

Related: Is M1 MacBook Pro Or Intel Surface Laptop 4 Best $1,299 Buy? AMD also makes mobile versions of the Ryzen-5000 series, but Microsoft chose the lower cost 4000-series processors for its Surface Laptop 4. The more densely packed AMD chips automatically enjoy more efficiency and greater performance, since the electrons travel shorter distances and therefore complete instructions faster while using less energy. These chips use a 7-nanometer manufacturing process compared to Intel’s 10-nanometer scale. The two leading PC processor manufacturers have been vying for the top position for many years, with Intel holding the lead for quite some time, but AMD recently surged ahead with its latest Ryzen 5000-series chips blasting through single-core benchmark tests.
