If you head over to reddit and ask what the best laptop for minecraft is:

You’ll get responses like:

” Minecraft can run on a microwave. Get optifine and you can run the game on a toaster”

“I’ve seen MC run on CPUs and integrated GPUs made 15 years ago”

“My 10 year old PC eats MineCraft for breakfast”

“I got a 10 year old lapto from walmart with the screen falling off and Minecraft still runs good”

They’re not lying…

If you want to play the “Vanilla” Minecraft with no shaders, no mods,  low settings & low # of chunks.

However…

The fancy version of Minecraft (higher graphics, shaders, mods and higher resolution) will require increasingly more and more hardware.

What follows is a quick summary of laptops for minecraft:

A) Minecraft Laptop Under $200: you can ONLY play a downgraded version of MC: Minecraft For Windows (Bedrock Edition designed for Windows) NOT the full version of VANILLA minecraft java edition.

B) Minecraft laptop under $300: run the full version of Minecraft (Java Edition) with no lag but will only be limited to low or medium settings (8-10 chunks loaded max). You can run the lightest mods & shaders with framerates below 40.

C) Mineraft laptop under $500: play Minecraft Java Edition with heavy mods (including the FTB Revelations and FTB Interactions ). Fancy settings with low number of chunks. Also MEDIUM versions of shaders like Sildrus and Chocapic.

D) The Best Laptops for Minecraf have Dedicated GPUs! –  550 dollars and up

This is where the real fun part starts.

You’ll run MC on Turbo Mode with cool shaders like ChocaPic v13 High & Sildrus Extreme. All the graphical intensive mods with no lag.

If you get the 3050RTX, you can also activate RTX mode:

The above is the laptop I use to play Minecraft. Notice how framerates go as high as 1000fps .

Best Laptop Specs for MineCraft

What follows is a summary, the last section has more details.

1. If your budget is under 550 bucks: You cannot get a  dedicated GPU!  Focus on the CPU & RAM.

All of these laptops can run the Vanilla version of minecraft with shaders. The more expensive ones unlock more graphical demanding shaders & higher resolutions.

The following reviews will get somewhat technical. So if you’re not computer savy, here’s the summary of each laptop: 

#1: 3050Ti Laptop: $680. It will run most “HIGH” version of shaders & graphically demanding MODS with +100fps. 
#2: Under 500 Minecraft laptop: Portable, can run Lite & Medium shaders and vanilla MC with very high framerates. Perfect for school.
#3: 2050RTX Laptop: ~580. It will run most “HIGH” shaders & mods with 70fps.
#4: MX450 laptop: ~550. Medium & some high shaders with framerates above 50fps. Portable and best display for schoolwork too.
#5: 4060RTX laptop: 1300+ . Will run the most extreme shaders at 1440p and mor extreme graphics (RTX mode).

This year I decided to put the best bang for your buck laptop for Minecraft that can unlock all of its extra features first, its around 750 dollars.

However, this laptop unlocks MODS + somewhat heavy shaders like ‘high’ versions of Chocapic & Sildrus with high framerates. 

Before we get to the performance of this laptop, let’s check out the GPU which is the #1 most important factor for shaders and extra graphics on MC.

GPU: 3050Ti 4GB vRAM

To unlock shaders + modpacks at fancy settings with ~8-12 chunks, you need a 4GB vRAM dedicated GPU. This is not the only 4GB vRAM, there are about about 3-4 more that are also popular : 1650GTX, 3050RTX & 1050GTX & 2050RTX. We’ll go over a few of those later but this one is the fastest of the whole bunch.

Note that it is different than the 3050RTX version, though for Minecraft, it doesn’t really offer much performance gains (since vRAM is more important and both have the same vRAM).

