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Choose the ready-to-go Aspire 3 with the latest Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors made for practical multitasking and productivity. With ease-of-use at its core, this family-friendly laptop is ready when you are. This Aspire 3 can tackle any job no matter how complex. Creativity soars to new heights with sharp, crisp visuals showcased on the 15.6" Full HD IPS touchscreen, while the thin bezel provides you more space to work with wherever inspiration strikes. It's the perfect companion to take with you wherever you go!
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AMD got back into customer consciousness after a long time and then they started these cheap tactics. A common joe would see this as 7th Gen R7 and would expect it to be better than previous gens. This is pure deception. I accidentally came across it during a NotebookCheck article where they explicitly called out some 7th gens CPUs for this crap.
This sh*t has to stop
I mean, sure it is probably best if they remove the '7' in front - but you know, they want to leave the option that if you want to pay for that '7', you still can.
It has 2 less cores, 4 less threads, 128 KB smaller L1 cache, 1 MB smaller L2 cache, half the L3 cache (4 MB vs 8 MB).
It has a higher base clock (2.8 GHz vs. 2.1 GHz), though, and a higher turbo clock (4.3 GHz vs. 4.0 GHz), but still a downgrade in my opinion. Synthetic benchmarks show a nearly 26% performance drop.
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