At present, the division of camps in the notebook market is still very clear. The main focus is on performance gaming notebooks and the pursuit of thin, light and portable notebooks. People generally choose between these two types of laptops based on their own needs. So are there any laptops or laptops that can take into account both performance and are thin, light and portable enough?
This year, with the release of Intel 12th generation mobile processors, Intel 12th generation processors, in addition to the performance-focused H45 series and the U-series processors for low-voltage thin and light notebooks, have brought users a range of products between the H45 and U series. Among the P series processors, the 28W TDP setting can not only meet the user's needs for thin and light laptop performance, but also take into account energy efficiency and battery life. After the distribution of the H series, the high-performance thin and light performance laptops using the P series are also available to everyone.
Intel 12th generation Core P series processors adopt a new hybrid architecture design and are designed based on the 10nm manufacturing process. Two professional cores provide users with revolutionary performance and responsiveness. The new platform technology also supports DDR5 memory support, Thunderbolt 4, and WiFi 6E network support to meet users’ daily multi-tasking, content creation or entertainment and gaming needs.
Intel 12th generation Core P series processors have 6 models, corresponding to 1 i3, 2 i5 and 3 i7. All models are designed with Hybrid architecture, but the difference is the number of performance cores between different models. The Performance Core (Power Core) is responsible for heavy-loaded single-threaded tasks such as games or productivity tools, while the Efficient Core (Efficient Core) is mainly responsible for background programs, multi-threaded tasks and management, thereby achieving a better thread management mechanism. In terms of core graphics, the i3 and i5 versions use 80EU processor graphics cards, while the i7 uses 96EU core graphics.
The addition of Intel's 12th generation P series processors also allows players who want to choose a thin and light chassis to prefer high-performance thin and light notebooks with Evo certification. So what high-performance thin and light notebook options are currently worthy of attention? Here we also share with you the Acer Extraordinary S3 2022, which uses the intel 12th generation P series Core mobile processor. This is a high-performance thin and light notebook product with Intel Evo certification. Focusing on thin and light design, it is suitable for young people and users with mid-range business needs. It just so happens that I also got the version using i7-1260P, and I would like to share with you whether the performance of Intel's first batch of P-series mobile Core processors is as good as advertised.
Appearance display
Putting aside performance, the first impression of appearance is that the appearance of Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 gives people a low-key and restrained feeling. The measurements of 383*210.8*15.9mm satisfy thin and light users who are picky about size, and the weight is also good. However, at 1.25KG, it can be said that the control is good for a notebook made of aluminum alloy.
A surface has a metal texture, and the Acer brand logo near the top is designed to be unobtrusive.
has a delicate metal sandblasting process design, and CNC high-gloss chamfering is also done on the edge of the notebook.
There is also a special SWIFT logo element at the bottom of the hinge position.
As for the screen, it can be said that the Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 is unambiguous. It provides users with a 14-inch 2.5K resolution IPS anti-glare screen at such a price. Three-sided narrow bezel design, screen-to-body ratio 86.4%. Such screen performance is relatively rare in the 5K range. However, I also noticed that in order to reserve the camera position, the upper border is still slightly wider in terms of visual experience.
C surface is made of one-piece aluminum alloy, which has a slightly cold feeling to the touch. The keyboard supports backlight design, and the keycaps are of moderate size, so there is no need to learn how to get started.
white backlight design is also very convenient for use in dark environments at night.
In addition, you can see an Intel Evo i7 sticker on the C side, which shows that the Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 is a notebook product equipped with the Intel 12th generation i7 processor and has passed the Intel Evo third generation notebook certification. The sticker on the other side also explains the various advantages of Acer Extraordinary S3 2022, such as QHD resolution screen, better image performance in low-light environments, support for WiFi 6E and HDMI2.1 interface. HDMI 2.1 is still very rare to connect to notebooks, so the addition of this interface can better meet your daily display expansion needs. The power button of Feifei S3 2022 also supports fingerprint recognition function, and the recognition speed is very fast in daily use.
expansion interface provides two Thunderbolt 4 interfaces supporting 40Gbps transmission rate, HDMI 2.1 interface and a USB 3.2 Gen1 interface on the left side of the fuselage. In addition, there is a security keyhole, USB 3.2 Gen1 interface and a USB 3.2 Gen1 interface on the right side of the fuselage. 3.5mm audio interface. The addition of dual Thunderbolt 4 interfaces must be praised. The addition of this interface provides users with more expansion possibilities. Of course, it would be better if an additional SD card card reader interface could be provided.
The D side of the notebook is still designed with aluminum alloy material. Overall, the workmanship of Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 is still very good at the 5K price point. Is the performance of
1260P good?