Wattage: 85W

All 3050Ti laptops and 3050RTX laptops run at the same wattage (mostly) with the exception of very thin ultrabooks. So no need to be picky about  it. What you should be picky about is the temperatures behidn any 3050RTX or 3050Ti laptop you come across. Shaders+ Mods on fancy settings are going to tax the GPU and it’s important to have a good cooling system otherwise temperatures will reach 85 which isn’t ideal.

RTX mode: This GPU has tensor cores so yes it can activate RTX mode. If you don’t know what it is. It’s basically a graphics performance boost that makes any scene highly dependent on light sources look compeltely different basically a bit more realistic as shown below.

Note that this feature is onl available on RTX GPUs so it’s not available on the 1650GTX. It’s also available on the high-tier 3060RTX, 4050RTX and so on…but those will give you the same feature albeit with more framerates. No need to overspend to enjoy this feature.

Minecraft Laptop Benchmarks: 3050Ti

These are the results:

2. HP 14 Laptop

Best Laptop For Minecraft Under 500

  AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

  8GB RAM

  Radeon Vega RX 7

  256GB SSD NVMe PCIe

  14” FHD TN

  3.2 lbs

  8 hours

This is the kind of laptop most minecraft players use. It’s a cheap but by no means weak laptop. Usually under 500 dollars. 

It can unlock SOME shaders and most mods but more importantly it can run the vanilla shader-free version of the game flawlessly at fancy settings with enough performance to join a server and play against others with no stuttering.

CPU: Ryzen 5 5500U

I know what you’re thinking: “Why post a 5th generation Ryzen CPU! I’ve seen 7th generation CPUs at a good price”. I talk about it a bit more in the last section but basically the 5th generation CPUs , though slower, have BETTER integrated graphics. 

This means it will outrun the 7th gen Ryzen 5 CPU in most games and minecraft is no exception.  The Ryzen 5 5500U has a “RX Vega 7” as integrated graphics whereas the Ryzen 7 7520U has a “Radeon 610M”. 

Note how the RX Vega 6 (weaker than the RX vega 7) is significantly faster! Most Intel iGPUs which you find on older generation CPUs are also significantly faster.

Shaders:

If you don’t want to run shaders, then go ahead and grab the 7th generation Ryzen 5 CPU. It’s definitely going to give you almost the same performance since the lack of GPU power will be mitigated by the extra CPU power of the latest generation.

If you want to run shaders, only consider either Intel CPUs (10th, 11th , 12th & 13th gen) or Ryzen CPUs (4th, 5th gen). 

What kind of shaders can you run with a decent iGPU?

Most shaders have a “LITE” version, those you can run. You can also run “Medium” shaders but you’ll strugle with framerates. Graphically demanding shaders like Chocapic High or Silrus Extreme are out of the question.

RAM: 16GB Dual-Channel

You need at least 16GB RAM to have the performance shown on the video. This laptop comes with 8GB RAM so you have to do the upgrade. Though it is unncessary if you don’t mind running the game with shaders at much lower framerates.

Why is the extra 8GB RAM useful when the game only requires a few Gigabytes of RAM?

Because the iGPU will use the extra RAM to process graphics so to speak. You don’t need to add more than 16GB. In fact, you could get the performance boost with 12GB RAM but you will miss the dual-channel feature. 

Design

This one of the two perfect laptops on this list for students who need to do some schoolwork and also play Minecraft because it’s not that heavy ~3.2lbs and the battery life is superb ~8h. The latter is because this laptop’s CPU , Ryzen 5, is very energy efficient, compared to Core i5 Intel CPUs, and integrated graphics don’t consume that much power. Also it has a display which consumes less power “TN display”.

It’s also got a slick all platinum finish which makes it look like a laptop for work and not for gaming.

Alternatives

This laptop sells for about 415 dollars. It’s the cheapest (new) laptop with a 5th gen Ryzen 5 you’ll find. If you’re going to pay more for a laptop with this CPU make sure you’re paying for extra RAM or extra storage. Below a lot of good alternatives in case this one runs of stock. I’ve included Intel laptops as well and they’ll also have the same (if not slightly higher) performance.

