Slim Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED laptop review: Efficient RTX 4070 for gamers and creatives – NotebookCheck.net Reviews

Creator? Gamer? CreAmer. Using a slightly modified design, new connections and new hardware grounded in an Intel Gen 13 and a Nvidia RTX 4070, the Aero 16 OLED seeks to win over gamers and creators alike. We put the laptop through its paces to find out what the case change and hardware upgrades bring to the table.

Gigabyte’s Aero 16 OLED is an interesting mix of gaming laptop and workstation for creatives. In addition to the switch from Alder to Raptor Lake CPU and from Nvidia RTX 30x to RTX 40x, other changes have also been made, such as to the case and the ports.

We’ve previously reviewed the predecessor with the RTX 3080 Ti and our current configuration has an RTX 4070. So far we’ve only reviewed the new Razer Blade 18 with the same GPU, so the 18-incher will have to serve as comparison in the 3D benchmarks. Otherwise we compare previous generation 16-inch competitors, including the Asus Zenbook Pro 16X OLED, the Asus TUF Gaming A16 and the MSI CreatorPro Z16P with its Nvidia A300.

Processor

Intel Core i9-13900H 14 x 1.9 – 5.4 GHz, 115 W PL2 / Short Burst, 61 W PL1 / Sustained, Raptor Lake-H

Memory

32 GB

, 2x 16 GB Samsung DDR5-4800

Display

16.00 inch 16:10, 3840 x 2400 pixel 283 PPI, Samsung SDC4191 (ATNA60YV09-0, OLED, glossy: yes, HDR, 60 Hz

Mainboard

Intel Alder Lake-P PCH

Soundcard

Intel Raptor Lake-P/U/H PCH – cAVS

Connections

1 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 2 USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 20Gbps, 2 Thunderbolt, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 1 HDMI, 2 DisplayPort, Audio Connections: 3.5 mm headset, Card Reader: microSD card reader

Networking

Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 (a/b/g/h/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/), Bluetooth 5.2

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 18 x 354 x 255 ( = 0.71 x 13.94 x 10.04 in)

Battery

88 Wh Lithium-Polymer

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro

Camera

Webcam: FullHD IR Webcam for WIndows Hello
Primary Camera: 2 MPix

Additional features

Speakers: stereo speakers, Keyboard: Chiclet, Keyboard Light: yes

Weight

2.1 kg ( = 74.08 oz / 4.63 pounds), Power Supply: 705 g ( = 24.87 oz / 1.55 pounds)

Note: The manufacturer may use components from different suppliers including display panels, drives or memory sticks with similar specifications.

At first glance, the design appears to be unchanged, but if you take a closer look, you can see that the narrow, silver metal chassis has changed quite a bit. For example, it has become even thinner and Gigabyte has finally shifted some of the ports to the back. Overall, the manufacturer’s design is more in the direction of a business and office laptop than a gaming laptop, which will certainly please the target group. So the hidden gamer looks quite inconspicuous in an office setting, even alongside a MacBook.

The smooth metal unibody is still stable, especially at the base, which can hardly be twisted. The keyboard has been lowered slightly.

The display lid, on which the illuminated “Aero” logo is emblazoned, is somewhat less rigid. Only the display frame is made of plastic.

Ventilation grilles are practically everywhere, namely at the back, on the sides, below and above. The build quality seems to be on a good level and no gaps were found.

Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF DIN A4 399.9 mm / 15.7 inch 275.4 mm / 10.8 inch 21.9 mm / 0.862 inch 3 kg6.68 lbs355 mm / 14 inch 252 mm / 9.92 inch 27 mm / 1.063 inch 2.2 kg4.82 lbs356 mm / 14 inch 248.5 mm / 9.78 inch 22.4 mm / 0.882 inch 2.3 kg5.05 lbs359 mm / 14.1 inch 256 mm / 10.1 inch 19 mm / 0.748 inch 2.4 kg5.23 lbs356 mm / 14 inch 254 mm / 10 inch 19.5 mm / 0.768 inch 2.4 kg5.3 lbs354 mm / 13.9 inch 255 mm / 10 inch 18 mm / 0.709 inch 2.1 kg4.63 lbs297 mm / 11.7 inch 210 mm / 8.27 inch 1 mm / 0.03937 inch 5.7 g0.01257 lbs

A lot has changed in the ports, fortunately, because the meager three USB-C ports of the predecessor had to be expanded with an Aero Hub to include HDMI, USB-A, etc.

This year, the new Aero houses almost all the necessary ports. To do this, it utilizes the space at the back where the mains connection is, for example. We would have preferred a USB-A instead of one of the three USB-C ports on the side, and a LAN port is still missing, but at least there is now an HDMI port and a (microSD) reader. The port distribution is good, except for USB-A at the back instead of on the side.

MicroSD cards click into place and protrude only minimally (1 – 2 mm).

The transfer rates are good; we copied 1 GB of image material from our AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60 to the desktop in about 7 seconds.

If competitors have a reader at all, it is slower.

The Intel AX210 chip was also installed in last year’s model and again ensures good transfer rates, though the MSI CreatorPro is even faster.

The module supports Wifi 6E and thus the 6 GHz range.

Networking
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter	1690 (1617^min, 1618.16^P1 – 1721^max) MBit/s ∼100% +5%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210	1611 (805^min – 1631^max) MBit/s ∼95%
Average of class Gaming (886 – 1857, n=31, last 2 years)	1551 MBit/s ∼92% -4%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	1516 (769^min – 1565^max) MBit/s ∼90% -6%
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 (885 – 1827, n=6)	1487 MBit/s ∼88% -8%
iperf3 receive AXE11000
Average of class Gaming (685 – 1890, n=65, last 2 years)	1455 MBit/s ∼100%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	1362 (1249^min – 1437^max) MBit/s ∼94%
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 (1030 – 1318, n=2)	1174 MBit/s ∼81%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210	1030 (752^min – 1313^max) MBit/s ∼71%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	942 (920^min – 950^max) MBit/s ∼65%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 MediaTek MT7921	899 (755^min – 936^max) MBit/s ∼62%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter	1659 (1602^min, 1605.19^P1 – 1702^max) MBit/s ∼100% +15%
Average of class Gaming (980 – 1875, n=29, last 2 years)	1521 MBit/s ∼92% +5%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210	1444 (745^min – 1487^max) MBit/s ∼87%
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 (1198 – 1444, n=5)	1333 MBit/s ∼80% -8%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	1230 (1091^min – 1327^max) MBit/s ∼74% -15%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000
Average of class Gaming (740 – 1780, n=58, last 2 years)	1372 MBit/s ∼100%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210	1333 (1044^min – 1390^max) MBit/s ∼97%
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 (1320 – 1333, n=2)	1327 MBit/s ∼97%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	1196 (618^min – 1298^max) MBit/s ∼87%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 MediaTek MT7921	908 (806^min – 973^max) MBit/s ∼66%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	891 (558^min – 996^max) MBit/s ∼65%

Gigabyte has finally installed a Full HD camera into the creative laptop, with the resulting image being quite usable, even in suboptimal lighting conditions. A look at the ColorChecker, however, unfortunately shows that the colors deviate greatly. The predecessor had a 720p camera.

