5 best laptops for AutoCAD

1. 5 best laptops for AutoCAD buymelaptops.com/buy-laptops/best-laptops-autocad attiya May 20, 2020 You need high-end laptops to run the software like Tinkercad, Solidworks, FreeCAD, and Creo Parametric 3D Modeling. The AutoCAD users need to run applications like Adobe 3D modeling, Photoshop, 3Ds Max, and Solidworks. Drafting, designing, and conceptualizing ideas, there is a substantial army of users such as interior designers, architects, real estate engineers, and engineers who need to run the Autocad software. Proper storage, memory, and powerful processor required to run these applications and software. Are you finding the best laptop for AutoCAD? If yes, then you are on the right platform. We have compiled a list of 5 best laptops for AutoCAD in 2020. But before that, let’s explore the minimum and maximum requirements for Autocad laptops. best laptops for AutoCAD Min and max requirements for best laptops for AutoCAD Autocad is the need of engineers, architects to help in creating amazing designs fulfilling the engineering plans. High-end laptops come at a high budget because of fast and latest processors and other specs. To run the AutoCAD applications, you need 10th Gen Intel Core i7 processor, latest fast processor, and if it is not in your budget, then you should not go below than 8th generation i7 or 9th Gen i7 processor. 3D Modeling and multitasking at the same time demand the RAM of 16 GB, 8 GB RAM also works well to support the AutoCad applications but if you can afford go for the 16 GB RAM. For the rendering and processing, the applications faster a minimum of 2GB, and a maximum of 4 GB graphic cards is required. Autocad work demands high storage to save projects. Hard drive with at least 6GB free USB and DVD drive (depending on installation media and licensing method) works well. Always look for the laptops with 4K or full HD display for better viewing of angles. The 17 inches or minimum of 15-inch laptops are suitable for Autocad. So, keeping all these requirements in mind, we have created this list of 5 best laptops for AutoCAD. Our Top picks(best laptops for AutoCAD) 1/22

2. Lenovo ThinkPad P53s Core i7 i7-8565U 8 hours Battery 16GB RAM Dell precision 5530 2/22

3. Intel Core i7-8706G 16 hours battery 16GB RAM Lenovo Thinkpad P71 3/22

4. Intel i7 Quad Core Processor 8 hours 16GB RAM MSI WE72 7RJ Colorful screen with comfortable, RGB-backlit keyboard and fast SSD, a perfect combo of fantastic design and specs to carry out Autocad tasks. It’s a professional workstation laptop; you can also play Fortnite and Minecraft with ultimate gaming experience. Let’s explore everything about this one of the best laptops for AutoCAD. 4/22

5. MSI WE72 7RJ Series WE72 7RJ-1032US Processor Core i7-7700HQ Quadro M2200 RAM 32 GB SSD 512 GB Additional storage 1 TB Built-in Memory 32 GB Processor (CPU) Speed 2.8 GHz Display Size 17.3 inches Operating System Windows 10 Wireless Combability 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g Graphics Coprocessor NVIDIA Quadro M2200 / GDDR5 4GB Battery life 3 and half hour Check Price Design The black and slab design of this laptop looks like most of the workstations, but its design has many features that are quite exquisite. Its lid is designed very subtle and cool, and the symmetrical curves on it look very enthralling. The weight of this workstation is 6.2 pounds, which is quite less than its competing workstations with that much screen size and dimension of 16.5 x 11.3 x 1.2 inches. When I open it, the welcoming screen of 17.3-inch rendering the display of 1080p. After amazed by the screen, I saw its keyboard is quite attractive with RGB backlighting. As with any workstation demand, this laptop has many ports. It has one Ethernet jack, two USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 port, one SD card slot, different jacks for microphone and headphones, and a disc drive–the best laptops for AutoCAD. Display 5/22

