More inconsistent results, but still good
If you plan on using Linux on this thing, id advice considering the Intel variant as it may not have as good of a GPU, but AFAIK the Intel drivers don’t freeze and crash the system when watching hardware accelerated videos (esp. with VP9 on YouTube). I just want to warn that this may not be the case with the 7000 series processors but the iGPUs on 6000 series certainly have a lot of issues related to them. My 680M is unstable and I had to disable the hardware acceleration to fix my playback issues
I’m sure this will get fixed in the future. The Linux driver development community is very active. I don’t think that this is a deal breaker.
I mean, It’s been like this for over a year so I’m starting to lose hope (as there are many different open issues related to crashes and freezes caused by accelerated content). Though with luck, maybe the rdna3 gpu in the framework is not affected
Are you using one of the approved distros?
I don’t have a framework, but I do have a ryzen laptop with Fedora. But this issue isn’t specific to my computer, it’s a amdgpu mesa issue
Rounding up all battery life results so far, on windows, with the AMD 7840U and 61Wh battery:
- 12h06 while WiFi web browsing @ 150 nits (notebookcheck)
- 8h11 battery life in PCMark modern office (battery test) @ 200 nits (arstechnica)
- 13h55 battery life in PCMark 10 (battery test) @ 120 nits (TechRadar)
- 9h12 battery life in real world use (Spotify, browsing, conference calling, etc) @ medium brightness, on battery saver (TheVerge)
The battery results are rather promising it seems!
Note: there may have been some suboptimal expansion card configuration for the arstechnica review as per the framework CEO (I believe this is his reddit account? TLDR: expansion card placement matters for AMD: https://www.reddit.com/r/framework/comments/16ytxjd/saved_you_a_click_16x_better_battery_life_if_you/k3ar79v/
Expansion cards placement on Framework laptop 13 AMD: https://knowledgebase.frame.work/en_us/expansion-card-functionality-on-framework-laptop-13-amd-ryzen-7040-series-SkrVx7gAh
Expansion cards placement on Framework laptop 16 AMD: https://knowledgebase.frame.work/en_us/expansion-card-port-functionality-on-framework-laptop-16-rkUjGm7cn
Edit: added links
This is the best summary I could come up with:
It’s great that an AMD Framework exists, both for folks who already own an Intel version but want to upgrade and for those who are shopping for the first time and will benefit from more choice.
On Tomb Raider, the 1360P performed closer to the 12th Gen chip in the Dell XPS 13 I reviewed than it did to the Ryzen 7; AMD’s frame rates on that title were close to 50 percent higher.
(I was continuously using the device for work at medium brightness with Battery Saver on, multitasking in 15 to 20 Chrome tabs and other apps with the occasional Zoom call or Spotify streaming running overtop.)
Ironically, this result is very good news for Intel because AMD devices across the board have been lasting me much longer this year.
Not everyone has the luxury of sitting around and waiting for AMD systems to ship at an undetermined time (as the past few years have certainly taught us).
The AMD system is fantastic, too, and differences in multithreaded performance and GPU-intensive tasks aren’t always a high priority for folks shopping in the 13-inch space.
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that battery life is enviable. my 11th gen framework gets 3 hrs video playback and 6 hrs idle.
i’ll definitely consider upgrading once linux support is completely mature.
