Which is better for casual gaming?

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I was wondering if someone could help me decide between two laptops please. Laptop 1 has:

i5-5200U 2.2GHz to 2.7 turbo GHz with 3MB cache.
4Gb DDR3L 1600MHz
nVIDIA N16S-GM-S 1GB (DDR3/4Gbit)

Laptop 2 has:

i5-4210U 1.7 GHz to 2.7 Turbo GHz and 3MB cache
6GB DDR3L 1600MHz
AMD Topaz XT-S3 2GB (DDR3/4Gbit) (which is apparently code name for the R7 M260)

They are identical in every other respect.

I will be using the laptop for casual gaming (I know neither will be able to play many games :) )

If anyone could help that would be great.
 
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The 910M isn't any better than the iGPU on the CPU. The M265 is slightly better, but not by much. On that basis, laptop two is the better buy, but the difference really is marginal.

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So the fact that the AMD GPU is 2GB and the NVidia one is 1GB isn't as important as the power?

 
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How casual are we talking? Which games are you hoping to play? As you said, neither laptop is suitable for gaming.

Comparison sites like GPUBoss and CPUBoss are poor sources; all they do is compare the spec like-for-like. They don't take into account the architectural differences, driver optimisation, etc. Comparing an AMD and Nvidia GPU based on pure specification doesn't tell the whole story. The architecture between the two is completely different, so direct comparisons can't be made.

 
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Well pretty much minecraft, which I can currently play on my really useless laptop with the graphics and render way down, and COD MW3 which I also can play with the graphics way down.

I am just wondering which laptop will allow me to put the graphics for such games furthest up, and will lag the least.

 
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Minecraft and MW3 will be fine on either laptop, but you'll likely have to lower the resolution for MW3, assuming the laptop has a 1920x1080 monitor. If the laptop has a more conventional 1366x768 resolution, then you'll be fine with that.

I'd take laptop one on the basis that it has a stronger CPU. The extra RAM of laptop two won't matter and it's easily and cheaply upgraded anyway.
 
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Okay cool, however I'm afraid I made a mistake in my original post. The GPU of laptop 2 is actually the R7 M265, and the exact GPU model of laptop 1 is the 910M. Therefore the GPU of laptop 2 is probably better? So would it be wiser to choose the laptop with the better CPU (1), or the better GPU (2)? As the R7 can only handle 4GB of RAM the RAM really doesn't matter.

 
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Alright thank you!
 
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