The market for the best AMD gaming laptop models has expanded significantly in recent years. Today, there's a wide array of options featuring Team Red's technology, ranging from budget-friendly models to high-end powerhouses capable of handling virtually any task.
Historically, Intel may have been at the forefront of the best gaming laptops, but AMD has made remarkable progress beyond just being relegated to the best budget gaming laptop models. Its components now fiercely compete with Intel's best, both in mobile and other platforms.
Noticing this shift, many gaming laptop manufacturers have started to equip their devices with AMD Ryzen processors, offering desktop-level performance in portable form factors. With such a variety of AMD gaming laptops available, determining the top contenders can be challenging. To assist in your search for a laptop that meets both your needs and budget, we've compiled a list of our top AMD gaming laptop picks.
The best AMD gaming laptops
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As the name suggests, this is the definitive AMD gaming laptop right now. The Alienware m17 R5 AMD Advantage is a gaming powerhouse that delivers the goods in virtually every area, scoring a coveted five stars in our review. With a phenomenal 17-inch 4K display that offers a speedy 120Hz refresh rate (further boosted by Dolby Vision), this laptop consistently delivered a crystal-clear image with smooth framerates throughout in our tests.
That's largely thanks to the powerful components under the hood: a perfect pairing of an AMD Ryzen CPU and AMD Radeon graphics card, configurable to your liking on the Alienware website. It's a bit expensive, but it powered through our synthetic benchmark selection and performed strongly in regular gaming tests.
Naturally, this laptop also offers that clean Alienware design we know and love; a clean clamshell design with large vents at the rear to improve cooling, along with plenty of RGB lighting. It's on the bulky side, but that's due in part to the large battery, which offered a solid six hours of battery life in our tests - sky-high for a gaming laptop. If you're looking for a mighty AMD-powered laptop, this is the one to pick.
Read the full Alienware m17 R5 AMD Advantage review
The Asus ROG Zephyrus line of gaming laptops has long been considered top-tier kit among gaming enthusiasts, and the new ROG Zephyrus G15 definitely keeps that streak going. Powered by the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs and Nvidia RTX 3000-series GPUs, this line of AMD gaming laptop is about as good as it gets while offering surprisingly excellent battery life and affordability to boot.
Read the full review: Asus ROG Zephyrus G15
The Lenovo Legion 5 Pro gaming laptop is easily one of the best gaming laptops we've ever tested. The outstanding performance is matched by its gorgeous QHD IPS display with up to 500 nits, a 165Hz refresh rate, and a 3ms response time for buttery smooth and blazing fast visuals. Pair that with a full-sized keyboard and excellent hardware control panel to boost performance while gaming and you've got the makings of a nearly perfect gaming laptop, assuming you don't mind it running a bit hot under strain. For the unbeatable price though, there really isn't much to complain about here.
Read the full review: Lenovo Legion 5 Pro
Though Dell has its more premium Alienware line of gaming laptops, the Dell G5 15 (2020) is a lower-cost alternative that doesn't skimp on quality performance. The Radeon RX 5000-series graphics paired with the Ryzen 4000-series processor might not be the latest-gen hardware, but it's still plenty powerful for high-quality 1080p gaming at a fantastic price.
Read the full review: Dell G5 15 SE (2020)
The Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733 is one of the most powerful gaming laptops money can buy, chewing through the latest AAA games with relative ease. That's owing to its seriously impressive specs, including the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU and Nvidia RTX 3080 GPU with up to 64GB RAM. This kind of high-performance hardware doesn't come cheap, but if you've got the budget for it, you might as well go all-in on the best hardware you can get and the ROG Strix Scar 17 G733 should definitely be on your shortlist.
Read the full review: Asus ROG Strix SCAR 17 G733
If you've been waiting for an AMD Ryzen-powered Razer gaming laptop, the wait is over. The Razer Blade 14 comes packing a Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU for high-end performance paired with up to an RTX 3080 mobile GPU for the best framerates possible in a lighter-weight chassis just 0.66-inches thick. The exceptional design also puts this more in the luxe category of gaming laptops with the requisite price premium, but if you're looking for a status piece that can also rip through the latest AAA titles with ease, you can't go wrong with the Razer Blade 14.
Read the full review: Razer Blade 14
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