Laptop Choice Intel or AMD - Help please?

justintime2001 · 27 Dec 2021 at 14:11

Thinking of buying a laptop and cannot decide between these two. I know nothing about AMD so I am a little worried about the reliability/stability of AMD compared to Intel?

Any advice would be appreciated. The main use is for desktop publishing, photography & music editing etc. Thanks, Ian.

HP 17-cp0501na 17.3" Laptop
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Processor
RAM: 16 GB / Storage: 512 GB SSD
Full HD screen
Battery life: Up to 8 hours
£649

HP 470 G8 17.3" FHD Laptop with i5
Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 (up to 4.2 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 8 MB L3 cache, 4 cores)
8 GB DDR4-3200 MHz RAM (1 x 8 GB)
256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ SSD
43.9 cm (17.3") diagonal, FHD (1920 x 1080), IPS, anti-glare, 300 nits, 72% NTSC
Intel® Iris® Xᵉ Graphics
£718.80

Indigo · 27 Dec 2021 at 14:57

Having looked myself the performance between the two processors is similar so I wouldn't be overly concerned by that. Looking for a laptop myself and siding with AMD myself.

More importantly the AMD laptop has more RAM, a larger SSD and is cheaper so it's a no brained for me.

justintime2001 · 27 Dec 2021 at 15:01

Indigo said:
Looking for a laptop myself and siding with AMD myself. More importantly the AMD laptop has more RAM, a larger SSD and is cheaper so it's a no brained for me.

Thanks Indigo, do you think AMD are reliable enough
these days?

Indigo · 27 Dec 2021 at 15:08

justintime2001 said:
Thanks Indigo, do you think AMD are reliable enough
these days?

Can't comment on Laptop CPU's but based on the desktop ones I'd say absolutely.

I have a 1st gen desktop Ryzen that's still going strong years later.

justintime2001 · 27 Dec 2021 at 15:16

Indigo said:
Can't comment on Laptop CPU's but based on the desktop ones I'd say absolutely.

Thank you kind sir.

Snapshot · 28 Dec 2021 at 06:45

For your requirements you need to look at the quality of the screen as much as the overall performance. The 17-cp0501na's screen is only 250 nits and 45% NTSC and that, frankly, is not what I would consider good enough. The 300 nits and 72% NTSC of your second choice are not exactly stellar either but they're better and what you get in this price range. RAM and SSD are reasonably easy to upgrade on HP laptops so can be sorted out later.

justintime2001 · 28 Dec 2021 at 08:52

Snapshot said:
For your requirements you need to look at the quality of the screen as much as the overall performance. The 17-cp0501na's screen is only 250 nits and 45% NTSC and that, frankly, is not what I would consider good enough. The 300 nits and 72% NTSC of your second choice are not exactly stellar either but they're better and what you get in this price range. RAM and SSD are reasonably easy to upgrade on HP laptops so can be sorted out later.

Thank you Snapshot, very good point.