What to consider when buying a new laptop for video editing

[FlyingDutchman90]

Hello everyone,
Thank you all for your input. So I was looking at some laptops in a shop nearby and also considering my budget, I am thinking of buying Asus Vivobook 15 OLED M1505YA
RAM: 16GB
Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 7 7730U Processor 2.0GHz (20MB Cache, up to 4.5 GHz, 8 cores, 16 Threads)
GPU: AMD Radeon Graphics
Storage: 512GB SSD

It seems to meet most criteria that were discussed here. Just the GPU I cannot find very detailed information about it. Do you think that this laptop would do the trick?

 

[anotherlab]

Hello everyone,
Thank you all for your input. So I was looking at some laptops in a shop nearby and also considering my budget, I am thinking of buying Asus Vivobook 15 OLED M1505YA
RAM: 16GB
Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 7 7730U Processor 2.0GHz (20MB Cache, up to 4.5 GHz, 8 cores, 16 Threads)
GPU: AMD Radeon Graphics
Storage: 512GB SSD

It seems to meet most criteria that were discussed here. Just the GPU I cannot find very detailed information about it. Do you think that this laptop would do the trick?

Right off the top, 16GB is pretty low for video editing memory. And ti it looks like it tops off at 16 Gb.

If it doesn't list a distinct GPU, then it's using the Radeon Graphics (Vega 8) integrated graphics solution that is part of Ryzen 7. If you are planning on using video editing software that can leverage a GPU, the Vega 8 wont do it. You'll be limited to just using the CPU. It would be OK for 1080 editing, slow for 4K.

 

[FlyingDutchman90]

Okay, too bad to hear but good to know. I had previously understood that although 16GB RAM was the bare minimum, it should do the trick if I'm not doing anything else at the same time. I'm using the free version of VSDC editing software by the way, so don't think it's very powerful. Not sure if that makes a difference.

I see another computer with a GPU Qualcomm Adreno 918. I cannot really find much information about this GPU, but as it lists a distinct GPU, this might be better?

This computer has a Snapdragon X X1-26-100 processor. Does anyone have experience with those? Based on what i read here, they might even outperform Intel i7 in some aspects?

Intel Core i7-12700H vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100): Quelle est la différence?

Quelle est la différence entre Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) et Intel Core i7-12700H? Découvre lequel est le meilleur et leur performance générale dans le classement processeurs.

versus.com

 

[anotherlab]

Okay, too bad to hear but good to know. I had previously understood that although 16GB RAM was the bare minimum, it should do the trick if I'm not doing anything else at the same time. I'm using the free version of VSDC editing software by the way, so don't think it's very powerful. Not sure if that makes a difference.

I see another computer with a GPU Qualcomm Adreno 918. I cannot really find much information about this GPU, but as it lists a distinct GPU, this might be better?

This computer has a Snapdragon X X1-26-100 processor. Does anyone have experience with those? Based on what i read here, they might even outperform Intel i7 in some aspects?

Intel Core i7-12700H vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100): Quelle est la différence?

Quelle est la différence entre Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) et Intel Core i7-12700H? Découvre lequel est le meilleur et leur performance générale dans le classement processeurs.

versus.com

The Snapdragon X is an ARM processor, engineered for power efficiency over battery life. It would not be faster than an i7 or Ryzen 7.

The VSDC is not available on ARM, only x86/x64. It might run under the x86 emulation layer in ARM Windows, but there would be a performance hit.

 

[FlyingDutchman90]

I am open to switch to another video editing software, even though I am used to VSDC. But it's good to know that there are softwares that would not run (poperly) on a certain processor. I would have never thought of that...

Understood that the Snapdragon X would not outperform an i7 or Ryzen 7, but could it do an equal job at least?

 

[anotherlab]

I am open to switch to another video editing software, even though I am used to VSDC. But it's good to know that there are softwares that would not run (poperly) on a certain processor. I would have never thought of that...

Understood that the Snapdragon X would not outperform an i7 or Ryzen 7, but could it do an equal job at least?

That depends on what you define as "an equal job". If you have a version of an app that is compiled for ARM, the Snapdragon X will perform similarly to i5 for CPU tasks.