u/Hannah-Petrova

Hello,

i'm right before returning my macbook air m5 and buying an framework. I have some questions:

According to the techspecs the HX370 in the 13 pro has the following power modes:

- efficiency 15w (25w with boost)

- balanced 25w (33w with boost)

- performance 30w (35w with boost)

But on the 16 model its:

- efficiency 30w (36w with boost)

- balanced- 40w (48w with boost)

- performance 45w (54w with boost)

So my question is: how big is the real performance difference between the two models? Especially on the efficiency mode the bigger 16 model can draw 2x power.

My second question will be: is the 16er model quieter than the 13 pro since it has the better cooling system? The laptop would sit docked to my desktop monitor like 85% of its time so weight of the laptop isnt really important. But i'm a little bit sensitive to fan noises. But if the frameworks are quieter than my schenker work 17 m23 with Intel Raptorlake 1340p its fine. My schenker laptop is louder than my vacuum cleaner, lol.

Rund 15.000€ soll der Umbau eines Golf 7 auf Elektro kosten. Dem gegenüber steht ein neuer ID3 ab 34.000€. Gebt den ganzen noch ein paar Jahre und wir haben eine gangbare Lösung für die breite Mehrheit. Und umweltfreundlicher wäre der Umbau auch noch.

Hello,

i'm new to framework. Sadly my old schenker laptop with an Intel Raptor Lake i5-1340p died. I'm currently thinking about an Framework Laptop as new device.

I will use the device for Office Work, light gaming (indie games / pixel games like stardew valley) and some 3d rendering for my printer. Especially on the rendering part the old iGPU on my 1340p was to slow - the new device should have an Raedon 890M or comparable.

From my old notebook i could reuse the following parts:

• 1x Samsung 990 Pro SSD 2TB
• 2x Crucial DDR5-5600 SO DIMM 16 GB

If i'm looking to the framework page i have the following options:

• Framework 13 with HX370 ~1679€
• Framework 13 Pro with Intel 358h ~1799€ + 490€ LPCAMM2 LPDDR5X 32GB
• Framework 16 with HX370 ~2029€ (+ the abbility to upgrade later to an RTX5070 Mobile. But i dont think that i need it. I have also an desktop gaming pc for aaa games.)

So the AMD Version from the Framework 13 is obviusly the cheaper choice since i already have my RAM.

Now i have two questions:

1. could i later upgrade from the hx 370 to the Intel Panther Lake Mainboard if the LPCAMM2 Ram gets cheaper and i feel to need more performance?
2. Where there will be an Panther Lake Option for the Framework 16?

thank you!

/Edit

Currently i'm using windows but i will switch to linux in the future. Fedoras is my current favorite.