ColorChecker Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF: 17.17 ∆E min: 2.28 – max: 23.28 ∆E

The Aero is not really for security fanatics. TPM is on board, but there is no fingerprint sensor or Kensington connection.

No accessories are included together with the laptop upon purchase.

In Germany, the manufacturer provides a 24-month warranty. This may differ in other regions, so interested buyers should double-check before purchase.

First, 10 torx screws need to be removed. Afterwards, finding a gap in the tight chassis for inserting level tools is not so easy. The best way to do this is towards the back. Once the first step has been made, it becomes much easier and the baseplate can be detached quite effortlessly.

Inside, you have access to the fans, the battery, the replaceable WLAN module, the two RAM slots and the two M.2 SSD slots, one of which is occupied. There are cooling pads on the base plate for the two SSD slots.

The keyboard now has white instead of black keys. This looks more elegant, but you should refrain from activating the white keyboard backlight in bright lighting, otherwise you’ll no longer be able to discern the lettering – but who does?

The layout looks very tidy. None of the keys appear out of place, and even the arrow keys are of normal size – very good. Keys are of medium size and are all well spaced apart.

Key travel is around 1.7 mm and the feedback just barely perceptible. Typing is quick and the noise moderate, but the space bar is a little louder.

Although the on/off switch is integrated into the top right of the keyboard, it has a much firmer pressure point and is a little smaller so that it is not so easy to press accidentally. In Gigabyte laptops, the special keys for brightness (further left here) and volume (further right here) are usually swapped, which takes some getting used to.

The touchpad remains the same size as its predecessor (approx. 12.1 x 7.6 cm), but is now silver instead of black and offers good gliding properties, even with very slow movements.

The integrated keys provide clear feedback and are thus slightly louder than the keyboard keys, but still moderate.

Gigabyte again installs a 16-inch OLED panel from Samsung with a 16:10 aspect ratio and a 4K resolution of 3,840 x 2,400. The panel has a new version number, but still only offers 60 Hz – a downside for gamers. Otherwise the OLED panel boasts a rich contrast, a great black level and very good illumination. The IPS competition can no longer keep up here.

We measured a brightness of just under 400 nits in SDR display mode. But the panel also meets the HDR600 standard. So we measured in HDR mode and arrived at a peak brightness of 620 nits. This is only possible with a small measuring field, since OLEDs quickly darken on large, bright areas.

Screen bleeding is not an issue with OLEDs. Response times are also excellent.


398.31 cd/m²	392.73 cd/m²	397.07 cd/m²
393.69 cd/m²	389.97 cd/m²	397.95 cd/m²
391.06 cd/m²	392.12 cd/m²	402.15 cd/m²

Distribution of brightness

Samsung SDC4191 (ATNA60YV09-0

X-Rite i1Pro 3

Maximum: 402.15 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 395 cd/m² Minimum: 1 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 97 %
Center on Battery: 387.56 cd/m²
Contrast: 12999:1 (Black: 0.03 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2 | 0.59-29.43 Ø5.2, calibrated: 1.68
ΔE Greyscale 2.23 | 0.57-98 Ø5.4
96.4% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
100% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
99.9% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.41

Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF
Samsung SDC4191 (ATNA60YV09-0, OLED, 3840×2400, 16.00

Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5
Samsung SDC416B, AMOLED, 3840×2400, 16.00

Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070
AU Optronics B180QAN01.0, IPS, 2560×1600, 18.00

Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W
Samsung SDC415D, OLED, 3840×2400, 16.00

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617
NE160WUM-NX2 (BOE0B33), IPS-Level, 1920×1200, 16.00

MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST
B160QAN02.N, IPS, 2560×1600, 16.00

Display

-5%

-3%

-20%

-4%

Display P3 Coverage

99.9

96.9

-3%

99.84

69.4

-31%

97.6

-2%

sRGB Coverage

100

99.8

99.99

97.8

-2%

99.9

AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage

96.4

85.3

-12%

88.9

-8%

70.9

-26%

87.4

-9%

Response Times

-7%

-207%

-1%

-580%

-407%

Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% *

Gigabyte advertises the Aero 16 as providing 100 percent DCI-P3 coverage and our measurements confirm this claim. Even AdobeRGB is covered at 96.4 percent. The OLED display is thus very suitable for editing photos and videos.

The display is already well calibrated ex works; our calibration via Portrait Displays Calman Color Calibration pushes the DeltaE values down slightly even more. So the display has only very slight color and grayscale deviations. Our ICC profile can be downloaded above.

Display Response Times

ℹ

Display response times show how fast the screen is able to change from one color to the next. Slow response times can lead to afterimages and can cause moving objects to appear blurry (ghosting). Gamers of fast-paced 3D titles should pay special attention to fast response times.

↔ Response Time Black to White
1.98 ms … rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 0.5 ms rise
1.98 ms … rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 1.48 ms fall
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.4 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 3 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (22.5 ms).
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey
2 ms … rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 1 ms rise
2 ms … rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 1 ms fall
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.25 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 2 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (35.6 ms).

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

ℹ

To dim the screen, some notebooks will simply cycle the backlight on and off in rapid succession – a method called Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) . This cycling frequency should ideally be undetectable to the human eye. If said frequency is too low, users with sensitive eyes may experience strain or headaches or even notice the flickering altogether.

Screen flickering / PWM detected

60 Hz

The display backlight flickers at 60 Hz (Likely utilizing PWM) .

The frequency of 60 Hz is very low, so the flickering may cause eyestrain and headaches after extended use.

