Dell is expanding its AI powered laptop portfolio with the new Dell 14 Plus lineup. The company’s latest models feature AMD’s Krackan Point APUs, which are more affordable than the Intel Lunar Lake powered 14 Plus variants that were recently announced. So let’s check them out.

Dell 14 Plus series: What makes them special?

The known PC maker unveiled the Dell 14 Plus series with a starting price tag of $1,000 for the Intel variant. However, the new AMD Krackan Point APUs have just been announced with a more affordable price tag. The entry level model of the new starts from $800, while the 2-in-1 variant costs $850. The base Dell 14 Plus is equipped with the new AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 APU, which offers an 8 core CPU with 12 threads and the RDNA3 based Radeon 840M integrated graphics.

The starting storage configuration includes 16GB of LPDDR5 7500MHz RAM and 512GB of PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD storage. There is also a Ryzen AI 7 350 variant that is paired with the Radeon 860M iGPU and 1TB of SSD, which costs $950. For 32GB of RAM and a better iGPU, buyers need to spend $1,150. If the names of the chips sound familiar, it is probably because they are new AI CPUs from AMD that are positioned right below the high end Strix Point processors that includes the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.

Other notable features include IPS LCD displays with a 1920 x 1200 resolution, an HDMI 1.4 port, two USB Type C ports, WiFi 7, a fingerprint scanner for security, a 64Wh battery pack, an FHD webcam, and a slim body that weighs just 1.52 kilograms.

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At Computex Taipei 2022, AMD had revealed that the company will be launching its entry-level Ryzen and Athlon 7000 series mobile processors, codenamed “Mendocino”, that are aimed towards the Chromebooks and affordable Windows devices crowd.

And according to several reports online (via ITHome and wccftech), we have gathered several leaks and rumours that we know about AMD’s “Mendocino” processors so far.

AMD’s upcoming “Mendocino” 7000 series mobile entry-level APU family will be consisting of 3 members – the AMD Ryzen 3 7420U, AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and the AMD Athlon Silver 7020U.

Not much is known about the Athlon 7000 series mobile APUs, but recently ITHome reported that the news organisation had gathered info that the highest-end among the “Mendocino” processors – the Ryzen 3 7420U, will be sporting a quad-core CPU setup with 8 threads. All 4 CPU cores will be built on AMD’s older Zen 2 architecture, which turns 3 years old in 2022.

GPU-wise, The integrated graphics of the Ryzen 3 7420U APU will be featuring 1 WGP (2 CUs) of RDNA2 Graphics.

However, compared to its predecessor – the Ryzen 3 5400U, the upcoming Ryzen 3 7420U APU seems rather underwhelming. For comparison, the Ryzen 3 5400U also has a 4 core 8 thread CPU, but the cores are built on newer Zen 3 architecture. Meanwhile, the GPU on the Ryzen 5400U is a 6 CUs Vega Integrated Graphics.

As revealed earlier in leaks online, the AMD “Mendocino” APUs will be supporting dual-channel x32 LPDDR5 RAM, which can go up to 32GB, and the APUs will support VP9 and AV1 video encoding as well.

In Computex, AMD announced that “Mendocino” APUs will be launched in Q4 2022 and arrive in markets by the end of the year. The company expects “Mendocino” APUs to be available in mainstream notebooks priced from US$ 399 to US$699. 

In addition to the improved APU design, “Mendocino” is also manufactured on TSMC’s 6nm process, which translates to better power efficiency. AMD had announced that it believes that with Mendocino, Windows laptops can deliver more than 10 hours of battery life. On stage at Computex 2022, AMD revealed that Lenovo’s upcoming 2022 IdeaPad 1 series of entry-level laptops will be among the first to feature the APU.

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