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Run the same task in both modes and compare times — that's the only valid test.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Many models just spin fans in Performance mode without touching the power wall; review wattage data reveals the truth. For office work, Balanced is quiet and sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>",226,{"slug":173,"type":173,"question":197,"answer":198,"page":42,"heat":199},"How many cores and threads does Ryzen 9 7945HX have, and is it suitable for gaming and video editing in a laptop?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  16 cores, 32 threads, 2.5GHz base \u002F 5.4GHz boost, 55W, 64MB L3, Dragon Range, launched February 2023.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  It powered flagship gaming laptops of its day and handles gaming and video editing fine. These old flagships sit in clearance by 2026 — worth it if the price is right and the GPU and panel aren't outdated.\u003C\u002Fp>",212,{"slug":156,"type":156,"question":201,"answer":202,"page":42,"heat":203},"Is a laptop with Ryzen 9 7945HX good enough for gaming, and does the CPU or GPU matter more?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Start with the GPU model, its TGP, and direct-GPU mode. A 16-core CPU barely helps in games — only 1080p esports occasionally leans on the CPU.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  At the same budget, pick the machine with the stronger GPU or better cooling rather than the stronger CPU. Gaming-laptop differences live in the chassis, not the chip.\u003C\u002Fp>",209,{"slug":205,"type":206,"question":207,"answer":208,"page":42,"heat":203},"battery","general","How long can a laptop with Ryzen 9 7945HX last for office work and gaming away from the charger?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  A flagship with the 7945HX offers about 2–3 hours of unplugged office browsing and under an hour of unplugged gaming with frames cut in half. A 16-core CPU plus dGPU decides this.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Positioned as a desktop replacement, it is mostly used plugged in. For travel-based office work, a light all-rounder laptop fits better.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":161,"type":161,"question":210,"answer":211,"page":42,"heat":212},"Without the 3D cache layer, how should you count the 7945HX for local AI?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  With the 3D cache stripped away the 7945HX keeps 64MB of L3 and loses part of the interactive sweetness, but it was aimed at throughput work in the first place: batched data preprocessing, embedding and quantized inference barely look at cache, 16 cores\u002F32 threads with AVX-512 absorb them steadily, and the price lands lower — which makes this arithmetic the easier one.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Throughput-shaped workloads make it a better deal than the 3D part; buyers who decide on interactive latency are the ones who should pay for that 128MB premium. The fork is not core count but workload shape. Dual-channel memory bandwidth still sets the pace of batched inference, so fill the modules before fussing over cache.\u003C\u002Fp>",158,{"page":121,"isCompared":153,"list":214},[215,219,223,227,231],{"slug":192,"type":192,"question":216,"answer":217,"page":121,"heat":218},"How much can Ryzen 9 9955HX's performance change between power modes, and when should performance mode be used?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Power-mode differences vary by model: some lift the power wall fully, others just spin fans. Self-testing is the only reliable way.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Same method: run the same task in both modes. If you game and work, Performance mode plugged in is standard; pure office use stays in Balanced.\u003C\u002Fp>",248,{"slug":205,"type":206,"question":220,"answer":221,"page":121,"heat":222},"How long can a laptop with Ryzen 9 9955HX last for office work and gaming away from the charger?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  A 16-core flagship manages about 2–4 hours of unplugged office work and roughly an hour of unplugged gaming. High CPU and dGPU power decides this.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Vendor battery figures are typically measured at minimum brightness, iGPU mode, and quiet profile; real-world runtime runs about half of the claim, so plan accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>",229,{"slug":173,"type":173,"question":224,"answer":225,"page":121,"heat":226},"How many cores and threads does Ryzen 9 9955HX have, and is it suitable for gaming and video editing in a laptop?