Asus’ ProArt P16 laptop computer is getting RTX 50-series GPUs and a novel new display in its high-end configuration. Its largest upgrades embrace Nvidia’s top-tier RTX 5090 cellular GPU and a shiny 16-inch 3840 x 2400 tandem OLED touchscreen, able to as much as 1,600 nits of brightness in HDR and 120Hz refresh with VRR. The brand new flagship P16 will value $3,999.99 at Finest Purchase and direct from Asus when it launches internationally in mid-October and within the US in December.
Different key specs and options of the P16 embrace an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU (identical because the 2024 mannequin), 64GB of LPDDR5X RAM, 4TB of SSD storage (by way of two 2TB NVMe drives), Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 5.4. It’s additionally bought a bunch of ports, together with one 40Gbps USB4, one 10Gbps USB-C 3.2 Gen 2, two 10Gbps USB-A 3.2 Gen 2, HDMI 2.1, a 3.5mm audio jack, and SD Specific 7.0 card slot.
It’s a complete lot of laptop computer, designed to be a direct Home windows different to a 16-inch MacBook Professional (it even is available in all black). Like earlier P16s, it’s mainly a creator-focused model of the Intel-based Asus ROG Zephyrus G16. Meaning it’s pretty skinny at 14.9mm / 0.59 inches, and at 1.95kg / 4.3 kilos it’s decently mild for its measurement. It additionally means it’s prone to have at the least just a little thermal throttling below the heaviest of masses from artistic apps and graphically intensive video games — as has been the case for the Zephyrus laptops. And Asus’ tech specs observe with that, because the P16’s 5090 GPU is rated for as much as 120W complete graphics energy (TGP), although the cardboard can probably go as much as 150W according to Nvidia.
Nonetheless, identical to the ROG Zephyrus G14 and G16 are wonderful gaming laptops (significantly in the event you worth portability), the brand new P16 sounds fairly good for a artistic laptop computer — at the least on paper. To cater it extra towards creators than the Zephyrus line, Asus put that brighter tandem OLED display with extra decision and contact compatibility within the new flagship config. The P16 additionally options Asus’ DialPad, a ring-shaped dial constructed into the trackpad for additional management of sliders in artistic apps like these from Adobe.
If $4,000 is just too excessive an asking value, Asus can also be conserving the entry-level 2024 mannequin with an RTX 4060 round for $1,999.99. And there are mid-tier choices for the brand new 2025 model with RTX 5070 and 5080 GPU choices, the previous of which begins at $2,499.99 and sports activities the identical AMD Ryzen 370HX CPU, 32GB of RAM, 2TB SSD, and a non-tandem 4K / 60Hz OLED show. Not as fancy-sounding as Asus’ halo config, however not too shabby both.