Samsung’s Galaxy Book S With Intel Lakefield And 17-Hour Battery Lands In The U.S.

by Brandon Hill — Friday, July 17, 2020, 03:17 PM EDT

Samsung got official with the latest iteration of its Galaxy Book S back in late May, and not the lightweight portable is available for purchase in the United States. Unlike the first Galaxy Book S that launched last year with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx SoC, this newest version is powered by Intel’s new 10^th generation Lakefield architecture (10nm).

The Galaxy Book S is powered by the Intel Core i5-L16G7, which is a rather peculiar chip, as it has 5 total cores. A single [big] Sunny Cove core is joined by four [little] Tremont efficiency cores. The Core i5-L16G7 features a base clock of 1.4GHz, and a maximum single-core clock of 3GHz. The full specifications for the machine are listed below:

Display: 13.3-inch FHD
CPU: Intel Core processor with Intel Hybrid Technology
Memory: 8GB RAM
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics
Storage: 256GB eUFS
Camera: 1-megapixel
Wireless: Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Ports: 2x USB-C, 1x 3.5mm headphone out/mic-in combo, microSD card reader
Sensors: fingerprint, ambient light
OS: Windows 10 Home

Leaked benchmarks for the Galaxy Book S have shown that the machine won’t win many performance races, but that is dictated mainly by the fact that this is a miserly 7W processor. And it’s nestled within a laptop that barely weighs over 2 pounds and is just 0.5 inches thick. Best of all, it offers battery life up of up to 17 hours (although that falls shy of the high-water mark set by the Snapdragon 8cx variant, which clocks in at 23 hours).

Samsung is offering the Galaxy Book S in either Mercury Gray or Earthly Gold. The machine is currently available to purchase via Samsung.com where it’s priced at $949, and will ship on July 21^st. Each purchase also comes with a free Samsung Multiport Adapter, which plugs into a free USB-C port while providing HDMI-out (4K/30) and a single USB 3.1 (Type-A) port.

Tags: Samsung, galaxy book s, lakefield

Brandon Hill

Brandon received his first PC, an IBM Aptiva 310, in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since. He cut his teeth on computer building/repair working at a mom and pop computer shop as a plucky teen in the mid 90s and went on to join AnandTech as the Senior News Editor in 1999. Brandon would later help to form DailyTech where he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008 until 2014. Brandon is a tech geek at heart, and family members always know where to turn when they need free tech support. When he isn’t writing about the tech hardware or studying up on the latest in mobile gadgets, you’ll find him browsing forums that cater to his long-running passion: automobiles.

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