![]() The thermals are good, and I like the trackpad. But aside from that, performance is good, battery life is decent, the webcam is fantastic, and the build quality is generally really nice. I think there’s a lot of strong competition out there, and I do have a few issues – the screen’s a little wobbly, there’s no full-size SD, no HDMI 2.1, the keyboard isn’t my favorite, and the lack of a 32GB RAM option on the highest spec, at least for now, is just baffling to be honest. Okay, The Galaxy Book 3 Ultra is a very capable thin and light semi-workstation laptop. However, if you prefer Windows, want to play proper games, and not just stream them over the cloud or play Apple Arcade, or you really want the performance of the 4050 or 4070 graphics card, then the Samsung laptop is definitely worth considering. I use the best tech available at the moment for my use cases, and for me, the clear winner is the MacBook Pro 16. Mac comparisons can be controversial, but frankly, I don’t care. Although the MacBook’s mini LED isn’t far behind. It stays cool and reasonably quiet, has a build quality that is up to Apple standards, and the AMOLED screen, while not as bright, wins in terms of having higher contrast and deeper blacks. ![]() Additionally, the MacBook Pro has HDMI 2.1, more Thunderbolt 4 ports, a full-size SD card slot, better speakers, a better webcam, a better keyboard and trackpad, and a brighter screen with thinner bezels, although some people may not like the notch.Īs for the Samsung Galaxy book 3 ultra, it is still very impressive by Windows laptop standards, particularly in terms of performance and battery life. ![]() In my experience, the MacBook Pro M1 is faster, quieter under load, and the biggest advantage is that you get the same performance whether you’re on battery or connected to power. For some people, this comparison may be pointless because they prefer either Mac OS or Windows 11, and that’s completely understandable. The Samsung laptop does cost about £250 more in its base configuration with 512GB storage and 16GB RAM, but with an i7 13th gen processor compared to the M1 Pro. ![]() The last question is, how does this compare to the MacBook Pro 16 with an M1 Pro, which is also in the same price range of around £2,500? And as for sound quality, the quad AKG-tuned speakers get decently loud and clear, and importantly, they don’t sound tinny. But compared to some of its Windows rivals, the fans, the cooling, the temps, and also the performance, particularly on battery life, is all very impressive. And you do have different fan profiles and performance profiles within the Samsung settings as well, which you can tinker with. Really only if you’re running sustained loads or gaming do you hear that fan wear up. And most of the time, galaxy book 3 ultra basically silent. And so I think that vapor chamber and the dual fans are doing a really good job here. And just as importantly, the Book 3 Ultra performed well in the Time Spy frame stability stress test, meaning that there was really hardly any GPU throttling. And then in my old benchmarking favorite, Rainbow Six Siege, the Samsung hit a super smooth 144fps with the LSS set to balanced. In Forza Horizon 5, I hit a solid 60 on medium to high settings and low 40s with everything cranked to the extreme. Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Ultra Performance in Rainbow Six Siege Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Ultra 3dMark Timespy Center Performance drop to high settings without RT and with the LSS, and this will manage just over 100 frames per second. You can actually max out the settings with tracing and still get 43 FPS at QHD plus with DLSS. At Ultra, of course, ray tracing does tank that figure considerably, although frame generation, Nvidia’s new frame interpolation tech which is exclusive to these new 40 series cards, definitely helped to boost the FPS in Cyberpunk, which is still a hugely demanding title. Galaxy Book 3 Ultra Performance in Cyberpunk 2077 Galaxy Book 3 Ultra Performance in F1 22įor example, in F1 22 at Quad HD, I maxed out this 120Hz panel using medium settings and I got around 80 FPS. And of course, in any 3D apps like Blender, or of course gaming, having this 4050 or in my case 4070 makes all the difference. But the next question is just how fast is this Samsung Galaxy book 3 ultra? Well, firing up a bit of Premiere Pro and opening my 4K project, everything was nice and fast, even with processing effects and color correction.
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