Graphics Performance

The passive libation doesn't seem to limit the MX150 all that much, performing around the same level as others have seen from this GPU in like systems. It performs a touch on below the best MX150 laptops out there, but it's nix unusual and still very impressive for a device without a single fan.

Of grade the main advantage to having the MX150 is that it'due south a lot faster than Intel'due south integrated graphics. In the heaviest GPU workloads, the MX150 is well-nigh 2.3x faster than the UHD 620 integrated into the i7-8550U. This gives it a big advantage in applications that employ the GPU: Premiere, for example, renders a 4K video with Lumetri effects 84 percent faster with the MX150 inside than just having the i7-8550U.

Compared to the Ryzen five 2500U, which as well includes a powerful Vega 8 GPU along with a comparable CPU to the i7-8550U, the MX150-powered Switch 7 is, at all-time, 12 pct faster in GPU limited tests like 3DMark's Time Spy graphics score. Some applications don't back up Ryzen Mobile equally well as I'd like, especially the Adobe suite, and so it'd be skillful to revisit this comparison when we get improve Ryzen Mobile drivers.

Every bit for gaming, the MX150 isn't a powerful GPU so you shouldn't expect to play everything on this tablet. Withal, as it's so much faster than integrated graphics, yous can get a decent experience in a handful of titles. Using Thou Theft Machine Five as an example, you can go l FPSat 1080p, and to a higher place 30 FPSat the display's native resolution using the lowest detail settings. Civilization VI is very playable at native res everyman settings as well, which is good news.

Yous won't want to touch on the back of the Switch 7 during any lengthy combined GPU and GPU usage, as the passive libation can get a bit toasty. The CPU sits at effectually 90°C and the GPU got as hot as lx°C in my testing using consecutive 3DMark runs, and nearly of that oestrus is prodigal direct through the rear panel.