In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 19343 (minimum: 5 – maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured.

As is typical for OLEDs, the display flickers at 60 Hz at full brightness. At around 50 percent brightness and below, the frequency changes, and 238 Hz may prove annoying for sensitive people.

Outdoors, of course, the reflective surface is distracting. The rather average SDR brightness and the good contrasts can only balance out this disadvantage to a limited extent. A shady spot and a direct viewing angle are recommended.

A loss in brightness only becomes noticeable when looking at the display from extreme angles.

The Aero houses brand-new hardware. The combination of i9-13900H, RTX 4070 and 32 GB DDR5-4800 should not pose any problems for users, whether gaming or using creative applications.

However, all this hardware is packed into a slim case, so it does not run at full power, as will be shown below. After all, a creative laptop is not supposed to be a super-hot roaring laptop, so hardcore gamers will have to suffer a little here.

The preinstalled power modes have little influence on performance

Our test device didn’t have a Control Center preinstalled, so there were no performance modes to begin with. The power modes preinstalled in Windows by Gigabyte had virtually no influence on CPU performance in Cinebench R15.

Therefore, and because the fans never stood still at first, we installed the Gigabyte Control Center afterwards. Here we were faced with the difficult choice of the performance mode: there are a total of five here, and we had a hard time choosing between Content Creator and Gaming. So we had to decide between good performance but louder fans, or quieter operation with weaker performance.

In the end, we performed the CPU benchmarks without the Control Center, i.e. in the delivery state. The GPU benchmarks then run in gaming mode.

The software isn’t always entirely free of errors. For example, it just displayed a black window during some starts. Also confusing is that, in addition to the modes, there is another selection window “Power Mode” with further options for power control. These likely represent the energy modes, because if you set this to Custom, the Windows power modes can be selected.

There is also an “AI” switch on the left of the main modes. The “AI” independently selects the best mode depending on the situation, for example, the energy-saving mode when we disconnect the power plug.

At the heart of the Aero is an Intel Core i9-13900H, one of the flagships of Intel’s brand new Raptor Lake series. This provides 6 performance and 8 efficiency cores, with the former clocking at up to 5.4 GHz in turbo! Alternatively, the device is also available with an i7-13700H.

In our Cinebench R15 loop, the Aero comes out on top, but the advantage over the i9-12900H from the Alder Lake series is marginal and the predecessor is hardly slower across all CPU tests.

A look at the power consumption shows that you should definitely install the Control Center. Because in delivery state, the CPU only treats itself to 70 W for a short time before falling to 45 W. On the other hand, if you switch to Gaming Mode in the Control Center, the short-term TDP increases to 115 W, and then hangs at around 60 W for the rest of a Cinebench run. So it very much depends on the power settings.

Without Gaming mode, the new Aero 16 is no faster than its predecessor across all CPU benchmarks.

The CPU can only draw on around 20 W in battery mode and the Cinebench score is correspondingly lower.

CPU Performance Rating
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	86.1 pt ∼86%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H	65.9 pt ∼66%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	64.5 pt ∼65%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	61.5 pt ∼62%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	60.6 pt ∼61%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	59.9 pt ∼60%
Average of class Gaming	52.5 pt ∼53%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	51.2 pt ∼51%

Cinebench R23 / Multi Core
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	28681 (25585.5^min – 28680.9^max) Points ∼100% +49%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (19188 – 20001, n=3)	19553 Points ∼68% +2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	19188 Points ∼67%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	18106 Points ∼63% -6%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	17228 Points ∼60% -10%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	16691 (16019.4^min – 16691.2^max) Points ∼58% -13%
Average of class Gaming (2435 – 34521, n=226, last 2 years)	15051 Points ∼52% -22%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	13995 Points ∼49% -27%

Cinebench R23 / Single Core
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	2076 Points ∼100% +22%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	1940 Points ∼93% +14%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (1707 – 1974, n=3)	1873 Points ∼90% +10%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	1738 Points ∼84% +2%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	1718 Points ∼83% +1%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	1707 Points ∼82%
Average of class Gaming (527 – 2169, n=223, last 2 years)	1624 Points ∼78% -5%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	1561 Points ∼75% -9%

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core)
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	10919 Points ∼100% +51%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (7254 – 7552, n=3)	7406 Points ∼68% +2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	7254 Points ∼66%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	6941 Points ∼64% -4%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	6742 Points ∼62% -7%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	6060 Points ∼55% -16%
Average of class Gaming (930 – 13457, n=230, last 2 years)	5666 Points ∼52% -22%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	5441 Points ∼50% -25%

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core)
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	797 Points ∼100% +22%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (651 – 751, n=3)	714 Points ∼90% +10%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	685 Points ∼86% +5%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	680 Points ∼85% +4%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	675 Points ∼85% +4%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	651 Points ∼82%
Average of class Gaming (169 – 825, n=230, last 2 years)	625 Points ∼78% -4%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	612 Points ∼77% -6%

Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	4481 Points ∼100% +51%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (2963 – 3087, n=4)	3043 Points ∼68% +3%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	2963 (2772.58^min – 2962.96^max) Points ∼66%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	2780 Points ∼62% -6%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	2627 (2458.81^min – 2626.74^max) Points ∼59% -11%
Average of class Gaming (400 – 5554, n=234, last 2 years)	2411 Points ∼54% -19%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	2299 (2235.89^min – 2298.72^max) Points ∼51% -22%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	2211 (2130.95^min, 2137.41^P1 – 2274.54^max) Points ∼49% -25%

Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	297 Points ∼100% +22%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	279 Points ∼94% +15%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (243 – 292, n=4)	275 Points ∼93% +13%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	264 Points ∼89% +9%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	245 Points ∼82% +1%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	248 Points ∼84% +2%
Average of class Gaming (79.2 – 312, n=230, last 2 years)	245 Points ∼82% +1%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	243 Points ∼82%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	238 Points ∼80% -2%

Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU
Average of class Gaming (93 – 1259, n=232, last 2 years)	247 Seconds * ∼100% -44%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	225 Seconds * ∼91% -31%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	201 Seconds * ∼81% -17%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	200 Seconds * ∼81% -16%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	185 Seconds * ∼75% -8%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	172 Seconds * ∼70%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (166 – 172, n=3)	168 Seconds * ∼68% +2%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	111 Seconds * ∼45% +35%

