Both, each have their place. I have a desktop in my office. Decent recent spec and kept fairly up to date.
Laptop I have a reasonable “gaming” spec in the lounge we both use it.
The laptop will always be a compromise. You cannot shift the dissipated heat from a full power gpu at all in that form factor, and most cpus are going to also be lower power editions because they need to work on batteries as well as connected to power. But they’re still for sure usable.
Desktop will always outperform. Even the stock cpu and gpu options will perform at a higher tdp, and you can usually improve cooling in a big case to either improve stock boost frequencies, or over clock.
Physics is the limiting factor for laptops, both in terms of power delivery, and heat dissipation.
Both, each have their place. I have a desktop in my office. Decent recent spec and kept fairly up to date.
Laptop I have a reasonable “gaming” spec in the lounge we both use it.
The laptop will always be a compromise. You cannot shift the dissipated heat from a full power gpu at all in that form factor, and most cpus are going to also be lower power editions because they need to work on batteries as well as connected to power. But they’re still for sure usable.
Desktop will always outperform. Even the stock cpu and gpu options will perform at a higher tdp, and you can usually improve cooling in a big case to either improve stock boost frequencies, or over clock.
Physics is the limiting factor for laptops, both in terms of power delivery, and heat dissipation.