3. MSI Thin GF63

Best Gaming Laptop For Minecraft with Shaders

  Core i5 12450H

  8GB DDR4

   2050RTX 4GB vRAM

  1TB PCIe NVMe SSD

  15.6” 144Hz FHD IPS

  4.1 lbs

  4 hours

This is another sort of a expensive laptop. It’s meant for people who want to ‘play games’ more than school work. It’s heavy and it’s got a dedicated GPU: 2050RTX which can also run heavy shaders.

GPU: 2050RTX 4GB vRAM

The latest ‘cheapest’ gaming laptops have a 2050RTX. The 2050RTX is basically an upgraded version of the 1650GTX except that it has tensor cores which means it can activate DLSS and Ray Tracing. The former is useless for minecraft and the latter changes the graphics to make them look cooler as we talked about when we reviewed the 3050Ti.

Though it is slightly faster (in most cases) than a 1650GTX, it should be a reason for you to pick this one over the 1650GTX. The main reason should be price, both the 2050RTX & 1650GTX, will get you almost the same performance and will run the same quality of shaders.

Belo the benchmarks of the 2050RTX and 1650GTX. I’m posting the benchmarks of the 1650GTX as well because there is a lack of 2050RTX benchmarks and the 1650GTX gives you a good estimate of what the 2050RTX can do. You are also welcomed to buy a 1650GTX if you find it cheaper.

Here’s a benchmark of a 2050RTX using shaders with 8 chunks.

The BSL shader is more hardware demanding than Chocapic so it makes sense you’d get somewhat less framerates at the same settings. Nonetheless, this laptop works almost like a 3050RTX, you can most shaders even the hardware demanding ones and as long as you reduce the number of chunks (for the most hardware demanding ones) you can get +60 framerates.

MUX Switch & GPU

You can get better performance out of a 2050RTX or 1650GTX laptop if you can find one with a MUX switch but it’s going to be pretty difficult to find one on the 2050RTX. It is much more likely you’ll find it on a 1650GTX, there’s a 1650GTX which outperforms the 2050RTX and most 1650GTX laptops with sort of “MUX Switch” the benchmarks are in my video below, you’ll be mindblown by the results…

But don’t obsess about it. At the end framerates are just numbers up to some point the game is equally playable and that’s at 60fps. You don’t need super high framerates for Minecraft.

RAM & Upgrades: 

Though it’s not a must to upgrade RAM to 16GB RAM. It’s. ALWAYS ALWAYS a performance boost no matter what hardaware you have. Of course, you start to get diminishing returns the more powerful the GPU is but if you work with very heavy shaders + mods then it becomes useful.

There’s a free slot for an additional RAM stick. If you add an 8GB RAM DDR4 3200MHz stick , you’ll have 16GB RAM. Because the slots are not soldered and next to each other, it will also activate dual-channel mode giving you an additional performance boost.

As for storage, there’s an additional SSD slot for an M.2 SSD.

4. Lenovo Ideapad 5i Pro

Gaming Laptop For Minecraft & School

  Intel Core i5-11300H

  8GB RAM

  MX450 2GB vRAM

  512GB SSD NVMe PCIe

  16” QHD IPS

  4.19 lbs

  5 hours

This is another option for those looking to buy a laptop for someone going to school and plays Minecraft. Unlike the cheaper HP laptop we just discussed, this one can run shaders much more easily because it has a dedicate GPU (MX 450). The downside is that it’s more expensive (550 dollars) but it has a lot more benefits than just extra power: lightweight + better display for studying.

GPU: MX450 2GB vRAM

The MX450 is not an integrated GPU, it is a dedicated GPU. It’s one of the weakest in 2024 but it’s still powerful enough to run med and sometimes high versions of shaders. It will also obviously increase framerates significantly in vanilla minecraft (no shaders+no mods).

