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I would stay away from ARM, you'll have much more compatibility with an x64 cpu from AMD or Intel.
In Sweden Lenovo are currently having a clearance sale 50% on the P14s AMD Gen 5 with 8840HS, if you have the same in your country it's great value.
https://www.lenovo.com/se/sv/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadp/lenovo-thinkpad-p14s-gen-5-14-inch-amd-mobile-workstation/21me002xmx
Wow, seems great. They sell those in my country too, without any OS. However, I am trying to stay away from new stuff. That's why I was looking for an older by capable laptop
Aight, I would try to grab myself an AMD Ryzen with Radeon 780m igpu or at least 680m igpu to get relative strong graphics at a low power draw. The 780m is a beast of an igpu.
Out of curiosity, what dedicated gpu would a 780m compare with? Because that p14 deal is quite compelling.
Compared to a real dgpu it's weak and I wouldn't buy it if you want a gaming laptop but rather if you want a work laptop that can also run games badly.
The below benchmarks doesn't use the same exact CPU but they use CPUs that have the same iGPU so it's somewhat telling:
https://www.ultrabookreview.com/64396-amd-radeon-780m-benchmarks/#amd-radeon-780m-rdna3-gaming-performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9cVC6rOeP0 - Gaming on Radeon 780M (Ryzen 7 8700G, Ryzen 7 8840HS, Ryzen 7 7840HS ect) in 27 Games in 2024 Test
It's a tad slower than a desktop rx 480