Intel’s much-anticipated discrete GPUs have been slow to come out and hard to understand. But today, they got a big win when it was announced that the Spectre x360 16, HP’s most expensive laptop, will come with Intel’s Arc graphics instead of Nvidia’s RTX graphics.
The base configuration of the new Spectre x360 16 costs $1,650 and gives you the choice between an Arc A370M and Iris Xe graphics. The Arc A370M has 4GB of GDDR6 memory built in. This is in addition to the 16GB or 32GB of RAM and up to 2TB of NVMe solid-state storage on the device.
Intel Arc, or Nvidia, discrete graphics
The 16-inch Spectre x360 is a little more powerful than the smaller ones. It has up to an i7-12700H (six P-cores at 2.3-4.7 GHz, eight E-cores at 1.7-3.5 GHz, and 20 threads), 32GB of DDR-4-3200 RAM, 2TB of storage, and an Intel Arc A370M discrete graphics card. Read more; HP Spectre x360: Everything you need to know
Intel plans to add more mobile (and desktop) graphics processing units (GPUs), but so far only the A370M laptops have been announced. The GPU has 4GB of GDDR6 memory and can run at up to 1,550 MHz clock speed. Nvidia’s RTX 3060 laptop GPU, on the other hand, has 6GB of GDDR6 and a boost clock speed of up to 1,283 to 1,703 MHz. Early adopters of Arc include the Spectre x360 16, the upcoming Asus Zenbook Flip 2-in-1, and the Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro.
Cheaper “Envy” laptops
HP also updated its Envy laptops today, equipping them with Intel’s 12th Gen processors, discrete graphics, and the 5 MP webcam stated before. HP has refreshed the Envy 17.3-inch and 16-inch clamshells, as well as a 15.6-inch convertible with up to AMD Ryzen 7 CPUs, as well as a 13.3-inch convertible.
Those with graphics-intensive applications will prefer the 16-inch model, which can be configured with an Arc A370M or RTX 3060 GPU and an i9-12900H processor (six P-cores at 2.5-5 GHz, eight E-cores at 1.8-3.8 GHz, and 20 threads). The laptop costs $1,400 to purchase. Read also; HP Spectre X360 13t – Full Review and Benchmarks
