Gigabyte AORUS Gigabyte 16" AORUS MASTER 16 Gaming Laptop Review
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong cpu (95th percentile) 100th
- Strong gpu (94th percentile) 96th
- Strong screen (90th percentile) 92th
- Strong port (85th percentile) 92th
Cons
- Below average reliability (3th percentile) 3th
- Below average compact (13th percentile) 13th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX |
| Cores | 13 |
| Frequency | 2.7 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 36 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | RTX 5080 |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 16 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 32 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 2560 (QHD) |
| Panel | OLED |
| Refresh Rate | 240 Hz |
| Brightness | 500 nits |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 2 |
| USB Ports | 4 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 Output |
| Wi-Fi | WiFi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
Physical
| Weight | 2.5 kg / 5.5 lbs |
| Battery | 99 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigabyte AORUS Gigabyte 16" AORUS MASTER 16 Gaming Laptop | Apple MacBook Pro Apple 14" MacBook Pro (M5, Silver) | ASUS ROG Zephyrus ASUS - ROG Zephyrus G14 14" 3K OLED 120Hz Gaming | Lenovo Legion Lenovo Legion Pro 5i Gen 10 Intel Laptop, | MSI Creator MSI Creator M14 A13V A13VF-081US 14" 2.8K Laptop, | HP ZBook HP 16" ZBook X G1i Mobile Workstation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Apple M5 | AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series | Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | Intel Core i7 13620H | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 32 | 64 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 4096 | 1000 | 1024 | 2048 | 2048 |
| Screen | 16" 2560x1600 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 16" 2560x1600 | 14" 2880x1800 | 16" 3840x2400 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | Apple (10-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | RTX Blackwell |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home (MSI recommends Windows 11 Pro for business) | Windows 11 Pro High End |
| Weight (kg) | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2 |
| Battery (Wh) | 99 | 72 | - | 80 | - | 83 |