Grab one of these laptops for a satisfying Minecraft experience

The best laptops for playing Minecraft don't need to be particularly powerful or expensive, which is part of the reason the game is so accessible. It allows players the freedom to experiment in endless blocky worlds, gather resources, build shelters, and eventually create complex automated machines. If you're looking to upgrade your laptop or start exploring what the game has to offer, we've rounded up a bunch of the best Windows laptops for playing Minecraft.

Good price, good performance

Acer Swift 3

Editor's pick

This affordable laptop is powered by AMD's 4000-series Ryzen mobile CPUs, bringing excellent performance at a great price. This model includes an 8-core Ryzen 7 4700U, 8GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. The FHD display is sized at 14 inches for a nice mix of size and portability, and there's a decent port selection for connected external gaming accessories. For playing Minecraft and handling productivity work, the Acer Swift 3 (AMD) is a great choice.

$620 at Amazon

$500 at Walmart

$700 at Newegg

Taller display

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro — 16-inch

Staff pick

The Lenovo Legion 5 Pro has a 16-inch display with 16:10 aspect ratio, QHD+ resolution, and 165Hz refresh rate that makes games look gorgeous. Not only that, the combination of AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile CPUs and NVIDIA RTX 30-series GPUs is one of the most potent we've ever seen. If you want to enjoy Minecraft to its full extent, this is a great way to go.

From $1,300 at Lenovo

$2,650 at Amazon

Ultimate performance

Alienware m15 R6

If you're interested in the Java Edition with custom shaders or the Bedrock Edition RTX enhancements, something like the Alienware m15 R6 with NVIDIA RTX 30-series dedicated GPUs and 11th Gen Intel Core H-series CPUs will offer the performance necessary to get the game looking as good as possible. It's also cut out to handle just about any other game when you're not in a Minecraft world.

From $1,695 at Dell

Budget option

HP Laptop 15t

If you're on a tight budget or want to get a laptop on which the kids can play Minecraft, HP's Laptop 15t doesn't get much better for the price. It has up to a 15.6-inch FHD display, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD, and an 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 CPU with powerful integrated Iris Xe graphics. Ports are varied for connecting accessories, and they can be had in four different colors.

From $480 at HP

$850 at Amazon

15-inch Ultrabook

MSI Prestige 15

Need a high-quality laptop you can use for productivity work when you're not playing Minecraft? MSI's Prestige 15 is a unique blend of 11th Gen Intel Core CPUs and NVIDIA GTX 1650 Max-Q dedicated GPU. Grab the display in FHD or 4K and enjoy Wi-Fi 6 connectivity and long battery life for working (or gaming) late into the day.

$1,799 at Amazon

From $1,799 at Walmart

$1,799 at B&H

AMD hardware

HP OMEN 15 — 15.6-inch

Love AMD and want the latest hardware? The HP OMEN 15 brings up to a Ryzen 7 5800H CPU with eight cores, 8GB of DDR4 RAM, 1TB M.2 PCIe SSD, and dedicated NVIDIA RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. It will easily run Minecraft with RTX ray tracing or shaders enabled, and other games will look great too on the 15.6-inch FHD or QHD display with up to a 165Hz refresh rate.

From $1,270 at HP

From $1,500 at Best Buy

The best around

Razer Blade 15 gaming laptop

If you're just looking for the absolute best gaming laptop around, all things considered, you can't go wrong with the Razer Blade 15. It was recently refreshed with 11th Gen Intel H-series CPUs and paired up with RTX 30-series Laptop GPUs. You still get the best design around, Chroma RGB lighting, tons of ports, and top-of-the-line gaming displays with refresh rates and low response times. You'll pay more for these PCs, but they're worth it if you have the budget.

From $1,300 at Razer

$2,700 at Amazon

If we're making some suggestions

Any of the above laptops in our collection will run Minecraft without issue, though if you're still wondering where to turn, we can offer further guidance. If you want a reliable laptop that's equally capable of handling productivity work as it runs Minecraft, Acer's Swift 3 is an excellent choice.

It has a 14-inch FHD display with an IPS panel, and it's all built into a slim chassis. The keyboard is backlit, and it has a Precision touchpad. A built-in fingerprint reader resides in the palm rest. Performance hardware is enough to keep up with Minecraft and standard productivity work thanks to an AMD Ryzen 7 4700U CPU, 8GB of LPDDR4 RAM, and a 512GB NVMe SSD. AMD has improved its integrated graphics with its 4000-series mobile chips, so you should have no issues running Minecraft at a smooth framerate.

The Acer Swift 3 will handle a standard game of Minecraft. Still, if you're looking to play Java Edition with some of the best Minecraft shaders or want to get in on RTX upgrades to the Bedrock Edition, a more powerful gaming PC is recommended. Enter the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro, a laptop capable of handling whatever games you throw its way.

Models start with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600H CPU, 8GB of DDR4 RAM, 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD, and NVIDIA RTX 3050 Laptop GPU. There are plenty more configurations available, and you can go up to an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H CPU, 32GB of RAM, 2TB M.2 PCIe SSD storage, and an NVIDIA RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Perhaps the best part is the 16-inch display with taller 16:10 aspect ratio, boosted QHD+ resolution, and stellar color.

It will handle all versions of Minecraft, and it will also be up to the task of running modern AAA games. Be sure to have a look at our roundup of the overall best gaming laptops for far more options.

Diamonds are forever

Minecraft (Windows 10)

$27 at Microsoft

Mind the skeletons

Minecraft is a legendary crafting survival game from Mojang and Microsoft, where players can build literally anything they can imagine.