Hey Guys, I’m an intel guy but all my research says that AMD is the way to go for battery life and performance. I plan on buying the base model of either. The month or two wait is not an issue for me, so I’m just worried about performance and battery life, or quirks (battery drain etc…). Any suggestions would be helpful.
Important to note that most reviews in the wild are going to be of the top models of each generation. Most hard data from base models are most likely going to be coming from the community.
I would like to submit Just Josh’s review on Youtube if you have not seen it yet. Yes, unfortunately it is based on the top models of the Framework Intel 13th gen and AMD.
One major takeaway was that Just Josh said that the better efficiency of the AMD chip allowed the fans to spin up less frequently and more quietly as the chip didn’t get as hot. He felt that was holding the Intel version back, but the AMD made him bump the Framework from a laptop he didn’t really like into a recommended laptop.
Just upgraded 12th gen i7 to 7840U and can confirm that Ryzen handles much better under load. Compiling a rather big Angular project keeps i7 at 100° and 65° afterwards, while Ryzen goes up to 79° only and then drops to 50°. Also initial compilation time is lower on Ryzen with 12 seconds vs 14.5.