Samsung Samsung 16" Galaxy Book5 Pro Multi-Touch Laptop Review
CPU Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
RAM 32 GB
Storage 1 TB
Screen 16" 2880x1800
GPU Intel Arc Graphics
OS Windows 11 Pro
Weight 1.7 kg
Battery 76 Wh
69.5 Overall Score
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port (95th percentile) 89th
- Strong screen (87th percentile) 88th
- Strong ram (81th percentile) 83th
- Strong storage (78th percentile) 80th
Cons
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V |
| Cores | 8 |
| Frequency | 2.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Arc Graphics |
| Type | integrated |
| VRAM | 16 GB |
| VRAM Type | Shared |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 32 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 2880 |
| Panel | OLED |
| Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
Connectivity
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 Output |
| Wi-Fi | WiFi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
Physical
| Weight | 1.7 kg / 3.7 lbs |
| Battery | 76 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
Value & Pricing
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung Samsung 16" Galaxy Book5 Pro Multi-Touch Laptop | Apple MacBook Pro Apple 14" MacBook Pro (M5, Silver) | ASUS ROG Flow ASUS 13.4" Republic of Gamers Flow Z13 2-in-1 | Lenovo Legion Lenovo 16" Legion Pro 7i Gaming Laptop | MSI Vector MSI 16" Vector 16 HX AI Gaming Laptop | Microsoft Surface Laptop Microsoft 13.8" Surface Laptop Copilot+ PC (7th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Apple M5 | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 4096 | 1024 | 2048 | 2048 | 1024 |
| Screen | 16" 2880x1800 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 13.4" 2560x1600 | 16" 2560x1600 | 16" 2560x1600 | 13.8" 2304x1536 |
| GPU | Intel Arc Graphics | Apple (10-Core) | AMD Radeon 8060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | Qualcomm X1 |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.3 |
| Battery (Wh) | 76 | 72 | 70 | 99 | 90 | 54 |