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The processor tier tells you less about frame rates than a spec sheet implies. Two laptops carrying the same Core i5 part can sit twenty frames apart because one lets its graphics chip pull past 100W and the other holds it near 45W. Read the graphics power figure first, then the memory layout, then the panel.
What this tier does guarantee is a sensible floor: enough single-thread speed for simulation and strategy titles that lean hard on one core, efficient cores to absorb Windows and a browser in the background, and a price that leaves room for 16GB of memory rather than 8GB.