The best AMD laptop we've tested in years. AMD is on something of a hot streak. The chip company's latest Zen CPU architecture has reinvigorated the desktop space, there's genuine momentum in enterprise, 7nm Navi GPUs have brought renewed competition to PC graphics, and next-gen consoles will continue to be powered by AMD hardware.

It is a golden time for AMD fans who have patiently waited a return to form, but there is another important market segment that Team Red is struggling to crack; laptops and ultra-portables. Some might say it isn't an immediate focus for AMD, conspiracy theorists may suggest that rival Intel is preventing manufacturers from choosing competing CPUs, others may blame it on Brexit. Whatever the case, finding a genuinely competitive AMD-based laptop is easier said than done, but fear not, we reckon we've found one in the form of the Lenovo ThinkPad T495s.