I have a Yoga slim 7 Pro with a 6800HS and integrated GPU at work and I must say, Lenovo has come a long way in product quality. It's simply an excellent daily driver. Good battery life, very light, nice screen, and very nice keyboard and Lenovo has stopped with all the junkware that they used to preinstall. I also noticed that the AMD ryzen processors also seem to have aged better than the same generation Intel CPUs.
Recently picked up a Ideapad 5 (about half the price of yours) and have to agree, pretty clean install (except for McAfee) and solid metal build. Also, the keyboard is really nice probably the best I've had on a laptop.
@@RogueTravel yes soon in 2024 end or 2025 laptops with 18A node, RibbonFET transistors and power via. They will be better in performance per watt than arm chips
I purchased this laptop (Yoga Slim 7 Pro X) with a AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS, 32gb RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q (4Gb, GDDR6) and Touchscreen. Battery life isn’t great, but with the 100W Power Cord my 4-cell 70Wh battery gets charged very fast. Only real downside: no HDMI-port and no fingerprint sensor. Overall: I’m extremely happy, the laptop is very quiet and is relatively light. The screen is simply lovely and with the 32Gb RAM helps a lot when multi tasking. I chose the AMD over the Intel due to price. Plus, I never had an AMD-processor laptop before and I was just curious. Note: I actually considered the 2022 13” MacBook pro but I will probably get the 16” pro later this year and I chose the Lenovo as my ‘carry-on’ laptop.
Very interesting results. Usually AMD has an edge on power efficiency, but it is neat to see Intel catching up. Wonder why some other AMD laptops tend to get much better results - perhaps better optimization for the processor in those models?
seems like QC problem,mine asus g14 have so bad battery ,then i got another g14( get a new one is their warranty policy here) the battery life is much better,and somehow the usb speed jumped from 20 to 40gbps my friend also has the same issue with his dell alienware
AMD laptops are efficient even if it's an AMD Nvidia combo but it's the lenovos software side is making Intel better not trying on amd side. There are laptops other manufacturers who can give you better battery life on AMD model . 15 hours or more . Also Intel Quicksync lacks quality when you zoom in while Nvidia Nvenc is better.
Brilliant, my friend. I couldn't care about these laptops at all. It's about the person talking. 1. No flashy intros 2. no loud music 3. no hyperbole 4. Immediately down to business. 5. Total business like, professional delivery, no drama - straight to facts and to the point. 99% of youtubers should pay you to learn how to present. You deserve many many more subscribers. MKBHD could learn a thing from you. Kudos!
@@shroud4269 You ever click on a random video, and watch it. No never? I found the guys delivery and presenatation very good. ANd I complaneted him you have litle going on in your life to make such a comment.I pity you.
To me it was a simple decision. AMD was cheaper, performs really well and is more efficient. Atleast it was the case with the 5500U and its competitors which I bought because of the aforementioned reasons. Seems like Intel caught up this gen and prices are screwed either way.
I agree with you, I chose AMD because it was better than the intel counterparts like the i5 or i3, the ryzen 5 5625u had the best resoults compared to its price.
You could generate meteor/arrow lake hopium on similar lines:: "Raptor lake can keep up with zen 4s in spite of using way older nodes and cores. Cant wait for meteor/arrow lake!!!!"
@@suntzu1409 Intel's 10nm is actually more dense then TSMC 7nm, so AMD keeping up is seriously impressive and we'll where competetion goes after 2025 when Intel figures out their new fabs and amd will have to choose b/w Samsung and TSMC , cause Samsung is way ahead in nano-sheet fabs , alsjfkndfnlasjdkflnljakdsd,afn, It's all fun we'll seeee 🤣
If you don't need TB... get the older AMD version (5000 H series) they are way more affordable and still a nice device to own and use! My ASUS Vivobook was $900 (USD) with the 5800H, 16GB, 3050 and OLED... Have nothing to complain about (was looking at the Lenovo Slim 7 Pro - non X but was more expensive and found that a lot of users had keyboard issues).
amd tuned to be power efficient and less heat while intel is on performance while causing too much heat the problem is laptop nowadays are thinner and thinner which makes it difficult for heat dissipation.
I bought my wife a Intel ThinkPad T14s and me the Ryzen edition, fan volume is terrible on the intel version, but fully feature customizable option selection and software bug stability support. The AMD side has lot more issue with some random software bug affect the laptop hardware, but is less fan noise and consumption 50 watt max, so the 65 watt charger has enough juice for it but not enough with the Intel CPU🤦♂.
I've a ryzen thinkpad and don't have any software issues. I find it hard to believe Lenovo would ship a laptop which consumes more power than what their brick provides. Sounds sus
@@Titere05 You have a couple of year old AMD ThinkPad, anything AMD is always half backed at first before fix with software update, smaller company small price to pay 😔, otherwise no company need to push update fix 🙄. Made in China 🇨🇳 Lenovo is not IBM 🇺🇸, they are allow to ship the minumum requirement charger for anything, you can max out the performance for ~5% more if you plug a 85 watt charger with Intel CPU to catch the the peak performance during high workload but the heat ♨️ came out the keyboard and the noise level you will feel it yourself.
The AMD version is on sale at Costco for $1100. Surprised the Intel version has an HDMI port, you'd think it would be the other way around since AMD doesn't have thunderbolt.
Seems laptop makers always find a way to nerf their AMD lineup to push the higher priced Intel models to professionals who actually need TB or HDMI. Even a USB4 port or a 20Gbps usb 3.x gen y would’ve been a better compromise for the lack of TB.
@@Jabid21if that's the tradeoff for a lower price, that's something most of us normies would gladly take. Professionals can go pay extra and support innovation, it'll trickle down to us eventually.
@@PsychoticBacon19 oh you sweet summer child. These companies don't need money from professionals to fund innovation. All that is funding is shareholder profits. Reaganomics never really trickle down and innovation won't happen without competition. Intel was resting on its laurels for far too long until they got sucker punched by AMD and Apple.
You should have tested more on these different power levels. If Hardware unboxed testing is true, the current AMD Chips have better multi-threaded performance under 35 W and the Intel chip over 35 W. So the AMD Chip has a different Power sweet spot, thus the different configuration by the manufacturer make sense. So it would be really nice to see battery life, Cinebench and maybe one representative game with the different power modes.
Would love to echo this sentiment! Seeing battery life under constant loads at different power levels and reaulting performance is very insightful for full system performance/efficiency to compare laptops with.
@@TRX25EX "Hardware Unboxed biggest AMD Fanboys ever" Hardware Unboxed latest video: "AMD greedy and incompetent" You're the one who seems to be an Intel Fanboy. Classic
@@sharanoth Having a cigarette packet read 'smoking can cause cancer' does not mean that cigarette manufacturers do not promote smoking. HUB is biased towards AMD in what they say in their opinions. Things like 4 core@1GHz is likely to perform better than 1 core@4GHz(misleadingly promoting AMD's use of more cores at that time). More recently their Q&A claiming that more L3 cache is better(misleadingly promoting the AMD hype of their upcoming 7K X3D launch). Let's see if they have anything to say about the staggered launch of the 7800X3D. It's a shame because HUB does some really good testing across single segments.
@MyAqaa I said that HUB are biased in favour of AMD, it's not the same thing as calling them a fanboy. Maybe you could explain why they insist on claiming that 4x1GHz performs better than a single 4 GHz processor?(at the time favouring AMD multicore) Or why they don't make it clear that more L3 cache only really benefits certain gamers? (So many gamers play GPU bound games where upgrading to X3D offers poor value for money versus putting the money towards a better GPU.)
@@defnotatroll 13 gen can perform same as 12 gen while using 1/3 power as we already seen in desktops and without changing node which is insane. Same 10nm node. You can also say it is way way faster in raw single core and multicore workloads. Huge L2 cache improvements also. It means 13900k is already performing better than 12900k(240watt) while using 65 to 80 watt. 13 gen laptops will perform a lot faster with the same power as 12 gen. Oems can lower power consumption for light weight laptops for little bit more performance but better battery life. This year meteolake is also coming with 7nm(Intel 4). New node after 12 and 13 gen.
@@HDRPC Very interesting. Do you have a source saying that Raptor Lake can match Alder Lake by using a third of the power? AMD did wonders too in the power efficiency department. They managed to pack 12 cores 24 threads in a package that consumes the same amount of power as 6 core CPUs. Very interesting times ahead on the CPU world.
