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Intel or AMD CPUs for new Laptops?
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An new AMD Laptop APU will outperform Intel in every metric. I can only recommend T14 & T14S but any other Thinkpad will be ok.
There is one metric where Intel is better and that's Thunderbolt. You typically get more full-featured Thunderbolt ports with an Intel CPU. Of course whether that point is relevant is highly dependent on your use case.
Well for a gamer no real comment. But there is one metric Intel still trashes AMD in for the APU. Hardware video acceleration/encoding. The quality is objectively better on Intel Quicksync.
When getting a home box that also needed to do transcoding, Intel CPU was a requirement. My desktop development/gaming system? Ryzen + NVidia.
what about energy efficiency? that used to be a massive disadvantage of the amds
I think it is the reverse these days. AMD generally has better power efficiency than Intel.
This also has big implications in the desktop space. A Ryzen 7 9700x has a 65 watt TDP. A modern 8-core desktop CPU so power efficient that air cooling is perfectly fine.
Air cooling has always been fine.
good luck with a 7950x under full load
What do you think cools the fluid? Air.
There are plenty of great air coolers that can keep up. Most of the AIO coolers can’t keep up with the best air options.
If you’re looking to OC and squeeze out a negligible amount of performance, then a custom loop would be alright, but it’s never been an absolute must to liquid cool any desktop grade processor.