Hi, welcome back, I’m a donkey. Have you ever used NVIDIA’s Quadro graphics card ? Now this Quadro series is renamed as NVIDIA RTX , but it is still a professional graphics card . These graphics cards are different from the common RTX 30 or RTX 40 series. Compared with consumer graphics cards, what is the strength of graphics cards? One of the key points of this episode is to show you that these specifications may seem ordinary , but rendering calculations are graphics cards that are faster than game cards. How much difference will it make? How to choose? In addition , whether it is a thin and light gaming notebook or a creator notebook , we have tested many models that are biased toward consumers, but there is still a missing piece of the puzzle , that is, commercial models. Although compared with ordinary users It is said that the attention of commercial models is relatively low , but if you look at the specifications, the specifications of commercial models can only be said to be very luxurious . It seems that facial recognition has been used, but fingerprint recognition is still used . The screen is not only 2K , but also 120 Hz . There are also touch controls. The luxury is that you can see it on any ordinary consumer-grade laptop. It directly provides four SO-DIMM slots , which can be filled with up to 128GB of RAM. It is comfortable to use the memory as storage space. Ah, well, today I will take the ExpertBook B6 Flip officially launched by ASUS at the end of last year to show you the mystery of graphics cards and business machines . We are testing the ExpertBook B6 Flip launched by ASUS at the end of last year. This is a commercial machine that focuses on professional performance. Here is a little mention . The update frequency of commercial machines is relatively low . In order to verify the stability of the hardware , they usually don’t rush to keep up with the latest hardware . After all, stability and reliability are the mission of these machines. Therefore , it is usually the product series that will be updated at the end . Because of the different ideas, we can take a look at the differences between the commercial design and the general model . Let’s start. First, the appearance is very different. For example, this machine is positioned as a mobile workstation, so the overall design is very simple and durable , and you can press and turn the shaft on each side , it is a solid touch, and there will be no loose feeling . You can see the whole at first glance. The selection of the machine is a practical orientation . Let’s talk about it one by one . First, we can see the I/O jack . The ExpertBook B6 Flip provides almost all the jacks you need. It may not affect the operation. Then there is a USB A , an HDMI2.0b , a 2.5GbE RJ45 network jack , and two Thunderbolt 4 USB C jacks . Both jacks can be used to output images and PD charging. However, after actual testing 65W PD is immovable It needs to measure 100W to successfully charge. Then there is a 3.5mm audio jack and a whole row of indicator lights. The right side is more exciting . It provides an anti-theft lock commonly used in workstations and a power button integrated with fingerprint recognition . You will see that in addition to the power supply ExpertBook B6 Flip is on the side. There is also a physical volume button on the side , which is placed on the side because the ExpertBook B6 Flip can be turned over and used as a touch screen, so it is placed in this position , whether you are in laptop mode or tablet mode , you can easily press the button . There is also a USB A There is a Mini DP and a smart card reader which is rarely seen on laptops. The jacks are all there, including Mini DP, HDMI, and TB4 , so if you want to connect three external screens, there is no problem . Really To put it bluntly, it might be possible to plug in an SD card reader , but users of the ExpertBook B6 Flip don’t use the SD card so frequently, so it’s okay. In addition , the durability of the ExpertBook B6 Flip also passed MIL-STD 810H in the United States. It is tested by military regulations , and the keyboard on the C side has been treated with water-repellent treatment to reduce the chance of accidents. The durability of the hinge opening and closing has also increased from 20,000 times to 30,000 times . The frequently plugged connectors also have reinforced designs for durability The number of times has increased from 2000 to 5000. As a commercial model , the ExpertBook B6 Flip has also passed the ISV certification. Simply put , this certification is mainly to test whether different professional software can run stably on the computer , including Adobe and Autodesk, which are familiar to everyone. Creo, Solidworks and other commonly used software in professional fields. In terms of weight , the weight of the ExpertBook B6 Flip is about 2.7 kg . After adding the 240W original charger, it reaches 3.4 kg. It can be regarded as a normal range for mobile workstations. The thicker rubber strips are raised to help heat dissipation and leave space . Then, the screen on the B side is also full of practicality and durability . Although it is not an extremely narrow bezel design , it can be regarded as a narrow bezel in the workstation series . Relatively If you accidentally hit the side , it is less likely to directly damage the display . However, the screen is very good. It is an LCD display with a resolution of 2.5K and a screen refresh rate of 120Hz. The point is that the display effect is also up to standard . The color gamut is covered. 