Why you can't get a high-end GPU in a Ryzen gaming laptop - PCWorld

Why aren’t Ryzen gaming laptops getting the same GPU love that their Intel-based rivals are.

In the same week that Alienware updated its M17 and Area 51m with GeForce RTX 2080 Super GPUs, and Gigabyte introduced its Aorus 15P aimed at professional gamers with its 10th-gen Intel CPU and GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q, Ryzen got blanked, with no new gaming laptops featuring anything faster than a GeForce RTX 2060.

The Intel version, however, comes with a 6-core Core i7-10750H and up to a GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q.

“...the fact that not a single OEM offers a high-end Ryzen laptop to me sounds like the OEMs are being bribed by Intel or something similar,” one Redditor guessed in the AMD subreddit?

“I don’t want to have to give Intel money, but if there’s not a single option for a high-end Ryzen laptop, I’ll have no choice.”.

“A gaming laptop with a more powerful GeForce RTX would already have to struggle with unnecessary limits today,” Igor Wallossek said.

Intel officials further suggested that maybe having more PCIe is better. “Intel 10th Gen H-series processors provide the highest mobile processor frequencies to unlock max gaming potential–and the platform has desktop-like features with 40 Gen 3 PCIe lanes to fully take advantage of the highest end GPUs, as well as the ability to support enthusiast preferred configurations such as RAID SSD (up to 4), so gamers can enjoy the highest FPS experiences available.”.

PCWorld already knew AMD's side of the story, delivered by Chief Architect Frank Azor when he visited The Full Nerd in May. Azor addresses the lack of high-end GPUs in Ryzen laptops at 48 minutes into the interview

The first Ryzen 4000 laptops have changed that perception, Azor said, but it still takes times for new products to be designed, tested and manufactured