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	116665 MIPS ∼100% +57%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (74386 – 79032, n=3)	76640 MIPS ∼66% +3%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	74386 MIPS ∼64%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	69637 MIPS ∼60% -6%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	68520 MIPS ∼59% -8%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	66768 MIPS ∼57% -10%
Average of class Gaming (11386 – 135927, n=227, last 2 years)	61467 MIPS ∼53% -17%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	61292 MIPS ∼53% -18%

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	6880 MIPS ∼100% +24%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	6186 MIPS ∼90% +11%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (5570 – 6245, n=3)	6013 MIPS ∼87% +8%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	5842 MIPS ∼85% +5%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	5779 MIPS ∼84% +4%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	5765 MIPS ∼84% +4%
Average of class Gaming (2685 – 7332, n=228, last 2 years)	5707 MIPS ∼83% +2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	5570 MIPS ∼81%

Geekbench 5.4 / Multi-Core
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	20036 Points ∼100% +45%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (13796 – 15410, n=3)	14717 Points ∼73% +7%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	13865 Points ∼69% +1%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	13796 Points ∼69%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	13547 Points ∼68% -2%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	12125 Points ∼61% -12%
Average of class Gaming (1946 – 21058, n=226, last 2 years)	10772 Points ∼54% -22%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	9836 Points ∼49% -29%

Geekbench 5.4 / Single-Core
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	2035 Points ∼100% +18%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (1718 – 2043, n=3)	1912 Points ∼94% +11%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	1870 Points ∼92% +9%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	1820 Points ∼89% +6%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	1788 Points ∼88% +4%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	1718 Points ∼84%
Average of class Gaming (158 – 2139, n=226, last 2 years)	1635 Points ∼80% -5%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	1574 Points ∼77% -8%

HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	31 fps ∼100% +48%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (21 – 22.3, n=3)	21.7 fps ∼70% +3%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	21 fps ∼68%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	19.4 fps ∼63% -8%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	19.2 fps ∼62% -9%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	18.1 fps ∼58% -14%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	17.5 fps ∼56% -17%
Average of class Gaming (3 – 34.8, n=231, last 2 years)	17 fps ∼55% -19%

LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	59.1 s * ∼100% -2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	57.8 s * ∼98%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (50.5 – 57.8, n=3)	53.3 s * ∼90% +8%
Average of class Gaming (32.8 – 332, n=228, last 2 years)	51.4 s * ∼87% +11%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	43.4 s * ∼73% +25%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	39.8 s * ∼67% +31%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	39 s * ∼66% +33%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	38.2 s * ∼65% +34%

R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean
Average of class Gaming (0.3793 – 4.47, n=227, last 2 years)	0.518 sec * ∼100% -5%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	0.5 sec * ∼97% -1%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H	0.4934 sec * ∼95%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H	0.4541 sec * ∼88% +8%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H	0.4474 sec * ∼86% +9%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (0.412 – 0.4934, n=3)	0.4447 sec * ∼86% +10%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK	0.4155 sec * ∼80% +16%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	0.3955 sec * ∼76% +20%

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Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

2963 Points

Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64Bit

219 fps

Cinebench R15 Ref. Match 64Bit

99.6 %

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

243 Points

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Performance Rating
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	98.2 pt ∼98%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	73.6 pt ∼74%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H	73.2 pt ∼73%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	64.9 pt ∼65%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	64.4 pt ∼64%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	62.4 pt ∼62%
Average of class Gaming	59.2 pt ∼59%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	50.8 pt ∼51%

AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	25949 KRay/s ∼100% +41%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (18068 – 18961, n=3)	18471 KRay/s ∼71% 0%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	18385 KRay/s ∼71%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	16661 KRay/s ∼64% -9%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	14572 KRay/s ∼56% -21%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	14490 KRay/s ∼56% -21%
Average of class Gaming (2585 – 52479, n=200, last 2 years)	13798 KRay/s ∼53% -25%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	8265 KRay/s ∼32% -55%

AIDA64 / FPU Julia
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	129286 Points ∼100% +42%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	101275 Points ∼78% +11%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (90834 – 93802, n=3)	92076 Points ∼71% +1%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	90834 Points ∼70%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	75514 Points ∼58% -17%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	73967 Points ∼57% -19%
Average of class Gaming (12439 – 227882, n=200, last 2 years)	73417 Points ∼57% -19%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	38277 Points ∼30% -58%

AIDA64 / CPU SHA3
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	6338 MB/s ∼100% +51%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	4187 MB/s ∼66%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (4142 – 4207, n=3)	4179 MB/s ∼66% 0%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	3663 MB/s ∼58% -13%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	3648 MB/s ∼58% -13%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	3494 MB/s ∼55% -17%
Average of class Gaming (629 – 8525, n=200, last 2 years)	3458 MB/s ∼55% -17%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	2931 MB/s ∼46% -30%

AIDA64 / CPU Queen
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	137876 Points ∼100% +45%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	110468 Points ∼80% +16%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (95175 – 120181, n=3)	110328 Points ∼80% +16%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	107042 Points ∼78% +12%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	104709 Points ∼76% +10%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	101642 Points ∼74% +7%
Average of class Gaming (15371 – 180473, n=200, last 2 years)	98190 Points ∼71% +3%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	95175 Points ∼69%

AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	16073 Points ∼100% +53%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	12691 Points ∼79% +21%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (10485 – 11631, n=3)	11090 Points ∼69% +6%
Average of class Gaming (2137 – 29598, n=200, last 2 years)	10784 Points ∼67% +3%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	10485 Points ∼65%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	9717 Points ∼60% -7%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	9655 Points ∼60% -8%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	9475 Points ∼59% -10%

AIDA64 / FPU Mandel
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	64736 Points ∼100% +44%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	55209 Points ∼85% +23%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (44967 – 46487, n=3)	45480 Points ∼70% +1%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	44967 Points ∼69%
Average of class Gaming (7135 – 118401, n=200, last 2 years)	39575 Points ∼61% -12%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	36454 Points ∼56% -19%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	35917 Points ∼55% -20%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	22873 Points ∼35% -49%

AIDA64 / CPU AES
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	149377 MB/s ∼100%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	132156 MB/s ∼88% -12%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	122159 MB/s ∼82% -18%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (81622 – 149377, n=3)	105335 MB/s ∼71% -29%
Average of class Gaming (18146 – 236139, n=200, last 2 years)	101445 MB/s ∼68% -32%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	91041 MB/s ∼61% -39%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	71470 MB/s ∼48% -52%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	64725 MB/s ∼43% -57%

