The best AMD Ryzen laptops in 2024

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.

Determining what makes the best AMD Ryzen laptop isn't much different than deciding what makes any laptop great. We need to see solid longevity in its battery life, swift performance, punchy audio, a quality design that doesn't feel flimsy or cheap, a bright and colorful display, and a keyboard that isn't mushy. Bonuses like security or durability features, a clear webcam, and any other unique additions can help as well. All of this is then measured against the laptop's price, which determines whether or not its quality is worth the cost.

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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Momo Tabari

Momo Tabari graduated with a bachelor's degree in Journalism & Media Studies at Brooklyn College and has been covering tech for four years. She has written over a hundred reviews and has plenty of experience testing and critiquing laptops.

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The best AMD Ryzen laptops in 2024

Best overall

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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.

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Best gaming

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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

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Best 2-in-1

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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.

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Best high-end gaming

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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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Best budget gaming

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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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Best handheld gaming

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The Asus ROG Ally is among our most beloved gaming devices in recent years, providing a whole new balance between affordability, portability, and power. When I reviewed the Ally back in August of last year, I had no clue how deeply the device would impact my day-to-day gaming habits. Since receiving the device, a majority of the games I've completed have been on the Ally. I even started keeping a list of every one of them.

The Ally is built with a AMD Ryzen Z1 or Z1 Extreme depending on which model you choose, with the former retailing for $599 (it often drops to $399 on Best Buy) and the latter coming in at $699. Beyond these differences, each features 16GB of RAM, 512GB of SSD storage, and a 7-inch, 1920 x 1080-pixel IPS display.

As most of my gaming in recent months has been done on the Asus ROG Ally, I've come to learn its greatest weaknesses and strengths. While it is a powerful device with great hardware and a solid physical design, Windows 11 can be an absolute mess. You'll experience frustrating slowdowns, difficulty in navigation, and just trying to get anything done is a pain in the butt. We're really hoping Microsoft develops a handheld friendly version of the OS soon.

See our full Asus ROG Ally review.

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HOW WE TEST AT LAPTOP MAG

We AMD Ryzen laptops through extensive benchmark testing — both synthetic and real-world — before they end up in the hands of our reviewers. We evaluate each aspect of the laptop, including its performance, battery life, display, speakers and heat management.

In our benchmark testing, we use a Klein K10 colorimeter to detect the brightness and sRGB color gamut of the laptop's display. For performance testing, we run the laptop through a gauntlet of benchmarks, including Geekbench 6.1/6.2 and 3DMark professional graphics tests. 

To determine real-world performance, we task the laptop to convert a 4K video to 1080p resolution and to duplicate a 4.97GB multimedia file. Our real-world graphics test is the Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm benchmark with high settings at 1080p resolution. Gaming laptops go through an entire library of games at high settings to see how their discrete GPUs keep up. 

We also run heat tests by playing a 15-minute full-screen video and measuring temperatures in different areas of the laptop. Last but not least, our battery test consists of continuous web surfing over Wi-Fi at 150 nits of brightness. For MacBooks and premium Windows 11 laptops, a runtime of over 9 hours is considered a good result whereas gaming laptops and workstations that can stay powered for longer than 5 hours deserve praise. 

These tests are complemented with extensive hands-on testing from our reviewers who critique everything from the laptop's materials to the feel of its touchpad.