (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12.5")HP Elitebook Folio G1-V1C40EA - External Review
HP EliteBook Folio G1-V1C64EA (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12.5")HP EliteBook Folio G1-V1C64EA - External Review
HP Spectre x2 12-a002tu (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12.1")HP Spectre x2 12-a002tu - External Review
Huawei MateBook HZ-W19 (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12")Huawei MateBook HZ-W19 - External Review
Huawei MateBook m5-6Y57 (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12")Huawei MateBook m5-6Y57 Convertible Review - ReviewHuawei MateBook m5-6Y57 - External Review
Lenovo IdeaPad Miix 700 (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12")Lenovo IdeaPad Miix 700 Convertible Review - ReviewLenovo IdeaPad Miix 700 - External Review
Lenovo Yoga 710-11-80TX000AUS (Intel HD Graphics 515, 11.6")Lenovo Yoga 710-11-80TX000AUS - External Review
Lenovo Yoga 710-11-80TX001JCK (Intel HD Graphics 515, 11.6")Lenovo Yoga 710-11-80TX001JCK - External Review
Lenovo Yoga 900S-12ISK-80ML (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12.5")Lenovo Yoga 900S 12ISK Convertible Review - ReviewLenovo Yoga 900S-12ISK-80ML - External Review
Lenovo Yoga 900S-12ISK-80ML004RMX (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12.5")Lenovo Yoga 900S-12ISK-80ML004RMX - External Review
Medion Akoya P3401T 2in1 (Intel HD Graphics 515, 12.5")Medion Akoya P3401T 2in1 - External Review
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