AIDA64 / CPU ZLib
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	1829 MB/s ∼100% +53%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (1192 – 1238, n=3)	1211 MB/s ∼66% +2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	1192 MB/s ∼65%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	1037 MB/s ∼57% -13%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	1013 MB/s ∼55% -15%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	988 MB/s ∼54% -17%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	883 MB/s ∼48% -26%
Average of class Gaming (150.9 – 2090, n=221, last 2 years)	869 MB/s ∼48% -27%

AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	14066 KRay/s ∼100% +43%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (9803 – 10342, n=3)	10015 KRay/s ∼71% +2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	9803 KRay/s ∼70%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	8923 KRay/s ∼63% -9%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	8017 KRay/s ∼57% -18%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	7829 KRay/s ∼56% -20%
Average of class Gaming (1437 – 28105, n=200, last 2 years)	7498 KRay/s ∼53% -24%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	4776 KRay/s ∼34% -51%

AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	49634 MPixel/s ∼100% +11%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (44611 – 51096, n=3)	48011 MPixel/s ∼97% +8%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	46642 MPixel/s ∼94% +5%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	44611 MPixel/s ∼90%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	42574 MPixel/s ∼86% -5%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	38990 MPixel/s ∼79% -13%
Average of class Gaming (8341 – 51096, n=201, last 2 years)	29578 MPixel/s ∼60% -34%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	27871 MPixel/s ∼56% -38%

In PCMark 10, our Aero exchanges blows with last year’s MSI CreatorPro Z16P. Unfortunately, the Aero has a weak productivity score, but it does very well in the other sub-tests.

PCMark 10 / Score
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H, Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	8058 Points ∼100%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	8058 Points ∼100% 0%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK, Phison ESR01TBMFCT	7816 Points ∼97% -3%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX, SSSTC CA6-8D1024	7609 Points ∼94% -6%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i9-12900H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	7455 Points ∼93% -7%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Radeon RX 7600S, R7 7735HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	7332 Points ∼91% -9%
Average of class Gaming (4477 – 9151, n=188, last 2 years)	7124 Points ∼88% -12%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	7086 Points ∼88% -12%

PCMark 10 / Essentials
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX, SSSTC CA6-8D1024	11683 Points ∼100% +3%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H, Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	11332 Points ∼97%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	11332 Points ∼97% 0%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i9-12900H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	11012 Points ∼94% -3%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK, Phison ESR01TBMFCT	10945 Points ∼94% -3%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Radeon RX 7600S, R7 7735HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	10622 Points ∼91% -6%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	10583 Points ∼91% -7%
Average of class Gaming (7334 – 12639, n=187, last 2 years)	10334 Points ∼88% -9%

PCMark 10 / Productivity
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i9-12900H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	10076 Points ∼100% +9%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK, Phison ESR01TBMFCT	10050 Points ∼100% +9%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX, SSSTC CA6-8D1024	9645 Points ∼96% +4%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	9351 Points ∼93% +1%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Radeon RX 7600S, R7 7735HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	9332 Points ∼93% +1%
Average of class Gaming (6161 – 11833, n=187, last 2 years)	9308 Points ∼92% +1%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H, Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	9231 Points ∼92%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	9231 Points ∼92% 0%

PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H, Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	13575 Points ∼100%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	13575 Points ∼100% 0%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK, Phison ESR01TBMFCT	11777 Points ∼87% -13%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Radeon RX 7600S, R7 7735HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	10790 Points ∼79% -21%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX, SSSTC CA6-8D1024	10611 Points ∼78% -22%
Average of class Gaming (5288 – 16424, n=187, last 2 years)	10243 Points ∼75% -25%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i9-12900H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	10132 Points ∼75% -25%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	9757 Points ∼72% -28%

CrossMark / Overall
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX, SSSTC CA6-8D1024	2127 Points ∼100% +13%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK, Phison ESR01TBMFCT	2113 Points ∼99% +12%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1932 Points ∼91% +3%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H, Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	1882 Points ∼88%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	1882 Points ∼88% 0%
Average of class Gaming (974 – 2195, n=92, last 2 years)	1818 Points ∼85% -3%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i9-12900H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1789 Points ∼84% -5%

CrossMark / Productivity
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK, Phison ESR01TBMFCT	2031 Points ∼100% +14%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX, SSSTC CA6-8D1024	1969 Points ∼97% +11%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1823 Points ∼90% +2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H, Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	1781 Points ∼88%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	1781 Points ∼88% 0%
Average of class Gaming (907 – 2062, n=92, last 2 years)	1746 Points ∼86% -2%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i9-12900H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1677 Points ∼83% -6%

CrossMark / Creativity
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX, SSSTC CA6-8D1024	2390 Points ∼100% +21%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK, Phison ESR01TBMFCT	2161 Points ∼90% +9%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	2071 Points ∼87% +5%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i9-12900H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	2032 Points ∼85% +3%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H, Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	1978 Points ∼83%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	1978 Points ∼83% 0%
Average of class Gaming (1027 – 2514, n=92, last 2 years)	1949 Points ∼82% -1%

CrossMark / Responsiveness
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK, Phison ESR01TBMFCT	2228 Points ∼100% +16%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H, Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	1915 Points ∼86%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	1915 Points ∼86% 0%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX, SSSTC CA6-8D1024	1891 Points ∼85% -1%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1865 Points ∼84% -3%
Average of class Gaming (1029 – 2230, n=92, last 2 years)	1683 Points ∼76% -12%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i9-12900H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1486 Points ∼67% -22%

PCMark 10 Score		8058 points
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AIDA64 / Memory Copy
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	71596 MB/s ∼100% +8%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (66344 – 74650, n=3)	70489 MB/s ∼98% +6%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	66344 MB/s ∼93%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	62711 MB/s ∼88% -5%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	62419 MB/s ∼87% -6%
MSI Katana 17 B13VFK Intel Core i7-13620H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	53391 MB/s ∼75% -20%
Average of class Gaming (18074 – 78835, n=200, last 2 years)	50239 MB/s ∼70% -24%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	48549 MB/s ∼68% -27%

