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Brightness: typical values for gaming laptops

Half of gaming laptops in the catalog have brightness below 300 nits, and 80% fall between 300 nits and 500 nits (1,370 models with data).

Median300 nits
Median 2026500 nits
Typical range300 nits – 500 nits
Models1,370
Distribution

How brightness is distributed

01803595397182004006008001,000200–300: 134300–400: 718400–500: 142500–600: 299600–700: 19700–800: 0800–900: 0900–1,000: 01,000–1,100: 58Median 300 nits
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Brightness300 nits300 nits300 nits500 nits500 nits

A model at the 75th percentile beats three quarters of the catalog on this spec.

Trends

Median brightness by year

0 nits150 nits300 nits450 nits600 nits2020202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Highest brightness

1 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 9 RTX 4090 (2024)
Lenovo · 2024
Legion 9i Gen 9 RTX 4090 (2024)
Core i9-14900HX175 W16″2.54 kg
1,200 nits
9.7
2 Gigabyte Aorus Master 18 RTX 5090 (2025)
Gigabyte · 2025
Aorus Master 18 RTX 5090 (2025)
Core Ultra 9 275HX175 W18″3.5 kg
1,200 nits
9.6
3 Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 G835 RTX 5090 (2026)
Asus · 2026
ROG Strix SCAR 18 G835 RTX 5090 (2026)
Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus175 W18″3.7 kg
1,200 nits
9.3
4 Gigabyte Aorus Master 18 RTX 5080 (2025)
Gigabyte · 2025
Aorus Master 18 RTX 5080 (2025)
Core Ultra 9 275HX175 W18″3.5 kg
1,200 nits
8.8
5 Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 G835 RTX 5070 Ti (2025)
Asus · 2025
ROG Strix SCAR 18 G835 RTX 5070 Ti (2025)
Core Ultra 9 275HX175 W18″3.48 kg
1,200 nits
7.1
6 Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 G835 RTX 5080 (2025)
Asus · 2025
ROG Strix Scar 18 G835 RTX 5080 (2025)
Core Ultra 9 275HX175 W18″3.3 kg
1,200 nits
7.6
7 Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 G835 RTX 5080 (2026)
Asus · 2026
ROG Strix SCAR 18 G835 RTX 5080 (2026)
Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus175 W18″3.7 kg
1,200 nits
9.0
8 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 9 RTX 4080 (2024)
Lenovo · 2024
Legion 9i Gen 9 RTX 4080 (2024)
Core i9-14900HX175 W16″2.54 kg
1,200 nits
9.7
9 Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 G835 RTX 5090 (2025)
Asus · 2025
ROG Strix Scar 18 G835 RTX 5090 (2025)
Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus175 W18″3.3 kg
1,200 nits
9.1
10 Asus ROG Strix SCAR 16 G635 RTX 5080 (2025)
Asus · 2025
ROG Strix SCAR 16 G635 RTX 5080 (2025)
Core Ultra 7 255HX175 W16″2.85 kg
1,200 nits
9.5
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