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 9955HX is a 16-core, 32-thread chip from the 2025 Fire Range generation — the flagship tier in current gaming laptops.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Sixteen cores barely matter in games; its stage is editing, rendering, and compiling. When picking a machine, weigh the GPU and cooling first — the CPU name is secondary.\u003C\u002Fp>",227,{"slug":156,"type":156,"question":228,"answer":229,"page":121,"heat":230},"Is a laptop with Ryzen 9 9955HX good enough for gaming, and does the CPU or GPU matter more?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The Ryzen 9 9955HX is a 16-core, 32-thread laptop flagship. In gaming laptops, frames follow the GPU model, its TGP, and MUX support; the CPU only becomes a bottleneck in high-frame 1080p esports, while 1440p\u002F4K is all GPU.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Check the dGPU TGP and MUX support before anything, then look at the exact chassis's tested numbers. At the same price, a 12-core and a 16-core model game nearly identically — put the budget into GPU and panel, not core count.\u003C\u002Fp>",221,{"slug":161,"type":161,"question":232,"answer":233,"page":121,"heat":234},"Dropping the 3D cache but keeping 96GB of memory — is the 9955HX the pragmatic pick for AI throughput work?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 9955HX puts its chips on capacity: L3 steps back to 64MB and the interactive-latency bonus gives way, but the 96GB dual-channel ceiling holds, and 16 cores\u002F32 threads with AVX-512 keep absorbing batched quantized inference and RAG pipelines — workloads where memory always bottoms out before cache, which makes it the right answer for the residency camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  If your days are queues of long jobs rather than back-and-forth chat, take it, skip the 3D premium and move the savings into RAM modules; conversational loads should walk back to the 3D part. For throughput users the laptop's ceiling is drawn by bandwidth and capacity, with cache as garnish — a rule this chip demonstrates most clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>",150,[236,241,246,251,256,261,265,269,273,277,282,288,293,298,301,305,309,313,316,321],{"slug":156,"type":156,"question":237,"answer":238,"page":239,"heat":240},"How should a GPU be paired with Core Ultra 5 325 for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K gaming?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  8C\u002F8T is plenty for gaming — the GPU is almost always the bottleneck. For 1080p high-refresh, an RTX 5060\u002F5070-class card; for 1440p, 5070 Ti or RX 9070 XT-class; at 4K, throw everything at the GPU and its VRAM.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Bottom line: tilt the budget toward the GPU; this CPU won't be your weak link.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-5-325",429,{"slug":173,"type":173,"question":242,"answer":243,"page":244,"heat":245},"How many cores and threads does Core Ultra 7 356H have, and is it suitable for gaming and video editing in a laptop?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Core Ultra 7 356H has 16 cores and 16 threads, and the H suffix identifies a higher-performance mobile platform. High-refresh 1080p gaming depends on per-core behavior and discrete-GPU TGP, while 1440p and 4K usually depend on the GPU; compiling, encoding, editing, and CPU rendering can use 16 threads, but sustained performance requires checking CPU package power, performance mode, and shared cooling.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  A 10- to 15-minute power and clock log from the exact laptop is more informative for long workloads than peak boost.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-7-356h",383,{"slug":156,"type":156,"question":247,"answer":248,"page":249,"heat":250},"Is a laptop with Core Ultra 5 225U good enough for gaming, and does the CPU or GPU matter more?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 225U has only 2 P-cores: single-core handles online titles but can't support AAA; the iGPU is weak, with LoL and CS2 barely smooth at 1080p low.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  It targets long-battery office use; gaming isn't its focus. For gaming-first needs, an H-series dGPU laptop fits better.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-5-225u",373,{"slug":173,"type":173,"question":252,"answer":253,"page":254,"heat":255},"How many cores and threads does Core Ultra 7 255H have, and is it suitable for gaming and video editing in a laptop?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  16 cores and 16 threads — note that Arrow Lake mobile also dropped Hyper-Threading. That's enough for gaming, development, and moderate editing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Large builds and long video exports can use every thread, but whether the laptop sustains it depends on the system power limit, GPU TGP, and cooling. The model name alone tells you little.