Any decent AMD APUs in laptops?

petertr2000

petertr2000

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Looking to replace the Lenovo Duet experiment with a half decent laptop. Its for my wife, so only needs to be decent spec for day to day "office apps & browsing" type work. Along the lines of a recent i3 / 8Gb spec.

But there's a chance that from time to time, I might want to use it for light gaming - nothing major, but maybe strategy like Civ or older games with the quality set fairly low.

I could look at a £600+ range laptop with a dedicated GPU - which is what I had previously (before building a proper gaming PC for me, and the Duet for her). But I was thinking that the newer AMD laptops might work nicely more like £400.

Any suggestions as to which processor I should be looking for here? I've completely lost track of AMD's naming system, so haven't got a clue!
 
I dont where we are up to with the latest gen.

But I have an ultra thin laptop with a 5800u. Really impressed with the "light gaming" ability. Admittedly I only play Rainbow Six Siege (eSports title) on the lowest settings (even use 1600x900) but I can get 120fps. (GPU bound). Civ being more CPU dependant I believe.


The "u" at the end indicates it is limited to 15-25w maximum (to prevent overheat in ultrathins). Look for something with a "h" on the end for full power limit if you.want performance over battery life.

APUs can power old games. Dedicated nice but not necessary for the right use-case
 
I've got a 7735hs and to be fair, it handles gaming better than I ever thought it would

Loaded up Warzone and it was playable at ok settings, useful as a backup
 
I'm in a very similar boat to you, laptop needed for the wife but I'd like it to manage some less taxing games (civ on my list too). I've just taken a punt this morning on a Lenovo with the 7840HS CPU that has a 780M iGPU / APU whatever you want to call it, priced at £554 so kinda half way between your two budgets. Details are a little scarce but from what I've seen this is the first iGPU that I've thought 'ok I can live without the dedicated GPU'.

Doesn't arrive for a week or two but I'll certainly let you know about it when it does. I can always DM you the details if you'd like to check it out yourself.
 
petridish said:
I'm in a very similar boat to you, laptop needed for the wife but I'd like it to manage some less taxing games (civ on my list too). I've just taken a punt this morning on a Lenovo with the 7840HS CPU that has a 780M iGPU / APU whatever you want to call it, priced at £554 so kinda half way between your two budgets. Details are a little scarce but from what I've seen this is the first iGPU that I've thought 'ok I can live without the dedicated GPU'.

Doesn't arrive for a week or two but I'll certainly let you know about it when it does. I can always DM you the details if you'd like to check it out yourself.
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Given my SKU is 5800u , Id say this is a fine choice for you and OP.
 
Tinfoil-G305 said:
Given my SKU is 5800u , Id say this is a fine choice for you and OP.
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Thanks, that's my thinking too. Annoyingly little information out there so far testing this CPU without a powerful dedicated GPU. To me the whole point is it's a capable machine without the weight and heat trade off.
 
A review of the Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 14 inch (14APH8) with AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

https://www-elefacts-de.translate.g..._sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Main take aways.
Very fast phoenix cpu
Incredibly cheap for the hardware provided in comparison to other options. including 32GB DDR5 6400 for £550
RDNA 3 IGPU is pretty decent making lower end dedicated gpu options redundant.
USB 4 / TB3
40-120hz VRR 2880 x 1800 IPS display
Reasonable amount of fast USB ports (40GB), SD Reader etc
Replaceable SSD
Poor fan profiles at default (need to fiddle to optimise)
Only HDMI 2.0


It's not perfect, however for the price I don't think anything currently comes remotely close.
 
Tempted myself with some of those deals going on

Not that I have much need for it!

The little 7735hs pc I have has the 680m and those together seem plenty
 
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