6. The display of WE72’s is quite exquisite. The colors displayed on it are accurate and beautiful. The WE72’s scored 0.4 Delta-E rate near the ideal Delta-E rate (ideal Delta-E rate= 0). It has a magnificent sRGB color gamut of about 196 percent that is very much more than any other good workstation. Its panel is faint, scoring 200 nits that are less than the other workstations available. If there is any lagging that could be counted, its brightness can rise to less intensity than the other good workstations out there. Performance The MSI WE 72 with the specifications of Intel Core i7 2.8 GHz central processing unit, 32GB (16G*2) DDR4 Ram, 2400MHz 512GB M.2 SATA SSD, 17.3-Inch Screen and Operating System with Windows 10 will complete your daily tasks with Super Sonic speed and beauty. You can run a couple of processes at a time, and the system will not even produce a little glitch. WE72 beat average score and many other workstations in Geekbench 4 performance test, only outscored y Precision Intel Core Xeon. The copying speed of this amazing workstation is up to 500 MB per second. That speed puts We72 ahead of many magnificent workstations available in the market. AutoCAD Performance With this blazing speed, you can not just use MSI WE 72 for gaming only. It is quite amazing and recommended for designing in AutoCad. It measures 3D Mark fire strike above five thousand points that is brilliant. WE 72 is highly recommended as a best laptops for AutoCAD, by experts if you are purchasing a workstation for Auto Cad purposes. Battery The battery backup of WE 72 is less than many of the workstations available in the market. That is one factor in which WE 72 is lagging. If we continuously use the laptop with Wi-Fi and other processes, its battery backup can last to 3 hours that is not quite brilliant. Sound The WE 72 workstation got loud and well-balanced audio. If you are listening to a piece of music and even turning the sound up to moderate level audio of guitar, vocals and other musical instruments will be quite clear and balanced. Like other workstations turning the volume to full pitch will make the sound a little unbalanced. Touch-pad 6/22

7. The touchpad is good and sensitive. You have space to scroll your fingers and many options like zooming in and out, scrolling up and down with fingers, and other some basic sensors. Keypad WE 72 has a steel series keyboard and designed in such a way that you feel click and responsiveness of this pleasuring keyboard. In addition to that, it has a very less error rate. Camera WE 72 has a robust 720p webcam that is quite enough for routine use. The colors captured by it are vivid, accurate, and bright. Unlike most of the webcams in other workstations, the result of WE 72 is cool for video calls and other purposes. Heat production The system stays cool and responsive with an appropriate amount of load on it. If you are working on a subtle load, the system heat production will not be more then 90 degrees. Final Thoughts It is a powerful machine that can accomplish your daily tasks and especially tasks related to AutoCad very efficiently. It has pros in speed, reliability, and color display but cons when it comes to brightness and battery backup. So if you are not interested in much screen brightness and heeded towards speed and AutoCad or software likes this compatibility, this is the robust and recommended machine. Moreover, it has very less price than other workstations out there with three years of warranty. Lenovo ThinkPad P53s 7/22

8. A perfect workstation for AutoCad and in the budget, Lenovo ThinkPad P53s has impressive and helpful features. Speedy performance and durable design with battery backup help you to carry it all day long and work efficiently on your AutoCAD projects. It is one of the stable workstations from the Lenovo series with the best storage and connectivity options. 8/22

9. Lenovo ThinkPad P53s Series Lenovo Thinkpad Processor Core i7 i7-8565U RAM 16 GB SSD 512 GB SSD Additional storage 256 GB Built-in Memory 16 GB Processor (CPU) Speed 0 MHz Display Size 15.6 inches Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Wireless Combability 802.11ac Graphics Coprocessor NVIDIA Quadro P520 with 2 GB – in-Plane Battery life 8 hours Check Price Design Lenovo ThinkPad P53s has a classy simple bezel design, unlike other workstations available in the market. It is made up of glass-fiber and robust plastic. As it made up of plastic and fiber, its weight is 1.75kg. In addition to that, it has a thin dimension that allows you to carry it quickly to where you want. The lid can easily be opened as everything of this laptop possesses very little weight. At the top of the lid, there is an infra-red facial recognition system. Moreover, it has 2 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB type C display ports, Card reader slot, headphone and microphone combo jack, fingerprint security system, one ethernet jack, and one HDMI interface. Display This workstation has quite a brilliant HD display with a resolution of 1920 х 1080 pixels. The pixel density is 142ppi; inch is 0.18 х 0.18 mm, and a screen ratio of 16:9. The colors can be differentiated and rendered clearly up to a distance of 60cm and angle of 45 degrees. The 9/22

