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
Samsung Samsung 16" Galaxy Book5 Pro Multi-Touch Laptop laptop
70.3 Overall Score

Overview

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 56.6
GPU 60.1
RAM 82.2
Ports 94.9
Screen 87.7
Portability 38.7
Storage 78.3
Reliability 75.7

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong port (95th percentile) 95th
  • Strong screen (87th percentile) 88th
  • Strong ram (81th percentile) 82th
  • Strong storage (78th percentile) 78th

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

Price History

$1,300 $1,400 $1,500 $1,600 $1,700 $1,800 Feb 18Feb 18 $1,690

vs Competition

Spec Samsung Samsung 16" Galaxy Book5 Pro Multi-Touch Laptop Apple MacBook Pro Apple 14" MacBook Pro (M4 Max, Silver) ASUS Zenbook ASUS 14" Zenbook Duo UX8406CA Multi-Touch Laptop Lenovo ThinkPad Lenovo 14" ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 Laptop MSI Vector MSI 16" Vector 16 HX AI Gaming Laptop Microsoft Surface Laptop Microsoft 15" Surface Laptop Copilot+ PC (7th
CPU Intel Core Ultra 7 258V Apple M4 Max Intel Core Ultra 9 285H AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100
RAM (GB) 32 128 32 32 32 64
Storage (GB) 1024 4096 1024 1024 2048 1024
Screen 16" 2880x1800 14.2" 3024x1964 14" 2880x1800 14" 1920x1200 16" 2560x1600 15" 2496x1664
GPU Intel Arc Graphics Apple (40-Core) Intel Arc Graphics AMD Radeon 860 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Qualcomm X1
OS Windows 11 Pro macOS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro Windows 11 Pro Windows 11 Pro
Weight (kg) 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.4 2.7 1.7
Battery (Wh) 76 72 75 52 90 66