Axioo Neon HNM: Powerful yet Friendly on the Wallet

Performance

SysMark 2007

From the SysMark 2007 preview ratings shown above, you can see that the Intel Core i7 2630M platform (including the Axioo Neon HNM) is clearly superior compared to its Arrandale predecessor (The Core i7 7xxM/ 6xxM). The top position is occupied by another Sandy Bridge notebook that relies on the same processor, but has the advantage of using a discrete graphics card.

MobileMark 2007

Neon HNM’s 4400 mAh battery provides enough power to sustain the notebook for 226 minutes or close to 4 hours, according to our MobileMark 2007 test. Quite remarkable for a quad-core Sandy Bridge notebook that provides plenty of processing power.

Performance: Intel GMA 3000

The on-CPU graphics is also quite powerful for an integrated solution. Updating the motherboard driver to version 2266 further improves the speed. With this kind of performance, you can expect the notebook to be able to run some lightweight 3D games at decent frame rates. For more details on how it would perform in real-life games, refer to our mobile Sandy Bridge article.