AIDA64 / Memory Read
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	72739 MB/s ∼100% +7%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (68252 – 75425, n=3)	71343 MB/s ∼98% +5%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	68252 MB/s ∼94%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	65835 MB/s ∼91% -4%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	65648 MB/s ∼90% -4%
MSI Katana 17 B13VFK Intel Core i7-13620H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	61613 MB/s ∼85% -10%
Average of class Gaming (20318 – 86294, n=200, last 2 years)	53835 MB/s ∼74% -21%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	50338 MB/s ∼69% -26%

AIDA64 / Memory Write
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (68170 – 74646, n=3)	71274 MB/s ∼100% +5%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	68170 MB/s ∼96%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	65459 MB/s ∼92% -4%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	62746 MB/s ∼88% -8%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	61981 MB/s ∼87% -9%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	55012 MB/s ∼77% -19%
Average of class Gaming (15975 – 80441, n=200, last 2 years)	51297 MB/s ∼72% -25%
MSI Katana 17 B13VFK Intel Core i7-13620H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	50700 MB/s ∼71% -26%

AIDA64 / Memory Latency
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	107.9 ns * ∼100% -14%
MSI Katana 17 B13VFK Intel Core i7-13620H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	101.7 ns * ∼94% -8%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	95.2 ns * ∼88% -1%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	94.4 ns * ∼87%
Average Intel Core i9-13900H (88 – 99.4, n=3)	93.9 ns * ∼87% +1%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	89.7 ns * ∼83% +5%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	84.6 ns * ∼78% +10%
Average of class Gaming (76.2 – 135.3, n=221, last 2 years)	69.2 ns * ∼64% +27%

* … smaller is better

Shortly after starting LatencyMon, the software detects the first DPC latencies. These increase further when launching the browser and opening multiple tabs. Our 4K/60 fps YouTube video, on the other hand, is rendered smoothly and without skipped frames.

The Razer Blade 18 has even worse latency values than our Aero.

DPC Latencies / LatencyMon – interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX, SSSTC CA6-8D1024	1169.3 μs * ∼100% -11%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H, Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	1053.8 μs * ∼90%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK, Phison ESR01TBMFCT	623 μs * ∼53% +41%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	512.3 μs * ∼44% +51%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i9-12900H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	424.1 μs * ∼36% +60%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Radeon RX 7600S, R7 7735HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	237.9 μs * ∼20% +77%

* … smaller is better

The manufacturer uses a very fast PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD from its own company. It is currently ranked second in our best list.

The model here doesn’t quite reach its best performance, especially since the Phison memory in the predecessor (rank 1) is a tad faster.

At least performance is relatively constant, and it’s good that a cooling pad is attached to the base plate.

CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1:
7051 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1:
4407 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1:
827 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1:
757 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Read 4K:
73.2 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write 4K:
213 MB/s

CDM 6 Write 4K Q8T8:
724 MB/s

CDM 6 Read 4K Q8T8:
1626 MB/s

Drive Performance Rating – Percent
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	93.5 pt ∼94%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST ^-8! Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	87.2 pt ∼87%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	84.5 pt ∼85%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	80 pt ∼80%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	73.8 pt ∼74%
Average of class Gaming	63.3 pt ∼63%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	63.1 pt ∼63%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	54.9 pt ∼55%

DiskSpd
seq read
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	3889 (3873.65^min – 3888.73^max) MB/s ∼100% +54%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	3819 (3405.77^min – 3819.33^max) MB/s ∼98% +52%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (2519 – 4117, n=5)	3448 MB/s ∼89% +37%
Average of class Gaming (834 – 5676, n=186, last 2 years)	3070 MB/s ∼79% +22%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	2519 MB/s ∼65%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2460 (2456.1^min – 2460.17^max) MB/s ∼63% -2%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1761 (1552.52^min – 1761.4^max) MB/s ∼45% -30%
seq write
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	4457 MB/s ∼100% +35%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	3798 (3750.39^min – 3798.15^max) MB/s ∼85% +15%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (2200 – 4236, n=5)	3340 MB/s ∼75% +1%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	3297 (3192.19^min – 3296.93^max) MB/s ∼74% 0%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	3291 (3216.4^min – 3290.77^max) MB/s ∼74%
Average of class Gaming (399 – 7889, n=185, last 2 years)	3265 MB/s ∼73% -1%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2991 (2932.66^min – 2991.48^max) MB/s ∼67% -9%
seq q8 t1 read
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	7028 (6634.28^min – 7027.76^max) MB/s ∼100% +1%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (6921 – 7034, n=5)	6988 MB/s ∼99% +1%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	6935 (5510.15^min – 6934.86^max) MB/s ∼99%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	6911 (1344.52^min – 6911.16^max) MB/s ∼98% 0%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	6810 (6260.27^min – 6809.87^max) MB/s ∼97% -2%
Average of class Gaming (1620 – 13195, n=186, last 2 years)	5317 MB/s ∼76% -23%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	4633 (4029.05^min – 4633.45^max) MB/s ∼66% -33%
seq q8 t1 write
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	5171 (5109.92^min – 5170.88^max) MB/s ∼100% +5%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	5004 (4980.32^min – 5004.43^max) MB/s ∼97% +2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	4926 (4833.5^min – 4926^max) MB/s ∼95%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	4426 (4263.58^min – 4426.04^max) MB/s ∼86% -10%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (3611 – 4926, n=5)	4285 MB/s ∼83% -13%
Average of class Gaming (86.2 – 10261, n=186, last 2 years)	4002 MB/s ∼77% -19%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	3415 (3353.98^min – 3415.42^max) MB/s ∼66% -31%
4k q1 t1 read
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	88.7 MB/s ∼100% +33%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (66.9 – 88.8, n=5)	77.4 MB/s ∼87% +16%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	74.5 (73.46^min – 74.52^max) MB/s ∼84% +11%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	73.5 (72.63^min – 73.49^max) MB/s ∼83% +10%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	66.9 (50.9^min – 66.86^max) MB/s ∼75%
Average of class Gaming (23.3 – 97.4, n=186, last 2 years)	64.6 MB/s ∼73% -3%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	35.5 (35.31^min – 35.47^max) MB/s ∼40% -47%
4k q1 t1 write
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	373 (371.9^min – 373.21^max) MB/s ∼100% +19%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (313 – 391, n=5)	342 MB/s ∼92% +9%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	313 (306.34^min – 313.21^max) MB/s ∼84%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	280 (267.82^min – 279.79^max) MB/s ∼75% -11%
Average of class Gaming (66.6 – 421, n=185, last 2 years)	201 MB/s ∼54% -36%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	181.3 (175.93^min – 181.25^max) MB/s ∼49% -42%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	144 (137.81^min – 144^max) MB/s ∼39% -54%
4k q32 t16 read
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (3523 – 3582, n=5)	3557 MB/s ∼100% +1%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	3555 (3552.55^min – 3555.1^max) MB/s ∼100% +1%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	3523 (3416.03^min – 3522.69^max) MB/s ∼99%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	3203 (3180.36^min – 3203.41^max) MB/s ∼90% -9%
Average of class Gaming (310 – 5829, n=185, last 2 years)	2293 MB/s ∼64% -35%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2025 (1213.07^min – 2024.78^max) MB/s ∼57% -43%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	803 (763.32^min – 803.25^max) MB/s ∼23% -77%
4k q32 t16 write
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	3612 (3585.78^min – 3612.01^max) MB/s ∼100% 0%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	3597 (3488.54^min – 3597.4^max) MB/s ∼100%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (3570 – 3604, n=5)	3589 MB/s ∼99% 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2291 (2256.15^min – 2290.93^max) MB/s ∼63% -36%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	2209 (1041.25^min – 2208.74^max) MB/s ∼61% -39%
Average of class Gaming (288 – 4383, n=185, last 2 years)	2019 MB/s ∼56% -44%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	456 (436.66^min – 455.51^max) MB/s ∼13% -87%