@@HDRPC Must be said that not all workloads work well in Intel's "big little", and all cores being the same can be beneficial. But we'll have to see the actual products.
@@HDRPC though desktop chips are pushed way past the efficiency sweet spot while mobile cpus operate around it. So I would expect a more moderate gain in efficiency.
What about comparing budget laptops? Does the CPU really make much difference in models that are under $500? I'm not looking for a video editing or gaming rig, just something for daily tasks.
Anything will work for daily basis work, even chrome books lol. Just any average Ryzen or Intel Core, at least 8gb of ram (get 16 if you multitask) with a decent SSD is enough, dont need to worry much about it. Just dont get a Pentium or stuff like that lol
I have an AMD QL-64 processor, 2.1 Ghz, 1800 mhz FSB. It had a speed limit problem, Cod 4 was running at very slow speed with 512 mb Ati. After taking out the 2 choppers with the rockets (located at the bus), the speed increased dramatically. I checked on Cpu -z, the FSB dropped to 1700 mhz, causing the cpu speed increase.
My burning question is how these laptops compare simply watching RUclips videos. I had a Lenovo AMD 4750U-based laptop. The problem was the inferior power management. I played around with the Windows 10 power slider and power management modes to no avail. I could get the AMD laptop to either be quiet, but permanently limited to about 1.7GHz (even single core), or the fans would spool up and it would be loud when decoding RUclips videos, drowning out the sound. The power management was bad. You had to switch modes every time you wanted to watch RUclips. My subsequent Lenovo Intel Tiger Lake laptop is much better. The Windows 10 power management slider essentially controls the maximum fan level. In "Better Battery" mode it is consistently quiet, yet spools up to max turbo frequency on single cores no problem. The Intel laptop is day to day useable, while the AMD was annoying. I'd really love to know how the two laptops compare in a RUclips test for loudness, especially with RUclips videos that use demanding codecs. Has AMD improved with the 6000 series at all? I came away with the impression that the 4000 series was unrefined. For laptops that spend much of their time in light use, it's better if Cinebench numbers are balanced with actual useability.
Somehow agreed with you on the bad power management optimisation on Lenovo Laptop. I had the Yoga 6 running AMD 5700U, on average it uses about 12-15W of power on battery, vs 1st Gen Asus G14 Ryzen 7 4800HS which runs on average of 9-12W on battery, by which the G14 runs much cooler on plug-in or battery, and runs much smoother compare to the 5700U. The only good thing on the Yoga 6 vs the G14 is the form factor, weight and a relatively small USB C 45W charger instead of the bigger and heavier power brick
AMD had better power management with 5000 series and even better power management with 6000 series. The 6000 series is actually insane in its ability to power manage.
I see the 6900HS version as an extremely capable business laptop with great battery life for travel without having to look for an outlet all the time. Enough performance for all your task for such a laptop.
Those thin and light laptops are really a game changer. I finally got one last year (Asus Zenbook under $1000.00) and the battery life is really great for my needs for a whole workday. I just leave my charging brick at home and travel light. It's really hard to go back to a heavier laptops that I always had.
@@Big_catlaflare Probably Zenbook S14 with its big 70+Wh battery. But you should certainly only buy a laptop with 16GB of RAM. What do you do on the laptop? You should primarily get laptops with Ryzen 6000 series APUs.
@@Big_catlaflare It's "UM3402" Mine had a Ryzen 7 5825. I think the newer 2023 version have up to date cpus 7000 series. The Intel version I think is UX3402. The screen is AMOLED.
Right now I have a Zenbook 14 with a Ryzen 5500u mx450 gpu with 8gb of ram, i don’t really mind if it’s intel or amd, just need more ram and good port selection
The price and battery life are only parts about this comparison that was surprising. I'm not at all surprised that the Alder Lake platform had better single threaded performance, and therefore roughly 5% higher gaming performance at 1080p given the higher core clock boosting and faster memory, nor am I surprised at the Intel machine outpacing this AMD in cinebench given the 25% additional hardware threads on the Intel side. Even in closer CPU performing scenarios, given the same GPU, Intel tends to squeeze a little more out of Nvidia GPU's. The battery life makes no sense given what we've seen with other Ryzen 6000 HS and Alder lake laptops, I'm calling a poorly calibrated balanced power profile on the AMD side. I have a 6900HS in my G14 and it somehow does better in most of the benchmarks (gaming isn't fair comparison as I have a 6800), but I think Lenovo has some additional tuning to do here for power efficiency. Everything else is as expected, except for the price, that AMD laptop should be $150 cheaper with the same size SSD and amount of RAM. Either AMD is overplaying their hand, or Lenovo is trying to use the AMD system and lack of public awareness to capture additional margin per unit sold.
A lot of power in a thin chassis can also bring a lot of heat. This is why a lot of laptop owners (myself included) are big into undervolting because thermal throttling is such a problem. The more power, the more heat and bad performance. Even the best cooling solution on a laptop fails compared to a desktop. It is frustrating because you really can't take advantage of that extra power in gaming or production in a laptop due to heat. Processors are really good today, but unless you can dissipate that heat, it means nothing. It is interesting what they are able to put into laptops today, but until the thermal issue is solved, it is going to be underwhelming. Also to note. While undervolting can keep temps down, you lose performance as the tradeoff. And it seems like the Intel chips are set to thermal throttle long before you get to 95 C; actually it starts sucking at 80 C. I just can't recommend any of these gaming laptops. They just don't perform very good and if you tweak them, you will lose production ability to game and vice versa. It is all a tradeoff.
@@rattpisss once look at zephyrus series.. they have high performance and good looking budget laptops and id prefer Intel version in this generation and amd in last
Wish you'd done the benchmarks in Intelligent Mode (and Extreme Mode maybe only as a bonus). That's the target use case for these devices. Running them in extreme performance mode has too many drawbacks and isn't enabled out of the box anyway.
For the performance metrics, would have been nicer to see the power scaling as opposed to whatever Lenovo chooses for the power modes. Same for the battery life test. Would be nicer to (for example) play a game frame-capped to 30fps, and see which system did best for battery.
Absolutely - you need to compare them doing the same work to see which is "better". if the performance delivered is not the same then why the hell would anybody expect the same powerdraw?
Pretty much confounded as to why the Legion 7 and Legion 7i weren't compared in a similar video. They both are identical in everything except the part where Legion 7 is technically an all-AMD system, so those benchmarks would have been cool to see as well.
I've been wondering the same thing. If I ran a tech channel I'd be all over testing the same laptops with different hardware to make sure my viewers could get the best laptop that fits their needs.
Unable seeing into Lenovos cards I think they choose their components and software adjustments to make them perform similar: While the Intel CPU is of a newer generation, its an i7 „only“ and not the max spec version i9-12900H. The power draw would be insane, also the performance gap. So they dont want to give their suppliers and customers not too much of a gap on the Notebook Brand experience.
Nice comparison. In that specific case I'd choose the Intel one, seems pretty close in all aspects but it gains a lot on the IO department: full HDMI and 2 thunderbolt 40gbps. Otherwise, I'd choose AMD 'cause personal preference, nothing more :P
It's weird the AMD version is missing both USB4 and hdmi ports considering the dedicated graphics on both. Otherwise I agree, the AMD version benefit was the iGPU which is far less relevant with a 3050. Can't wait for ryzen 7x40 chips with RDNA3
@@bhaveshsonar7558 the problem is while it can have USB4 it is missing on these models. It was a common trend as AMD is not as forceful as intel in implementing it. If you make an Intel laptop and don't include thunderbolt, intel will throttle you.
@@albundy06 because they're testing maximum performance. You wouldn't run heavy max performance workloads on the battery unless you want it to die in 1 hour
@@defnotatroll Because they're clueless. Performance on battery matters. Performance plugged in with fans sounding like jet engines doesn't matter. This in a nutshell is why basically ALL windows laptops suck. Unplug them and even ignoring their garbage battery life the performance tanks. Meanwhile the apple machines get the same performance on or off the charger. Don't die in a hr no matter what you do. Just look at your argument. Performance on a laptop that's entire design/ market segment is about being portable/ thin and light isn't important,. If you put it under load it will die in a HR! What a brilliant ( sarcasm) device and approach to this market segment! No wonder MacBook airs were and are so popular. Because Windows / Intel and AMD aren't capable of making a good product for this market.