Now…

You have to be careful when shopping for this laptop because they CAN be really overpriced (as high as 900 dollars) and yet with the exact same GPU. There’s also models with the ‘older versions’ of this GPU such as the MX250, MX150 etc…which are TOO WEAK to outperform laptops like the HP laptop with the integrated GPU we went over.

There’s also the MX550, which is an upgraded version of the MX450. It is significantly faster but it’s a lot more expensive. If you can find it under 600 dollars buy all means grab it! If not, you’re better off buying a laptop with a 2050RTX which is actually cheaper than 600 dollars.

MUX & Wattage: all MX450 & MX550 run pretty much at the same wattage beacuse they’re designed to run at very very low powers to be able to fit in very impact and thin laptops. There’s no versions with a MUX Switch either.

MX450 2GB vRAM – Minecraft Laptop Benchmark

CPU: Core i5 11300H

The MX 450 laptops come with all sorts of CPUs. Other CPUs you’ll see are shown in ther alternatives section down below. But let me say this, ideally you want a “U” low voltage CPU if you want MORE battery & a lighter laptop at the expense of slightly performance loss when it comes to framerates but still you will have the option to run shaders even with the weakest GPU you find.

If you want the extra framerates at the expensve of battery life, then choose models with an “H” CPU . The “H” stands for high performance.

RAM & Upgrades:

The laptop comes with Soldered DDR4 8GB RAM and cannot be replaced. You cannot add an additional RAM slot either as there is one slot. This is going to be a common problem with portable laptops that have a dedicated GPU, usually they’re so compact and thin , a lot of compromises have to be made and that includes adding more hardware.

Also, there’s no additional storage slot for upgrades. Not that you’re going to need to do storage upgrades anyways. Not Upgrading RAM isn’t going to kill performance either.

5. Acer Nitro 17

The Best Gaming Laptop For Minecraft – 4060RTX

  Ryzen 7 7840HS

  8GB DDR5 

  RTX 4060 8GB vRAM 140W

  1TB  PCIe NVMe SSD 

  15” 144Hz Full HD

 6.61lbs

  1 hours

This is the last and most powerful laptop on the list. I decided to leave last because it’s quiet too expensive for a game like minecraft and the extra power is also useful for playing the game at high resolution and unlocking very heavy shaders with lots of high framerates + number of chunks. Basically extreme graphical situations with the game. Most people who play minecraft are not after that too.

GPU: RTX 4060 8GB vRAM 140W

What makes this one different than the 3050Ti is the extra RAM and extra shaders. This one generally has 8GB vRAM (only a few 3050Ti laptops have 6GB vRAM) and about 500 more ‘shaders’ which are in charge of doign all the graphical processing that’s stored in the ‘vRAM’. This is what allows you to push graphical settings to extreme situations. For example, this laptop can do the following in minecraft:

• RTX mode On
• Shader + Mods
• 1440p Resolution
• 12-32 Chunks

Starting with the 4050RTX, the demanding for better GPUs : 4060RTX & 4070RTX becomes higher if you add more and more chunks to 1440p or 4k resolution, because the latter two have more ‘vRAM’. Of course the above can be handled by the 3050Ti too but with much lower framerates. You could also use the 4050RTX for this but the framerates are goign to be much lower. The framerates on the 4060RTX are extremely high even with the extreme graphical settings described.

Wattage: 140W

It’s very important to pick those 4050RTX or 4060RTX laptops with a wattage close to 100W. The TGP or wattage on this laptop’s 4060RTX is 140W (with Dynamic Boost). Anything lower than 100W will start giving you MASSIVELY performance loss to the point of making the 4060RTX or 4050RTX worthless if compared to the 3050RTX with 6GB vRAM.

4060RTX – Minecraft Benchmarks

This may not be impressive framerates to some of you despite the GPU running at 140W but please keep in mind that this laptop is not only running with RTX mode on + a very graphical demanding shaders but ALSO adding 1440p resolution and more importantly 20 CHUNKS for rendering.

