A quick performance comparison of the Surface Pro 3 (Fourth Generation Intel Core i7 - 8Gb RAM) with the Toshiba Z20T (Fifth Generation Intel Core M y5 - 8Gb RAM).
I wanted to see how much better or worse the Intel Core M in the Z20T would perform compared to the Surface. Could I use the Core M instead of the Core i7?
As you'll see, the new Z20t with Core M booted up quite a bit quicker than the Surface. But when it came to a Photoshop test (opening the same RAW photograph) the Surface won the test.
This result would have been closer if I was using the y7 model of the Z20t.
However, the performance gap was close enough to live with. The upside to the Core M is far better battery life and no fan.
The Toshiba is a very impressive tablet. For now I'm sticking with the Surface because I prefer the keyboard (in particular its portability), but the 100 gram lighter Z20t with 4G/ LTE is very compelling! Look out Surface! ;-)