I have a Zenbook 14 q407iq Ryzen 5 4500U, Nvidia MX350, 8GB RAM. I can: edit raw photos in Lightroom, edit FHD video in Premiere with ease and possibly 4K if i lower playback resolution and I can also game at moderate settings. All of that in a laptop that weighs 1.15 Kg and has a colour accurate display. Oh and I bought the thing for 700 euros (800 really cause i upgraded to a 1TB Nvme SSD)
Pick the Ryzen 7 6800HS models because all thin&light Ryzen 7 laptops are like Ryzen 9 laptops with 98% of the performance at 10% lower price, which is significant. And ditch Intel unless you would use workloads that need all 20 threads
I recently bought an asus s14 with an h series processor with oled screen, it runs cs go very smoothly with no lagg whatsoever. I don't know if it's available in america as i bought It in india. I am very happy with it.
"Both laptops are identical, except for the CPU" "This one has double the RAM" Proceeds to run a lot of RAM dependent benchmarks. And that's BEFORE you even account for Windows app caching in RAM, which would use the SSD less and thus lower power consumption and increase battery life. How is this a serious comparison?
For me, the huge reason for the intel is the HDMI port and the two Thunderbolt ports. Interesting that you kind of glossed over that, and didn't include it in your summery of which one you would buy.
I have a 34" 1800R Curved USB Hub Monitor so the Thunderbolt ports were a deal sealer for me. Avoid gaming laptops and get the productivity laptops. With Dell, Lattitude line up is the move!!!
crazy to see the multicore difference between laptops with better cooling solutions for instance, my legion 5i pro can achieve 19000 comfortably on multicore cb23 consistently on the 12700h. The 12700h was a huge leap for intel for sure. I imagine the 13700 will be far ahead of AMD equivalent this year.
you do realise its an i7 against something that should be against the i9 this performance for the intel laptop is amazing understanding that it is against something that should be better
Today i made my choice and picked the Intel version of the same model. Not easy but ur video was helpful indeed because i was choosing between the same two devices! ✌️😉
Why one in his good mind would pay $1700 USD for a laptop with a entry level GPU?! Not even if some of them come with the top notch CPUs, which is not the case of any...one will be paying for the brand not for what one should get in terms of performance...
Great comparison. I am frustrated by how companies still use Thunderbolt 4 and only include it on their intel machines when they could probably just as easily implement USB 4 and include the massive benefits of those ports on all the SKUs.
I think you're minimizing the thunderbolt aspect in terms of using a thin and light laptop. With a 3050 you can run a lot of professional software (for example engineering software) and having the option of a one port docking possibility is unrivaled.
Exactly. This depends on the user, though. A laptop without TB is completely useless to me. Users that never dock probably don’t care. It’s still an important consideration and should have been mentioned in conclusion.
They probably figured out a BIOS that will seamlessly disable P-Cores when you're unplugged and there's no load so it doesn't even draw a heck of a lot of standby power for those cores. On Eco mode or whatever it's called chances are you're only running E-Cores, just that 1) this is still a newer architecture and 2) you still have eight of them, so it doesn't end up feeling like using a Netbook with a larger screen. I think Dell figured this out first last year and I was holding out for the G15 and M15 hoping that if I ever have to take it on the go (and without the time to get it off battery life extender mode and fully charge the thing before I shove it into my backpack) I wouldn't worry too much about running out of juice while having more cache for gaming. Thanks to recent price drops though I just went with AMD+NVidia.
Honestly, that's what SHOULD have been done with E-cores. The P-cores should be disabled on battery life unless tougher tasks are called upon. I mean, could the lack of that be why AMD did better in terms of battery life in 2022?
I have one of these lenovos and the p cores do not get disabled on battery. From my experience it's actually the opposite. I checked task manager once and all the e cores were at 0% usage whilst the p cores had constant 5% or less usage
@@cameronbosch1213 When Intel announced this back in early 2021 I totally thought that was how it would work, ie it'd only load up the big cores when you launch anything and run something intensive enough. At best Windows would run on one pCore but the scheduler is there to offload a lot of Windows tasks to the eCores. Then the 12th gen laptops happened and batt life still kind of sucked until that one Dell ultrabook came out. Can't even remembee which one it was and what channel did the review but they specifically said there that the pCores basically don't just draw less power when loaded, they're practically inactive it's like sleep mode. The way I understood the explanation it was like having a start-stop hybrid.
@@defnotatroll So in car terms these are basically like having a hybrid that runs the gas engine on extreme eco mode, and then runs the electric engines to add power when on Hoghway or Sport Mode (or when the rear tires are slipping at lower traction scenarios). Basically a good 4cyl hybrid like the Rav4 Prime than putting an Audi 4cyl on the front axle of a Tesla so you don't get stuck in an area without a charging station.
We happen to have identical Intel AMD tower builds in our studio and by far the AMD system kills the Intel desktop. When it comes to ProTools, Digital Performer 11, and FL Studio the AMD system is the room Everyone uses. You can ask what I used for this and that but in a "PC" build for our studio the go to is AMD.
I have not watched the video yet.. but last year I got the intel version of this exact laptop.. the only reason why was because in canada they were selling the amd model with only 16gb of ram and the 4800hs, where as the intel 12700h had 32gb of ram.. but i hope i didn't get screwed with my choice...
I have the ryzen 7 6800hs 32gb ram 1tb storage version, in aus there is no 6900hs, and the i7 is like $400 more than the amd one, and i have had no cpu bottle necks AND the 3050 draws around 35-45w from what i've seen depending on the game and whether it is cpu intensive or not. My laptop normally hits around 75 degrees while gaming.
And standard battery life playing videos ? My bro bought an MSI i7 and the battery life is only an hour and 15 minutes playing video. It’s just outright ridiculous as I told him not chase for some FPS that you can’t feel but have to deal with garbage battery life.
Always the tradeoff between thin and performance. Think I'd rather got with a slightly thicker design and pay less or just get more perf for the money with a better GPU. Been sub $1000CAD laptops with 3050's lately.
the AMD chip performans better on battery, 15 Watts and you have 50% of your performance, whilst the Intel chip requires you around 35 Watts for the same
As a Mac user I would not consider either as having "good battery life" and simply do not understand how PC users put up with the heat and noise. Long battery life, and dead quiet, cool operation is so liberating.
Honestly , it wouldn't hurt to edit in what sort of processors the other laptops are using for the betterment of your viewer's understanding and digesting of data , instead of just mentioning AMD or Intel
8 core AMD vs 20 core Intel CPu with almost identical results? Id go with AMD, better thermals and battery life.. Cant imagine if AMD will throw a 20 core CPU,, intel would be no match at all
Would choose intel anyday due to innovative technology adaption. Amd is just doing buissness at discounted price. You will see some amd laptops at discounted price but never seen an untel laptop at discount
You should test compatibility such as USB, wifi connection, HDMI switch.... AMD is more power efficient than Intel now, but the user experience is terrible. Intel has a lot experience on trouble shooting. AMD may have some weird problem sometimes.
So it's not just me. My AMD laptop's CPU is running strong after 3 years but it fails to detect my 2nd touchscreen monitor's touch input, and takes 5 minutes to initialise the audio system.
Why would you put thread count over core count in your spec intro? The Ryzen is 8 Core (Threads: 16) The i7 is 14Core (Threads: 20) Thats suppose to be a close comparison?
So i have 2 laptops, same price, same everything except CPU and RAM: Intel Core i7 13700h + 16gb ram VS AMD Ryzen 7 7840hs + 32gb ram, never used and, heard some bad rumors ( which i hope are not true ) and i cant decide.
I'd get an LG Gram 17" at about 3lb (wish they offered a choice of keyboard layout though). I'm going to hold off though as I'm hoping next year they'll have an 18" 3lb oled model.
@@PandaMoniumHUN I saw it - he doesn't like the flexibility of it - which I understand but unless you are using your dell to protect you from IED's in fallujah. 95% of my customers choose lighter over bulletproof. It is just a matter of preference. Most of my customers are not 20 year old males so hauling when ass from A to H in O'hare every extra pound of luggage matters particularly when not rolling your luggage. They bring it back and forth to work each day so they opt for lighter. I'm not saying the others are bad - this is why they make vanilla and chocolate ice cream and my dad would say. I give my clients a choice of brands as I use the same image with a few driver tweaks and everybody at the different company chooses LG, except one company that gets Dell because they are less expensive.
