Are you looking for a good gaming laptop with great performance and built quality but under the budget? Gone are the days, when you need to pay a huge chunk of money to play all high-end games with high refresh rates. Here is the list of some best AMD Gaming Laptops which yield high performance without hurting your pocket.
But before jumping to the laptops, let’s understand why AMD is becoming more popular and gamer’s first choice beating down all-time top position holder Intel.
Is Intel or AMD better?
Whenever you think of buying a new laptop or getting a new processor, there is always a struggle to decide which type of processer is best. While once Intel was a popular name in every household, but now AMD seems to be a good contender for replacing it. When recently AMD launched its Ryzen 5 5500U’s series in India, it has seen an increase in demands, especially in budget segment laptops.
When you compare two processors, it’s important to first pen down your need and the features you are looking for. For example, if you are looking best performance to less price ratio, then I would suggest going with AMD as their low-end processors are better than Intel. For Everyday use like web browsing, answering emails, watching movies, playing low-level graphic games, both Intel and AMD processors will give you the best performance right out of the box.
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Best Budget Gaming Laptop you can buy today
When we say budget gaming laptops, we need to keep in mind that, these laptops might be in section of gaming laptops, but they are in budget which means, we are able to play most of the games, but they don’t provide high FPS, or you can’t easily render any 4k-8k videos. They are best in doing day to day activities, but not powerful enough to do high load work.
I have curated list top 5 laptops in this segment which are top in their class, so without wasting any more time let us jump directly into it.
ASUS TUF Gaming FX505DT
Asus’s TUF series gaming laptops are one of the best budget gaming laptop series, which includes a good mobile gaming PC that delivers great performance for a great price. Nvidia’s affordable, yet powerful, GTX 1650 GPU and AMD’s Ryzen 5 3550 H give this laptop all ingredients to provide the best performance.
FX505DT comes with a 150-watt charger and has a decent gaming look with brush texture. It has a 15.6 inch 120HZ IPS Panel and Chicklet keyboard. On the right side of the laptop, there is no port, all the ports are on the left side. On the left side, there is 1 X Power (DC), 1 X LAN, 1 X HDMI, 1 X 2.0 USB, 2 X 3.0 USB port and 1 X 3.5 mm jack with in-built microphone.
SPECIFICATION
- CPU – AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
- GPU – Nvidia GTX 1650
- Memory – 8GB DDR4
- Storage – 250GB WD Blue SN520
- Screen Size – 15.6 inch
- Screen Resolutions – 1920 X 1080
- Refresh Rate – 120Hz
- Battery – 48Whr, 3-cell Li-ion
- Weight – 2.2 kg
- Price – Starts from ₹ 52,000
PROS
- 120HZ display which boosts the FPS
- Has an extra slot to expand RAM
CONS
- It weighs around 2.2kg which affects the portability of the device.
- Battery hours is very less, it gives 2-3 hour backup on normal usage.
- Speaker’s audibility is very less.
Acer Aspire 7 Ryzen 5 Hexa Core 5500U
Acer was the first company to introduce AMD’s Ryzen 4000 series, and now they are here again with a new lineup of the Ryzen 5000 series. Acer Aspire 7 is powered with Ryzen 5000 series Mobile Processors and NVIDIA GeForce GTX™ 1650 GPU graphics that provide a great gaming experience through a 15.6-inch display with slim bezels on the sides. It is packed with Hex-core AMD Ryzen 5 5500U CPU which is clocked 2.10GHz and 8 GB of DDR4 RAM.
It has a sleek design and durable build quality with a backlit keyboard and decent large touchpad. It also includes Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.1, 2 X USB 3.2, 1 X Type-C port, and an HDMI Port. Acer claims that a laptop can last up to 10 hours on a single charge.
SPECIFICATION
- CPU – AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
- GPU – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
- Memory – 8GB DDR4
- Storage – 512GB WD Blue SN520
- Screen Size – 15.6 inch
- Screen Resolutions – 1920 X 1080
- Refresh Rate – 120Hz
- Battery – 48 WHr Li-ion Battery, 2×2 MU-MIMO Technology
- Weight – 2.15 kg
- Price – Starts from ₹ 54,990
PROS
- 10Hrs of battery backup
- 720p HD Webcam
- Has an extra slot to expand RAM up to 32GB
- The look is quite simple and professional
CONS
- Plastic doesn’t feel sturdy
- No extra slot for storage expansion
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HP Pavilion Gaming Ryzen 5 Quad Core 3550H
HP Pavilion series is one of the most popular series of HP laptop lineups. HP Pavilion Gaming Ryzen 5 has a very beautiful sleek and aesthetic design. It has a 15.6-inch bezel-less anti-glare full HD screen, combined with AMD Ryzen 5 3550 H APU and a GeForceGTX 1050 GPU.