100% of sRGB, 88% of Adobe RGB and 100% of DCI-P3 are sufficient for creation. The focus is on color accuracy . The measured average Delta E actually reaches 0.94. This value is less than 2, which is already very good. Less than 1 means excellent, and the brightness is also good very good Oh, the full white screen can reach a maximum brightness of 500 nits , which can easily cope with various usage scenarios , especially the creative use of 500 nits brightness also provides enough flexibility. Overall , this screen is not sloppy at all, and this screen also supports HDR. The ratio of 16:10 is also recommended by us in recent years. It will be more comfortable than 16:9 for web browsing and creation. What’s more special is that although it is a high-performance model, ASUS still adds a flip and touch design to the ExpertBook B6 Flip . So If you want to demo with the customer , you can directly pick it up and show it. By the way, you can show the second head or let the customer use their fingers to operate on the screen, etc. It can be regarded as giving enough versatility . There is also a set of video lenses on the top , and there is a physical lens cover that can be closed . Physical protection of personal privacy. In addition, this set of lenses also supports Windows Hello facial recognition . It can be successfully unlocked even in low light. In terms of sound experience , the speakers of ExpertBook B6 Flip have been tuned by Harman/Kardon and support Dolby Atmos. Sound, after all, has a natural volume advantage , more space can be used, and the low frequency will be fuller . We also measured that the maximum volume is about 86dB Finally, I saw that the C surface is treated with a matte frosted surface . It is very difficult to get fingerprints . It is easy to clean and neat . The shortcut buttons on the upper row are good and full. The basic functions will not be mentioned. Only the key point is F9, which can quickly lock the screen. When there are sensitive data or the boss passes by, you can lock F10 immediately, you can turn off the camera permission, and F11 can quickly open the snipping tool , and the snipping tool in Windows 11 is much easier to use . You can choose to freely select the full screen or only capture a single window, etc. Keyboard Some also have the independent number keys that everyone likes . Unfortunately, the arrow keys are not full-sized. The percussion feel is the familiar ASUS thin-film partial Q key travel. The key travel reaches 1.5mm, which is not long, but the feedback is enough. For your reference, the last is the touchpad . The enlarged design area is sufficient . The smoothness in touch is average , but the trigger is still neat. Then , Bonnie will directly enter the real focus of today, the performance test . The ExpertBook B6 Flip we have in hand. The CPU part is equipped with the 12th generation Intel Core processor i9-12950HX, which has performed very well so far , and it is a vPro version . I have seen this processor on ROG’s Strix SCAR 17 SE before , but ExpertBook B6 Flip uses it. The version that supports vPro is Intel’s 12th generation’s top notebook processor, which adopts the P-core + E-core core design . Strictly speaking, it should be the design of performance core and efficiency core , because this Intel’s 12th generation E -core is also very strong, not a small core at all . In addition, the biggest difference between the Intel Core i9-12950HX and the general H45 version of the i9-12900H is that the Intel Core i9-12950HX uses 8 P-cores plus 8 E-cores. Compared with Intel Core i9-12900H's 6P + 8E, two more P-cores form a 16-core 24-thread architecture. The cache is further pulled to 30MB and it also supports Intel Thread Direct technology. The system will automatically allocate performance and Efficiency core scheduling, such as the most familiar scene for players , is the live broadcast of the game. The system will let the P-core be in charge of the game and the E-core will be responsible for processing the live broadcast , so that the performance of the two will not occupy each other and fully exert all the performance . On the graphics card , it is Another important point today is that the ExpertBook B6 Flip is equipped with NVIDIA professional series Quadro graphics card RTX A2000 8GB notebook version. The specifications use the core of GA107 . Does it sound familiar? Yes, RTX A2 000 Laptop actually has a brother card that everyone is familiar with , which is the RTX 3050 Ti Laptop . Compare the specifications of the two cards. Except that the number of CUDA is also 2560 , the RT core and Tensor core are also exactly the same. The big difference is that the RTX A2000 Laptop is used as a card. The VRAM of a graphics card has been pulled from 4GB of GDDR6 to 8GB, but the overall specifications still look relatively ordinary, right? This is the superpower of the Quadro series, which is the one-to-one exclusive optimization of Quadro by various professional software and NVIDIA’s optimization of the driver. It’s a bit illusory to say that we directly run the test and compare the most accurate. The first test is not so professional. Premiere Pro uses a 4K original film with a total length of 10 minutes , and after simple color correction and sound mixing, the final test is carried out . 