I'm happy with my ideapad 5 pro 14. 7735HS qnd iGPU lasts a whole day, I charge once a day. I have experienced lags but thats me tinkering with skins 😅 and it gets hot when I connect to external monitor and charge (100W propriety charger) at the same time. Still trying to figure out how to manage it. Overall, I love my Lenovo.
Thumb down for not mentioning the memory on these models and whether it's single or dual stick and whether it's upgradable. Dual channel memory is important for performance and also for integrated GPUs.
@@msp5138 my Slim 7 ProX decreased the speaker performance when I switched to battery saving mode. It sounded so terrible that I never used that mode. Maybe it was an issue with my unit, don't know.
The graph of Battery Test (Laptop model vs "Time to complete" graph) is misleading, time to complete is usually referred as the time needed for a computer to finish a task or benchmark, using it in this context made me think of that. It should be something like battery life in Hours or Time from 100% to 0% battery. 10:46 in mins means 10 mins 46 secs, not 10 hours 46 mins, so correct that please, simple but unnecessary mistake........
I'd choose the Intel since it has thunderbolt 4 port good for future external gpu expansion. Intel is just $5 cheaper too; but 1 concern the memory on the AMD is faster 6200 and the INtel is 5400; and and it is a newer Ryzen 9 6000series cpu. I wish my ASUS A15 TUF had a thunderbolt but unlikely since only intel laptop would have them.
So if i have a laptop right now with intel 12700, i can buy an external gpu like 2 years from now and use it for gaming without having to buy a new laptop? How much would a gpu like that cost do you know?
@@maxjames00077 like 300 dollars for the enclosure itself, I got a intel laptop with Thunderbolt 3 so i can future proof it a bit thanks to the Thunderbolt and egpu support but it's way to expensive for my budget rn
@@maxjames00077 I'd search for testing on that. I know Thunderbolt 3 created a bottleneck that any external gpu powerful enough to be worth buying for a performance boost was significantly slowed by limited bandwidth. Don't know the specs on Thunderbolt 4 -- it's faster of course but not sure if it wouldn't be the same story in 2 years. That's why companies like Asus and Dell created custom ports for external gpu's. Both of those are pretty pricey though. Future proofing laptops seems to always be a questionable value proposition but I'm still thinking about picking up an Asus Flow x13 myself.
I would have liked to include Apple silicon in this comparison. I'm wanting to switch to Apple and I don't know if it's worth it. Now I have a Lenovo Legion 5 AMD/7 5800H + RTX 350ti and I don't know how performs my system compared to M2/M2 Pro. From everything I've seen so far they seem to be equivalent. But how will it be using graphic programs?
I think it depends on where you live. Are you from the states? In my country a 16 inch MBP M2 starts at like 3500$. That's starting price. U want more RAM and storage? 4-5k easy. It's just too much for me. Even though i love the design and it will probably last 5 years and then i can still sell it for a good price but it's too much.
usually mobile intel and amd cpus will rock the apples cpu like nothing else but apple cpu is also really low powered but then again whats the point in having a laptop that cant hit its full or even its medium potential
@@kieranlee9610 bc almost nobody uses full power for more than a brief moment of the day. And even less people need fulll power away from a desk or power outlet. Intel will probably change their chips toward more efficient and less power drawn bc of this whole believe tho. But the real nerds know that its BS
@@maxjames00077 defeating the point its a 45w gaming mobile cpu they both are hence the H the low powered ones are U apples cpu is ARM based it would lose to everything here except battery life what use is it when you need something powerful to crunch processes
@@maxjames00077 and no you'd hit full power quite alot alot more than you think for one starting up the machine opening any resource intensive app you dont turn on full power it does it automatically when it needs to
buy the AMD chip version, in balanced an battery-life mode it performans way better, look at the power usage on the first two minutes somewhere it is visible 15 Watts (AMD) against 35 Watts (Intel), and calculate yourself
"What I have in front of me are two identical laptops, with the only difference being the price." *goes on to describe all the differences between the two laptops, and ends by saying they're the same price*
I have a Yoga slim 7 Pro with a 6800HS and integrated GPU at work and I must say, Lenovo has come a long way in product quality. It's simply an excellent daily driver. Good battery life, very light, nice screen, and very nice keyboard and Lenovo has stopped with all the junkware that they used to preinstall. I also noticed that the AMD ryzen processors also seem to have aged better than the same generation Intel CPUs.
But according to my findings Intel laptops aged more than anything else on market.
Recently picked up a Ideapad 5 (about half the price of yours) and have to agree, pretty clean install (except for McAfee) and solid metal build. Also, the keyboard is really nice probably the best I've had on a laptop.
How is your AMD unit behaving when watching 1080p RUclips? Do the fans turn on every 3-4 minutes? (Especially plugged in?)
Wish they were as good as MacBooks though
@@RogueTravel yes soon in 2024 end or 2025 laptops with 18A node, RibbonFET transistors and power via.
They will be better in performance per watt than arm chips
I purchased this laptop (Yoga Slim 7 Pro X) with a AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS, 32gb RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q (4Gb, GDDR6) and Touchscreen.
Battery life isn’t great, but with the 100W Power Cord my 4-cell 70Wh battery gets charged very fast. Only real downside: no HDMI-port and no fingerprint sensor. Overall: I’m extremely happy, the laptop is very quiet and is relatively light. The screen is simply lovely and with the 32Gb RAM helps a lot when multi tasking. I chose the AMD over the Intel due to price. Plus, I never had an AMD-processor laptop before and I was just curious. Note: I actually considered the 2022 13” MacBook pro but I will probably get the 16” pro later this year and I chose the Lenovo as my ‘carry-on’ laptop.
Can you tell how your slim 7 ProX behaves when you watch 1080p RUclips … do the fans turn on every 3-4 minutes?
@@omrupavatia7641 if you want to game ,just get a asus zephyrus 14 inch. Its cheaper with a 3060 and way faster.
@@patrick.771 bot, writing same comment
Very interesting results. Usually AMD has an edge on power efficiency, but it is neat to see Intel catching up. Wonder why some other AMD laptops tend to get much better results - perhaps better optimization for the processor in those models?
seems like QC problem,mine asus g14 have so bad battery ,then i got another g14( get a new one is their warranty policy here) the battery life is much better,and somehow the usb speed jumped from 20 to 40gbps
my friend also has the same issue with his dell alienware
I think it has something to do with the AMD + nVidia combo, an all AMD combo usually yields better battery and driver optimization.
It's usually like that.
Probably because this was a ryzen 9 up against a core i7? Not an apples to apples comparison
AMD laptops are efficient even if it's an AMD Nvidia combo but it's the lenovos software side is making Intel better not trying on amd side. There are laptops other manufacturers who can give you better battery life on AMD model . 15 hours or more . Also Intel Quicksync lacks quality when you zoom in while Nvidia Nvenc is better.
Brilliant, my friend. I couldn't care about these laptops at all.
It's about the person talking.
1. No flashy intros
2. no loud music
3. no hyperbole
4. Immediately down to business.
5. Total business like, professional delivery, no drama - straight to facts and to the point.
99% of youtubers should pay you to learn how to present. You deserve many many more subscribers. MKBHD could learn a thing from you. Kudos!
Just congratulate the man on a good video why bring another RUclips into the equation that’s corny as hell
💀
Then why did you not only click the video but watch it long enough to form that opinion and then make a highly articulated comment like. What a weirdo
@@shroud4269 You ever click on a random video, and watch it. No never?
I found the guys delivery and presenatation very good. ANd I complaneted him
you have litle going on in your life to make such a comment.I pity you.
If everyone present in the same way, youtube would be so boring. More variety is good
To me it was a simple decision. AMD was cheaper, performs really well and is more efficient. Atleast it was the case with the 5500U and its competitors which I bought because of the aforementioned reasons.
Seems like Intel caught up this gen and prices are screwed either way.
I agree with you, I chose AMD because it was better than the intel counterparts like the i5 or i3, the ryzen 5 5625u had the best resoults compared to its price.
@@b.alexandru nah bro intel is better
@@jhadvillegas have you seen comparisons between AMD iGPUs and intel's?
