Xiaomi launching new 16-inch laptop with Intel Wildcat Lake

[Redaktion]

Xiaomi's next 16-inch laptop has revealed itself before its official launch. Swapping Intel Meteor Lake-H for Intel Wildcat Lake, the Xiaomi Redmi Book 16 2027 contains upgradeable RAM to surpass its predecessor, which also features an 80 Wh battery and a 120 Hz display.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Xiaomi-launching-new-16-inch-laptop-with-Intel-Wildcat-Lake.1427890.0.html

[Danelgrey]

For AI, get least 32 GB RAM if you want to run general purpose, frontier, (Qwen-)27B AI models.
artificialanalysis.ai/models/open-source/small

AI requires memory size, memory speed and compute / GPU performance, so in this sense, any gaming laptop that has the additional 6-8 GB VRAM GPU is superior (700-800 bucks for a 16 GB RAM config, then just upgrade to 32 GB RAM, as it also will have upgradable RAM (check that it has)) to these iGPU-only devices. The additional 8 GB of (fast) memory/VRAM of the GPU makes all the difference in being able to fit and run these general purpose 27-35B SOTA/frontier AI models at a useful context size at good speed. And the GPU can be useful for gaming as well, of course.

Communities e.g.:
reddit.com/r/LocalLLAMA/top
reddit.com/r/LocalLLM/top

[RobertJasiek]

For AI, get least 32 GB RAM if you want to run general purpose, frontier, (Qwen-)27B AI models.

Even for non-LLM AI with tiny objects, I also recommend at least 32 GB RAM. 16 GB can work, but only until it suddenly doesn't. 32 gives peace of mind.