In terms of performance, Acer Extraordinary S3 2022's Intel 12th generation i7-1260P mobile processor is based on the 10nm process. It has 4 performance cores and 8 energy efficiency cores and a 12-core and 16-thread design. The base frequency is 2.1Ghz and the maximum turbo frequency is 4.7GHz. The third-level cache is 18MB, and the TDP is up to 28W. The specific configuration is here to let everyone take a look at the hardware parameters through Entertainment Master. In terms of theoretical performance test of
, it can be seen through CPU-Z that the 1260P single-core score is 725.8 and the multi-core score is 5962.4. This multi-core performance can be tied with the current standard pressure 5800H on the market, and the single-core performance can be comparable to the Intel 12th generation H45 standard pressure processor. In addition, the actual multi-core score of 1260P can reach about 5200 points when tested without plugging in the power. It can be said that whether it is tested with the power plugged in or without the power plugged in. This time the performance release of Intel's 12th generation P series processors is good.
It can be seen from the Cinebench test: the multi-core score of the R15 test 1260P processor is 1662cb and the single-core score is 237cb; the R20 test CPU multi-core score is 3326pts and the single-core score is 611pts; the R23 test CPU multi-core score is 8407pts and the single-core score is 1655pts. The
D MARK test results are as shown in the figure. The test results for CPU can be seen. In the CPU Profile test, the maximum thread score of 1260P is 4480, and the 1 thread score is 933; the Time Spy score is 1837, the graphics card score is 1634, and the CPU score is 6272. Night Raid The score is 17090, the graphics card score is 21154, and the CPU score is 8183.
In terms of graphics card, the i7-1260P processor equipped with the Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 integrates the intel Xe Graphics G7 core display. Designed using the new Xe architecture, it has 96 EU unit designs. 768 stream processors and 48 mapping units support DirectX 12. You can see that the graphics card logo can be seen through GPU-Z and it is recognized as an Intel ARC graphics card. In terms of the comprehensive performance test of
, you can see that the PCMARK10 test score is 5555, including 10241 for regular basic functions, 6902 for productivity, and 6582 for digital content creation. Geekbench 5 tested the 1260P processor with a single-core score of 1715 and a multi-core score of 8821.
In terms of games, the intel Xe Graphics G7 core display is enough to satisfy players' daily games such as "CS: GO" and "LOL". According to actual measurements, "CS: GO" can reach 150 frames at 1080P resolution and 2K resolution. "CS: GO" can achieve a game experience of 110 to 120 frames; in terms of
stress test, through the FPU single baking test of AIDA64, it can be seen that after baking the machine for 15 minutes, the CPU frequency is 2.394GHz, the TDP power is 22.8W, and the CPU Temperature 66℃. The actual heating situation is shown in the figure. It is worth noting that the heating area of Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 does not avoid the keyboard input area commonly used by users.
In terms of hard drive performance, Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 uses Micron SSD, model MTFDKBA512TFK, hard drive capacity is 512GB, and uses PCIe 4.0 × 4 channels and NVM Express 1.4 standards. In the results of other mainstream software tests such as TxBENCH, it can be seen that the sequential maximum reading speed of the hard disk is around 3600MB/s, and the maximum writing speed is around 3500MB/s.
Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 uses 16GB LPDDR4x 4266MHz dual-channel onboard memory Design, after passing the memory test of AIDA64, we can see that the read rate is 62114MB/s, the write rate is 66695MB/s, and the copy rate is 62000MB/s. The read and write speed performance is already comparable to that of DDR5 memory.
In addition to the conventional hardware, one thing I am more concerned about is the wireless configuration of this notebook. The wireless network card equipped with this Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 is the AX1675i from Killer, a wireless network card that supports the WiFi 6E protocol and the Bluetooth 5.2 protocol. This model of wireless network card can be said to be the ceiling among current wireless network cards, and Killer's wireless network card products have always been famous for their high connection stability, fast transmission rate and low latency. Actual measurements show that a WiFi 6 router that supports 160Hz can achieve a connection rate of 2.4Gbps. Daily download speeds or intranet transmission speeds are comparable to the performance of Gigabit wired networks. How does the
2K resolution high color gamut screen perform?
I have to say that the Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 is the only laptop product I have used so far that has a 2K resolution screen at the 5K price point. I am very ashamed. Although I have used many laptop products, it really gives users at this price. There are not many brands that offer 2K resolution IPS anti-glare high color gamut screens. At present, the mainstream on the market is still 1080P resolution, and there are still many game notebooks that still use low color gamut screens to fool users. Here I also used Spyder
The color gamut performance of Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 is: 99% sRGB, 76% AdobeRGB, and 76% P3 color gamut. It can be said that it is very friendly to design users. In terms of brightness, the maximum brightness is 255.4cd/㎡, the minimum brightness is 19.8d/㎡, the contrast ratio is 1090:1 at 100% brightness, and the white point is 7100K. Finally, in terms of color accuracy, the maximum color difference is 6.09, the minimum is 0.33, and the average ΔE is 1.14. For those who have productivity needs and currently need to choose a thin and light laptop with suitable design requirements in college, the screen color performance of the Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 should be able to meet your needs.
Productivity performance:
I believe that users who choose high-performance thin and light notebooks are those who have professional needs, but hope that their notebooks can be both thin, light and portable for daily use. I have to say that through performance testing, we can see that Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 is a product that can combine performance with thinness, lightness and portability. And the excellent screen quality and scalability performance left a deep impression on me, a picky gamer.