@@jhadvillegasnope
@@b.alexandru just a question does the generation of the CPU or GPU matter
the fact that AMD manage to keep up with an intel with much newer Architecture and more cores is insane. cant wait to see the R9 7000 Series
You could generate meteor/arrow lake hopium on similar lines::
"Raptor lake can keep up with zen 4s in spite of using way older nodes and cores. Cant wait for meteor/arrow lake!!!!"
fan boy relapses he lost
@@suntzu1409 Intel's 10nm is actually more dense then TSMC 7nm, so AMD keeping up is seriously impressive and we'll where competetion goes after 2025 when Intel figures out their new fabs and amd will have to choose b/w Samsung and TSMC , cause Samsung is way ahead in nano-sheet fabs , alsjfkndfnlasjdkflnljakdsd,afn, It's all fun we'll seeee 🤣
@@Harryd06 when you are actually an intel fanboy:
@@curiosity1331 only people I see bitching are amd fanbois, got entire subreddits echo chambers dedicated to that
If you don't need TB... get the older AMD version (5000 H series) they are way more affordable and still a nice device to own and use!
My ASUS Vivobook was $900 (USD) with the 5800H, 16GB, 3050 and OLED... Have nothing to complain about (was looking at the Lenovo Slim 7 Pro - non X but was more expensive and found that a lot of users had keyboard issues).
amd tuned to be power efficient and less heat while intel is on performance while causing too much heat the problem is laptop nowadays are thinner and thinner which makes it difficult for heat dissipation.
I bought my wife a Intel ThinkPad T14s and me the Ryzen edition, fan volume is terrible on the intel version, but fully feature customizable option selection and software bug stability support. The AMD side has lot more issue with some random software bug affect the laptop hardware, but is less fan noise and consumption 50 watt max, so the 65 watt charger has enough juice for it but not enough with the Intel CPU🤦♂.
I've a ryzen thinkpad and don't have any software issues. I find it hard to believe Lenovo would ship a laptop which consumes more power than what their brick provides. Sounds sus
@@Titere05 You have a couple of year old AMD ThinkPad, anything AMD is always half backed at first before fix with software update, smaller company small price to pay 😔, otherwise no company need to push update fix 🙄.
Made in China 🇨🇳 Lenovo is not IBM 🇺🇸, they are allow to ship the minumum requirement charger for anything, you can max out the performance for ~5% more if you plug a 85 watt charger with Intel CPU to catch the the peak performance during high workload but the heat ♨️ came out the keyboard and the noise level you will feel it yourself.
The AMD version is on sale at Costco for $1100. Surprised the Intel version has an HDMI port, you'd think it would be the other way around since AMD doesn't have thunderbolt.
Seems laptop makers always find a way to nerf their AMD lineup to push the higher priced Intel models to professionals who actually need TB or HDMI. Even a USB4 port or a 20Gbps usb 3.x gen y would’ve been a better compromise for the lack of TB.
@@Jabid21if that's the tradeoff for a lower price, that's something most of us normies would gladly take. Professionals can go pay extra and support innovation, it'll trickle down to us eventually.
@@PsychoticBacon19 oh you sweet summer child. These companies don't need money from professionals to fund innovation. All that is funding is shareholder profits. Reaganomics never really trickle down and innovation won't happen without competition. Intel was resting on its laurels for far too long until they got sucker punched by AMD and Apple.
You should have tested more on these different power levels. If Hardware unboxed testing is true, the current AMD Chips have better multi-threaded performance under 35 W and the Intel chip over 35 W. So the AMD Chip has a different Power sweet spot, thus the different configuration by the manufacturer make sense. So it would be really nice to see battery life, Cinebench and maybe one representative game with the different power modes.
Would love to echo this sentiment! Seeing battery life under constant loads at different power levels and reaulting performance is very insightful for full system performance/efficiency to compare laptops with.
Bro Hardware Unboxed biggest AMD Fanboys ever, they act pro but many called them out hence some companies stopped sending their stuff to them
@@TRX25EX "Hardware Unboxed biggest AMD Fanboys ever"
Hardware Unboxed latest video: "AMD greedy and incompetent"
You're the one who seems to be an Intel Fanboy. Classic
@@sharanoth Having a cigarette packet read 'smoking can cause cancer' does not mean that cigarette manufacturers do not promote smoking.
HUB is biased towards AMD in what they say in their opinions. Things like 4 core@1GHz is likely to perform better than 1 core@4GHz(misleadingly promoting AMD's use of more cores at that time). More recently their Q&A claiming that more L3 cache is better(misleadingly promoting the AMD hype of their upcoming 7K X3D launch). Let's see if they have anything to say about the staggered launch of the 7800X3D.
It's a shame because HUB does some really good testing across single segments.
@MyAqaa I said that HUB are biased in favour of AMD, it's not the same thing as calling them a fanboy.
Maybe you could explain why they insist on claiming that 4x1GHz performs better than a single 4 GHz processor?(at the time favouring AMD multicore)
Or why they don't make it clear that more L3 cache only really benefits certain gamers? (So many gamers play GPU bound games where upgrading to X3D offers poor value for money versus putting the money towards a better GPU.)
If possible can you please also take a look at ryzen 7xxx and 13th gen?
I havent seen any 7xxx yet but seen some 13th gens now in the store
Pretty good, but still previous gen. I'm waiting to see what comes this year, as both companies look promising as well.
AMD is much more promising. 12th to 13th gen is barely an upgrade
@@defnotatroll 13 gen can perform same as 12 gen while using 1/3 power as we already seen in desktops and without changing node which is insane. Same 10nm node. You can also say it is way way faster in raw single core and multicore workloads. Huge L2 cache improvements also.
It means 13900k is already performing better than 12900k(240watt) while using 65 to 80 watt.
13 gen laptops will perform a lot faster with the same power as 12 gen.
Oems can lower power consumption for light weight laptops for little bit more performance but better battery life.
This year meteolake is also coming with 7nm(Intel 4). New node after 12 and 13 gen.
@@HDRPC Very interesting. Do you have a source saying that Raptor Lake can match Alder Lake by using a third of the power? AMD did wonders too in the power efficiency department. They managed to pack 12 cores 24 threads in a package that consumes the same amount of power as 6 core CPUs. Very interesting times ahead on the CPU world.
@@HDRPC Must be said that not all workloads work well in Intel's "big little", and all cores being the same can be beneficial.
But we'll have to see the actual products.
@@HDRPC though desktop chips are pushed way past the efficiency sweet spot while mobile cpus operate around it. So I would expect a more moderate gain in efficiency.
What about comparing budget laptops? Does the CPU really make much difference in models that are under $500? I'm not looking for a video editing or gaming rig, just something for daily tasks.
Anything will work for daily basis work, even chrome books lol. Just any average Ryzen or Intel Core, at least 8gb of ram (get 16 if you multitask) with a decent SSD is enough, dont need to worry much about it. Just dont get a Pentium or stuff like that lol
I have an AMD QL-64 processor, 2.1 Ghz, 1800 mhz FSB. It had a speed limit problem, Cod 4 was running at very slow speed with 512 mb Ati. After taking out the 2 choppers with the rockets (located at the bus), the speed increased dramatically. I checked on Cpu -z, the FSB dropped to 1700 mhz, causing the cpu speed increase.
My burning question is how these laptops compare simply watching RUclips videos. I had a Lenovo AMD 4750U-based laptop. The problem was the inferior power management. I played around with the Windows 10 power slider and power management modes to no avail. I could get the AMD laptop to either be quiet, but permanently limited to about 1.7GHz (even single core), or the fans would spool up and it would be loud when decoding RUclips videos, drowning out the sound. The power management was bad. You had to switch modes every time you wanted to watch RUclips. My subsequent Lenovo Intel Tiger Lake laptop is much better. The Windows 10 power management slider essentially controls the maximum fan level. In "Better Battery" mode it is consistently quiet, yet spools up to max turbo frequency on single cores no problem. The Intel laptop is day to day useable, while the AMD was annoying. I'd really love to know how the two laptops compare in a RUclips test for loudness, especially with RUclips videos that use demanding codecs. Has AMD improved with the 6000 series at all? I came away with the impression that the 4000 series was unrefined. For laptops that spend much of their time in light use, it's better if Cinebench numbers are balanced with actual useability.
Somehow agreed with you on the bad power management optimisation on Lenovo Laptop. I had the Yoga 6 running AMD 5700U, on average it uses about 12-15W of power on battery, vs 1st Gen Asus G14 Ryzen 7 4800HS which runs on average of 9-12W on battery, by which the G14 runs much cooler on plug-in or battery, and runs much smoother compare to the 5700U. The only good thing on the Yoga 6 vs the G14 is the form factor, weight and a relatively small USB C 45W charger instead of the bigger and heavier power brick
AMD had better power management with 5000 series and even better power management with 6000 series. The 6000 series is actually insane in its ability to power manage.
next time, just dont buy a lenovo laptop
@@dex6316
Its more of a windows/software problem than hardware problem
I see excessive boosting on my 1240p as well. The fans dont ramp up, but it just wastes energy and is very unnecessary
I see the 6900HS version as an extremely capable business laptop with great battery life for travel without having to look for an outlet all the time. Enough performance for all your task for such a laptop.
