Question AMD Ryzen laptops

[Jmi20]

Hi, I'm looking to buy a new laptop. I wanted to try AMD for a change, I've never had a computer with an AMD CPU.

I've been reading that the Ryzen is very good and I found a lot of laptops with Ryzen 2000 (Dell), 3000 (Acer), and some with 4000 (Asus, Vivobook?) series. (all Ryzen 5)

Just wanted to get the opinions of those who owned such CPU's if you notice any real world difference between say a 2500u, 3500u, or even the 4500u? is the integrated GPU good enough? umm, battery life? any other stuff?

The laptops I found with the 4500u are a bit out of my budget, so what I'm trying to say is should I pay extra to get a laptop with a Ryzen 4500u? or would I notice any substantial difference between a 3500u and 4500u? Not really planning to do anything intensive, just for home use...

Here's the list of the laptops im looking at:
Dell (forgot to note what model) Ryzen 2500u
Acer swift 3500u

Here are two that might be fairer to compare:
Asus Vivobook 3500u
Asus Vivobook 4500u

I'm really just trying to compare the processors here, all other specs meet my needs (wants) somehow.
Don't know what else to compare. battery life in general? future proof-ness??

Thanks.

 

[hang-the-9]

For general use (non-gaming, non-high end work), any modern laptop past the cheapest ones will be as good as any other. The things that you want to look for are size, build quality, keyboard, screen size/type, storage size you need, etc... A lower end CPU that is not one of the budget ones is fine for having simpler programs running.

 

[Jmi20]

For general use (non-gaming, non-high end work), any modern laptop past the cheapest ones will be as good as any other. The things that you want to look for are size, build quality, keyboard, screen size/type, storage size you need, etc... A lower end CPU that is not one of the budget ones is fine for having simpler programs running.

The specs of the laptops are about the same, except for the Ryzen 2500u Dell. 14" size (Dell 15.6"), 500gb pcie ssd (hdd for Dell), etc.

I say light use now, but I would probably do some light gaming like minecraft (maybe), so maybe better to have the power when I need it. My current laptop is a Lenovo with a broadwell i3, which I was only supposed to use for school at the time... But I ended up downloading Retroarch on it to play retro games and it worked well, but I digress.

Perhaps I'm just finding a reason to spend a bit more for the 4500u over the 3500u.
Thanks.

 

[Jmi20]

Im actually really curious on the Ryzen powered laptops. I've been looking and I see that the AMD laptops now tend to be a bit more expensive than intel ones. In fact I don't think I've ever seen this much AMD laptops in my area at least, or its just been a long time since I bought a laptop...