The best AMD Ryzen laptops in 2024
The best AMD Ryzen laptops based on our testing and reviews
The best AMD Ryzen laptops are often among the best laptops on the market, bar none. Ryzen 8000-series laptops are starting to come in, but Ryzen 7000-series and even some Ryzen 6000-series remain solid choices for affordable laptops with a blend of performance and battery life that is hard to beat.
AMD is also right in step with Intel delivering dedicated neural processing units (NPUs) to handle AI tasks without putting stress on the CPU or GPU. On the gaming side there are both all-AMD options with AMD Advantage systems that run Ryzen CPUs and Radeon GPUs or if you're an Nvidia fan there are plenty of Ryzen and GeForce-powered gaming laptops to suit your needs.
We saw numerous new AMD laptops at CES 2024 and soon we'll be getting them in for review, but if you need a new laptop today then rest assured this is the most up-to-date list of the best AMD laptops on the market.
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The Asus Zenbook 14 OLED is an easy pick for the best AMD laptop of 2024. For under $1,000, you get a gorgeous sharp display, solid performance, and over 11 hours of battery life.
It's all impressive at this price point, but I need to pay special attention to that display for a moment. It is a 2.8K OLED touchscreen that will leave you feeling like you got away with something when you unbox it and power it on for the first time. The excellent Harman Kardon-tuned speakers flesh out the Zenbooks resume as a streaming media center when you need to watch content on the go.
If productivity is your primary concern the Zenbook 14 OLED is up to the challenge too with solid performance and an amazing keyboard that allowed our reviewer to blow past his average typing speed. For spreadsheet aficionados, the Zenbook's touchpad can convert into a number pad with a single tap.
If you need more power or a bigger screen, we've got options for you on this page, but for around $800 the Asus Zenbook 14 OLED ticks all of the boxes for a typical laptop users and that's why it is our pick for the best overall AMD laptop.
See our full Asus Zenbook 14 OLED UM3402Y review.
2. Razer Blade 14
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Not only is the Razer Blade 14 the best AMD Ryzen powered gaming laptop you can buy, we'd argue it's the best gaming laptop you can buy in general. The only exception would be those who need something in a budget category or want a blindingly fast 4090 GPU, but for many gamers, this laptop is a jack of all trades, delivering powerful gaming and productivity performance, a gorgeously vivid and bright display, a sturdy aluminum chassis, punchy audio and excellent battery life.
It lasted 8 hours and 35 minutes in Laptop Mag's battery life test, which is unprecedented considering most gaming laptops we test cannot get anywhere near the 8 hour mark. And it's packed with an AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS processor, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 GPU with 8GB of VRAM, 16GB of RAM, 1TB of M.2 PCIe SSD storage space, and a gorgeous 14-inch QHD+ 240Hz, 2560 x 1600-pixel display.
If you need something sturdy, powerful, reliable, and wonderful to look at, the $2,699 Razer Blade 14 will not disappoint.
See our full review of the Razer Blade 14
3. Asus ROG Flow X16
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The Asus ROG Flow X16 is a spectacular big screen ultraportable — a convertible, adorned with a subtle aesthetic, paired with uncompromising power that refines how you play games on-the-go..
The bright, shining and colorful jewel in the Flow X16’s crown is quite the companion as well. You’re getting a 16-inch, mini-LED touchscreen display with a QHD resolution and 165Hz refresh rate, and put simply, it’s a looker. Alongside strong battery life and decent port selection complete the package, this results in a system that is fantastic for both work and play.
But things do heat up fast under strenuous conditions, and all of this potential comes at a steep price when compared to other similarly specced laptops. If you can afford the luxury, you will not be disappointed.
See our full Asus ROG Flow X16 review.
4. Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16
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The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 is a beautiful monstrosity with the most bizarre deck layout we've ever seen, but against all odds, the design works perfectly for anyone with a multitask-heavy workflow.
Why is it a beautiful monstrosity, you ask? Well, it’s beautiful because it has a striking dual-screen design where a 16-inch, QHD+, mini-LED main display and an edge-to-edge secondary panel work in tandem to deliver multitasking harmony. On the other hand, it’s a monstrosity because this gnarly, six-pound gaming laptop requires you to tear down any preconceived notions of what you think a laptop should look like. The keyboard and touchpad, for example, are not where you expect them to be, forcing you to get accustomed to a new “lay of the land,” if you will.
Packed with top-of-the-line specs, including an AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 GPU with 16GB of VRAM, and 32GB of RAM, the Duo 16 will set your bank account aflame with a price tag nearing $5,000. However, the Asus gaming laptop will be an excellent investment for those who constantly cross-reference documents for work — this chunky money is a major time saver.
See our full Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 review.
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The Lenovo Legion 5 Pro is a rare achievement, a gaming laptop under $1,500 that we wholeheartedly recommend. Our reviewer was shocked at the quality of the hardware from top to bottom. So often cheap gaming laptops feel like a plastic toy, not so for the Legion 5 Pro with a sturdy chassis and a satisfyingly tactile and clicky keyboard.
Another common price cutting measure on cheap gaming laptops is the display and once again the Legion 5 Pro kicks the trend with a 16-inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display at up to 165Hz that beats the mainstream gaming laptop average for color gamut and display brightness.
All of that would be wasted if it couldn't perform, but once again the Legion 5 Pro is rises to the challenge. It beat every mainstream gaming laptop we pitted it against in graphics tests and came up shy of only one challenger in our performance tests.
If you are looking for an affordable gaming laptop, the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro is the best there is, if you care about it having AMD inside than that's just a bonus.
See our full Lenovo Legion 5 Pro review.
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Sean Riley has been covering tech professionally for over a decade now. Most of that time was as a freelancer covering varied topics including phones, wearables, tablets, smart home devices, laptops, AR, VR, mobile payments, fintech, and more. Sean is the resident mobile expert at Laptop Mag, specializing in phones and wearables, you'll find plenty of news, reviews, how-to, and opinion pieces on these subjects from him here. But Laptop Mag has also proven a perfect fit for that broad range of interests with reviews and news on the latest laptops, VR games, and computer accessories along with coverage on everything from NFTs to cybersecurity and more.