Those thin and light laptops are really a game changer. I finally got one last year (Asus Zenbook under $1000.00) and the battery life is really great for my needs for a whole workday. I just leave my charging brick at home and travel light. It's really hard to go back to a heavier laptops that I always had.
Which Zenbook did you get? I’m in the market to get a new laptop
@@Big_catlaflare Probably Zenbook S14 with its big 70+Wh battery. But you should certainly only buy a laptop with 16GB of RAM. What do you do on the laptop? You should primarily get laptops with Ryzen 6000 series APUs.
@@Big_catlaflare It's "UM3402" Mine had a Ryzen 7 5825. I think the newer 2023 version have up to date cpus 7000 series. The Intel version I think is UX3402. The screen is AMOLED.
Right now I have a Zenbook 14 with a Ryzen 5500u mx450 gpu with 8gb of ram, i don’t really mind if it’s intel or amd, just need more ram and good port selection
Finally, the comparison I’ve been waiting for.
The price and battery life are only parts about this comparison that was surprising. I'm not at all surprised that the Alder Lake platform had better single threaded performance, and therefore roughly 5% higher gaming performance at 1080p given the higher core clock boosting and faster memory, nor am I surprised at the Intel machine outpacing this AMD in cinebench given the 25% additional hardware threads on the Intel side. Even in closer CPU performing scenarios, given the same GPU, Intel tends to squeeze a little more out of Nvidia GPU's. The battery life makes no sense given what we've seen with other Ryzen 6000 HS and Alder lake laptops, I'm calling a poorly calibrated balanced power profile on the AMD side. I have a 6900HS in my G14 and it somehow does better in most of the benchmarks (gaming isn't fair comparison as I have a 6800), but I think Lenovo has some additional tuning to do here for power efficiency. Everything else is as expected, except for the price, that AMD laptop should be $150 cheaper with the same size SSD and amount of RAM. Either AMD is overplaying their hand, or Lenovo is trying to use the AMD system and lack of public awareness to capture additional margin per unit sold.
A lot of power in a thin chassis can also bring a lot of heat. This is why a lot of laptop owners (myself included) are big into undervolting because thermal throttling is such a problem. The more power, the more heat and bad performance. Even the best cooling solution on a laptop fails compared to a desktop. It is frustrating because you really can't take advantage of that extra power in gaming or production in a laptop due to heat. Processors are really good today, but unless you can dissipate that heat, it means nothing. It is interesting what they are able to put into laptops today, but until the thermal issue is solved, it is going to be underwhelming.
Also to note. While undervolting can keep temps down, you lose performance as the tradeoff. And it seems like the Intel chips are set to thermal throttle long before you get to 95 C; actually it starts sucking at 80 C. I just can't recommend any of these gaming laptops. They just don't perform very good and if you tweak them, you will lose production ability to game and vice versa. It is all a tradeoff.
how do you undervolt a 12500H, which i have in my ASUS vivobook s15 OLED
what laptop would you recommend? im currently looking for a gaming/work/everday laptop but not sure what's best
@@rattpisss once look at zephyrus series.. they have high performance and good looking budget laptops and id prefer Intel version in this generation and amd in last
If you are purchasing a laptop higher than 15w tdp, you are a nutcase.
Great comment, and I agree. One should not have to undervolt to stop your $1k-2k laptop from throttling or pumping out vast amounts of heat.
Wish you'd done the benchmarks in Intelligent Mode (and Extreme Mode maybe only as a bonus). That's the target use case for these devices. Running them in extreme performance mode has too many drawbacks and isn't enabled out of the box anyway.
For the performance metrics, would have been nicer to see the power scaling as opposed to whatever Lenovo chooses for the power modes.
Same for the battery life test. Would be nicer to (for example) play a game frame-capped to 30fps, and see which system did best for battery.
Absolutely - you need to compare them doing the same work to see which is "better". if the performance delivered is not the same then why the hell would anybody expect the same powerdraw?
Unbelievable what a self-contained arogant ashhole
Pretty much confounded as to why the Legion 7 and Legion 7i weren't compared in a similar video. They both are identical in everything except the part where Legion 7 is technically an all-AMD system, so those benchmarks would have been cool to see as well.
it's the laptops he got to review.
I've been wondering the same thing. If I ran a tech channel I'd be all over testing the same laptops with different hardware to make sure my viewers could get the best laptop that fits their needs.
Unable seeing into Lenovos cards I think they choose their components and software adjustments to make them perform similar: While the Intel CPU is of a newer generation, its an i7 „only“ and not the max spec version i9-12900H. The power draw would be insane, also the performance gap. So they dont want to give their suppliers and customers not too much of a gap on the Notebook Brand experience.
I am really curious what the Intel 13 will be like? Any idea if you can use double-sided NVME in either of these?
Clear recommendations at the end are appreciated. Great video
At Costco in the US, the AMD version costs $1600 so if you can get it there i would choose the AMD version over intel.
Nice comparison. In that specific case I'd choose the Intel one, seems pretty close in all aspects but it gains a lot on the IO department: full HDMI and 2 thunderbolt 40gbps. Otherwise, I'd choose AMD 'cause personal preference, nothing more :P
It's weird the AMD version is missing both USB4 and hdmi ports considering the dedicated graphics on both. Otherwise I agree, the AMD version benefit was the iGPU which is far less relevant with a 3050. Can't wait for ryzen 7x40 chips with RDNA3
Usb4 is on AMD
@@bhaveshsonar7558 the problem is while it can have USB4 it is missing on these models. It was a common trend as AMD is not as forceful as intel in implementing it. If you make an Intel laptop and don't include thunderbolt, intel will throttle you.
I would have been very curious to see results when the machines are not plugged in. Then you can see the only disadvantage of Intel.
this
Laptops should be tested only "not plugged in".
Reviews a THIN AND LIGHT laptop. Test it plugged in.
I'm sorry but some reviewers are just clueless.
@@albundy06 exactly, I would want a thin and light laptop so I can leave my charger at home and travel as light as possible
@@albundy06 because they're testing maximum performance. You wouldn't run heavy max performance workloads on the battery unless you want it to die in 1 hour
@@defnotatroll Because they're clueless.
Performance on battery matters. Performance plugged in with fans sounding like jet engines doesn't matter.
This in a nutshell is why basically ALL windows laptops suck. Unplug them and even ignoring their garbage battery life the performance tanks.
Meanwhile the apple machines get the same performance on or off the charger. Don't die in a hr no matter what you do.
Just look at your argument. Performance on a laptop that's entire design/ market segment is about being portable/ thin and light isn't important,. If you put it under load it will die in a HR!
What a brilliant ( sarcasm) device and approach to this market segment!
No wonder MacBook airs were and are so popular. Because Windows / Intel and AMD aren't capable of making a good product for this market.
I have a Zenbook 14 q407iq Ryzen 5 4500U, Nvidia MX350, 8GB RAM.
I can: edit raw photos in Lightroom, edit FHD video in Premiere with ease and possibly 4K if i lower playback resolution and I can also game at moderate settings. All of that in a laptop that weighs 1.15 Kg and has a colour accurate display. Oh and I bought the thing for 700 euros (800 really cause i upgraded to a 1TB Nvme SSD)
Thank you I have been waiting for this test.
Pick the Ryzen 7 6800HS models because all thin&light Ryzen 7 laptops are like Ryzen 9 laptops with 98% of the performance at 10% lower price, which is significant. And ditch Intel unless you would use workloads that need all 20 threads
I recently bought an asus s14 with an h series processor with oled screen, it runs cs go very smoothly with no lagg whatsoever. I don't know if it's available in america as i bought It in india. I am very happy with it.
"Both laptops are identical, except for the CPU"
"This one has double the RAM"
Proceeds to run a lot of RAM dependent benchmarks.
And that's BEFORE you even account for Windows app caching in RAM, which would use the SSD less and thus lower power consumption and increase battery life.
How is this a serious comparison?
For me, the huge reason for the intel is the HDMI port and the two Thunderbolt ports. Interesting that you kind of glossed over that, and didn't include it in your summery of which one you would buy.
