Programming Labtop Ryzen or I5?

[Flowey]

So I'm in the process of purchasing a new labtop, however I've hit a wall ; I'm wondering if I'll have any issues if I use a ryzen CPU labtop instead of an i5 intel CPU? Any advantages one has over the other.

Thks!

[NunoLava1998]

I'd get the i5. Ryzen Mobile is unfortunately trash right now

[Guest]

new ryzen laptops were announced at ces, maybe look for some benchmarks later?

[genexis_x]

5 hours ago, Flowey said:

So I'm in the process of purchasing a new labtop, however I've hit a wall ; I'm wondering if I'll have any issues if I use a ryzen CPU labtop instead of an i5 intel CPU? Any advantages one has over the other.

Thks!

Ryzen mobile APUs have bad drivers which result in issues like inconsistent battery life (high idle power consumption) and inconsistent CPU performance

 

Do you need recommendations?

[GiantEvilPig]

I would go with an i7, if your budget allows you to. An i5 though, is going to be better than the current mobile Ryzen chips. Though, your budget will say what you can and should get. How much are you looking to spend, and what type of features will you need? 

[genexis_x]

5 hours ago, GiantEvilPig said:

I would go with an i7

Not much performance difference between KBL-R/WHL-U i5 and i7