Here we also use some professional 3D rendering software to test some 1260P performance, giving some reference to users with professional needs. Among them, the "V-Ray"-CPU test scored 5956, and the "Superpostion Benchmark" test scored 2948 points in the 1080P-optimized scene (MEDIUM). "7-ZIP Benchmark Test": compression score 57.777GIPS, decompression score 60.769GIPS. "Indigo Bench" 1260PBedroom 0.901, Surpercar 2.455.
actually processes 100 RAW format files shot with 5D3 through LR, and it only takes 3 minutes and 05 seconds to output them to jpg format.
In terms of expansion, many thin and light products at this price are powered by the traditional circular DC power supply interface. Feifei S3 2022 directly provides two Thunderbolt 4 interfaces with 40Gbps transmission rate, and both interfaces support power supply design.
With these two interfaces, it is convenient for users to expand storage, display, and charging. Moreover, dual Thunderbolt 4 also provides more possibilities for expansion, which can meet your various expansion needs.
The actual expansion of the 4K external monitor is OK, and 4K 60Hz expansion can be achieved.
In addition, display expansion of up to 4 screens can also be achieved through the Thunderbolt 4+HDMI 2.1 interface. It’s just that I don’t have so many monitors at the moment. Here I will show the application scenario of three-screen office.
In terms of power supply, Acer also follows the trend and provides players with an integrated 65W original adapter. This adapter is small in size and very convenient to carry around. Moreover, mainstream protocols are also supported, and you can charge your mobile phone when you go out. Of course, it would be better if it were power adapter that provides wire separation design.
In actual daily use, Feifan S3 2022 can achieve an output power supply of up to 65W when paired with the original 65W adapter.
In addition, with third-party 100W adapter, we also found that Feifei S3 2022 can handle the 20V 5A 100W charging protocol. The actual measured maximum power can reach 95W under daily use.
The battery life is convenient and extraordinary. The S3 2022 is still very eye-catching. As a high-performance thin and light notebook, the battery life of the S3 2022 is really strong in daily life. While releasing powerful performance, it also takes into account the battery life. Through the PCMark 10 test, we can see that the battery life of the Extraordinary S3 2022 can reach 11 hours and 9 minutes. In terms of charging, it takes 4 hours to charge the battery from 20% to 100%.
internal structure analysis:
The disassembly of this extraordinary S3 2022 high-performance thin and light notebook is not complicated. You need to prepare an internal hexagonal screwdriver for disassembly. But in daily terms, I think that most users of the Extraordinary S3 2022 do not need to disassemble the phone by themselves.
After opening it, you can see that the internal layout of Feifan S3 2022 is still very regular, and the large-area battery design is also very conspicuous.
The cooling module of Feifei S3 2022 adopts a dual fan + dual heat pipe cooling module design. The two fans with 118 ultra-thin heat sinks are quiet enough for daily operation under full load. In terms of expansion,
uses onboard 16GB LPDDR4x 4266MHz dual-channel memory, so there is no way to expand the memory by yourself. In addition, you can see the matching Killer AX1675i wireless network card itself. This wireless network card supports three frequency bands: 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz. When paired with the WiFi 6 wireless router that supports 160Hz, it can achieve a maximum transmission rate of 2.4Gbps.
The hard drive can be disassembled and it can be seen that it is Micron's MTFDKBA512TFK PCIe 4.0 SSD. The hard drive has a capacity of 512GB and uses PCIe 4.0 × 4 channels and NVM Express 1.4 standards. In addition, the motherboard also provides an additional M.2 interface to facilitate players to expand storage. This is a very rare design in thin and light notebooks at this price.
Many players may not notice that there is an M.2 interface hidden under the two-speed motherboard connection cable that can be used to expand storage. Supports M.2 SSD with 2280 specifications, which can facilitate player expansion. The
battery is equipped with the rated capacity 6Whr. For thin and light notebooks, this rated capacity battery capacity can provide users with sufficient battery life.
Summary
How to evaluate Acer Extraordinary S3 2022? At this price, Acer Viva S3 2022 left me with a good experience. The performance of the 1260P processor is enough to meet my daily work, life and entertainment needs. As a productivity tool, Acer Viva S3 2022 can also provide me with sufficient support. Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 has given full play to the performance of the P series, providing performance comparable to the standard H45 in a thin and light body. In addition, the 2K resolution anti-glare screen, dual Thunderbolt 4 interfaces, WiFi 6E network support, and more than 11 hours of battery life all hit my pain points with laptops. Moreover, it provides dual M.2 SSD hard drive locations at this price, making it very convenient to expand later. It can be said that Acer Extraordinary S3 2022 will be a good choice at the price range of 4K to 5K.
Points worthy of attention from users and brands:
. Although it is equipped with dual Thunderbolt 4 interfaces, they are both designed on the left side of the fuselage.If you can arrange one on each side of the fuselage for daily charging, it will be more flexible;
. The performance release may be due to the noise problem during operation, so the performance is slightly conservative. I hope that the CPU power consumption can be further released through the Bios upgrade in the future. Provides better performance;
