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Gigabyte Aero X16 RTX 5090 (2026)
Gigabyte Aero X16 RTX 5090 (2026) is a thin gaming laptop released in January 2026. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, processor Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus, screen size 16″, refresh rate 165 Hz.
9.2Score
Graphics9.7
Overall performance9.8
Display5.7
Memory & storage8.4
Battery & portability4.6
Features & cooling6.6
price range—
- Released
- January 2026
- Brand
Gigabyte- Popularity
- #1,174 of 1,608
GeForce RTX 5090 LaptopGraphics card
Core Ultra 7 270HX PlusProcessor
16″Screen size
165 HzRefresh rate
64 GBRAM (up to)
83 WhBattery capacity
1.9 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among thin gaming laptops of 2026
Screen size · 16″Top 47%Refresh rate · 165 HzBottom 35%RAM (up to) · 64 GBTop 32%Battery capacity · 83 WhBottom 42%Weight · 1.9 kgTop 20%
Compared with thin gaming laptops released in 2026. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other thin gaming laptops
Why is Aero X16 RTX 5090 (2026) a good choice?
3DMark Steel Nomad Light: 21,690better than 96% of thin gaming laptops
Geekbench 6 multi-core: 16,148better than 90% of thin gaming laptops
Video memory: 24 GBbetter than 98% of thin gaming laptops
CPU cores: 20better than 96% of thin gaming laptops
RAM (up to): 64 GBbetter than 82% of thin gaming laptops
Screen size: 16″better than 71% of thin gaming laptops
Weak points
Thickness: 20 mmworse than 80% of thin gaming laptops
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- Video memory
- 24 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 10,496
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 31.8 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 21,690
Processor
- CPU maker
- Intel
- CPU cores
- 20
- CPU threads
- 20
- Max CPU clock
- 5.3 GHz
- Processor options
- Ryzen AI 7 450, Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus, Ryzen AI 9 465, Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus, Ryzen AI 9 HX 470, Ryzen AI 9 HX 475
- Geekbench 6 multi-core
- 16,148
- Geekbench 6 single-core
- 3,036
- Cinebench 2024 multi-core
- 1,639
Display
- Screen size
- 16″
- Resolution
- 1920 × 1200
- Refresh rate
- 165 Hz
- Brightness
- 400 nits
- Response time
- 1 ms
- DCI-P3 coverage
- 100%
- Pixel density
- 142 ppi
- Aspect ratio
- 16:10
- G-Sync / FreeSync
- Yes
- Advanced Optimus
- No
- MUX switch
- Yes
- HDR
- No
- Touchscreen
- No
Memory & storage
- RAM (up to)
- 64 GB
- RAM (base)
- 16 GB
- RAM speed
- 5,600 MHz
- Max. supported RAM
- 64 GB
- RAM slots
- 2
- Upgradable RAM
- Yes
- SSD (up to)
- 2,048 GB
- SSD (base)
- 512 GB
- M.2 SSD slots
- 2
- SSD interface
- PCIe 5.0 x4
Battery & power
- Battery capacity
- 83 Wh
- Power adapter
- 150 W
- USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
- Yes
Design & cooling
- Weight
- 1.9 kg
- Thickness
- 20 mm
- Width
- 355 mm
- Depth
- 250.7 mm
- Body material
- Aluminium, Plastic
- Colours
- White, Gray
- Cooling fans
- 2
- Liquid metal (CPU)
- No
Ports & wireless
- Thunderbolt or USB4
- Yes
- USB-C ports
- 1
- USB-A ports
- 3
- HDMI
- HDMI 2.1
- HDMI 2.1
- Yes
- (Mini) DisplayPort
- Yes
- Ethernet port
- Yes
- SD card reader
- No
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Yes
- Wi-Fi standard
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
Keyboard & camera
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Numeric keypad
- No
- Key travel
- 1.7 mm
- Webcam
- 1,080p
- IR camera (face login)
- Yes
- Fingerprint reader
- No
Audio
- Speakers
- 2.0
- Dolby Atmos
- Yes
Specs are collected from manufacturers and open databases and normalised to one format; check details with the seller before you buy.
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