AS SSD
Score Total
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	9380 Points ∼100% +66%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	8992 Points ∼96% +60%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (5636 – 9279, n=5)	8422 Points ∼90% +49%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	7745 Points ∼83% +37%
Average of class Gaming (910 – 10330, n=173, last 2 years)	6206 Points ∼66% +10%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	5903 Points ∼63% +5%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	5636 Points ∼60%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	5598 Points ∼60% -1%
Score Read
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	3634 Points ∼100% +101%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	3490 Points ∼96% +93%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	3378 Points ∼93% +87%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (1805 – 3629, n=5)	3205 Points ∼88% +78%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2348 Points ∼65% +30%
Average of class Gaming (389 – 3629, n=173, last 2 years)	2323 Points ∼64% +29%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	1805 Points ∼50%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1474 Points ∼41% -18%
Score Write
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	3991 Points ∼100% +33%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	3941 Points ∼99% +31%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (3012 – 3996, n=5)	3664 Points ∼92% +22%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	3464 Points ∼87% +15%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	3012 Points ∼75%
Average of class Gaming (338 – 5157, n=173, last 2 years)	2736 Points ∼69% -9%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	2566 Points ∼64% -15%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2404 Points ∼60% -20%
Seq Read
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	5770.79 MB/s ∼100% +26%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	5588 MB/s ∼97% +22%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	5251.18 MB/s ∼91% +15%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (4541 – 5715, n=5)	5092 MB/s ∼88% +11%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	5033 MB/s ∼87% +10%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	4582 MB/s ∼79%
Average of class Gaming (925 – 9971, n=173, last 2 years)	4201 MB/s ∼73% -8%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	3976.53 MB/s ∼69% -13%
Seq Write
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	3951.34 MB/s ∼100% +71%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	3879 MB/s ∼98% +68%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	3267 MB/s ∼83% +41%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (2310 – 3806, n=5)	3161 MB/s ∼80% +37%
Average of class Gaming (308 – 8590, n=173, last 2 years)	3057 MB/s ∼77% +32%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	3020.8 MB/s ∼76% +31%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	2957.08 MB/s ∼75% +28%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	2310 MB/s ∼58%
4K Read
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	109.4 MB/s ∼100% +78%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (61.3 – 108, n=5)	94 MB/s ∼86% +53%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	84 MB/s ∼77% +37%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	76.65 MB/s ∼70% +25%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	69.72 MB/s ∼64% +14%
Average of class Gaming (20 – 108, n=173, last 2 years)	62.5 MB/s ∼57% +2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	61.3 MB/s ∼56%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	49.25 MB/s ∼45% -20%
4K Write
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	321.6 MB/s ∼100% +12%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (256 – 325, n=5)	293 MB/s ∼91% +2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	288 MB/s ∼90%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	241.69 MB/s ∼75% -16%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	217.2 MB/s ∼68% -25%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	199.53 MB/s ∼62% -31%
Average of class Gaming (18 – 364, n=173, last 2 years)	180.7 MB/s ∼56% -37%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	152.75 MB/s ∼47% -47%
4K-64 Read
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	2966 MB/s ∼100% +131%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	2843.31 MB/s ∼96% +121%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	2790.34 MB/s ∼94% +117%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (1285 – 2963, n=5)	2602 MB/s ∼88% +102%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1901.41 MB/s ∼64% +48%
Average of class Gaming (216 – 2963, n=173, last 2 years)	1841 MB/s ∼62% +43%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	1285 MB/s ∼43%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	871.83 MB/s ∼29% -32%
4K-64 Write
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	3342 MB/s ∼100% +34%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	3336.29 MB/s ∼100% +34%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (2493 – 3371, n=5)	3054 MB/s ∼91% +23%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	2968.9 MB/s ∼89% +19%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	2493 MB/s ∼75%
Average of class Gaming (243 – 4381, n=173, last 2 years)	2261 MB/s ∼68% -9%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1949.13 MB/s ∼58% -22%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	1929.02 MB/s ∼58% -23%
Access Time Read
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (0.041 – 0.094, n=5)	0.0648 ms * ∼100% -58%
Average of class Gaming (0.022 – 0.23, n=168, last 2 years)	0.05675 ms * ∼88% -38%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	0.056 ms * ∼86% -37%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	0.05 ms * ∼77% -22%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	0.041 ms * ∼63%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	0.039 ms * ∼60% +5%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	0.026 ms * ∼40% +37%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	0.022 ms * ∼34% +46%
Access Time Write
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	0.105 ms * ∼100% -708%
Average of class Gaming (0.012 – 0.425, n=173, last 2 years)	0.05704 ms * ∼54% -339%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 SSSTC CA6-8D1024	0.056 ms * ∼53% -331%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	0.02 ms * ∼19% -54%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	0.019 ms * ∼18% -46%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	0.013 ms * ∼12%
Average Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 (0.012 – 0.014, n=5)	0.013 ms * ∼12% -0%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Phison ESR01TBMFCT	0.012 ms * ∼11% +8%

* … smaller is better

When it comes to the GPU, you have the choice between the RTX 4060 and RTX 4070; the more powerful variant is installed in our test unit. In the thin Aero, it normally consumes around 105 W. The maximum is 115 plus 25 W Dynamic Boost, but our colleague Andreas recently pointed out in his review of the card that hardly any performance increases occur above 100 W for the RTX 4070.

