Question Help me choose between two laptops please (mainly i3-1115G4 vs Ryzen 3 7320u) ?

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My kid is going to highschool and will need a Windows laptop.
All things considdered I will probably buy a laptop twice in her schoolcareer.

For now I'm looking at 2 14"models that fall in my budget, or at least in a budget I find to be reasonable for a school laptop.
I doubt she'll need more, and school says she needs even less.
I've put the main points in the table below. Both laptops are FHD, 256GB SSD, 8GB Ram (either 2x4 or 1x8, respectively)

Any details I should look at between these two?
Drawn to the Vivobook Go because of the quad-core Ryzen, DDR5 (though it's soldered), the supposedly better build quality and the lower weight, but maybe there's more to it.
The x415 has wifi 6, bluetooth 5 instead of 4.1 and 2 memory slots instead of 1 (maybe useful for dual channel?) with the option to upgrade to 16GB
Maybe I'm overlooking something?

Any tips would be appreciated. In the end I just have to make a choice :)

Asus X415EA-EB850W

Asus Vivobook Go 14 E1404FA-NK079W

Price in €439459
CPUi3-1115G4Ryzen 3 7320u
Clockspeed base/boost3,0/4,12,4/4,1
weight1,6kg1,38kg
build qualitymediumhigh
Wifi6/AX5/AC
Battery8h7h
 
Where does the build quality(medium/high) assessment come from?
I would pick the unit with ram expansion possibilities.
8gb may not be enough, and dual channel ram makes for a faster processor.
There is no performance difference between DDR4 and DDR5 ram.

Look at the display specs.
For low light situations, like outdoors, you want a display that is brighter.
300 nits is low, 500 nits is very good.