Each chunk after 12 requires (16,20 and so on) demands a large amount of additional GPU power.

RAM & Upgrades:

This laptop supports up to 32GB RAM. Having 16GB out of box , however, means you don’t need to worry about additional RAM nor additional storage as it already comes with 1TB.

Display & Resolution:

Please keep in mind that when you buy a 4050RTX or 4060RTX laptop for minecraft you have to watch out for the display. It needs to have 1440p (QHD) resolution for you to play the game at 1440p. Some models with either of these GPUs may only have FHD resolution which isn’t useful for Minecraft. There’s no reason to buy so much GPU power to play the game at 1080p ONLY when you have cheaper laptops with weaker GPUs that can do extremely well with all the settings described above and 1080p resolution.

Buying The Best Laptop For Minecraft

Note that you cannot pick integrated GPUs, they’ll always be paired with the CPUs above.  

I have omitted Ryzen 7 & Core i7 CPUs in this table because they’re found on laptops that are as expensive as those laptops with dedicated GPUs which defeats the whole purpose (they’re over 500 dollars ~700+). However, the benchmarks are down below for you to check.

Minecraft Laptop BenchMarks

The following benchmarks are taken from various youtube channels including mine, at the last column you can see the exact laptop model that was used. You are welcome to buy those laptops if you’re happy with the performance. All of these laptops can play MC with decent framerates as long as you adjust settings & install Optifine.

i) Core i3 & Ryzen 3 Benchmarks: $300-400 Laptops 

Intel Core Laptops

Based on these benchmark we can say the following:

• Both Ryzen 3 and Core i3 CPUs can run shaders. I wasn’t able to test every Single Core i3 or Ryzen 3 but one benchmark of a previous or more recent generation should be enough since both the CPU & iGPU are close in power.
• Shaders can run with at least +30fps with either a Core i3 or Ryzen 3. The more recent generations go as high as 100.

• The Core i3 & Ryzen 3s can run Minecraft with at least 60fps on Fancy settings. You just need to play with the #of chunks, older generations may handle less chunks than the more recent ones.

ii) Core i5 & Ryzen 5 Benchmarks: $400-500 Laptops 

Intel Core Laptops

Ryzen 5 Laptops

• Whereas generally Core i3 or Ryzen 3 limits chunks to below 10 (on average), Core i5 or Ryzen 5 gets you high framerates with Fancy settings and decent number of chunks at 1080p.
• Core i5 or Ryzen 5 CPUs can run ‘medium’ or high versions of shaders with decent framerates.

There are currently no benchmarks with the recently released Core i5 or Ryzen 5 CPUs. The reason is simple, the game doesn’t really require that much hardware for most people to play so they rather get something cheaper which is usually a laptop with a slightly older CPU.

iii) Core i7 & Ryzen 7 Benchmarks

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• You’ll get much higher framerates with higher # of chunks out of the core i7 and ryzen 7 CPUs.
• I do not recommend you buy these laptops anyways UNLESS you want something portable. They are too expensive.

Note: Unlike the 7th gen Ryzen 5 CPU, the 7th Ryzen 7 CPU shows significant performance gains over the previous generations. This is because although the same integrated graphics are used, the CPU itself has way more clock speed and better ‘multi-core’ clock speeds too (in other words ALL cores hit HIGHER clocks speeds , not just one core).

BenchMarks Conclusions

• These benchmarks results (framerates) only give you a general idea of how CPU might perform there are many other factors.
  • RAM: They use different RAMs. Most benchmarks used 16GB but some use 8GB. Also a lot of these use RAM in dual-channel mode which further incrases framerates. 
  • Settings may be slightly different and also the average may have been calculated in more hardware demanding parts of the map.
  • Most of these benchmarks use Optifine.

So Which CPUs give you the best bang for your buck?