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-7-255h",371,{"slug":156,"type":156,"question":257,"answer":258,"page":259,"heat":260},"Is a laptop with Core Ultra 5 225H good enough for gaming, and does the CPU or GPU matter more?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The Core Ultra 5 225H is a 14-core\u002F14-thread H-series chip; with a mainstream dGPU it's fully adequate for gaming, and whether frames hold depends on two things: the dGPU model plus actual TGP (incl. Dynamic Boost), and the machine's sustained CPU package power.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  High-refresh 1080p or esports is sensitive to CPU frame time; 1440p\u002F4K is mostly set by the GPU. To find the bottleneck, plug in, switch to performance mode, and log 15 minutes of gaming with HWiNFO: GPU usage near 95% with power close to TGP means the GPU is the limit; if GPU usage stays under ~90% while a CPU thread is saturated, check the CPU power limits, cooling, and power mode.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-5-225h",369,{"slug":173,"type":173,"question":262,"answer":263,"page":259,"heat":264},"How many cores and threads does Core Ultra 5 225H have, and is it suitable for gaming and video editing in a laptop?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  14 cores, 14 threads (4P + 8E + 2LP), P-core 1.7GHz base \u002F 4.9GHz boost, 18MB L3, Arrow Lake, launched Q1 2025.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 225H shares the 235H's architecture at a lower base clock — daily feel is nearly identical. Fourteen threads cover gaming, development, and editing; sustained heavy loads sit behind the laptop's power wall. At this tier, pick on price and chassis cooling.\u003C\u002Fp>",367,{"slug":156,"type":156,"question":266,"answer":267,"page":268,"heat":264},"Is a laptop with Core Ultra 7 255HX good enough for gaming, and does the CPU or GPU matter more?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The Core Ultra 7 255HX is a 24-core\u002F24-thread HX processor. Gaming performance is about the GPU and chassis; the 255HX isn't the bottleneck: compare two machines — one with a full-power 4060 plus MUX, another with a 4070 capped at 80W and no MUX — the first can easily feel better in games.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  So when shopping a 255HX gaming laptop: confirm GPU TGP, MUX, and performance-mode power, then compare prices. Don't sweat the CPU model.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-7-255hx",{"slug":156,"type":156,"question":270,"answer":271,"page":254,"heat":272},"Is a laptop with Core Ultra 7 255H good enough for gaming, and does the CPU or GPU matter more?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  On a 255H gaming laptop, check GPU TGP and sustained CPU power before you look at the 16-core spec. 1080p high-refresh leans on CPU and memory; 1440p\u002F4K starts with the GPU.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Verify the published TGP, real CPU\u002FGPU power after 15 minutes in both balanced and performance modes, and whether dGPU-only mode exists. A TGP gap between same-named GPUs changes gaming results far more than the CPU model.\u003C\u002Fp>",364,{"slug":173,"type":173,"question":274,"answer":275,"page":268,"heat":276},"How many cores and threads does Core Ultra 7 255HX have, and is it suitable for gaming and video editing in a laptop?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The Core Ultra 7 255HX is 20 cores and 20 threads (8 performance + 12 efficiency, no Hyper-Threading) on Arrow Lake, 2.4GHz base and 5.2GHz max turbo, 30MB L3. It and the 265HX are two clock bins of the same die — specs are nearly identical, the 265HX just boosts 0.1GHz higher, and real-world gaps in gaming, editing, and compiling stay under 3%.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  So the two model numbers shouldn't drive your decision; in the same chassis they're practically indistinguishable. What sets the actual ceiling of an HX laptop is the cooling and sustained power design — the same 20-core\u002F20-thread chip at 60W vs 150W is two different computers.\u003C\u002Fp>",361,{"slug":173,"type":173,"question":278,"answer":279,"page":280,"heat":281},"How many cores and threads does Core i7 14650HX have, and is it suitable for gaming and video editing in a laptop?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  16 cores, 24 threads on an HX mobile chip — a common gaming-laptop config. With this spec, “enough” is about whether the machine keeps feeding it, not just the numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Office work and multitasking are fine by the spec; encoding and rendering depend on the exact laptop. On 14th-gen HX, update the BIOS microcode. The same chip is far stronger in a thick gaming laptop than a thin one.