10. average brightness of the screen is 243, while its center is 260 nits. It has an excellent contrast ratio of 14440:1. First of all, the screen PWM was not detected. If detected, it’s minimum 5, and a maximum of 2500000 was measured. Screen response time for an entirely opposite color like black to white is combined 33.4 milliseconds. The correlated color temperature is more than standard 7000K, which is quite good. Performance Lenovo ThinkPad P53s equipped with intel core i7-8565U 1.80 GHz processor (8th generation, 8MB Smart Cache, and 4 cores). It has a whopping RAM of DDR4 24GB and a storage of 256 GB. It has NVIDIA Quadro P520 2GB GDDR5 Integrated Graphics. With 1920 х 1080 pixels full HD display, this workstation has quite good performance when it comes to routine tasks. It is a good laptop for professional use as if you are going to use it for photoshop or AutoCAD. It can perform these software tasks with the blazing speed. When it comes to gaming, this workstation founded a little slow. When new high-resolution games played on, it can not bear the load of their full resolution. Even when playing an old game, on their full resolution, fans of this workstation start making noise and runs at full speed that could be annoying. Battery Backup Lenovo ThinkPad P53s has an excellent battery backup relative to other workstations available in the market. If the load is moderate, its battery can last near to 8 hours that is quite amazing, I think. With a load like playing games or running high load software, its battery backup is nearly equal to 6 hours, which is way more than an average workstation in the market. Keypad and Touchpad The keypad of this workstation is also functional. It has U shaped moderately sized buttons. The keypad has minimal error rate and responsiveness plus feel of clicking is also quite pleasurable. The touchpad is good and sensitive, like any other workstation. You can scroll and whop your fingers easily on it. In addition to that, a fingerprint reader available to the right side of the touchpad also add more quality to this laptop. Sound Lenovo ThinkPad P53s sound quality is average. If you listen to standard audio with low pitch audio, it can be used while flat and high pitch audio can not be played and will be whining. So, if you want to listen to music or wan to listen to high-quality audio, external headphones are recommended. 10/22

11. Heat Production Lenovo ThinkPad P53s normally run at an ideal load with the temperature near to twenty- four degrees that is very low compared to other laptops. While on moderate load, its temperature reaches near 55 degrees, and on full load, its temperature can rise to 85 degrees. The clock speed falls a little bit on this temperature but regains its ideal value very fast. Final thoughts If we conclude, Lenovo ThinkPad P53s is a good option. First of all, it is cheaper than other workstations out there that make it affordable to you. It has an excellent battery backup. If it comes to display, it has a unique display not as good as an updated version of these workstations by Lenovo. Still, these workstations have less battery backup before of their 4K resolution. Its resolution is quite useful for an average user if you do not have to do any decision-related processes. The lagging factor of Lenovo ThinkPad P53s is it is not as compatible as other suitable workstations for high-resolution gaming, but overall, it has excellent performance. Dell precision 5530 11/22

12. The flexibility of a tablet and mobile workstation with superb 4k panel, amazing specs, has no limitations in Dell precision 5530. It’s a fantastic transition in the Lenovo ThinkPad P40 Yoga and offers complete architecture and development sectors. These sectors help designers to create a sketch before the entire design compilation. And the touch screen display also helps in drawing illustrations with ease and in a quick way. Utilizing the Wacom pen technology, it also presents some features of HP ZBook x360 with a powerful processor. The best thermal management and CAD-centric workflows work well because of Radeon Pro graphics and a quad-core processor. 12/22

13. Dell precision 5530 Series Precision Processor Intel Core i7-8706G RAM 16 GB SSD 512 GB Additional storage 256 GB Built-in Memory 16 GB Processor (CPU) Speed 3.1 GHz Display Size 15.6 inches Operating System Windows 10 Wireless Combability 802.11ac Graphics Coprocessor Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL Battery life 16 hours Check Price Design The design of Dell precision 5530 is much like Dell precision 5520. It has a handsome blocky style. The weight of this workstation is less than 4 pounds that are way less than many good workstations available in the market. The left side of precision equipped with a headphone jack, HDMI port, USB 3.0, and a Thunderbolt port. On the right side of the laptop, there is one more USB 3.0 port, and an SD card slot. When you open the lid, you will notice that the webcam is not placed above the screen but is placed in the center of the screen’s outer and inner surface. The workstation looked like it is made up of brushed aluminum and carbon fiber. Moreover, if it comes to the keyboard, it does not have such responsive and clicks feel, and that is a little lagging factor in its design. Display 13/22

