Ryzen (Zen)

The lack of storage can be remedied. For about 600 Euros (~$687), the Acer Aspire 5 A515-45 offers a powerful AMD Ryzen 7 5700U processor. However, the rest of the configuration, including an AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and 8 GB of RAM, thwart the plans of the elegant, quiet, and cool laptop in terms of many benchmarks, as our test shows.

Acer's expandable all-rounder. Not only does the 15.6-inch display provide enough power for office and Internet purposes, it also strives for crisp frame rates. The multimedia laptop smoothly transfers many modern games to the screen.

Ryzen 7 and 16:10. Lenovo equips the compact ThinkBook 13s G3, now in its third generation, with AMD's mobile Ryzen processors (Zen 3), which offer a lot of performance. Together with the 16:10 display, you get an exciting package for around 1,000 Euros.

YayyMD Advantage! The MSI Alpha 15 is one among the handful of AMD Advantage gaming laptops available. Powered by the Ryzen 7 5800H and Radeon RX 6600M, the Alpha 15 comes with the promise of achieving 100 fps at 1080p High in modern games. We find this to be largely true, giving laptops with the Core i7-11800H and the RTX 3060 a run for their money. However, there are areas where MSI had to compromise in order to strike a balance between price and performance.

Well-rounded performance. The Ryzen 9 5900HX APU and GeForce RTX 3070 laptop GPU bring all the latest computer games smoothly onto the matte Full HD screen (240 Hz). The latter scores points with good color reproduction. The laptop offers space for up to three storage drives.

High TDP comes at the expense of noise. With the Erazer Deputy P25, Medion offers a relatively low-priced gaming laptop. The 15-incher includes a Ryzen 7 5800H and a GeForce RTX 3060 for just under 1,250 Euros (~$1,414). Read our review to find out whether the overall package delivers a compelling performance.