What is intel EVO?
It's a kind of certification given to a laptops (no desktops till date) for following a minimum benchmarks set by intel authorities. A laptop to be intel EVO certified must be following the below mention minimum benchmarks.

  • it should come with Windows 11 or Chrome OS
  • it should have instant wake up time of 1 second or lesser when woke up from sleep.
  • it should have biometric authentication login which includes: fingerprint authentication, facial recognition, proximity to your smartphone from laptop which basically uses Bluetooth technology for find proximity (you migh have seen such pop ups when logging your Gmail ID on your Laptop)
  • it should have minimum of 8 GB DDR 4 RAM in Dual channel.
  • it should have minimum of 256 GB NVMe storage type SSD.
  • it should come with 11th gen or higher processor.
  • it should have i5, i7, i9.... or higher core processor.
  • it should have minimum of 9.5 hour of battery backup on normal usage.
  • it should have minimum of  1080p webcam @30 fps.
  • it must be coming with fast charging facility.
  • it should have backlit keyboard.
  • it should have FHD (full HD) bright display.
  • it should be sleek, think & light, 2 in 1 form factor.
    as per intel criteria it should have maximum of 15 mm thickness (to get intel EVO cerification) , but as per my research I found that many brands are not following it, stil getting intel EVO certification. eg. ASUS S14, ACEAR Swift 3
  • it's screen size should be ranging from 12 inches to 15 inches.
  • it should be coming with touch display & narrow bezzels
  • it should be coming with auto dimming feature display brighness will get loweest than usual when not looking to your laptop.
  • it's trackpad must be using precision drivers, with multi gesture support.
  • it should be coming with AI noise cancelletion background noise will be cancelled when you will be on skype/zoom video confrencing.
  • it should have minimum WiFi 6 with 6 GHz support.
  • it should have a thunderbolt 4 port (also known as USB 4)
    this thunderbolt port will be supporting display sharing of upto 2K resolution, charging, data transfer of upto 40 Gbps (5GB/s), audio/video share, cable docking. Cable docking station is a much costly device that is similar to what you know as extension, it provides the facility of using all above mentioned features simultaneously through different ports of it.
  • it should have immersive audio experince with premium high-fidelity.
    like in the case of ASUS S14 it comes with Herman Kardon speaker.
  • it should have audio/codec/speakers & microphone tunning facility.
  • A new technology that is seen here is network combining facility. Meaning your system will combine the netwroks like WiFi, ethernet, cellular... during various tasks as per the need, thus giving maximum possible speed and best perforance in different online tasks. Also it can switch in between them automatically according to the speed and tasks you are doing.
Something more that you need to know about about intel EVO:
Certain other PC components/accessories also gets intel EVO certification. Which meant they have been desgned in order to give the best results when using with a intel EVO laptop. These accessories includes Bluetooth headsets, mouse & keyboards, access point devices. access point devices meant devices like router, modem, WiFi extender, and some other.