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-i7-14650hx",355,{"slug":283,"type":283,"question":284,"answer":285,"page":286,"heat":287},"cooling","What cooler does Core Ultra 7 270K Plus need, and how do gaming and sustained all-core loads differ?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  For gaming, the 270K Plus fits a high-end dual-tower air cooler or 240\u002F280mm AIO. With power limits removed, sustained all-core compiling, encoding, or rendering above ~180W calls for a top dual tower or 360mm AIO.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Log package power, clocks, and VRM behavior for 15-20 minutes; if clocks drop noticeably, lower power or upgrade cooling. Confirm the LGA1851 mount and case exhaust.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-7-270k-plus",353,{"slug":156,"type":156,"question":289,"answer":290,"page":291,"heat":292},"How does Core i5 14400F handle gaming, and how large is the gap versus cheaper models?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 14400F pairs nicely with a mid-range GPU: 1080p high-refresh exposes CPU single-core, memory, and engine limits, while 1440p\u002F4K is basically the GPU's call.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  When comparing cheaper chips, fix the GPU, memory, driver, and power settings, then look at 1% lows in the same scene. If you game while streaming, recording, or compiling, watch whether the CPU stays fully loaded — extra threads hit the power and cooling ceiling sooner than gaming alone.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-i5-14400f",334,{"slug":294,"type":294,"question":295,"answer":296,"page":286,"heat":297},"motherboard","What motherboard suits Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, and how should power delivery, memory, and ports be balanced?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 270K Plus runs LGA1851, 800-series chipsets, and DDR5. Overclocking calls for Z890; stock operation suits a well-powered B860; H810 can't handle a high-power 24-core sustained load.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Verify BIOS and CPU support, then weigh GPU, M.2, USB, networking, and VRM cooling. For long compiling or rendering, spend on power delivery and cooling rather than decorative I\u002FO.\u003C\u002Fp>",332,{"slug":192,"type":192,"question":299,"answer":300,"page":280,"heat":297},"How much can Core i7 14650HX's performance change between power modes, and when should performance mode be used?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  For short tasks, performance mode doesn't buy much — it's for sustained full-load work. The 14650HX's rated power isn't its actual consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Decide the mode by task length, noise, and cooling headroom. For short jobs, balanced mode is enough and much quieter.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":192,"type":192,"question":302,"answer":303,"page":268,"heat":304},"How much can Core Ultra 7 255HX's performance change between power modes, and when should performance mode be used?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Testing 255HX power modes is the same routine: 10 minutes of all-core load in performance mode, watching Package Power and the GPU power split. This HX generation has solid power policies, but chassis cooling is still the ceiling. Plugged in for gaming or rendering? Performance mode, and accept the fan noise. Unplugged office work? Balanced mode—battery life matters more.\u003C\u002Fp>",328,{"slug":205,"type":206,"question":306,"answer":307,"page":268,"heat":308},"How long can a laptop with Core Ultra 7 255HX last for office work and gaming away from the charger?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 255HX platform manages ~5 hours of light office work; gaming needs the charger. Off AC, the saving trio is hybrid graphics, 60Hz, and balanced mode. Background apps and screen brightness affect runtime more than the CPU model — align those before comparing two machines. For long runtime, buy a thin-and-light, not an HX.\u003C\u002Fp>",327,{"slug":205,"type":206,"question":310,"answer":311,"page":280,"heat":312},"How long can a laptop with Core i7 14650HX last for office work and gaming away from the charger?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Runtime is a system metric: capacity, display, and light-load draw decide office battery life, while dGPU power and the charger decide gaming. The 14650HX alone cannot predict hours. Unplugged gaming on an HX machine is basically unrealistic; for office runtime, focus on battery Wh and hybrid-graphics settings.