Yep. TB4 is something to consider but im kinda mixed with the hdmi as I prefer extra usb port over an hdmi port
For me I really don’t have a use for tb4 but that’s probably because I only do school work and games and since I have two houses
I have a 34" 1800R Curved USB Hub Monitor so the Thunderbolt ports were a deal sealer for me.
Avoid gaming laptops and get the productivity laptops. With Dell, Lattitude line up is the move!!!
The AMD one was on sale over Christmas for only $1299.
@@yankeewog it's AMD, the AMD chip is cheaper, way cheaper than the Intel chip, therefore you'll see more discounts on the AMD version
I missed one second hand for 448$, so sad.
Seeing Zen 3+ hold up against Alder Lake like this is pretty impressive. Both options look super solid.
Still no USB4 support on Ryzen 6000/7000 laptops, eh?
It's impressive, which generally doesn't bode well for Intel when AMD's next gen laptop chips launch in spring.
@@handlemonium I have Lenovo R5 6600U, and it support USB4, you can use e-GPU as well
The Ryzen is 8 Core (Threads: 16)
The i7 is 14Core (Threads: 20) Thats suppose to be a close comparison?
@@Crashed131963 but Intel laptop CPUs have less big P-cores so it evens out.
RUclips automatically suggested watching from the last part, and after 1 minute I found that the video ends 😂
Which is better for programming? Intel core or Ryzen?
Intel
they usually dont matter, however if youre planning to do it on the go, you should go with amd
crazy to see the multicore difference between laptops with better cooling solutions for instance, my legion 5i pro can achieve 19000 comfortably on multicore cb23 consistently on the 12700h. The 12700h was a huge leap for intel for sure. I imagine the 13700 will be far ahead of AMD equivalent this year.
@6heh ummm I’d love to if I knew what platform to reply on lol
you do realise its an i7 against something that should be against the i9 this performance for the intel laptop is amazing understanding that it is against something that should be better
It will be interesting to see what the impact of using big.Little and chiplets in the same CPU architecture on 3nm.
6900HS supports USB 4 (40 Gbps) FYI, my Asus Flow X16 has a beta BIOS out now supporting it - just waiting for final release.
All I know is that my xps 15 with 12900k and 3050ti is pretty amazing. This is from a guy running 13900k and 4090 in my main pc.
Jeez, it's 2023, and they are still selling us those RTX 3050 on a premium laptop... I mean, why not wait for 4050 instead?
Today i made my choice and picked the Intel version of the same model. Not easy but ur video was helpful indeed because i was choosing between the same two devices! ✌️😉
It all really comes down to if you wanted the Thunderbolts or not
Processors nothing game breaking anymore
How can this be an apple to apple comparison if one has Ryzen 9 and the other has intel 7? And the RAM is faster on one laptop?
PSA: B&H Photo seems to have the Intel version on sale for $1150 and a used model available for $896
Thanks for this, the used model is mine now lol
Why one in his good mind would pay $1700 USD for a laptop with a entry level GPU?! Not even if some of them come with the top notch CPUs, which is not the case of any...one will be paying for the brand not for what one should get in terms of performance...
Great comparison. I am frustrated by how companies still use Thunderbolt 4 and only include it on their intel machines when they could probably just as easily implement USB 4 and include the massive benefits of those ports on all the SKUs.
I think thunderbolt can only be used for Intel and Apple machines
I think you're minimizing the thunderbolt aspect in terms of using a thin and light laptop. With a 3050 you can run a lot of professional software (for example engineering software) and having the option of a one port docking possibility is unrivaled.
Exactly. This depends on the user, though. A laptop without TB is completely useless to me. Users that never dock probably don’t care. It’s still an important consideration and should have been mentioned in conclusion.
@@fn5k apologies! not a tech savy but if you are saying the AMD usb c 3.2 gen won't support docks? as in you can't extend it over multiple screens?
Sir, do you think buying Lenovo's Legion 5 2022 series is a Good idea and which one Intel or AMD?
Can't wait for the 2023 versions of these laptops.
They probably figured out a BIOS that will seamlessly disable P-Cores when you're unplugged and there's no load so it doesn't even draw a heck of a lot of standby power for those cores. On Eco mode or whatever it's called chances are you're only running E-Cores, just that 1) this is still a newer architecture and 2) you still have eight of them, so it doesn't end up feeling like using a Netbook with a larger screen.
I think Dell figured this out first last year and I was holding out for the G15 and M15 hoping that if I ever have to take it on the go (and without the time to get it off battery life extender mode and fully charge the thing before I shove it into my backpack) I wouldn't worry too much about running out of juice while having more cache for gaming. Thanks to recent price drops though I just went with AMD+NVidia.
Honestly, that's what SHOULD have been done with E-cores. The P-cores should be disabled on battery life unless tougher tasks are called upon. I mean, could the lack of that be why AMD did better in terms of battery life in 2022?
I have one of these lenovos and the p cores do not get disabled on battery. From my experience it's actually the opposite. I checked task manager once and all the e cores were at 0% usage whilst the p cores had constant 5% or less usage
@@cameronbosch1213 When Intel announced this back in early 2021 I totally thought that was how it would work, ie it'd only load up the big cores when you launch anything and run something intensive enough. At best Windows would run on one pCore but the scheduler is there to offload a lot of Windows tasks to the eCores.
Then the 12th gen laptops happened and batt life still kind of sucked until that one Dell ultrabook came out. Can't even remembee which one it was and what channel did the review but they specifically said there that the pCores basically don't just draw less power when loaded, they're practically inactive it's like sleep mode. The way I understood the explanation it was like having a start-stop hybrid.
@@defnotatroll So in car terms these are basically like having a hybrid that runs the gas engine on extreme eco mode, and then runs the electric engines to add power when on Hoghway or Sport Mode (or when the rear tires are slipping at lower traction scenarios).
Basically a good 4cyl hybrid like the Rav4 Prime than putting an Audi 4cyl on the front axle of a Tesla so you don't get stuck in an area without a charging station.
@@Z020852 I'm really curious as to what video you're talking about, was it an XPS 13 plus? Try and remember the channel please
Ryzen 6th gen, RTX 3rd gen, Intel 12th gen, ... Should we wait 2024 to get 2023 components?
I went with a Zenbook Pro just because of the 1080 screen. It fits the performance of the 3050Ti better. Bigger resolutions scream for a faster GPU.
Hows the battery life?
Plannning to buy asus zenbook i7 because it oles and 1360p
We happen to have identical Intel AMD tower builds in our studio and by far the AMD system kills the Intel desktop. When it comes to ProTools, Digital Performer 11, and FL Studio the AMD system is the room Everyone uses. You can ask what I used for this and that but in a "PC" build for our studio the go to is AMD.
so 3050 laptop with last gen cpus are 1750$ now? Sigh..
I have not watched the video yet.. but last year I got the intel version of this exact laptop.. the only reason why was because in canada they were selling the amd model with only 16gb of ram and the 4800hs, where as the intel 12700h had 32gb of ram.. but i hope i didn't get screwed with my choice...
I love my 12700 so i dont think you did :D
I have the ryzen 7 6800hs 32gb ram 1tb storage version, in aus there is no 6900hs, and the i7 is like $400 more than the amd one, and i have had no cpu bottle necks AND the 3050 draws around 35-45w from what i've seen depending on the game and whether it is cpu intensive or not. My laptop normally hits around 75 degrees while gaming.
And standard battery life playing videos ? My bro bought an MSI i7 and the battery life is only an hour and 15 minutes playing video. It’s just outright ridiculous as I told him not chase for some FPS that you can’t feel but have to deal with garbage battery life.
@@chiahsun907 I can get about 5-6h 1440p video playback at 75% brightness and 120hz, drop to 1080p and 60hz and battery is even more.
Always the tradeoff between thin and performance. Think I'd rather got with a slightly thicker design and pay less or just get more perf for the money with a better GPU. Been sub $1000CAD laptops with 3050's lately.
I got the Dell G15 AMD RYZEN 7 - RTX 3050ti last June for 800
No mention on performance on battery?
the AMD chip performans better on battery, 15 Watts and you have 50% of your performance, whilst the Intel chip requires you around 35 Watts for the same
AMD needs to get on board and send Adobe a nice check so they can get performance on RDNA integrated gpu's
An even better solution: ditc all adobe software and explore the alternatives
"The only thing different is the price"
except one has an intel cpu and one has an amd
As a Mac user I would not consider either as having "good battery life" and simply do not understand how PC users put up with the heat and noise. Long battery life, and dead quiet, cool operation is so liberating.
