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Gigabyte AORUS AORUS ELITE 16
Powered by an Intel Ultra 9-275HX 24-core chip and RTX 5070 with 8GB VRAM, this 16-inch laptop drives fluid 165Hz gameplay at 2560x1600 with DLSS 4 support. Its large 99Wh battery extends unplugged sessions despite the 4.07kg chassis, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM with a 1TB NVMe SSD handles heavy multitasking smoothly. Best for gamers demanding high-resolution speed and 3D creators who need robust CPU/GPU throughput in a stationary workstation.
CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
RAM 32 GB
Storage 1 TB
Screen 16" 2560x1600
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
OS Windows 11 Home
Weight 4.1 kg
Battery 99 Wh
63 Overall Score
Price $2,241
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Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong cpu (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong screen (88th percentile) 88th
- Strong gpu (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong ram (81th percentile) 81th
Cons
- Below average reliability (4th percentile)
- Below average compact (7th percentile)
What owners think
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Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX |
| Cores | 24 |
| Frequency | 2.7 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 36 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 8 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 | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 165 Hz |
| Brightness | 400 nits |
| Color Gamut | 100% sRGB |
Connectivity
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 Output |
| Wi-Fi | WiFi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
Physical
| Weight | 4.1 kg / 9.0 lbs |
| Battery | 99 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigabyte AORUS AORUS ELITE 16 | Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max | ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA403WW-G14.R95080 | Lenovo Legion Pro 7i 83F50018US | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Apple M4 Max | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 128 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 4096 | 2000 | 2048 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Screen | 16" 2560x1600 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 16" 2560x1600 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | Apple (40-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | Intel Arc | Intel Arc |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Battery (Wh) | 99 | 72 | - | 100 | - | 15 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte AORUS AORUS ELITE 16 | 96.7 | 87.4 | 81.1 | 43.5 | 87.9 | 6.8 | 69.5 | 3.6 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max Compare | 91.9 | 18.4 | 99.5 | 79.5 | 99 | 67.2 | 98.7 | 96.2 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA403WW-G14.R95080 Compare | 86.3 | 91.4 | 92.2 | 66.5 | 95.3 | 72.6 | 90 | 58.2 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7i 83F50018US Compare | 96.7 | 92.4 | 90.3 | 97.9 | 94.4 | 8.6 | 97.4 | 78.6 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.6 | 64 | 81.1 | 82.7 | 90.1 | 95.2 | 73.9 | 58.2 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US Compare | 66.7 | 64 | 81.1 | 66.5 | 93.4 | 85.4 | 64.3 | 78.6 |
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