Laptop CPU advice?

[RCT2fan2005]

I'm looking at buying a new laptop. I have two choices up on my computer now; a Dell Inspiron 14 with an i5-11300H and an Inspiron 15 with an i7-1165G7. I really just want the computer that will last me the longest. My work consists mainly around CPU multi-core performance.

Note, I don't do much heavy gaming. Intel Iris Xe graphics is really good enough for my use case, and I have had a bad experience with AMD in the past, so I'd like to stick with Intel for my next PC.

 

Edit: I forgot to mention that the i7 has 12GB of RAM, the i5 has 8.

[jaslion]

Those are the only 2 options?

 

How much are they? The inspirons are often pretty poor value compared to a ton of other options.

[RCT2fan2005]

Just now, jaslion said:

Those are the only 2 options?

 

How much are they? The inspirons are often pretty poor value compared to a ton of other options.

The i5 one is 529 USD and the i7 is 599 USD.

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, RCT2fan2005 said:

The i5 one is 529 USD and the i7 is 599 USD.

Not a bad price. The lenovo flex with a 5500u would be the better laptop here tho same price better cpu performance. The 11300h will have pretty darn poor battery life.

 

Amd of years ago is not comparable to amd now. That and manufacturers are finally putting the chips in not crap tier laptops.

[RCT2fan2005]

Just now, jaslion said:

Not a bad price. The lenovo flex with a 5500u would be the better laptop here tho same price better cpu performance. The 11300h will have pretty darn poor battery life.

 

Amd of years ago is not comparable to amd now. That and manufacturers are finally putting the chips in not crap tier laptops.

AMD has just been poor all around with me. The last AMD PC I had was total garbage, and was VERY unstable with my workloads. And that was in 2020.

[jaslion]

Just now, RCT2fan2005 said:

AMD has just been poor all around with me. The last AMD PC I had was total garbage, and was VERY unstable with my workloads. And that was in 2020.

I guess you got unlucky with it. But the lenovo flex is a tried and true good working laptop and better than either here. With a better screen, battery and performance.

[RCT2fan2005]

Just now, jaslion said:

I guess you got unlucky with it. But the lenovo flex is a tried and true good working laptop and better than either here. With a better screen, battery and performance.

Yeah, I had a look. It doesn't have as much storage as I'd like it to have. And I really don't think AMD will work out for me.

[jaslion]

Just now, RCT2fan2005 said:

Yeah, I had a look. It doesn't have as much storage as I'd like it to have. And I really don't think AMD will work out for me.

What amount of storage are you after?

[RCT2fan2005]

9 minutes ago, jaslion said:

What amount of storage are you after?

500GB or more.

[jaslion]

5 minutes ago, RCT2fan2005 said:

500GB or more.

I can only find the ideapads with that amount of storage. Also pretty good laptops. Sadly no flex in your budget.

[RCT2fan2005]

Yeah. I just wanted to know if I should get the 11300H laptop because it's cheaper, looks like its better quality and it's probably going to be plugged in 90% of the time.

[Roswell]

The i7’s iGPU is stronger (20%~ ahead) but otherwise, CPU performance between the two is nearly identical.

 

This ignores manufacturers fiddling with power delivery through firmware which could end up putting on machine head and shoulders above the other.

[Zodiark1593]

If this was full prices we

eere talking about, I’d recommend an AMD system. The newer 8 core Cezanne and newer chips are phenomenally good. 
 

Given the steep discounts though, I’d probably lean towards the 11300H system and use the savings for a bigger SSD. 
 

However, can you link the two systems. The RAM speed is an important spec to check for these.