The GPU matters more than CPU in Premiere Pro, though things reach a point of diminishing returns very quickly. The best-performing laptops all paired modern Intel CPUs with Nvidia’s RTX 30-series GPUs, which isn’t surprising as both companies have invested a lot of time and resources into optimizing their Adobe performance. They’re not in the chart above, but newer Intel 12th-gen laptops run even faster still. The best performance came from big, heavy laptops running Intel’s 11th-generation processors, though notebooks with AMD’s beefy Ryzen 9 processors came in just behind, with 10th-gen Intel chips still putting up a respectable score.

Right-click and select “open in new tab” to see in full resolution. For ports, you’re getting two USB Type-C, one USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, one HDMI, one SD card reader, and one 3.5mm audio jack. And as a bonus perk, it also comes with a surprisingly robust quad speaker system. What really makes this laptop shine though, is the outstanding battery life which is an often overlooked aspect of mobile video editors. While that should get the job done with most video-editing projects, it does lack storage capacity, so you will need an external drive if you’re saving video files. It sports a Intel Core i7-1260P CPU, Intel Iris Xe graphics, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of SSD storage. It’s rather inexpensive, but for the price you will have to make sacrifices. Due to the battery, it isn’t the most portable, however, weighing in at a substantial 4.7 pounds. That should allow you to edit to your heart’s content while out on the road.

When we ran our battery benchmark, which cycles through a series of tasks and videos until the laptop dies, the Inspiron 16 lasted a marathon 16.5 hours on a single charge.

If it’s battery life that you’re concerned about, the Dell Inspiron 16 should cover you just fine.

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