Intel Core Ultra vs. 14th-gen Core HX: Which laptops should you buy?

For the first time in many years, you have a choice when buying a new Intel-based laptop: Intel's 14th-gen Core Ultra (Meteor Lake) or its latest 14th-gen Core HX chip. Which should you buy, and why? We'll talk about the differences between the two platforms, with some testing to help illustrate the distinctions. We've already done a deeper dive on Intel's 14th-gen Core HX, the "Raptor Lake Refresh" platform that doesn't offer that many differences from the 13th-gen "Raptor Lake" notebook platform that debuted a year ago. As the codenames suggest, the two platforms are quite similar.