14. Dell precision leads the way when it comes to displaying. It has a bright and vigorous display. It has one of the most glowing screens than most of the competitive workstations available in the market. Its brightness alongside the complete screen is averagely 440 nits. That feature makes it unique, and you can use this laptop in a bright room or outside in the sun. The dark contrast of this panel is also quite low, making it easy to use in low light. Screen flickering is noticed at 1000Hz, that even sensitive users cannot see the display flickering. It’s display covers approximately complete sRGB Gamut that is quite brilliant and enough for many users. Moreover, its response time in entirely opposite colors like from black to white is 33.4 milliseconds. The color Space of AdobeRGB is 69 that little bit low. But overall, the display of Dell precision is impressive. Performance Dell Precision 5530 is equipped with Intel Core i7-8850H Six-Core 2.60GHz, 4.30GHz Turbo, 9MB 45W, w/Nvidia Quadro P1000 w/4GB GDDR5, ENERGY STAR Qualified, 32 GB RAM, and M.2 512GB NVMe PCIe Class 40 Solid State Drive. This workstation performance is just like any other average workstation. Designing and Modeling on platforms like AutoCAD can be easily managed through this laptop. However, this system is not designed for gaming purposes; its robust configuration and hardware support most of the games even at the full resolution. What more we can want from any workstation if we are purchasing it for gaming purposes. The Xeon E-2176M is an upgrade CPU from Intel. It is significantly more potent with six hyperthreaded cores, two more than the previous model of dell precision. Load Management Dell precision 5530 can manage heavy load, though it does throttle at full load, not as much as in other or older versions of this workstation. While working on a moderate or little high load precision, 5530 manages to maintain the clock speed above the base clock speed of 2.9GHz. It is one of the best laptops for AutoCAD because of smooth load management and high speed processor. Heat and Noise Production Even under the high load, the heat management of precision 5530 is remarkable. The average temperature on its prime spots is noted near to 37 degrees at an ideal load while approximately 50 degrees under maximum load. This workstation is entirely silent when working in an ideal condition. But as this workstation is slim, its fans start to make more noise than the other thicker machines available in the market. 14/22

15. Audio The speakers of Dell precision are good enough for media streaming. They manage high and low pitch well and do not whine like most of the laptops while running high pitch media. Though Bass of this workstation is a little bit weak like most of the portables out there. For biased bass music, external headphones are recommended. Battery Backup The battery backup of this laptop is improved from the previous version of Dell Precision. In an idle state with no Wi-Fi and minimum brightness, the battery lasts more than 16 hours. Its battery lasts more than eight hours in a moderate state with Wi-Fi and video streaming, which is good enough. While with maximum load, its battery cant fight as much and lasts for 2 hours. Final thoughts Dell precision 5530 is undoubtedly one of the best portable workstations—best laptops for AutoCAD. It has not only sleek and compact design when it comes to performance; it is one of the best robust and slim workstations out there. Thermal throttling is a slight issue in this workstation. The display of screen colors is bright, accurate, and vivid. It is recommended because the laptop has a beautiful design, amazing display, and robust performance that is required by any user. ASUS ZENBOOK PRO DUO 15/22

16. This laptop is best for the resource-intensive workflows and helps creative professionals to design and meet the latest requirements. Although it is pricey, the ample storage and high- speed processor compensate for the price factor with amazing specs. Known best for its two beautiful 4K touch displays with easy to use dual-screen functionality ultimately the best laptops for AutoCAD. The speedy SSD and proper heat management system installed keeps the laptop cool while compiling the AutoCAD projects and high-end loading games like Call of duty and Apex legends. 16/22

17. ASUS ZENBOOK PRO DUO Series Processor Intel Core i7-9750H RAM 16 GB SSD 1 TB Additional storage 512 GB Built-in Memory 16 GB Processor (CPU) Speed 4.5 GHz Display Size 15.6″ OLED Touch Display Operating System Windows 10 Pro Wireless Combability Bluetooth, 802.11ax Graphics Coprocessor NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Battery life 3 hours Check price Design Asus is known for delivering innovative designs, and this laptop exhibits unique design qualities confirming this sure thing. The blue deep design sturdy aluminum construction, with a shiny Asus logo, provides the image of the deep blue pool. Unlike many other laptops, the logo is on the right side, adding sophistication in design. They are known as the chunkiest ZenBooks because of 4.1 x 9.7 x 0.9 inches dimensions and weight of 5.4 pounds. Design-wise it has pretty slim ports, an audio jack USB Type-A 3.1 Gen 2 ports, and a Thunderbolt 3 is on the right side of the laptop. USB Type-A port, a DC-in port, and a full-size HDMI 2.0 port are on the left side. It has a unique design because of its wild-looking second screen, the fantastic screen pad plus, a multitasking champion with amazingly great dual- screen setup, best laptops for AutoCAD design wise. Display 17/22

