Which type of AI laptop suits you?
AI laptops comparison
| AI ready | Copilot+ PC | RTX AI laptops | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longer battery life | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Copilot+ functions | No | Yes | Some laptops |
| Number of TOPS | Less than 40 TOPS | At least 40 TOPS | 194 TOPS or more |
| Has an NPU | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suitable for | Generating texts with AI | Light photo editing with AI | Demanding photo and video editing with AI and AI model development |
AI laptops
There are many kinds of AI laptops. One AI laptop is more powerful than the other. We measure how powerful an AI laptop is with TOPS. TOPS stands for trillions of operations per second. The more TOPS, the faster your laptop can make difficult calculations. You need these difficult calculations when you work with AI. Does your laptop also have a graphics NVIDIA video card? That means your laptop has even more TOPS than with a shared or hybrid video card.
Copilot+ PC and AI ready
AI ready: a long battery life
The first AI laptops were released in 2023. These AI ready laptops were the first with an NPU, a neural processing unit. These first NPUs don't have many TOPS, but they do provide an improved battery life. That way, the NPU creates a better distribution of energy in the laptop. This means that these laptops have a longer battery life than other laptops.
Copilot+ PC: useful AI functions from Microsoft
In 2024, Microsoft announced their new Copilot+ PCs. These laptops have at least 40 TOPS and an NPU, so you can make AI calculations faster than with AI ready laptops. Copilot+ PCs also have various AI programs from Microsoft, like Cocreator and Recall. With these tools, you can use AI while you edit photos or quickly find files. The Copilot assistant can also answer your questions.
RTX AI laptops
RTX AI PC: demanding AI tasks
An RTX AI PC doesn't always have the Copilot+ function that Copilot+ PCs do have, because not every RTX AI PC works with Copilot. With an RTX AI PC, you can get started with more demanding AI tasks. That's because the RTX video cards have many TOPS. An NVIDIA RTX 4050 video card has 194 TOPS. You can smoothly perform AI tasks with this. You can edit photos in 4K and videos on 2K. You can also play games in Full HD.
RTX AI Pro PC: more demanding AI tasks
An NVIDIA 4060 video card has 233 TOPS, an RTX 4070 has 321 TOPS. With these video cards, you can perform more demanding AI tasks. You can edit photos and videos in 4K and design small 3D models, for example. You can play games in 3K. With these video cards, you can smoothly get started with small AI model development.
RTX AI Ultra PC: most demanding AI tasks
RTX 4080 video cards have 542 TOPS and RTX 4090 video cards have 686 TOPS. With these cards, you can smoothly perform the most demanding AI tasks. You can edit photos and videos in 4K and design large 3D models. You can play games in 4k. With these video cards, you can also easily get started with large AI model development.