\u003C\u002Fp>",316,{"slug":156,"type":156,"question":314,"answer":315,"page":286,"heat":114},"How does Core Ultra 7 270K Plus handle gaming, and how large is the gap versus cheaper models?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is a 24-core, 24-thread desktop part (Arrow Lake, no Hyper-Threading). 1080p high refresh checks CPU single-core speed, memory, and the engine; 1440p balances CPU and GPU; 4K is usually GPU-led. The 24 cores shine when compiling, streaming, or rendering at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  When comparing cheaper chips, fix the GPU, memory, driver, and BIOS power settings, then compare frame times in the same scene. Core count can't replace testing — don't claim FPS from it. As a gaming pick its value is mediocre; productivity is where it belongs.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":173,"type":173,"question":317,"answer":318,"page":319,"heat":320},"How many cores and threads does Core i5 14600KF have, and is it suitable for gaming and productivity?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 14600KF has 14 cores and 20 threads (6P + 8E) with no iGPU, the sweet-spot i5 of 2023.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Handles gaming and light productivity, and 20 threads cover rendering and compiling. KF has no integrated graphics, so a discrete GPU is required, for a small saving over the 14600K.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-i5-14600kf",307,{"slug":173,"type":173,"question":322,"answer":323,"page":291,"heat":324},"How should the core and thread counts of Core i5 14400F be understood, and do more cores help in games?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  10 cores and 16 threads (6 P-cores + 4 E-cores), and the F suffix means no integrated graphics — you need a discrete GPU to get a picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  That's plenty for mainstream gaming and everyday development. Compiling, encoding, and rendering can use the extra threads, but sustained all-core performance is capped by power limits and cooling. And on 13th\u002F14th gen, update the BIOS microcode — Intel fixed a stability issue that affected these.\u003C\u002Fp>",305,[326,330,334,340,344,348,352,356,360,363,365,368,372,376,378,382,386,388,391,394],{"slug_a":327,"slug_b":328,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":329},"core-i7-13645hx","core-i7-13700hx",126,{"slug_a":331,"slug_b":332,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":333},"ryzen-threadripper-pro-3955wx","xeon-platinum-9282",81,{"slug_a":335,"slug_b":336,"name_a":337,"name_b":338,"i_heat":339},"core-i5-12490f","core-i5-13600kf","Intel® Core™ i5-12490F Processor","Intel® Core™ i5-13600KF Processor",76,{"slug_a":341,"slug_b":342,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":343},"core-ultra-9-275hx","core-ultra-9-290hx-plus",75,{"slug_a":345,"slug_b":346,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":347},"core-i5-1340pe","core-i5-13600h",71,{"slug_a":349,"slug_b":350,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":351},"core-i7-14650hx","core-ultra-7-251hx",68,{"slug_a":353,"slug_b":354,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":355},"core-i5-13600t","core-ultra-5-245hx",65,{"slug_a":357,"slug_b":358,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":359},"core-ultra-7-255h","core-ultra-7-356h",54,{"slug_a":350,"slug_b":361,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":362},"core-ultra-7-255hx",52,{"slug_a":364,"slug_b":119,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":63},"ryzen-9-8945hx",{"slug_a":366,"slug_b":367,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":63},"core-m-5y71","ryzen-ai-5-340",{"slug_a":369,"slug_b":370,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":371},"core-i5-14400f","core-i5-14490f",48,{"slug_a":373,"slug_b":374,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":375},"core-i3-1215ue","core-i3-12300he",47,{"slug_a":361,"slug_b":358,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":377},45,{"slug_a":379,"slug_b":380,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":381},"core-ultra-5-225h","core-ultra-5-235h",44,{"slug_a":383,"slug_b":384,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":385},"core-i5-14600kf","core-ultra-5-250k-plus",43,{"slug_a":387,"slug_b":342,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":385},"core-i9-13900hx",{"slug_a":380,"slug_b":389,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":390},"core-ultra-5-235hx",41,{"slug_a":392,"slug_b":393,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":106},"core-i9-10980xe-extreme-edition","ryzen-9-pro-9965",{"slug_a":395,"slug_b":396,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":106},"core-ultra-7-265k","core-ultra-7-270k-plus"]