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welcome back to hard Rome box today we're looking at the most important comparison in PC gaming history about so grand that you simply won't know what to do with yourself after you've seen these two performance powerhouses battle it out well maybe not but I will be comparing two very popular mobile processes in the most popular game out there right now and that is of course fortnight the two processes we're looking at today are the Intel Core i5 8250 you and the AMD risin 520 500 you these two CPUs are designed for mid-range ultra-thin laptops down to 13 inches in size or smaller and both packed edp's of just 15 watts so we're looking at the best available options from both Intel and AMD in this category importantly we're looking at the performance of integrated graphics in this comparison our test laptops did not include discrete graphics this is key because there are tons of laptops out there that use just a CPU and don't feature discrete GPUs and people still want to play Fortnight on those sorts of systems so this comparison will look at how Intel and AMD is offering stack up when you try and play Fortnight on the integrated GPUs and what sort of quality settings you can use to achieve the best performance if good levels of performance are possible at all a quick rundown of the specs the Core i5 8250 U is a quad core processor with clock speeds ranging from 1.6 to 3.4 gigahertz and there's also an integrated UHD 620 GPU with 24 execution units clocked up to 1,100 megahertz the Rison 5 2500 you also has a quad core CPU this time clocked between 2.0 and 3.6 gigahertz there's also a Vega 8 GPU with 512 shader cores clocked up to 1,100 megahertz on paper the Rison apu has a significant GPU advantage but we'll soon see how that translates in fortnight and if you curious what test laptops were using the core i5 8252 is inside the LG gram 13 with 8 gigabytes of ddr4 memory while the arisin 5 2500 u is inside the HP Envy x-360 13 also with 8 gigabytes of ddr4 memory we've reviewed both of these systems in the past in case you are curious about them so you can go back and check out those reviews if you missed them so let's first take a look at how Fortnight performs at a native 1080p using the lowest detail settings naturally these sorts of integrated GPS aren't going to be good enough to play the game on anything but the lowest settings and for the most part the resolution will be the deciding factor between a playable and unplayable experience anyway here we have 49 at 1080p and the difference between the two mobile processes are quite large the Rison 5 2500 you on the right isn't exactly delivering a great experience at less than 30 FPS with dips as low as 24 FPS or so giving it that nice cinematic framerate that everyone loves but it's the core i5 8250 you that really struggles at 1080p running at below 20 fps for most of the test run when you get into a firefight at less than 20 fps it's pretty hard to cut hop Victorious as you can see from this gameplay footage for some dumb reason I decided to create this benchmark run on the 8250 u system at 1080p with this sort of performance and I played a few rounds and struggled massively in all of them a stuttery 20 fps just isn't good enough to play fortnight to achieve a mere 30 FPS on the Rison 5 2500 u system I had to reduce the render resolution to 900 P which still isn't fantastic for a competitive game like fortnight but we're beginning to get into the realms of playability aside from a few brief drops below 30 fps and this resolution fought and I hovered around 35 fps however 900p isn't good enough for the 8250 we're still playing at 25 FPS or so which sucks and with long stretches of game played down around 20 FPS and of course the GPU is picked at a hundred percent consistently with quite low CPU utilization it's 720p where the Rison 5 2500 uhit's a sweet spot between performance and visual quality you really don't want to reduce the resolution any further on a 1080p display but 720p is quite playable without looking like absolute garbage it's certainly getting there but it's not only absolute garbage on the 2500 you running the game at 720p delivers at least 40 FPS with the occasional dip into the high 30s but most you sit between 40 and 50 FPS while it's not a locked 60 FPS you have to remember we're playing the game on an ultra thin laptop with just a 15 watt APU there's not a lot of power of thermal Headroom in this sort of device so to achieve mid 40 FPS at 720p is very impressive and that's a perfectly playable sort of experience it's even more impressive when displayed next to the 8250 U at 720p Intel's offering barely reaches 30 FPS at this resolution with dips below 30 fps quite common in more intense areas I'm sure some players will be fine with 30 FPS but when you can get 10 to 15 FPS more on the rise and 5 2500 you that's what I'd prefer for sure it's a bit of a nightmare trying to hit a consistent 60 FPS on either of these processes even when you do get large stretches of gameplay well above 60 FPS you can still get dips below with that said you need to turn down the resolution quite far on each system to achieve this level of performance on the Rison 5 2500 you're looking at a 540 PE resolution while on the 8250 you'll need a garbage 360p and the game won't let you go below 360 P so at that point you're playing on literally the lowest settings to the game allows I mentioned just before that I found 40 to 50 FPS to be quite playable in the Rison 5 2500 you at 720p so here I've put that beside equivalent settings that achieve that performance on the core i5 a 250 you unfortunately for Intel CPU owners the resolution required for that performance is 4 ACP which when put besides 720p shows a large difference in visual quality 720p isn't amazing but at 480p it becomes difficult to spot enemies at a distance or really spot any details whatsoever so not impossible to plant 480p but you definitely add a competitive disadvantage compared to those running at higher resolutions so I think this look at fortnight on the core i5 8250 you and Rison 5 2500 you won't surprise many people that have looked at reviews for either processor it's well known that the 2500 u has a significantly faster integrated vaguer GPU than the Intel HD graphics found in the core i5 when both processes are found in the same sorts of laptops you should be a little cat 4 rise in MOBA if you're interested in playing fortnight or games of similar visual quality on a 13-inch ultra portable you won't get a great experience on either system and playing at a consistent 60 FPS is difficult without ridiculously low resolutions but the risin 5 2500 you to live is above 30 fps at 900 P and a quite playable 42 50 FPS at 720p whereas the core i5 8250 you can't hit a solid 30 FPS at 720p and it's really only at 480p where you're hitting that above 40 fps sweet spot with these sorts of results a generally classed fortnight as unplayable on the core i5 8250 you while on the Rison v 2500 oooh you can play the game on low quality settings and an acceptable enough resolution and frame rate again that's pretty impressive considering this process it is found in a slim and light 13-inch system like the HP Envy x-360 it's the first 15 watt class processor I've tested where you can genuinely play this sort of game without a discrete GPU a few other final notes it's actually a lot easier to play fortnight on the rise and 5 2500 you in general the 8250 use stutters a lot at random while I didn't have that issue with rice and mobile also changing settings and especially resolutions on the 8250 u system often implemented a 30 FPS cap for no reason despite vsync and fortnight's frame cap being disabled I couldn't find any setting or reason as to why this would be occurring but having a 30 FPS Kappa P out of nowhere is pretty annoying Rison Mobile is limited to 60 fps but honestly that's fine considering the performance this apu delivers that's it for this one bit of a quick look at fortnight for those interested in these low-power laptops I know there are tons of people out there that buy these sorts of systems and want to know if they can play games on them usually the answer is no especially if it entails 15-watt parts but now with rising mobile on the market it's a bit of a different story consider supporting us on patreon if you want exclusive access to our discord chat and I'll catch you in the next one you