What is better for student use, Intel laptops or AMD laptops? What are the advantages and disadvantages of student use of those two type laptops?

Question

Could someone walk me through the pros and cons of Intel or AMD processors in laptops targeting a student audience?

Answer 1

Laptops that have Intel or AMD processors are able to work with a wide range of software and operating systems which include Linux. These computers come in a variety of performance levels and costs. However, they tend to have short work time on battery, noisy fans, and heating due to a touch lacking in processor efficiency. If they have a discrete graphics card, these problems can be even worse and laptops can become heavy.

Comments

I graduated with a degree in Info Sec 5 years ago.  In my opinion, for an IT degree you need:

1. A 1920 x 1080p or 1920 x 1200p non-touch screen display.
2. Minimum 16 GB ram
3. At least 2 USB C (At least 1 being Thunderbolt)
4. At least 1 USB A
5. At least 6hr battery life
6. At least 512 GB SSD
7. Minimum Quad core CPU
8. Backlit keyboard
9. Windows OS
10. Less than 5 lbs
11. 13”-16” screen

-HDMI and Ethernet port are nice, but not required
-Touch screens and 2-in-1s are gimmicky
-Higher res is nice, but you may experience scaling issues (especially with VMs).  Battery life is also worse
-Software compatibility on a Mac is a nightmare unless you run Bootcamp

It may be ugly, but the Thinkpad is still one of the best business laptops on the market.

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How are you getting this benchmark that Intel is beating amd when it comes to gaming every benchmark I see has 780m significantly out performing the Intel arc, does timespy hugely favor Intel? How about a different benchmark?