Despite that insane power, the ROG Mothership remained cool throughout our testing. Yes, you could argue that the ROG Mothership isn't really a laptop, but we don't care: This thing is crazy powerful, having notched a record-breaking 34,879 on the Geekbench 4.1 overall performance test. Part laptop, part all-in-one, this unique hybrid device offers shockingly fast performance, thanks to its Intel Core i9-9980HK GPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 GPU. Best laptop CPU performance (Geekbench 4.1)

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If you're interested in buying a gaming laptop, you should check out our list of the laptops with the best graphics performance and our best and worst gaming laptop brands report. You'll also notice that most of these top machines are featured on our best gaming laptops ranking, proving that these RGB-illuminated rigs aren't just great at gaming, but also at powering demanding programs. If you'd like to learn more about the components powering these laptops, check out our laptop processor comparison. As expected, the laptops with the latest Intel Core i9 (H-series) processors topped the list, followed by those with Core i7 CPUs.

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