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However, the VAIO Pro appears to be hitting some internal limits even with GT2, so without some tweaks to the firmware and/or other aspects the i5-4200U provides a reasonable starting point. The i5-4250U gets GT3 graphics, with a tray price that’s $55 higher, and the i5-4258U and i5-4288U get GT3 along with a 28W TDP, which would really help with graphics potency. There are quite a few Core i3/i5/i7 U-series processors of course, and many of them are more interesting than the i5-4200U. The CPU is Intel’s mainstream i5-4200U that should deliver better CPU performance than the non-Turbo Core i3-4100U but it’s interesting to note however that Intel lists the same tray price of $287 on both CPUs (though that’s not what a large OEM like Sony would actually pay). Here’s the configuration we received for testing: Sony VAIO Pro 13 Specifications But we're jumping ahead.Īs usual, there are various models and upgrades of the VAIO Pro 13 available. I don’t really fault them for taking such an approach, as the GT2 Haswell ULT solutions are generally going after providing acceptable performance in non-GPU workloads while delivering improved battery life. It appears Sony is focusing more of their efforts on managing thermals/noise than they are on squeezing every last bit of performance out of the processor. Taking cues from Intel's targeting of mobility with Haswell, the VAIO Pro 13 isn't really any faster than last year's Ivy Bridge Ultrabooks – in fact, on the iGPU side of things the VAIO Pro 13 actually underperforms compared so some Ivy Bridge U-series CPUs. Sony’s VAIO Pro 13 is the latest example of this, only now performance has reached the point where it's plenty fast for most users. Sony has often been on the forefront of extremely portable laptops, and Anand has some great stories of $2000 laptops back in his college days that were terribly slow but delivered great mobility. For these parts, Intel’s 4th Generation Core CPU line is more about reducing power use while keeping performance more or less the same. Sadly, the GT3 and GT3e are only being used in a few products right now, which leaves us with GT2 mobile offerings. The performance improvements mostly come in the form of faster iGPUs, at least for the GT3 and GT3e processors.

We’ve seen a few Haswell systems that have delivered on the promise of improved battery life, and in some cases we’ve even seen improved performance. As our first non-Apple Haswell Ultrabook, the Sony VAIO Pro 13 has a high bar to clear.

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