The buyer question · week of Nov 2 – 8

Best Budget Laptop Brands Ranking

Named by AI, refreshed weekly.

Evidence behind the chart ?

AI panel6 assistantsasked this question every week
Brands onlyMakers, not modelsAI assistants answer this question with brand names, so the chart lists brands. ?

The weekly chart ?

The top 20 brands right now.

Brand chart

Current race ?

This week ?

Lenovo holds #1.

#1 in 6 of the last 25 weeks

All 10 moves ↓

Tap a card for each AI’s place and other charts.

#BrandPlace by weekLast weekWeeks in top 20Top-20 weeks
  1. #1same place as last weekLenovoAlso #1 Laptops · #2 Best Laptops for Programming · +4Last week #1 · 25 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#2
    2. Claude#15
    3. Gemini#1
    4. AI Mode#1
    5. Grok#1
    6. Perplexity#6

    named by 6/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #1 is the 4-week average.

    Where Lenovo is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Lenovo budget laptops
  2. #2same place as last weekAcerAlso #6 Laptops · #6 Best Gaming Laptops · +4Last week #2 · 25 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#1
    2. Claude#1
    3. Gemini#2
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#2
    6. Perplexity#3

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #2 is the 4-week average.

    Where Acer is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Acer budget laptops
  3. #3same place as last weekHPAlso #2 Best Laptops for Students · #3 Laptops · +4Last week #3 · 25 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#4
    2. Claude#22
    3. Gemini#3
    4. AI Mode#2
    5. Grok#3
    6. Perplexity#4

    named by 6/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #3 is the 4-week average.

    Where HP is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for HP budget laptops
  4. #4same place as last weekASUSAlso #3 Best Gaming Phones · #4 Best Gaming Monitors · +4Last week #4 · 25 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#3
    2. Claude#8
    3. Gemini#4
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#5
    6. Perplexity#5

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #4 is the 4-week average.

    Where ASUS is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for ASUS budget laptops
  5. #5same place as last weekDellAlso #3 Best Laptops for Programming · #3 Best Laptops for Students · +4Last week #5 · 25 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#5
    2. Claude#27
    3. Gemini#5
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#4
    6. Perplexity#2

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #5 is the 4-week average.

    Where Dell is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Dell budget laptops
  6. #6up 1 place since last weekMSIAlso #2 Best Gaming Laptops · #3 Best Gaming Monitors · +4Last week #7 · 25 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#10
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemini#15
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#6
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 3/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #6 is the 4-week average.

    Where MSI is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for MSI budget laptops
  7. #7down 1 place since last weekAppleAlso #1 Best Laptops for Programming · #1 Best Laptops for Students · +4Last week #6 · 21 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#30
    2. Claude#29
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexity#1

    named by 3/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #7 is the 4-week average.

    Where Apple is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Apple budget laptops
  8. #8same place as last weekSamsungAlso #1 All brands · #1 Electronics · +4Last week #8 · 25 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#18
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#7
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 2/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #8 is the 4-week average.

    Where Samsung is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Samsung budget laptops
  9. #9same place as last weekMicrosoftAlso #3 AI Tools · #4 Best Tablets · +4Last week #9 · 25 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#29
    2. Claude#30
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 2/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #9 is the 4-week average.

    Where Microsoft is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Microsoft budget laptops
  10. #10same place as last weekFrameworkAlso #4 Best Laptops for Programming · #10 Best Laptops for Students · +2Last week #10 · 15 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#28
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 1/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #10 is the 4-week average.

    Where Framework is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Framework budget laptops
  11. #11same place as last weekTeclastAlso #11 Best Budget TabletsLast week #11 · 15 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 0/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #11 is the 4-week average.

    Where Teclast is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Teclast budget laptops
  12. #12same place as last weekGigabyteAlso #7 Best Gaming Monitors · #8 Best Gaming Laptops · +4Last week #12 · 14 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 0/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #12 is the 4-week average.

    Where Gigabyte is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Gigabyte budget laptops
  13. #13up 2 places since last weekGatewayLast week #15 · 22 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemini#30
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 1/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #13 is the 4-week average.

    Search Google for Gateway budget laptops
  14. #14same place as last weekChuviLast week #14 · 2 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 0/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #14 is the 4-week average.

    Search Google for Chuvi budget laptops
  15. #15down 2 places since last weekChuwiAlso #18 Best Budget TabletsLast week #13 · 19 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 0/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #15 is the 4-week average.

    Where Chuwi is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Chuwi budget laptops
  16. #16same place as last weekInfinixAlso #15 Best Smartphones Under $500Last week #16 · 14 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 0/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #16 is the 4-week average.

    Where Infinix is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Infinix budget laptops
  17. #17up 1 place since last weekJumperLast week #18 · 13 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 0/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #17 is the 4-week average.

    Search Google for Jumper budget laptops
  18. #18down 1 place since last weekAVITALast week #17 · 10 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 0/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #18 is the 4-week average.

    Search Google for AVITA budget laptops
  19. #19same place as last weekNinkearLast week #19 · 3 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 0/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #19 is the 4-week average.

    Search Google for Ninkear budget laptops
  20. #20same place as last weekGoogleAlso #1 Best Smartphones Under $500 · #2 Software & Digital Services · +4Last week #20 · 3 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 0/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #20 is the 4-week average.

    Where Google is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Google budget laptops
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  1. #21Realmelast wk #23 9 wks in top 20
  2. #22LGlast wk #24 11 wks in top 20
  3. #23Realmilast wk #21 1 wk in top 20
  4. #24Thomsonlast wk #22 0 wks in top 20

The monthly check covers products, not brands. ?

The AI panel ?

Where the AIs disagree.

Each AI’s place for the top 10 brands: where it put the brand’s highest-placed product this week. Rows in chart order; an empty cell: not named this week.well above the other AIs well below not named this week ?
Place on this chartBrandChatGPTClaudeGeminiAI ModeGrokPerplexityNamed by
#1Lenovo215, well below the others1116, well below the others6/6
#2Acer112235/6
#3HP422, well below the others32346/6
#4ASUS38, well below the others4555/6
#5Dell527, well below the others542, well above the others5/6
#6MSI1015, well below the others6, well above the others3/6
#7Apple30291, well above the others3/6
#8Samsung18, well below the others7, well above the others2/6
#9Microsoft29302/6
#10Framework281/6

Before you buy

Questions buyers ask.

  • Who is #1 for “Best Budget Laptops”, and for how long?

    Lenovo is the #1 brand this week, and has been #1 for 6 of the last 25 weeks.

  • What changed on this chart in the last four weeks?

    5 of the top 20 brands were not in the top 20 four weeks ago. The #1 then was Acer; it is #2 now.

Data as of November 2 ? 138 AI answers over 28 weeks from 6 assistants ?

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