Performance is great for charts but if you run out of battery a whole hour before it really doesn't matter.
Honestly , it wouldn't hurt to edit in what sort of processors the other laptops are using for the betterment of your viewer's understanding and digesting of data , instead of just mentioning AMD or Intel
Awesome review as always! Thank you!
For that amount of money I would expect a larger SSD 1TB seem small
8 core AMD vs 20 core Intel CPu with almost identical results? Id go with AMD, better thermals and battery life.. Cant imagine if AMD will throw a 20 core CPU,, intel would be no match at all
14 core vs 8 core and only 9% difference??
Do you have a review of the ASUS ZenBook Duo 14 OLED 2024? can people use it for VFX? or what job is it better suited for?
What I'm worried about is the Lpddr ram which has high clock but much higher latency so it's definitely a bottle neck for the AMD system
Yeah, half the bandwidth.
Would choose intel anyday due to innovative technology adaption. Amd is just doing buissness at discounted price. You will see some amd laptops at discounted price but never seen an untel laptop at discount
1. I won't buy a product of the CCP.
2. I won't buy NVIDIA video.
3. You guys aren't that smart.
You should test compatibility such as USB, wifi connection, HDMI switch.... AMD is more power efficient than Intel now, but the user experience is terrible. Intel has a lot experience on trouble shooting. AMD may have some weird problem sometimes.
So it's not just me. My AMD laptop's CPU is running strong after 3 years but it fails to detect my 2nd touchscreen monitor's touch input, and takes 5 minutes to initialise the audio system.
Why would you put thread count over core count in your spec intro?
The Ryzen is 8 Core (Threads: 16)
The i7 is 14Core (Threads: 20) Thats suppose to be a close comparison?
Do you guys prefer R5 4500u?
So i have 2 laptops, same price, same everything except CPU and RAM: Intel Core i7 13700h + 16gb ram VS AMD Ryzen 7 7840hs + 32gb ram, never used and, heard some bad rumors ( which i hope are not true ) and i cant decide.
I'd get an LG Gram 17" at about 3lb (wish they offered a choice of keyboard layout though). I'm going to hold off though as I'm hoping next year they'll have an 18" 3lb oled model.
LTT's review of the Gram said that it is pretty bad, just a heads up.
LG will release a 19" version in 2025 best to wait for that
@@PandaMoniumHUN I saw it - he doesn't like the flexibility of it - which I understand but unless you are using your dell to protect you from IED's in fallujah. 95% of my customers choose lighter over bulletproof. It is just a matter of preference. Most of my customers are not 20 year old males so hauling when ass from A to H in O'hare every extra pound of luggage matters particularly when not rolling your luggage. They bring it back and forth to work each day so they opt for lighter. I'm not saying the others are bad - this is why they make vanilla and chocolate ice cream and my dad would say. I give my clients a choice of brands as I use the same image with a few driver tweaks and everybody at the different company chooses LG, except one company that gets Dell because they are less expensive.
No code compilation tests?? Only video editing benchmarks... Try running some phoronix benchmarks
I'm happy with my ideapad 5 pro 14. 7735HS qnd iGPU lasts a whole day, I charge once a day. I have experienced lags but thats me tinkering with skins 😅 and it gets hot when I connect to external monitor and charge (100W propriety charger) at the same time. Still trying to figure out how to manage it. Overall, I love my Lenovo.
Thumb down for not mentioning the memory on these models and whether it's single or dual stick and whether it's upgradable. Dual channel memory is important for performance and also for integrated GPUs.
The battery saving mode is quite terrible because the laptop then decreases the speaker performance and they‘ll sound way worse than in balanced mode.
i have the AMD option of the previous model, i do not have that issue
That is utter nonsense...
@@msp5138 my Slim 7 ProX decreased the speaker performance when I switched to battery saving mode. It sounded so terrible that I never used that mode. Maybe it was an issue with my unit, don't know.
The graph of Battery Test (Laptop model vs "Time to complete" graph) is misleading, time to complete is usually referred as the time needed for a computer to finish a task or benchmark, using it in this context made me think of that. It should be something like battery life in Hours or Time from 100% to 0% battery. 10:46 in mins means 10 mins 46 secs, not 10 hours 46 mins, so correct that please, simple but unnecessary mistake........
I love the "spend responsibly" at the end. I need that. I'm the kind of guy that bought a 4090 at launch. A 4090!
So what lmao you ain't the only one bragger 😜
I'd choose the Intel since it has thunderbolt 4 port good for future external gpu expansion. Intel is just $5 cheaper too; but 1 concern the memory on the AMD is faster 6200 and the INtel is 5400; and and it is a newer Ryzen 9 6000series cpu. I wish my ASUS A15 TUF had a thunderbolt but unlikely since only intel laptop would have them.
So if i have a laptop right now with intel 12700, i can buy an external gpu like 2 years from now and use it for gaming without having to buy a new laptop? How much would a gpu like that cost do you know?
@@maxjames00077 really really really expensive
@@maxjames00077 like 300 dollars for the enclosure itself, I got a intel laptop with Thunderbolt 3 so i can future proof it a bit thanks to the Thunderbolt and egpu support but it's way to expensive for my budget rn
@@Rijerus oh nice 👌
@@maxjames00077 I'd search for testing on that. I know Thunderbolt 3 created a bottleneck that any external gpu powerful enough to be worth buying for a performance boost was significantly slowed by limited bandwidth. Don't know the specs on Thunderbolt 4 -- it's faster of course but not sure if it wouldn't be the same story in 2 years. That's why companies like Asus and Dell created custom ports for external gpu's. Both of those are pretty pricey though. Future proofing laptops seems to always be a questionable value proposition but I'm still thinking about picking up an Asus Flow x13 myself.
I would have liked to include Apple silicon in this comparison. I'm wanting to switch to Apple and I don't know if it's worth it. Now I have a Lenovo Legion 5 AMD/7 5800H + RTX 350ti and I don't know how performs my system compared to M2/M2 Pro. From everything I've seen so far they seem to be equivalent. But how will it be using graphic programs?
I think it depends on where you live. Are you from the states? In my country a 16 inch MBP M2 starts at like 3500$. That's starting price. U want more RAM and storage? 4-5k easy. It's just too much for me. Even though i love the design and it will probably last 5 years and then i can still sell it for a good price but it's too much.
usually mobile intel and amd cpus will rock the apples cpu like nothing else but apple cpu is also really low powered but then again whats the point in having a laptop that cant hit its full or even its medium potential
@@kieranlee9610 bc almost nobody uses full power for more than a brief moment of the day. And even less people need fulll power away from a desk or power outlet. Intel will probably change their chips toward more efficient and less power drawn bc of this whole believe tho. But the real nerds know that its BS
@@maxjames00077 defeating the point its a 45w gaming mobile cpu they both are hence the H the low powered ones are U apples cpu is ARM based it would lose to everything here except battery life what use is it when you need something powerful to crunch processes
@@maxjames00077 and no you'd hit full power quite alot alot more than you think for one starting up the machine opening any resource intensive app you dont turn on full power it does it automatically when it needs to
"These here are the same laptops."
"Also they have different colors, different IO, different ram at different speeds and different prices"
What laptop should I buy for the same prize and with 14inch, Windows preferred
buy the AMD chip version, in balanced an battery-life mode it performans way better, look at the power usage on the first two minutes somewhere it is visible 15 Watts (AMD) against 35 Watts (Intel), and calculate yourself
I'll take the AMD one any day
Which is best for long term Intel vs AMD
Can someone just write the overall verdict?
"What I have in front of me are two identical laptops, with the only difference being the price."
*goes on to describe all the differences between the two laptops, and ends by saying they're the same price*
is your Amd laptop Ryzen 9 6900HS , 32 GB RAM and RTX 3050 can it handle AFTER EFFECTS?
Minute 7:35 DaVinci should run much better on the Intel system because it has Quick Sync. Only at exporting the AMD wins.
Can AMD processor run Adobe applications?
pretty well, some algorithms do not work so efficient, but you won't notice it, if you are not on battery mode
Which one is better ryzen 3 5300U or intel i5 1155G7 for gaming I need quick answer
Battery life > Graphics Performance. AMD is superior for laptops period.
Not with Zen4. You'll see in a few days that Zen 4 has just atrocious battery life.