Gigabyte Gigabyte 16" GAMING A16 PRO Gaming Laptop Review
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong gpu (89th percentile) 84th
- Strong ram (81th percentile) 83th
- Strong screen (79th percentile) 82th
- Strong storage (78th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average reliability (3th percentile) 3th
- Below average compact (7th percentile) 15th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 260 |
| Cores | 10 |
| Frequency | 3.8 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | RTX 5060 |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 8 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 | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 165 Hz |
| Brightness | 400 nits |
Connectivity
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 Output |
| Wi-Fi | WiFi 6E |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.2 |
Physical
| Weight | 2.3 kg / 5.1 lbs |
| Battery | 76 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigabyte Gigabyte 16" GAMING A16 PRO Gaming Laptop | Apple MacBook Pro Apple 14" MacBook Pro (M4 Max, Silver, NT) | ASUS ProArt ASUS - ProArt PX13 13" 3K OLED Touch Screen Laptop - Copilot+ PC - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 - 32GB Memory - RTX 4050 - 1TB SSD - Nano Black | Lenovo Legion Lenovo 16" Legion Pro 7i Gaming Laptop | MSI Creator MSI Creator M14 A13V A13VF-081US 14" 2.8K Laptop, | Microsoft Surface Laptop Microsoft 13.8" Surface Laptop Copilot+ PC (7th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 260 | Apple M4 Max | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core i7 13620H | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 128 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 4096 | 1000 | 2048 | 2048 | 1024 |
| Screen | 16" 2560x1600 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 16" 2560x1600 | 14" 2880x1800 | 13.8" 2304x1536 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | Apple (40-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | Qualcomm X1 |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home (MSI recommends Windows 11 Pro for business) | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| Battery (Wh) | 76 | 72 | — | 99 | — | 54 |