QuoteNvidia's new laptop GPU will can only be paired with the Ryzen AI 9 HX 470, though.
This is a bit disappointing since it makes it more expensive than it needs to be.
I see a pattern: On notebookchat.com/index.php?topic=314711.0 it's a overkill 9955HX (16C / 32T). And on this one it's still a rather expensive HX 470. All that would be needed is a Ryzen 7840 (later renamed to Ryzen 8840 and later renamed to Ryzen 250: notebookcheck.net/AMD-Ryzen-7-250-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.945901.0.html). 8 Zen4 cores for gaming are enough (Zen5 didn't improve much, it only got much worse price-to-performance).
If it doesn't have to be a gaming laptop: Getting a 12 GB VRAM desktop PC is much cheaper and the GPU would be upgradable too.
And if there are no more Zen4 left, and since Ryzen AI 400 is literally a rename of Ryzen AI 300, how about a Ryzen AI 350?
QuoteBy contrast, Lenovo restricts the Ryzen AI 7 450 to the lesser GeForce RTX 5060.
Ok, so a more affordable Ryzen 450 is only available with a 8 GB VRAM RTX 5060..bummer. Even a RTX 5060 would profit from 12 GB VRAM tho.
QuotePricing is set at $3,374.99, which is $575 more than the MSRP of a GeForce RTX 5060-powered equivalent. A current sale for the latter means that new GeForce RTX 5070 options cost $950 more than GeForce RTX 5060 models.
And of course the prices are completely ridiculous. My recommendation to get a desktop PC and saying "much cheaper" was an understatement.
Oh, and don't forget:
5060 Laptop/Mobile = 5050 desktop
5070 Laptop/Mobile = 5060 desktop
5080 Laptop/Mobile = 5070 desktop
even if it's the same GB206 chip, because they differ in -subname: GB206-250 vs GB206-300; or even worse: GB203-200-A1 vs GB203-300-A1 vs GB203-400-A1. Maybe a trick to hide or reuse bad binned chips.
See Consumer table: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwell_(microarchitecture)#Blackwell_dies)