I am planning to buy a laptop. My Primary needs are Development Purposes such as VSCode Editor, and WAMP software, but I also simultaneously want that 3D Software sich blender should work.
I have chosen one Dell machine. This one. Click Here
It has both Intel and AMD options.
If I seek your advice: AMD 5 with NVIDIA 3050 will be sufficient to Run a blender smoothly or other 3D software?
AMD 5 is less expensive, while the AMD 7 is slightly more expensive. If you can provide a comparison of the differences, I will be able to make a decision on which one to purchase. Thank you.
If both have the same GPU/RAM, etc and the only difference is the processor, then the difference is easy.
The Ryzen 5 will be a bit slower, both with less cores and a little less Max Boost Clock. For most stuff the difference would be hardly noticeable, the 200MHz faster single core performance is nice on the Ryzen 7, but not that huge, that you will likely feel the difference.
Having said that, I would advise the Ryzen 7 for one reason, which only you can confirm. When you compile your code, looking at Task Manager, are all CPU cores going at or near 100%?
I understand that some code compiling does max out every core a CPU has, so if this is the case and you tend to compile the code a fair bit, then the extra 2 cores/4 threads of the Ryzen 7 will likely be worth it.
In the case of Blender and assuming same GPU/RAM, etc then it largely won’t make much difference.
I don’t advise that laptop due to subpar screen. It should have at least 100%sRGB color fidelity and 300nits brightness.
For Blender the best Nvidia GPU you can pay with attention to TPP power. An RTX3060 130w is much better than a RTX3060 105w.
Then your programs. Do they use multicores to 100% or only go to 100% in one core? If the last it should be preferably be an Intel until the 7000 AMD arrive. Unless you know already what are the best CPU’s for those apps.
Did a bit of reading and in classic Dell style, it seems they made up some term to hide what it is they are really selling. They call the screen a WVA, which from what I can gather, is mostly a TN screen with better viewing angles but likely not as good as an actual IPS screen.
Since if it was a true IPS screen, they would have just said so. Which in turn likely means it won’t be as colour accurate or as bright, which is partly confirmed by the 250nit.
Having said all that, there’s a good chance that is all just fairly standard for Dell laptops and for general coding, etc it won’t matter, unless you like to code outside in bright sunlight. While for Blender it will still all work fine, just the colours you set and see are likely to look a bit different for many other people.
If a Dell laptop is your main option and price budget, then it will still do the job and if that is your main choice, I’d also be more likely to go with the Ryzen 5 but pick the 3060 as the GPU, that way you get 6GB VRAM, which will help Blender a lot more.
It looks like you are in India I take it and that’s just not a market area I know, which makes it very hard to know what sort of supply options you have for laptops from the likes of ASUS/MSI, etc vs the big OEM names like Dell/HP/Lenovo, etc.
Add to that, while I know the tech in general, I don’t deal with laptops all that much, which have so many factors, from battery life, weight, build, how good the keyboard/track pad feel, how easy it is to service/upgrade RAM or storage, etc.
Best I could come up with, is set your budget +/- 10% and check local computer shops, etc (online) to see what options you have and then look for some Youtube reviews to see how it all stacks up.
No matter what, any laptop is a compromise, either in features for a given price or just the price. I mean throw enough money at a laptop and you can get some pretty amazing gear, but they cost more then the average car.
No problem. Ideally if you have a large IT/electronics store near by, then the best thing to do is visit one so you can see in person a range of laptop’s. Nothing like actually being able to pick it up, see how bright the screen is, try out the keyboard/track pad, etc.
No matter how it sounds on ‘paper’, in hand use can always be different and usually different for each person. Something that one maybe OK with, could totally annoy the hell out of someone else.
I Live in Delhi, and here we have Asia’s largest Computer Market Nehru Place, which has 2000 crore sales daily(3 Crore USD sales daily). I will go and do some random tests on multiple laptops all global big brands are selling their machines in India. Thanks for all the help.
No, FHD = Full HD which means 1920x1080 pixels. It is just the screen resolution. It is okay…
100% sRGB instead means that the colors reproduced by the screen are good enough for other screens.
Screens that are worse than 100% sRGB tend to have a greyish tone and colors lack punch or have dominant color. You are never sure that the work you do will be seen with color tone you choose in other screens.
Since i suppose you will be doing Blender render , viewing movies in that laptop it is important.
I am planning(perhaps decided) to buy Dell G15 in a day or two, but If someone can give additional input on these two configs:
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12500H (18 MB cache, 12 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.50 GHz Turbo)
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050, 4 GB GDDR6
and
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700H (24 MB cache, 14 cores, 20 threads, up to 4.70 GHz Turbo)
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 Ti, 4 GB GDDR6
Certainly, there is a difference between the above two, and the cost difference is around 500$. The majority of work will be Programming + some Blender. when using the two laptops above will there be too much difference recognized or experienced?
If compiling your code uses all CPU cores then the second one (i7-12700H) should be somewhat faster.
From a Blender point of view, I doubt the 3050 Ti would make much difference and both are limited to 4GB VRAM anyway, so much of a muchness and likely not worth the extra $500.
Another important part is not said: what are the screens? i advise for at least 300nits brightness and 100%sRGB color.
If you can go for a system with at least a 3060 6 GB VRAM or preferably a 4060 since now those have 8GB VRAM
