Add new benchmarks

Author: JakeSteam

_drafts/2025-10-01-laptop.md

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 ## Specifications
 
-|  Feature   |    ThinkBook 16p Gen 2    |   ThinkBook 16p Gen 6   | Improvement |
-| :--------: | :-----------------------: | :---------------------: | :---------: |
-|  Released  |          Q1 2021          |         Q3 2025         |             |
-|    Cost    |      £989 (Mar '23)       |    £1,420 (Nov '25)     |             |
-| CPU[^cpu]  |       Ryzen 7 5800H       | Intel Core Ultra 275HX  |    +80%     |
-| GPU[^gpu]  |       RTX 3060 6GB        |   RTX 5060 8GB (+72%)   |    +72%     |
-|    RAM     |    16GB DDR4-3200MT/s     |   32GB DDR5-5600MT/s    |   >+250%    |
-| Hard drive | 500GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe 3 | 1TB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe 4 |    +200%    |
-|   Screen   |    16" 2560x1600 60Hz     |   16" 3200x2000 165Hz   |    +56%     |
-|  Battery   |           71Wh            |          85Wh           |    +20%     |
-|  Charger   |           230W            |          300W           |    +30%     |
-|    USB     |  2x USB-A, 2x USB-C 3.2   |  2x USB-A, 2x USB-C 4   |             |
-|  Wireless  |   Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5    | Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4  |             |
+|  Feature   |    ThinkBook 16p Gen 2    |   ThinkBook 16p Gen 6    | Improvement |
+| :--------: | :-----------------------: | :----------------------: | :---------: |
+|  Released  |          Q1 2021          |         Q3 2025          |   4 years   |
+|    Cost    |      £989 (Mar '23)       |     £1,420 (Nov '25)     |             |
+| CPU[^cpu]  |       Ryzen 7 5800H       | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX |    +80%     |
+| GPU[^gpu]  |       RTX 3060 6GB        |   RTX 5060 8GB (+72%)    |    +72%     |
+|    RAM     |    16GB DDR4-3200MT/s     |    32GB DDR5-5600MT/s    |   >+250%    |
+| Hard drive | 500GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe 3 | 1TB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe 4  |    +200%    |
+|   Screen   |    16" 2560x1600 60Hz     |   16" 3200x2000 165Hz    |    +56%     |
+|  Battery   |           71Wh            |           85Wh           |    +20%     |
+|  Charger   |           230W            |           300W           |    +30%     |
+|    USB     |  2x USB-A, 2x USB-C 3.2   |   2x USB-A, 2x USB-C 4   |             |
+|  Wireless  |   Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5    |  Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4  |             |
+
+## Photos
 
 ## Benchmarks
 
-|  Spec   |     Benchmark      |           ThinkBook 16p Gen 2            | ThinkBook 16p Gen 6 | Improvement |
-| :-----: | :----------------: | :--------------------------------------: | :-----------------: | :---------: |
-|   SSD   |  CrystalDiskMark   |  R: 3591/2080/213/31, W: 305/293/221/69  |                     |             |
-| CPU+GPU |  3DMark Time Spy   |                                          |                     |             |
-|   GPU   | 3DMark Steel Nomad | [1450](http://www.3dmark.com/sn/8958388) |                     |             |
+|  Type   |       Benchmark       |           ThinkBook 16p Gen 2            |                         ThinkBook 16p Gen 6                          |  Improvement   |
+| :-----: | :-------------------: | :--------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------: |
+|   SSD   | CrystalDiskMark Read  |             3591/2080/213/31             |                           6607/3884/680/84                           |  +84% - +219%  |
+|   SSD   | CrystalDiskMark Write |              305/293/221/69              |                          5855/2873/497/154                           | +123% - +1820% |
+| CPU+GPU |    3DMark Time Spy    |                                          | [11659](https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/146618011) (CPU 16418, GPU 11092) |                |
+| CPU+GPU |  3DMark Steel Nomad   | [1450](http://www.3dmark.com/sn/8958388) |             [2529](https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/146617213)             |      +74%      |
+
+Obviously all of these are benchmarks, so aren't _necessarily_ reflective of actual improvements. Regardless, the numbers are impressive, and reflect 4 years of technological progress.
+
+- SSD: The SSD improvement across reads and writes is startling, as I didn't know PCIe 3.0 -> PCIe 4.0 would make such a difference! I was mainly just looking forward to 1TB, since 500GB was getting a little cramped. Sequential writes apparently benefited most from the upgrade, with an absurd +1820%!
+
+## Real world comparisons
+
+|            Benchmark            | ThinkBook 16p Gen 2 | ThinkBook 16p Gen 6 | Improvement |
+| :-----------------------------: | :-----------------: | :-----------------: | :---------: |
+| Jekyll build time (cold / warm) |                     |     7.45 / 4.37     |             |
+|     Forza Horizon 5 (High)      |                     |     279/226/71      |             |
+|          Startup time           |
 
 ## References
 
 - Gen 2 tech spec: <https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkBook/ThinkBook_16p_G2_ACH/ThinkBook_16p_G2_ACH_Spec.pdf>
-- Gen 6 tech spec: <https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkBook/ThinkBook_16p_G6_ADR/ThinkBook_16p_G6_ADR_Spec.pdf>
+- Gen 6 tech spec: <https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkBook/ThinkBook_16p_G6_IAX/ThinkBook_16p_G6_IAX_Spec.pdf>
 
 [^cpu]: <https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-Ultra-9-275HX-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-5800H/m2389974vsm1442974>
 [^gpu]: <https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-5060-Laptop-vs-Nvidia-RTX-3060-Laptop/m2416979vsm1452971>