• As long as you grab the recent CPUs (5th+ for Ryzen and 10th+ for Intel), you can handle shaders though different versions.
• There are huge performance gains with the more recent generations:
  • Core i5 and Ryzen 5 give you the best bang for your buck. They’re only on average 100 dollars more expensive yet the performance doubles or even triples.
  • 5th gen Ryzen 5 CPUs outperform 11th gen Core i5 CPUs due to better multi-core performance and MC is more multicore than the average game especially if you use Optifine.
  • Core i7 & Ryzen 7 handle graphically demanding shaders but they’re too expensive.

CPUs for Modded Minecraft

 –  Need at least a Core i5 or Ryzen 5 model

• Need at least a Core i5 or Ryzen 5 model
• Only the latest Core i5 or Ryzen 5 (+10th gen for Intel and +5th gen For Ryzen ) can run big modpacks like ftp modpacks and those with +200 mods like interactions and Revelations.

2. RAM & Storage:  12-16GB RAM & SSD

RAM is EXTREMELY important for this game. The more you optimize RAM the higher the performance gains.

4GB vs 8GB

Ideally, 8GB should be the minimum. It’s a no brainer since Windows 11 and even Windows 12 will take approximately 4GB leaving almost nothing for Minecraft if you get 4GB. You need 8GB and the higher the settings (in the absence of a dedicated GPU) the more useful 12 or 16GB RAM becomes.

12-16GB RAM: a MUST for Integrated GPUs

Why is it that most benchmarks used 12-16GB RAM, if 8GB is enough? Because extram beyond 8GB make a huge difference if you only have an integrated GPU.

How? Basically the extra RAM can be used by the iGPU with no constraints. In other words, it will be reserved to the iGPU without the CPU interefering.

In fact, some of the integrated GPUs, as long as you up the RAM to 12GB or 16GB RAM CAN outperform some slightly older entry level dedicated GPUs like the MX150 or MX250.

FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT RAM PLEASE REFER TO THE RAM SECTION DOWN BELOW [/TIP]

3. Storage 

This isn’t an issue if you’re buying a modern laptop. Because modern laptops (those with the CPUs I’ve outlined) come by default with the fastest storage devices which are SSDs. They’re all mostly PCIe NVMe SSDs , there may be a few models with slightly data transfer speeds because they have more lanes but for Minecraft this doesn’t make a difference performance wise.

Since most old laptops do not have any type of  SSD by default only an HDD which is painfully slow for loading up the game and modpacks… it’s a good idea to upgrade to boost performanec with minecraft and your computer overall.

B) Minecraft Laptops: $550 and Up

1. GPU

A budget over 500 , more specifically 530, can get you a dedicated GPU if you look long enough. 

A dedicated GPU will:

• Increase framerates
• Unlock more chunks with fancy settings
• Unlock high versions of shaders
• Handle mods with more fancy graphical textures
• Increase rendering distance
• Increase resolution

[caption id="attachment_12381" align="alignnone" width="960"]This is minecraft running with an 8GB vRAM dedicated GPU. Notice how high the resolution is and how much you can see thus render at once.[/caption]

[tip] Benchmarks are measured when the character is in the middle of the map and there’s a lot of stuff to render  (because you’re in an open field) , this forces the GPU & CPU to use most of their power and it’s a good point for comparison purposes

 

 Few points we get to the benchmarks:

• All   dedicated GPUs in this list can handle Sildrus or Chocapic High with ~16 chunks.
• Some of the GPUs are USELESS because they only match the performance of “integrated GPUs” (laptops with no dedicated GPUs).
• Some of the GPUs are OVERKILL for minecraft even with all the shaders and mods and chunks you want to load. 

i) MX 350 MX 450 1050GTX Benchmarks ($500-600)

We’ll start with the weakest GPUs, this is where you have to be careful!

