Gigabyte AORUS 16" Dark Tide 2025 Review
CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
RAM 32 GB
Storage 1 TB
Screen 16" 2560x1600
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
OS Windows 11 Home
Weight 2.5 kg
Battery 99 Wh
78.3 Overall Score
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong cpu (95th percentile) 97th
- Strong gpu (92th percentile) 94th
- Strong screen (90th percentile) 93th
Cons
- Below average reliability (3th percentile) 4th
- Below average compact (13th percentile) 11th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX |
| Cores | 24 |
| Frequency | 2.7 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 36 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | 5070 Ti |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 32 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 2560 (QHD) |
| Panel | OLED |
| Refresh Rate | 240 Hz |
| Brightness | 500 nits |
| Color Gamut | 100% DCI-P3 |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 2 |
| USB Ports | 4 |
| Thunderbolt | 1 x Type-C with Thunderbolt 5 (USB4/DisplayPort 2.1/Power Delivery 3.0)1 x Type-C with Thunderbolt 4 (USB4/DisplayPort 1.4/Power Delivery 3.0) |
| HDMI | 1 x HDMI 2.1 |
| Wi-Fi | WiFi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
Physical
| Weight | 2.5 kg / 5.5 lbs |
| Battery | 99 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
Value & Pricing
Price History
New Refurbished
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigabyte AORUS 16" | Apple MacBook Pro Apple 14" MacBook Pro (M5, Silver) | ASUS ROG Zephyrus ASUS - ROG Zephyrus G14 14" 3K OLED 120Hz Gaming | Lenovo Yoga Lenovo - Yoga Slim 9i - Copilot+ PC - 14" 4K 120Hz | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro Samsung - Galaxy Book5 Pro - Copilot+ PC - 14" 3K | MSI Prestige MSI - Prestige 13”AI+ - Ukiyoe Edition 13.3"OLED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Apple M5 | AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 7 Series 2 | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 4096 | 2000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Screen | 16" 2560x1600 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 3840x2400 | 14" 2880x1800 | 13.3" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | Apple (10-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 |
| Battery (Wh) | 99 | 72 | - | 75 | - | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte AORUS 16" | 96.5 | 89.3 | 92.8 | 99.9 | 94 | 11 | 75.4 | 3.5 | 79.2 |
| Apple MacBook Pro 14" Compare | 81.7 | 20 | 76.6 | 89.9 | 96.6 | 74.5 | 98.5 | 94.7 | 99.4 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" 3K Compare | 90 | 90.6 | 94 | 96.6 | 93.7 | 76.3 | 91.1 | 53.9 | 97.2 |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i 14" Compare | 63.9 | 64.9 | 94.3 | 89.9 | 99.9 | 85 | 71 | 74.8 | 89.6 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro Galaxy Book5 Pro 14" 3K Compare | 67.1 | 64.9 | 85.9 | 89.9 | 93 | 85.2 | 71 | 74.8 | 96.3 |
| MSI Prestige 13”AI+ Ukiyoe Edition 13.3"OLED Compare | 63.9 | 64.9 | 85.9 | 98.2 | 89.9 | 95.5 | 71 | 53.9 | 87.3 |