Intel vs AMD Laptops in 2024 - What a Mess...

The question of whether the AMD Ryzen 8000 series can beat Intel Core Ultra in laptops depends on a lot of things like battery life, overall performance and gaming. The problem is finding laptops with the same design for a true comparison has been almost impossible but we've finally been able to find laptops with the exact same specs from both AMD and Intel....but then things didn't turn out as planned.

Recommended Ryzen 7000 laptops:

Buy the Zenbook 14 OLED from Best Buy & Walmart:

Buy the Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 Series from Lenovo & Best Buy:
Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i - Unavailable in North America for now. :(

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intel vs AMD on Laptops
0:40 - Apples to Apples - ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED
1:20 - Apples to Apples - Lenovo Yoga Pro 7
2:26 - Sponsor Spot
3:01 - Battery Life SHOCKER
4:28 - Port Selection is SO CLOSE
5:56 - The Laptop Testing Challenge
7:00 - ASUS has an AMD Bias
8:37 - When things go Wrong....
9:19 - Real World Performance Testing
10:29 - Intel Creator Domination
11:11 - Gaming Benchmarks
12:16 - AMD Dropped the Ball in 2024
13:27 - My Recommendation

Review units provided by ASUS (Zenbooks) and purchased by Hardware Canucks (Lenovo Yoga) from Lenovo Canada & Lenovo UK. This video is sponsored by Arctic Cooling . As per Hardware Canucks guidelines, no review direction was received from manufacturer, though briefings were provided. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

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[Just_Areki]

Add international measurements (kg alongside the pounds) for future videos, please

[HardwareCanucks]

Hey guys. Small correction. At 5:00 the arrow is mistakenly pointing towards the USB 3.2 Gen 2 port and NOT the USB 4 port. The USB 4 port is on the RIGHT in that image.

[auritro]

Intel: *renames 13000 series as '14th gen'*
AMD: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!

[mehdizoghi]

Finally some good charts and comparisons when conparing laptops. I like how you test the battery life. Keep up the good work and keep innovating

[vncube]

Thank you for highlighting the platform bias problem in seemingly identical laptops. We may be missing out on extra performance, stability and/or battery life because OEMs don't put enough love into one platform.

[DragonKingGaav]

Just wait until the Snapdragon X Elite laptops come out. It will make things even more of a mess!

[Battler]

Honestly the biggest issue is the lack of AMD laptops anywhere.
I tried to buy the Zenbook in this video, its not available anywhere.

[JustJoshTech]

What a great video guys. I hope everyone appreciate the time and effort that goes into one like this.

[abdullahzafar]

Recommendations were EXACTLY ON POINT, Well done 👍

[gl]

Great video, great listen. Thank you Ser

[joshuastedford]

He's lowkey the king of comparison videos

[mikhailvakhitov]

Beautiful video. Thank you very much. Watched with pleasure.

[jonathanmarshall]

Excellent deep dive into the importance of hardware and platform context around laptop reviews. Subscribed!

[Belaziraf]

How many years has it been since the last time I saw a real serious comparison between CPUs of the same tier and generation ?
It's more informative and much more objective than the hundred of videos comparing Ryzen 7 and i9.

[josegabrielcampos]

Hey there is a mistake in 1:34, the logos are not matching the names correctly, the 7i has the AMD logo when it should be the intel one.

[NBA]

OK cool, but I miss a very important information.
Was all this testing done, when the devices were plugged in or not? (Of course excluding the battery benchmark)

[dhdvbmv]

I had obviously seen that Meteor lake had IMPROVED battery life over older Intel CPU'S, but not better than Ryzen?! WILD. 😅👌

[donwooss]

I didn't skip the ad lol, gj that was well made :)

[c.s.herman]

Could you please elaborate more on the new CPU's coming out next year? I am currently looking at Lenovo 14" 2-in-1 and considering Ryzen 7 8845HS. Shall I wait?

[dmf]

Fantastic review!! are you going to compare the Asus Roc Zephrus? Would i be better to wait for the ryzen 9 and Ultra 9 from Asus and lenovo and if you were to buy a laptop which brand would you choose between these two. Thx.