It is built on matte black plastic chassis, and reflects the type of color model you get on the keyboard, Power LED, and HP logo. This laptop comes with 2 X Type A USB (1 X USB 2.0 and 1 X USB 3.2 GEN 1) and 1 X USB Type-C USB port but it does not support DisplayPort via USB Type-C. There is also 1 X HDMI Port, headset jack, and gigabit Ethernet port.
SPECIFICATION
- CPU – AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
- GPU – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
- Memory – 8GB DDR4
- Storage – 1 TB HDD
- Screen Size – 15.6 inch
- Screen Resolutions – 1920 X 1080
- Refresh Rate – 60Hz
- Battery – 52.5Whr Li-ion battery
- Weight – 2.01 kg
- Price – Starts from ₹ 49,990
PROS
- Beautiful and attractive design.
- price of the laptops in comparison with other laptops in the lists is very less
CONS
- No SSD
- Battery drains fast
ASUS VivoBook 14 Ryzen 5 Hexa Core 4500U
Asus Vivobook 14 is one of the thinnest and light laptops on this list, with the weigh only 1.4kg, it comes with Ryzen 5 4500U, 6 core clocked at speed of 2.3 GHz, and sports a 14-inch anti-glare screen. Instead of an NVIDIA graphics card, Vivobook 14 offers AMD Radeon GPU.
On the memory side, this laptop offers 512 GB SSD and 8GB DDR4 RAM which is enough for day-to-day tasks but you can’t do heavy gaming. It has 1 x USB3.1 Type C (1st Gen), 1 x USB 3.1 Type A (1st Gen), 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x HDMI Port (v1.4) and single Micro SD Card Reader.
SPECIFICATION
- CPU – AMDe Ryzen 5 Hexa Core 4500U
- GPU – AMD Radeon R3
- Memory – 8GB DDR4
- Storage – 512GB NVME SSD
- Screen Size – 14 inch
- Screen Resolutions – 1920 X 1080
- Refresh Rate – 120HZ
- Battery – 42 WHr Li-ion Battery
- Weight – 1.4 kg
- Price – Starts from ₹ 50,991
PROS
- Due to lightweight, you can easily carry a laptop anywhere
- Less expensive than other laptops in this segment.
- Good battery backup
CONS
- No best for a great gaming experience as it has a smaller screen.
- 1 memory slot, due to which you cant increase your RAM.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 comes in two variants, the slim 5 with AMD Ryzen 4000 series and the 5i with the intel’s 10th GEN Ice Lakes CPUs. It is a direct successor to the very popular Lenovo Ideapad lineup S540. It has a plastic build of premium quality with an aluminum lid which gives it a more professional look, branding it as Ultrabook grade laptops. The main MSP of this laptop is the ZEN 2 architecture, 8 core, AMD Ryzen 7 4700U Processor, and AMD Radeon VEGA 7.
This laptops comes with 1 x 3.5mm combo audio jack, 2 x 3.1 USB Type A, 1 x SD card reader, No LAN support, 1 x HDMI Port and 1 x USB 3.2 Type C support charging and display port.
SPECIFICATION
- CPU – AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
- GPU – AMD Radeon VEGA 7
- Memory – 8GB DDR4
- Storage – 512 GB M.2 NVMe SSD
- Screen Size – 14 inch
- Screen Resolutions – 1920 X 1080
- Refresh Rate – 120HZ
- Battery – 57 WHr Li-ion Battery
- Weight – 1.32 kg
- Price – Starts from ₹ 59,890
PROS
- Great Performance
- Compact and professional design
- Good Battery life
- Extra NVMe slot for an upgrade
CONS
- 1 memory slot, due to which you cant increase your RAM.
- The color display is not very accurate
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Last Words
I know getting a budget laptop is hard, you need a great performance and give value for money but that also should not hurt your pocket. If you take my advice, I would suggest you go with Acer Aspire 7, if you are looking for both performance and a good gaming experience. But if you are looking for a laptop that has gaming aesthetics and high performance. Or you prefer a more professional look and need a laptop for more professional use then ASUS Vivobook and Lenovo Ideapad is also a good option.
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FAQ
Q: Are AMD laptops good for gaming?
Yes, AMD processors are very good and give the best performance. Especially after the release of the Ryzen 4000 mobile processors series, which contains higher core/threads allowing users to enjoy day-to-day tasks seamlessly and it is also less expensive than Intel processors.
Q: Are gaming laptops worth it 2021?
Gaming laptops always packed with powerful CPU and high GPU, which certainly provides high performance, through which you not only can play all your favorite games but can edit high resolutions videos, work on software that required more power easily.
Q: Can we do high level programming?
Without a sweat !! All the machines are very powerful, you can easily do all your coding and development.
Q: Can I play gta 5 in these laptops?
You can play almost all the games in medium to high settings.