ASUS TUF ASUS 16" TUF F16 Gaming Laptop Review
CPU Intel Core i7 14650HX
RAM 16 GB
Storage 1 TB
Screen 16" 1920x1200
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
OS Windows 11 Home
Weight 2.2 kg
Battery 90 Wh
80.5 Overall Score
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port (85th percentile) 89th
- Strong cpu (82th percentile) 86th
- Strong gpu (78th percentile) 81th
- Strong storage (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average compact (17th percentile) 16th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i7 14650HX |
| Cores | 16 |
| Frequency | 2.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 30 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | RTX 5050 |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 1920 (Full HD) |
| Panel | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 165 Hz |
| Brightness | 300 nits |
| Color Gamut | 100% sRGB75.35% Adobe RGB72% NTSC |
Connectivity
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 Output |
| Wi-Fi | WiFi 6E |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
Physical
| Weight | 2.2 kg / 4.9 lbs |
| Battery | 90 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
Value & Pricing
Price History
vs Competition
| Spec | ASUS TUF ASUS 16" TUF F16 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 14" ZBook Ultra G1a Multi-Touch Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i7 14650HX | Apple M5 | AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series | Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | Intel Core i7 13620H | AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 385 |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 4096 | 1000 | 1024 | 2048 | 1024 |
| Screen | 16" 1920x1200 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 16" 2560x1600 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 | Apple (10-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | AMD Radeon |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home (MSI recommends Windows 11 Pro for business) | Windows 11 Pro |
| Weight (kg) | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.6 |
| Battery (Wh) | 90 | 72 | - | 80 | - | 74 |