Kaby Lake Precision pre-release discussion (5520 / 7520 / 7720)

Sooooo... I was pressing the refresh button every 30 seconds the entire day today for nothing? Sigh, I guess I will have to go back to work then.

At least they upgraded what was being shown on the laptop screens on the Precision page.

 

The current 35% coupon is listed as expiring tomorrow on retailmenot, so hopefully we will see them tomorrow or the day after.

 

Wow I can't believe no mention of the 7720 on Dell's web site. In fact, after the announcement in early January, nothing. Very bizarre.

 

Just got word from MerkAmerica that earliest the Precision 7720 will be available is May 2017.

 

Wow, what a delay. I wonder if the Pascal Quadros and/or Polaris Firepros are not ready? The Thinkpad P51/P71 are supposed to launch soon but they are still using Maxwell.

 

It could mean they are trying to fit more options into the chassis. This looks promising to me, it could mean a GTX1060/1070 equivalent Quadro is being fitted/designed for the 7520.

 

I have a 5510 and a 5520 one work one personal. here is some info

Both have 32mb ram (5510 2133, 5520 2400)
Both have Xeons (5510 2.8, 5520 3.0)
Both have M.2 SSD

CPUZ CPU bench
5510 1778 single 7345 multi
5520 1949 single 8008 multi

Heaven BenchMark 4.0
5510 FPS 37.5 Score 946
5520 FPS 45.4 Score 1143

 

But do you feel there is any performance difference in normal usage?

Are there any physical differences between the two notebooks?

John

 

That's 32 GB of RAM, right?


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Yeah GB
Must of had a flashback to 1999.

I probably see a 10% increase in most intensive applications. Solidworks, Autocad, photoshop.

It's feels a bit smoother, I haven't had it long enough to test. But the numbers on the battery time look amazing. When I unplug it says 13hours. (Just web browsing, I would guess). But I did get the bigger battery.

Looks wise they are identical. The 5520 might have a more promanate carbon weave. The lighter part is lighter. But