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Re:What's the strongest AI model you can train on a laptop i... by nehal3m on Thursday August 14, 2025 @11:01AM (#44901216)
The same SKU on a GPU can perform differently depending on how the manufacturer powers and cools it [0], and nVidia's naming shenanigans don't help either [1].

[0] https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/laptop-gpu-power-lim... [1] https://coconote.app/notes/4c75b7a0-eb41-435d-85ee-55ae2dd8d...

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Re:What's the strongest AI model you can train on a laptop i... by zipy124 on Thursday August 14, 2025 @11:16AM (#44901407)
And even worse it's surprisingly hard to find out what power budget is assigned to the GPU/ CPU or combined on spec sheets.
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