asking for buying laptop for matlab

iam looking forward to buying a laptop for using matlab, iam consider 2 version of rog strix between Rog strix g16 2024 core i9-14900HX, RTX 4060 8Gb and Rog strix g16 2025 Ryzen 9 8940HX RTX 5060. Which one is better for my demand?. Thanks for helping me

[Walter Roberson]

You do not describe your computation requirements.

One factor in particular is the extent to which any GPU calculations need to be carried out in double precision instead of single precision.

[LÊ]

I dont know much cus i just start to learn at my university

[Rik]

Without knowing more about your usage requirements, it's impossible to go much beyond what Star Strider already did below. We also don't know about your bugetary constraints. It looks like the second option would be a better option (at least for the GPU), but it might also be more expensive.

What further complicates your question is that laptops have become very difficult to compare. It isn't just a matter of the hardware, but also the exact details of how they are clocked, as well as the cooling solution. Better hardware with worse cooling might result in worse hardware with adequate cooling.

In the end it probably doesn't matter which one of these two options you pick, as they both have relatively high-end CPUs and low-end (but recent) GPUs. The main choice is between AMD and Intel, and that is arguably mostly a matter of preference (at least for laptops; for desktops AMD is often a better choice for a CPU).

[Sam Chak]

@LÊ: I dont know much cus i just start to learn at my university

Why not tell us which university course you are enrolled in? Do you plan to use the laptop for heavy computational tasks in your PhD research, or do you simply want to complete miscellaneous course assignments such as lab experiments and group projects?

[Walter Roberson]

One thing about the ROG Strix G16 that I often see mentioned, is that the battery lifetime is not great. I see reports that you only get 2 to 3 hours of gaming if you are running the game full out, and about 5 hours of gaming with more moderate games.

[Walter Roberson]

Intel vs AMD:

If you are running code that cannot effectively use multiple cores, or if you are running parfor with the default configuration (which assigns a single core per worker), then that situation favours Intel CPUs, which typically have peak single-core performance exceeding AMD single-core performance.

If you are running coe that uses multiple cores, or if you are running parfor specifically configured to use multiple cores per worker, then that situation favours AMD, which typically wins on multi-core performance.

If you are running flat out on all of the cores, then all but the most expensive Intel cores will undergo thermal throttling, reducing the total heat output of the system. On the other hand, as far as I can tell, AMD systems do not undergo thermal throttling, so they can all run flat-out simultaneously.

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

For the essential requirements,see Choosing a Computer to Run MATLAB and Simulink Products. I encourage you to explore that entire section.

Beyond that, I prefer desktops and laptops with AMD components. (That is simply a personal preference based on my experience.) In that respect, consider Linear Algebra in MATLAB: Trying out AMD's AOCL and How can I use the BLAS and LAPACK implementations included in AMD Optimizing CPU Libraries (AOCL) with MATLAB R2022a? - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central as well.

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[LÊ]

Thanks, but i was type wrong that not 4060, it is i9 with 4070. How about this version vs the amd version

[Star Strider]

My pleasure!

I still prefer AMD hardware, with as much RAM as possible (64 GB in both my AMD Ryzen laptop and desktop), and a 1TB SSD in each. You can use a Ryzen 9 with an Nvidia GPU easily and with no problems.

Beyond that, much depends on what you want to do with MATLAB, as well as other software such as Python.

EDIT -- (22 Sep 2025 at 10:53)

Since you mentioned Asus ROG computers, I assume you are also interested in gaming. Gaming computers have higher graphics requirements than MATLAB needs, so any gaming computer should be able to work easily with MATLAB. The wort of gaming you do will determine your graphics requirements.