Intel Panther Lake HX arrives in gaming laptops
The first Core Ultra 9 285HX Series 3 with 24 cores and 50 TOPS NPU land in ASUS ROG, MSI Raider and Lenovo Legion. Up 18% over Arrow Lake HX.
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Intel delivers great single-thread and gaming performance. AMD Ryzen shines at multitasking and editing. The H (high performance), U (ultrabook, efficient) and HX (extreme) suffixes define the ideal use.
Updated May 2026HDD: high capacity, low cost, slow. SATA SSD: fast for everyday use. NVMe M.2: speeds up to 7000 MB/s, ideal for content creators and developers.
Essential guideNVIDIA RTX: best for gaming and rendering with DLSS. AMD Radeon: great price/performance. Intel Arc: budget option for casual use and video.
Gaming & Creation8 GB: basic use. 16 GB: recommended standard for multitasking and gaming. 32 GB: 3D design, programming, virtualization. 64 GB+: heavy professional work.
Basic guideApple M3/M4 chips lead in energy efficiency and performance per watt. Ideal for designers, video editors and iOS/macOS developers. Limited for gaming.
Apple SiliconPrice depends on: screen type (IPS, OLED, 144Hz), chassis material (aluminum vs plastic), processor generation, battery capacity, and brand. More expensive does not always mean better for you.
Buying guideGuía completa que combina procesador, RAM, GPU y SSD según tu perfil (ofimática, gaming, diseño, dev, edición). Enlaza a todas las guías por componente.
Guía completaCómo elegir portátil para la universidad según tu carrera, presupuesto y autonomía requerida. Recomendaciones honestas sin marketing.
Estudiantes 2026Qué portátil necesitas para correr LLMs (Llama, DeepSeek), Stable Diffusion u Ollama localmente. NPU, VRAM, RAM y modelos recomendados.
Nueva sección IARecomendaciones por especialidad (civil, mecánica, eléctrica, informática, química) con specs concretos y modelos por presupuesto.
Por especialidadThe latest in the computer world. Content updated monthly.
The first Core Ultra 9 285HX Series 3 with 24 cores and 50 TOPS NPU land in ASUS ROG, MSI Raider and Lenovo Legion. Up 18% over Arrow Lake HX.
NVIDIA officially launches the Ti variant of its mainstream GPU with 12 GB GDDR7 and 25% more CUDA cores. Laptops from €1,499 with native DLSS 4 and accelerated FP8 for local AI.
Apple unveils new MacBook Pro 14 and 16 with M5 Pro and M5 Max. Up to 128 GB unified memory, 3× Neural Engine and 24-hour battery. Available from June 9.
Next-gen memory doubles DDR5-5600 bandwidth and drops voltage to 1.05 V. Mass production expected for high-end laptops in 2027.
Lisa Su shows the first Zen 6 die-shot on 2 nm. IPC +14%, up to 12 cores in laptops and XDNA 3 NPU with 100 TOPS. Launch expected H1 2027.
The new generation releases MoE weights of 720B parameters (34B active) and 8× the context. Matches or beats GPT-5 on reasoning and coding benchmarks.
Reference tables to understand which spec is best for your use case.
| Use | Recommended Intel | Recommended AMD | Apple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browsing / Study | Core i5-1235U | Ryzen 5 7530U | M3 |
| Office work | Core i7-1355U | Ryzen 7 7730U | M3 Pro |
| Gaming | Core i7-13700H | Ryzen 9 7945HX | Not recommended |
| Graphic design / 3D | Core i9-13900H | Ryzen 9 7945HX | M3 Max / M4 Max |
| Programming / Dev | Core i7-1365U | Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U | M3 / M4 |
| 4K video editing | Core i9-13900HX | Ryzen 9 7945HX | M4 Pro / Max |
| GPU | VRAM | Ideal for | Price/perf. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Iris Xe | Shared | Office | Excellent |
| NVIDIA RTX 3050 | 4–8 GB | Basic gaming / design | Very good |
| NVIDIA RTX 4060 | 8 GB | Gaming 1080p/1440p | Good |
| NVIDIA RTX 4080 | 12 GB | 4K gaming / rendering | Medium |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | 16 GB | Professional / AI | High investment |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600M | 8 GB | Gaming / creation | Very good |
| Type | Typical speed | Ideal for | Status in 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DDR4 | 2133–3600 MT/s | Older systems / AM4, LGA1200-1700 upgrades | Legacy · no new chipsets |
| DDR5 | 4800–8400 MT/s | Any new build (AM5, LGA1851) | Mainstream · 2026 standard |
| DDR6 | 8800–17600 MT/s | Servers / early adopters | In validation · first HW late 2026 |
| Type | Read speed | Ideal for | Price/GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDD 7200 RPM | ~150 MB/s | Mass storage | Very low |
| SSD SATA | ~550 MB/s | Office / study PC | Low |
| NVMe PCIe 3.0 | ~3500 MB/s | Gaming / development | Medium |
| NVMe PCIe 4.0 | ~7000 MB/s | Video editing / 3D | Medium-high |
| NVMe PCIe 5.0 | ~14000 MB/s | Professional workstations | High |
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