LG 16" gram Review

The LG Gram 16 is a laptop that's all about one thing: being incredibly light. At 1.2kg for a 16-inch screen, it's a marvel of engineering. But that featherweight design comes with some serious trade-offs, especially if you're looking for a machine that can do more than just basic tasks. The one thing you need to know is this: it's a fantastic portable screen and keyboard, but don't ask it to be a powerhouse.

The performance is exactly what you'd expect from an ultra-light laptop with integrated Intel Arc graphics. It's fine for web browsing, office work, and streaming video. But that 18.6 gaming score is no joke, and it tells you everything. The CPU and GPU both land in the 59th percentile, which means they're solidly average. The 2TB SSD in the 93rd percentile is a genuine highlight, though. You'll never run out of space for your files.

At around $1850, the value is tough to justify. You're paying a lot for that lightweight chassis and the big SSD, but you're getting middling performance and a worrying reliability score. It's not a good deal unless portability is your absolute top priority, above all else.

This puts you in a tricky spot. The 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M4 chip is in the same price ballpark but offers dramatically better performance, battery life, and build quality, though you lose the huge screen and ultra-light feel. The ASUS Zenbook Duo offers a wild dual-screen setup for similar money, which is a more unique productivity boost. And if you want a 16-inch Windows laptop that can actually game, the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i or MSI Vector 16 are in another league performance-wise, but they're also much heavier.

I can only recommend the LG Gram 16 to a very specific person: someone who travels constantly, needs the largest screen possible, and will literally never do anything more demanding than edit a spreadsheet or watch Netflix. For everyone else, the reliability concerns and mediocre performance for the price make it hard to choose over a MacBook Pro or a more capable Windows ultrabook.