4K output , you can see that this test project is mainly to eat GPU accelerated RTX A2000, which is about 12% faster than RTX 3050 Ti. We further increase the test intensity , including full 4K material editing and very heavy AE animation, color mixing and multi-track Editing will also be more complicated . In this test project, it is also more GPU-accelerated . RTX A2000 took 24 minutes and 38 seconds to complete the output, while RTX 3050 Ti took 37 minutes and 27 seconds to complete the output. With larger VRAM and The exclusive driver is 35% faster . This score is only about three minutes behind the full-blooded version of the RTX 3080. You should have a little feeling here . Let’s continue to test several professional software commonly used by everyone in the industry. The first is AUTODESK. Compared with the 3050 Ti Laptop, the 3ds Max modeling software RTX A2000 Laptop has increased by 29%, and Creo has also increased by 28% , even surpassing the RTX 3070 Laptop with much better specifications by 15%. Optimized for GeForce series, if it is a little more advanced , for example, in Energy, the improvement of RTX A2000 is more than doubled, reaching 2.23 times , and it is also 55% higher than RTX 3070. In Medical , it is not only faster than RTX 3050 Ti. 20% higher than the latest RTX 4070. CATIA has the same result. The performance is better than RTX 4070 Laptop . If it is a little more advanced, some software is not intended to be optimized for GeForce from the beginning. For example, the NX launched by Simens is not a Quadro. It really doesn’t work. You can see from the screen that this is R. The test screen of TX 4070. This car is pushing forward with difficulty . This is the test screen of RTX A2000. I almost feel dizzy when I turn to it. Next to it is an RTX 4070. You should understand the difference. From the results, RTX The score of A2000 is 15 times that of RTX 3050 Ti. Even compared with RTX 4070 , there is a gap of 9.2 times. But it is not entirely like this . The last question is, is it right to create brainless Quadro? For software with high performance, graphics card support is relatively limited , or more popular software will definitely be optimized for GeForce series game cards , so the gap between these software on Quadro will not be widened , such as Blender, Maya, Solidworks are more or less It is more related to CPU performance and CUDA acceleration . The driver is also optimized for GeForce series . The results of RTX A2000 and RTX 3050 Ti It will be very close. Even the performance of the RTX 3050 Ti in our hands is fully released. There is a chance to overtake Quadro . Especially the scale of RTX 3070 and RTX 4070 is much different, and the difference will also increase . Overall, everyone should understand The software can be roughly divided into three categories. The first category is Quadro, and GeForce is optimized , such as Premiere Pro, After Effects and other popular video editing software. NVIDIA cut it into GeForce a long time ago . For example, NVIDIA Studio drivers are also targeted. For performance optimization , you can choose according to your budget, and you don’t have to insist on using a graphics card . Although the second category has optimizations, it is obviously more inclined to Quadro . If you use this software for work, the graphics card can still help you. To save some time , the third option is that from the very beginning , there is no software that wants to pave the way for the game card, so just obediently install the graphics card. In short, you must first understand whether the software you use requires CPU or GPU performance . It is to use the GPU to see if it is optimized for GeForce. How much difference is there? Then you can buy the most suitable card. What about games? Key points Next , let’s test some basic performance . First, Cinebench R23 Intel Core i9-12950HX scored 1823 points in single-core, and 18088 points in multi -core. Compared with the same level of Intel Core i9-12900H single-core score is slightly lower The multi-core performance has increased by 18%, which is equivalent to the 11th generation Intel Core i9-11900H. The multi-core performance improvement has reached 65%. The 12th generation Intel Core processor is really very powerful . Although it is not a game positioning on the GPU , we still A simple 3DMark Time Spy ExpertBook B6 Flip scored 6656 points, about 10% higher than the 75W RTX 3050 Ti , which is about the same as the 65W RTX 3060. In terms of heat dissipation design , the ExpertBook B6 Flip uses the bottom air intake and the rear two sides. Wind design Because the overall TDP is only about 135W , the heat dissipation hardware adopts a design of 3 heat pipes and dual fans. The ratio of the two sets of fans is quite large , and there are 98 blades in the three air outlets. You can see the thick heat dissipation fins. At the same time , we also measured that the two sets of fans run at full speed in extreme