18. The innovative screen pad plus 4K UHD NanoEdge Bezel Touch, glossy, 15.6-inch, seems nothing is missing in its display. 840 x 2160 main touch display delivers every sharp detail about the images and also help the architect to get the knowledge of design in seconds and to present the design with every little detail efficiently. The 3840 x 1100 resolution leaves the dark spaces on both sides of the screen, but when it comes to get the best zoom in and zoom out, there is no pixel destruction—having the OLED 4k (native resolution of 3,840 by 2,160 pixels) as the main panel delivers the best image quality. Screenpad plus located at the central display in the south direction and forward of the keyboard. Both screen on the single chassis and give a distant view with more precision, best laptops for AutoCAD. Asus has made people neglect the pricey factor because of the fantastic display. Are you excited about this dual-screen laptop? Performance Latest 9th generation Intel Core i7-9750H Quad Core Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.5 GHz) with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, there is no doubt that performance will not be satisfactory. The Fast storage and memory featuring 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD with 16GB DDR4 RAM helps in load management and loading the more massive files quickly. You can open up to 40 tabs on chrome in one time, offers perfect multitasking and speedy tasks. Built-in IR camera for facial recognition sign-in with Windows Hello adds a touch of professionalism and security that only you are going to log in to your system. Drag an app or window onto the App Switcher icon to launch the app on ScreenPad Plus for the multi-window experience, best laptops for AutoCAD. The accelerated ray tracing never put you on wait and accomplish your tasks in less time. AutoCAD performance As we mentioned at the start, for supporting Autocad, there should be the latest processor and sufficient storage. Despite having the complete specs, there are fluctuations regarding AutoCAD and video editing performance. Like, we can say that processing room to spare for the gamers and the professionals there are missing factors—the i9 chipset and 32GB of RAM enough for multitasking and carrying out the daily routine tasks. Outside of professional-level CAD rendering or video editing, its performance is not the below level but not so good as Lenovo and Dell’s series laptops. Battery life The engineers and architects have to work on the sites where there is a deficiency of charging ports. And this device is too pricey to offers such a little battery life. Just two and a half hours? Is this justice? At full brightness and loading the applications like Twitter and 18/22

19. chrome, it offers 3 hours. So, the substantial load activities such as gaming, video editing, 3 D modeling, and Autocad rendering it battery life surprise users. Keyboard and touchpad Cramped keyboard and touchpad, you would not believe it, but it’s true. The front-loaded keyboard makes the typing uncomfortable, and after using it for a few minutes, you would not like to type and will start using the screen pad plus with Palm rest + Stylus. Overall the keyboard is Backlit/NumPad so, relieve for the gamers. The minuscule trackpad also a pain sometimes, but it can be covered with the Windows Precision drivers. Final thoughts Loaded with the perfect specs and features but demands some techniques to use it technically. You can do it in Autocad and gaming operations by configuration, but what to do the keyboard and battery life. The Included Stylus and wrist rest solve the front-loaded keyboard issue, but for battery life, still, it’s a no. Excellent design and build quality and the two-screen display is the main attraction, but heavyweight and no SD card reader, leaves an essence of missing features or the best features. It’s still prevalent in the Autocad users because of the Unique ScreenPad Plus second display, which simplifies workflows. It’s an attraction because of the launch of hotkeys and several programs on the go. Overall, it’s a good choice as the best Autocad laptops, but the only thing is you will need to get used to its amazing functions to enjoy all the features. Lenovo Thinkpad P71 Workstation Laptop 19/22

