Special gaming laptops certainly have qualified specifications that are different from ordinary laptops. Graphic components and motherboards, RAM, and storage are some important components.
Likewise with the processor which is the main support power. Then what is the best processor for gaming laptops today? The following is as quoted from the Digital Trends page, Monday (1/10/2018).
1. Processor for Intermediate Level Games
The most popular processors today are Intel and AMD Ryzen. In this category, Intel Core i7-8700K and AMD Ryzen 7 2700X are the right choices. Both have a price range of USD200 to USD400.
Furthermore, Intel chips are slightly better on software with a lower number of threads. This is thanks to higher clock speeds and different architectures.
On the other hand, Ryzen chips pull forward in multi threaded scenarios thanks to extra cores and threads, but are slightly weaker in most games.
Core i7-8700K
Architecture: Cofee Lake
Core: 6
Thread: 12
Basic speed: 3.6 GHz
Maximum speed: 4.7 Ghz
Cache: 12 MB
Graphics: UHD 630 graphics
Power usage: 95 watts
Price: USD360
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Architecture: Zen +
Core: 8
Thread: 16
Basic speed: 3.7 GHz
Maximum speed: 4.3 GHz
Cache: 16 MB
Graphics: None
Power usage: 105 Watt
Price: USD320
2. Playing Games with a Limited Budget
Intel Core i5-8400 is one of the most affordable game processors released a few years ago. This processor has an update that is raising chips from traditional Core i5 with 6 cores. Although it doesn't have hyperthreading, six threads can work well, especially if it reaches 3.8GHz.
Then there is, AMD Zen + Ryzen 5 2600 which has the same number of cores as the Core i5-8400. This chip also supports overclocking so that it can be easily pushed to achieve more clock speeds than Intel's.
The competition between the two chips is similar to other comparisons, namely the Intel chip performs well in single-core benchmarks, but in this case it is only barely. AMD chips are much better in multi-core tests.
Intel Core i5-8400
Architecture: Coffee Lake
Core: 6
Thread: 6
Basic speed: 2.8 GHz
Maximum speed: 4.0 GHz
Cache: 9 MB
Graphics: UHD Graphics 630
Power usage: 65 watts
Price: USD185
AMD Zen + Ryzen 5 2600
Architecture: Zen
Core: 6
Thread: 12
Basic speed: 3.2 GHz
Maximum speed: 3.7 GHz
Cache: 16 MB
Graphics: None
Power usage: 65 watts
Price: USD165
3. Processor for Streaming and High Level Games
Some users may be heavy multi-taskers and like watching movies while playing games, or more importantly, want to stream games. In this case the chip used must have extra power.
Both Intel and AMD have some outstanding offers in this category, ranging from Intel Core i9-7920X to the superior generation of 1920X 1920 Ryzen Threadripper with 32-core and 64 threads.
Intel Core i9-7920X
Architecture: Skylake-X
Core: 12
Thread: 24
Basic speed: 2.9 GHz
Maximum speed: 4.4 GHz
Cache: 16.5 MB
Graphics: None
Power usage: 140 watts
Price: USD1000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
Architecture: Zen +
Core: 12
Thread: 24
Basic speed: 3.5 GHz
Maximum speed: 4.0 GHz
Cache: 32 MB
Graphics: None
Power usage: 18 watts
Price: USD550
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