When Ryzen Mobile launched, AMD announced three primary partners with three devices: the HP Envy x360, the Acer Swift 3, and the Lenovo Ideapad 720S. Here are the currently known Best Laptops with Ryzen 2700U and 2500U Mobile APUs which are either released or coming soon. I’ll be sharing a list of them with you below.
First of all before we move ahead, I wanna explain to new comers, about 2700U or 2500U. Basically they’re new mobile core processors (APU) designed by AMD. Specifications of both are shown below.
| Cores/ threads |
Base clock (GHz) |
Boost clock (GHz) |
GPU compute units |
GPU peak clock |
L3 cache |
TDP | RAM support |
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| Ryzen 7 2700U | 4/8 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 10 | 1300 MHz | 4MB | 15W | Two channels DDR4-2400 |
| Ryzen 5 2500U | 2.0 | 3.6 | 8 | 1100 MHz |
Laptops with Ryzen 2700U and 2500U with Radeon Vega Graphics
So, if you’re looking for laptop with, either of these APUs, then you’ve come to the right place.
1. HP ENVY x360
HP ENVY X360 APU: 2500U 8 GB memory; 1 TB HDD storage AMD Radeon™ Vega GraphicsThe Model HP ENVY X360 has 2500U and is currently available to buy from their main website.
Price: 749.99$
2. Acer Swift 3
Acer announced two laptops, one with 2500U and other with 2700U. Price and details are released yet no confirmation on when they’ll be available to market.
Thanks to AnandTech, I was able to get this info.
| SF315-41-R8PP NX.GV7AA.003 |
SF315-41-R6J9 NX.GV7AA.004 |
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| Display | Diagonal | 15.6″ | |
| Resolution | 1920×1080 | ||
| Type | IPS | ||
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4 Cores with SMT (8T) 2.0 GHz Base 3.8 GHz Turbo mXFR Support 2 MB L2 + 4 MB L3 Vega 8 iGPU 15 W |
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4 Cores with SMT (8T) 2.2 GHz Base 3.8 GHz Turbo mXFR Support 2 MB L2 + 4 MB L3 Vega 10 iGPU 15 W |
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| Graphics | AMD Vega 8 512 stream processors 1100 MHz |
AMD Vega 10 640 stream processors 1300MHz |
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| RAM | Capacity | 8 GB | |
| Type | DDR4 (frequency unknown) | ||
| Storage | 256 GB SSD | 512 GB SSD | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11ac Wi-Fi module (unknown vendor) | ||
| Bluetooth | 4.x | ||
| USB | 2 × USB 3.0 Type-A 1 × USB 2.0 Type-A 1 × USB 3.0 Type-C |
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| Other I/O | HDMI 2.0a, webcam, TRRS connector for audio, speakers, microphone, SD card reader | ||
| Dimensions | Height | 18.8 mm | 0.74″ | |
| Width | 370.5 mm | 14.59″ | ||
| Depth | 255 mm | 10.04″ | ||
| Weight | 2.2 kg | 4.85 lb | ||
| Battery Capacity | 3320 mAh (58 Wh at 17.4V?) | ||
| Price | $750 | $950 | |
3. Lenovo IDEAPAD 720S
Out of these information, nothing is confirmed yet about when it will be available to market. Considering others, it will be out soon or already on its way.
Prices of 720 APUs models are not available yet. But, considering Intel based models, core i5 is available of 979.99$ and Core i7 is available of 1409.99$. AMD’s APUs models will also have similar price range.