speed mode, and the full speed is about 50db . In this level, the noise control is considered normal . In addition, in MyASUS, there is also a third gear for quiet standard performance. We run here too 3DMark Time Spy 20 rounds of testing, the stability reached 97.2% . We also actually measured the temperature of the fuselage. The highest temperature on the front is at the air outlet of the fuselage , about 46 degrees. The temperature of the entire operating area is controlled within 30 degrees. The overall temperature control of the fuselage is pretty good In the memory part , ExpertBook B6 Flip has four SO-DIMM slots, two of which can be seen by opening the D side , and the other two are on the back. The machine in our hand is directly filled with four 32GB DDR5 4800MHz The memory has a total of 128GB and uses an Intel Core i9-12950HX vPro processor, which also supports ECC memory , which can reduce the possibility of memory errors. In terms of storage space , our ExpertBook B6 Flip has a total of two PCIe 4.0 slots. This one is pre- inserted with a Micron 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD . The measured sequential read and write speeds reach 6483MB/s and 5026MB/s respectively. In terms of software support , ExpertBook B6 Flip also has many ASUS software and exclusive software for commercial models. First of all, MyASUS, which everyone is familiar with, can quickly adjust the upper limit of battery charging here . For example , you can set the maximum charge to 60% to protect the battery when you plug it in all the time. Background blur motion tracking, eye correction, etc. For example, after the eye correction is turned on, the eyes can be corrected to look at the screen . There will be no online meeting , and the eyes will look at the side . You can also adjust the Fn settings at the bottom . In addition, ExpertBook B6 Flip also supports ASUS This software of ExpertWidget, if you have noticed , the keyboard has four keys with a special white light guide design , which are numbers 1-4, and ExpertWidget can customize these four keys as long as you hold down Fn and add 1-4 . Trigger the commands you set , such as turning on and off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, changing the power mode, etc. Then there is ASUS Business Manager , which is usually the software set by the company's network management. For example, it can limit the USB port DVD, can only read the locked date registration, etc., and there is also System Backtrack can quickly restore to the node of the last major operation. The last one is quite special. It is called MyASUS in WinRE. Simply put, when your computer has problems and you cannot enter the system , you can use MyASUS in WinRE , which is the one in WinRE (Windows Recovery). MyASUS detection function Perform a hardware test. In the off state , you can enter the advanced startup by pressing F12 on the power supply, and then select WinRE to enter, and then you can perform a basic hardware test , and the test on this interface can also rule out abnormalities caused by system or other software incompatibility. The test includes SSD fan, screen keyboard, touchpad, etc. If there is any abnormality in the test, the system will directly jump out of the QRCode to allow you to report for repair quickly . In the case of enterprises, this QRCode can allow ASUS engineers to take out the required parts directly while reporting for repair. Speed up The efficiency of the entire obstacle removal and the automatic test are also more friendly to those small and medium-sized enterprises without an IT department. The battery life of the ExpertBook B6 Flip uses a 90Wh battery. In Bonnie’s battery life test , playing YouTube videos in Full HD continuously for an hour consumes 23% And in PCMark 10 Modern Office In the battery endurance test with the screen set at 200 nits, it finally scored 5 hours and 3 minutes , which is the normal performance of the performance notebook . Remember to bring a light PD to be safer when going out. For the charging part , Bonnie actually used the 240W charger that came with the original factory to charge for 30 minutes. It takes 1 hour and 50 minutes to fully charge 47% to 83% in 1 hour. At the last time , we also provide all the benchmark tests for your reference . The show is coming to an end, and I finally take this opportunity to show you a glimpse The difference between a professional graphics card and a general game card is also a topic that I am quite curious about the difference. Finally , let’s talk about the machine itself . The ExpertBook B6 Flip itself is a top-level CPU and a professional graphics card . The peripheral specifications are good and the scalability is full. The machine provides four memory slots , all of which are filled with 128GB. For ordinary players, it is really an extremely luxurious dream configuration . For the enterprise end, in addition to the US military standard test for the machine itself , ASUS also has many services for enterprises , such as It is a 3-year warranty that I think is very good. This is a commercial-oriented design and a matching machine. Well, the program of this episode will end here first . I am a donkey. The last time will also provide an external test for your reference.
