There are web pages on game results coming out on the 5th gen i5 if not now so you can compare that to the AMD but NEITHER are what I call hard core gaming. That is, a gamer would want a GPU with dedicated RAM.
Bob
I understand that these laptops are not professional gaming PCs, please stay away from those types of comments. I am only asking which one is better for gaming relative to the other.
Potential New PC
Dell Inspiron 15 (754![]()
5th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-5200U Processor (3M Cache, up to 2.70 GHz)
Windows 8.1 (64Bit) English
8GB DDR3L 1600MHz
1TB 5400 rpm SATA Hard Drive
AMD Radeon R7 M270 4GB DDR3, Intel HD Graphics 5500
15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Truelife LED-Backlit Touch Display
43 WHr, 3-Cell Battery (removable)
4.65lbs
-or-
My Current PC
HP Pavilion dv7-6165us
AMD A8-3500M 1.5GHz Quad-core 4MB
Windows 7 (64Bit) English
8GB DD3 SDRAM
640GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
Radeon HD 6750M, Radeon HD 6620G
17.3-inch LED (1600 x 900) [no touch screen]
6-Cell Battery (removable)
6.65lbs

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