With the 275HX sitting 0.1GHz under the 285HX, is the AI discount worth taking?

  In AI terms the 275HX discount costs almost nothing. Its NPU is quoted at about 36 TOPS, the only real gap is 5.4GHz turbo against 5.5GHz on the 285HX, and a laptop power wall eats most of that once clocks settle, leaving chassis cooling to decide which one actually wins. The 0.1GHz is the least valuable part of the comparison.

  Spend the difference on a better GPU, more RAM or a nicer display and the AI experience improves more than stepping up half a tier would. Only a buyer with spec-sheet tunnel vision should pay for the higher number. Both chips target NPU light duty plus short CPU bursts, so choose on the machine, not the clocks.