NVIDIA	Cores	vRAM	Speed
MX250	384	2GB-4GB	1582
MX350	640	2-4GB	1354
MX450	896	2-4GB	1580
1050	640	2GB-4GB	1493
MX550	1024	2GB	1320

AMD Radeon	Shaders	vRAM	Speed	Equivalent
Pro RX 555X	768	2GB	855	MX150/MX250
RadeonRX 540	512	4GB	1219	~950M
Radeon RX 550	640	4GB	1287 – 1476	+950M
Radeon RX 560X	1024	4GB	1172 – 1275	1050GTX

Note those with the same color are equivalent in power and performance (RX 550 ~ MX250). It’s very rare to find AMD Radeon RX GPUs on laptops though so most of the benchmarks seen next will be restricted to NVIDIA GPUs.

GPU	CPU	Graphics	Chunks	Resolution	Shader	FPS
MX150	Core i5 8250U	Fancy	10	1080p	Sildurs(Lite)	38	KangVladi
MX250	Core i5 10210U	Fancy	10	1080p	BLS	33	Splitsecond
—	—-	—	—	1080p	Sildurs(Lite)	42	—
MX330	Core  i5-1035G1	Fancy	16	1080p	Sildurs(High)	45	SpecKenTang
MX350	Ryzen 5 4500U	Fancy	12	1080p	None	115	legos45

GPU	CPU	Graphics	Chunks	Resolution	Shader	FPS
MX450	i7-1165G7	Fancy	15	1080p	NO SHADER	150	CRSTNBENCH
MX450	—	Fancy	—	1080p	Sildrus 1.5 Med	55	ExteriorMV
1050	8300h	Fancy	8	1080p	BLS 7.2	50	iNordap
1050	8300h	Fancy	8	8300h	Chocapic13 v9 Beta	43	iNordap
1050	8300h	Fancy	8	8300h	Sildurs (Med)	62	iNordap
1050	8300h	Fancy	8	8300h	Seus Renewed 1.01	40	iNordap

MX450 & MX 550:  These two are the most common under 600 and the only ones you should consider because the performance different between these and integrated GPUs is very significant as shown in the benchmarks. You probably won’t find the MX550 under 600 dollars that easily, don’t obsess about it the MX450 is plenty fast.

1050GTX: This one performs just as fast as the MX450. The MX550 is faster than this one though (slightly). The problem is you cannot find it under 600.

ii) 1050Ti 1650GTX Benchmarks: $600 to 750 

These  AMD GPUs can be found on Pre-2020 MacBook Pros . Since Minecraft is no longer supported on Mac OSX we’ll ignore these GPUs.

• The reason is simple: the 2060RTX has more vRAM.

Intel CPUs – Clock speed # Cores

This means you have to pick the CPU with the highest clock speed….because the advertised clock speed always tells you the maximum ‘speed’ of the first core.

As you can see Intel for the most part will have higher clock speeds though not always. At the highest clock speeds (Ryzen 9 & Core i9) they’re pretty much the same and they’re pretty close in clock speeds at the Core i5 and Ryzen 5 sections of the most recent generations (7th for Ryzen and 13th for Intel).

However, there’s a still a few variables like power supplied and cooling systems that will determine whether or not said CPU will outperform the other (when they’re pretty close in clock speeds. Ex: Core i5 13500H vs Ryzen 5 7535HS).

3. RAM

Some benchmarks of the older &  recommended CPUs:

Note: it’s very hard to predict how an old CPU will perform if it’s got an older operating system. However, if you can upgrade said laptop with 16GB RAM & and SSD, it will make that laptop literally FLY and get you DECENT playable framerates with the CURRENT java version of Minecraft.

Thus it is CRUCIAL to also check whether the laptop you buy is upgradeable (RAM & Storage). Usually, storage will be upgradeable, but RAM may not be upgradeable as some of these have soldered RAM into the motherboard. If RAM is not upgradeable and you only 4GB, forget it.

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