20. This Lenovo Thinkpad P71 is a powerful massive mobile workstation with a 4k screen resolution and a 17.3 inch UHD IPS display. This monster machine from Lenovo can be used by professionals to get any kind of job done efficiently and quickly, covered in black glass fiber reinforced plastic with aluminum-magnesium at the bottom. This laptop is powered with Intel mobile Xeon Quad-Core processor, a built-in color calibrator, and a 16 GB RAM that can be further customizable. This Lenovo Thinkpad starts from $1500 and can go up to $4000 depending on the requirements of someone. Let’s Explore it further in detail. Lenovo Thinkpad P71 Workstation Laptop Series Lenovo Thinkpad Processor Intel i7 Quad Core Processor RAM 16 GB SSD 512 GB Additional storage 1 TB Built-in Memory 16 GB Processor (CPU) Speed 2.80 GHz Display Size 17.3 inch FHD Operating System Win 10 Pro Wireless Combability Bluetooth, 801.11ac Graphics Coprocessor Quadro M620M Battery life 8 hours Check Price Design This Lenovo ThinkPad P71 comes with a large display that eliminates the need for another monitor. The 17.3 UHD IPS display with 4k screen resolution with about 180-degree viewing angle is best for editors, video creators, and programmers to meet their daily needs and 20/22

21. challenges. It’s powerful NVIDIA Quadro P5000 graphic card can yield high image accuracy and can help gamers to play high-end resolution games. With thunderbolt 3 it can transfer multiple types of data supporting high-resolution display. Performance The Lenovo ThinkPad P71 has CPU Intel Xeon e3 1535 mv6 processor and a 7th generation core that can increase productivity in gaming and overall tasks to the next level. It also comes with 8 MB cache up to 4.20 gigahertz and windows 10 operating system that can help to do business and programming tasks easily. This laptop has a RAM of 32 GB of 2400 MHz DDR4. However, it is still upgradable to 64 GB that is quite magnificent for excellent performance and multitasking, especially in video editing and creating. It has a storage of 1 TB of type TLC Opal2 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD. This storage is still upgradeable through an additional M.2 slot. Battery Laptops with low battery power are useless even if they are stacked with specs. But this Lenovo ThinkPad P71 includes a 230W AC adaptor, and an 8 cell Li-Polymer (96Whr) battery can go up to 10 hours. But make sure to plugin while doing some heavy tasks like editing and creating a video as it can drain the battery quickly. In all the best laptops for AutoCAD, it offers a quite good battery time. The battery is at the bottom and is removable so you can carry an extra one with yourself. Keyboard Keyboards are essential and should be considered a necessary factor while purchasing laptops. Lenovo is already famous due to its comfortable keyboard, and ThinkPad P71’s backlit keyboard takes the typing experience to the next level. This laptop also has a numeric keypad on the right side a bit different layout as compared to other machines. But you will enjoy the excellent typing experience once you get used to it. Touch-pad and Track-point Trackpoint is a red button in the middle of the keyboard. Some users think it is useless, but I know some people love to use it. It has 3 mouse buttons, resulting in a smaller surface for performing actions like zoom in, zoom out, etc. 21/22

22. Audio Although ThinkPad P71 is a powerful bulky machine, but it’s speakers are weak and not impressive as they should be. Its volume can go only up to around 70 dB and with Bass of 100 – 315 Hz. You probably have to use some external speakers to play a high-end game or watch some movies. Auto-CAD Performance Lenovo ThinkPad P71 premium mobile workstation comes with a 7th gen intel core and a quad-core processor. This laptop is considered to be very efficient for the architecture and different AutoCAD modeling software like Solidworks, Cero Parametric 3D Modeling, and many more-best laptops for AutoCAD. It has a vast storage drive of 1TB SSD with fantastic speed. The laptop is capable of 3D Modeling and other designs. System Noise A fan in laptops is the loudest component that adds noise to a system and unpleasant experience for a user. This laptop comes with two fans that play only their part when challenging or cumbersome tasks are being performed. The frequency of noise level can be something around 32 to 34 dB(A). But in some functions, it can exceed beyond the 34 DB(A). But it totally depends on the load of a CPU Final Thoughts This Lenovo ThinkPad P71 ranging from $1500 to $4000, is not considered the best machine for performing a professional task. Still, it can also be used for gaming purposes as it comes with a high 4k UHD IPS screen resolution display. This laptop is quite good not only for creating and editing videos but also in the field of AutoCAD as it has Xenon processor and a supportable RAM up to 64 GB. In such a budget it is one of the best laptops for AutoCAD. The only drawback of this laptop is poor battery and speakers, but still, these both factors can be avoided able. 22/22