Update: Well, it turns out it is a new 15.6″ model. I guessed it, but that wasn’t hard. More info here: Mi Notebook Pro 15.6″ Notebook.

We know that Xiaomi has the Core i7 U CPU’s in latest years 2016 model, but we haven’t seen this year’s i7 7500U release yet. Well, these Geekbench 4 benchmarks popped up showing that this year’s refreshed i7 model (Timi TM1701) might use the new Kaby Lake R Core i7 8550U CPU with a maximum turbo of 4.0Ghz and it’s a quad core with a max TDP of 25W like i5 7200U model I reviewed this year. It will probably be named the Mi Notebook Air 13 Ultimate Edition or a new Mi Notebook Air 15 inch edition?

It’s also great to see that model will also run 16GB of RAM and hopefully in dual channel as the i5 7200U model was only running in single channel. As it stands those Geekbench 4 scores show the CPU is much more capable than the i5 7200U which gets only 3645 single core score and 7031 multi core. Which means for multi threaded tasks the new Core i7 8550U should be twice as fast!

I wonder if this new i7 model will also feature improved cooling, maybe a design and more copper heat transfer pipes?

The rest of the laptop should remain the same. Nvidia MX150 GPU with 2GB of DDR5 RAM, 1080p IPS 13.3″ screen. 2 x USB 3.0 ports, USB 3.1 Gen2. 39Wh battery and NVMe PCI-E SSD with spare SATA3 2280 slot. Fingerprint reader, Intel Wireless AC 8265 2×2 antenna setup and that full metal design with a backlit keyboard.

You can see my review of the i5 7200U model here which is currently selling for $836 with coupon MiAir13NEW

Thanks Lania for the tip.

Then again the Timi TM1701 could be a new 15.6″ Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 15? I would love to see a 15.6″ model.

Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13 i7 8550U Geekbench 4 scores: CPU & Compute.