Equivalent of a macbook pro for 2600€ in a gaming laptop
Hello.
Here are the basics:
- Budget: 2600€
- Country: Spain
- Use Case: Gaming (Deadlock, WoW, Battlefield 6, LoL), Programming
- Preferred Specs: 32gb ram minimum, more if possible
I am looking to purchase a long term laptop for mostly programming, but if possible, gaming as well.
I saw this MBP offer for 2600€ and before pulling the trigger, knowing that macbook's flaw is gaming, I want to know what could I get for the same money in a gaming laptop.
The MBP specs are: MBP 16" M4 PRO SB / 14C / 20C GPU / 48GB RAM / 512GB SSD
If the specs of the MBP for the price are good value (I don't know yet either), then I'd rather cut the gaming and have a long term personal work laptop, but I have been wondering if I could get gaming in as well.
The closes I have seen to the MBP for 2700€ is ROG Zephyrus G16 v1 with the specs:
- 16" WQXGA (2560 x 1600 pixels) display, 240Hz, OLED, 500 nits
- Intel Core Ultra 9 386H Processor (16 cores, up to 4.9GHz, 18MB cache)
- 32GB LPDDR5x 8533MHz RAM (soldered)
- 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Storage
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Graphics Card (8GB GDDR7)
For 2500€ I see a ROG Zephyrus G16 v2:
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Laptop GPU
- Processor: Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H (2.9GHz base, up to 5.4GHz boost, 24MB cache, 16 cores, 16 threads)
- NPU: Intel® AI Boost (up to 13 TOPS)
- Memory: 32GB LPDDR5X (integrated)
- Storage: 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD
- Display: 16.0" OLED ROG Nebula WQXGA 2560x1600, 16:10 aspect ratio, 240Hz, 400 nits (HDR 500 nits), anti-glare, 100% DCI-P3
For 2500€ I see a ROG Zephyrus G14:
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Ti Laptop GPU
- Processor: AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 (2.0GHz base, up to 5.1GHz boost, 36MB cache, 12 cores, 24 threads) NPU: AMD XDNA™ NPU (up to 50 TOPS)
- Memory: 32GB LPDDR5X (speed varies by CPU configuration)
- Storage: 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD
- Display: 14.0" OLED ROG Nebula WQXGA+ 2880x1800, 16:10 aspect ratio, 120Hz, 400 nits (HDR 500 nits), anti-glare, 100% DCI-P3
But I don't know if the AI CPU is any good in gaming.
For 2600€ I also may buy a Slimbook:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen HX AI9 365 10 cores, 20 threads, up to 5 GHz
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA RTX 5070 8GB
- Display: 15.3" WQHD 2560×1600, 180Hz
- RAM: 64GB DDR5
- SSD NVMe 4.0: 1TB
Same AI CPU, don't know if it's any good in gaming.
My goal is to maximize the value of the specs first, then second, include gaming if the specs are valuable in comparison to the MBP. So the number one priority is having a 5y+ long term laptop without having to worry about upgrading.
I am based in Spain, so I can mostly buy from amazon.es, pccomponentes.com, mediamarkt, fnac, neobyte, slimbook, etc.
Any help is appreciated! Thank you very much!