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forum threadSuryasis posted Yesterday 04:17 AM
Acer Aspire 16 Copilot+ Laptop: 16" FHD+ 120Hz IPS Touch, Ryzen AI 9 365, 32GB LPDDR5X, 1TB Gen4 SSD, USB4, Win11H @ $850
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I'm holding out for a 2k touch OLED, 32 gigs, and an Intel 285H deal with a 16" or 17" screen.
I'm holding out for a 2k touch OLED, 32 gigs, and an Intel 285H deal with a 16" or 17" screen.
Under the same series, you will perfect set of combonation of CPU, GPU, Screen on Intel laptops but their AMD counterparts are weirdly configured. A very example is the Ideapad Pro 16 series. The intel version comes with Arrow Lake H series (Ultra 9 285H or Ultra 7 255H) series CPU, RTX 5050 GPU, up to 32GB of Ram and 2.8K OLED display 120Hz.
Now move to AMD and you will see weried confogurations. The max Ram is 16GB across all the variants, which alone drive a lot of people away. Now Processor, you expect it to has the AMD Strix Point APUs, right (Ryzen AI 9 365 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 370), offering similar performance of the Arrow Lake H series? No, instead they max out to AMD Kraken Point based APUs, Ryzen AI 5 340 to Ryzen AI 5 350, which AMD released as compepetior of Intel Lunar Lake series, optimized for battery life over performance.
For gaming laptops, just check the 2025 Legion 5 Laptops with 15.1" Screen. The Inte version comes with their ultra high performance Arrow Lake HX series, like Ultra 7 255HX and Ultra 9 275HX. So, you would expect AMD version to have similarly powerful Ryzen 9 9955HX 16C/32T CPU, offering similar performance, thermals and slightly lower power consumptiom. No, they does not even come with Ryzen AI 9 series, instead comes with same Kraken Point Ryzen AI 350 8 Core (4 Zen 5 + 4 Zen 5c). The AI 9 365 ad AI 9 HX 370 SKus are not even there. But they share same chassis, same cooling and it is pretty obvious, if they can cool that Intel HX series, they can cool AMD Fire Range 9000HX series as well. Instead, they come with Kraken point, designed for battery life in Ultra slim and thin laptops.
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