In the synthetic 3DMarks, the card is on the expected level, although we don’t have too many other measurements in our database. After all, it is occasionally ahead of competing devices with an RTX 3080 Ti, while the predecessor with its RTX 3080 Ti is also beaten by almost 20 percent, the CreatorPro by 30 percent. Even the Blade 18 with the same GPU and nominally faster CPU is slightly behind. The Alienware x15 R2 with its RTX 3080 Ti, on the other hand, is slightly ahead.

A lot of 3D performance is lost in Battery Mode, with the score in Fire Strike dropping by almost 70 percent!

3DMark Performance Rating – Percent
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	99.1 pt ∼99%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900H	98.8 pt ∼99%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	96.9 pt ∼97%
Average of class Gaming	85.3 pt ∼85%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	81.4 pt ∼81%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-12900HK	80.9 pt ∼81%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-12900H	65.7 pt ∼66%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12700H	63.5 pt ∼64%

3DMark 11 – 1280×720 Performance GPU
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900H	41480 Points ∼100%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU (39104 – 41480, n=5)	40351 Points ∼97% -3%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	39733 Points ∼96% -4%
Average of class Gaming (1029 – 71432, n=222, last 2 years)	34398 Points ∼83% -17%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	33988 Points ∼82% -18%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-12900HK	33249 Points ∼80% -20%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-12900H	27419 Points ∼66% -34%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12700H	25990 Points ∼63% -37%

3DMark
1920×1080 Fire Strike Graphics
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU (28374 – 31054, n=5)	29530 Points ∼100% +2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900H	28885 Points ∼98%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	28743 Points ∼97% 0%
Average of class Gaming (781 – 49247, n=234, last 2 years)	25966 Points ∼88% -10%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	25514 Points ∼86% -12%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-12900HK	24580 Points ∼83% -15%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12700H	19710 Points ∼67% -32%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-12900H	19496 Points ∼66% -33%
2560×1440 Time Spy Graphics
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU (11683 – 12529, n=5)	11976 Points ∼100% +2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900H	11798 Points ∼99%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	11683 Points ∼98% -1%
Average of class Gaming (224 – 22479, n=235, last 2 years)	10184 Points ∼85% -14%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-12900HK	9488 Points ∼79% -20%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	9080 Points ∼76% -23%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-12900H	7771 Points ∼65% -34%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12700H	7320 Points ∼61% -38%

3DMark 11 Performance		33703 points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score		55475 points
3DMark Fire Strike Score		25526 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme Score		13175 points
3DMark Time Spy Score		12029 points
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v3.3 Classroom HIP/AMD
Average of class Gaming (51 – 668, n=10, last 2 years)	266 Seconds * ∼100%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	74 Seconds * ∼28%
v3.3 Classroom OPTIX/RTX
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-12900H	37 Seconds * ∼100% -76%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12700H	34 Seconds * ∼92% -62%
Average of class Gaming (9 – 142, n=65, last 2 years)	25.7 Seconds * ∼69% -22%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU (20 – 24, n=5)	21.2 Seconds * ∼57% -1%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900H	21 Seconds * ∼57%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	20 Seconds * ∼54% +5%
v3.3 Classroom CUDA
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-12900H	62 Seconds * ∼100% -82%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12700H	60 Seconds * ∼97% -76%
Average of class Gaming (17 – 168, n=67, last 2 years)	43.6 Seconds * ∼70% -28%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	36 Seconds * ∼58% -6%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU (34 – 37, n=5)	35.1 Seconds * ∼57% -3%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900H	34 Seconds * ∼55%
v3.3 Classroom CPU
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	376 Seconds * ∼100% -24%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12700H	339 Seconds * ∼90% -12%
Average of class Gaming (147 – 698, n=77, last 2 years)	329 Seconds * ∼88% -8%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-12900H	315 Seconds * ∼84% -4%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900H	304 Seconds * ∼81%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU (158 – 304, n=5)	226 Seconds * ∼60% +26%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	196 Seconds * ∼52% +36%

* … smaller is better

In gaming, the Aero 16 is just overtaken by the Blade 18 overall, and only because of the weak results in DOTA 2 Reborn and X-Plane 11.11. The Aero even has the edge in GPU-heavy games. This is interesting because the RTX 4070 is allowed 140 W in the Blade, but only 105 W in the Aero, which confirms that it makes little sense to run the card above 100 W at the moment.

Overall, it can handle all games up to 2K and sometimes even above, although the card sometimes runs out of steam in very demanding games at 4K.

Ray tracing performance, on the other hand, is very good. In Cyberpunkt, it only drops from around 85 to 65 fps with activated ray tracing at 1080p.

Performance Rating – Percent
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	99.3 pt ∼99%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	93.8 pt ∼94%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	80.9 pt ∼81%
Average of class Gaming	77.4 pt ∼77%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	70.5 pt ∼71%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	65.8 pt ∼66%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	64.8 pt ∼65%

The Witcher 3 – 1920×1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+)
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	116 (48.5^P0.1, 82.5^P1) fps ∼100%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	113.9 (110^min) fps ∼98% -2%
Average of class Gaming (8.61 – 216, n=225, last 2 years)	97.5 fps ∼84% -16%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	92.2 (19.1^min, 45.8^P0.1, 67.7^P1) fps ∼79% -21%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	91 (77^min) fps ∼78% -22%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	70 fps ∼60% -40%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	59.6 (54^min, 56^P1) fps ∼51% -49%

GTA V – 1920×1080 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	123.2 (3.96^min, 76.9^P1) fps ∼100%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	121.4 (3.6^min, 76.9^P1) fps ∼99% -1%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	113 (20.6^min, 76.9^P1) fps ∼92% -8%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	97.6 (9.44^min, 66.7^P1) fps ∼79% -21%
Average of class Gaming (4.18 – 151.6, n=225, last 2 years)	96.6 fps ∼78% -22%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	95.3 (6.43^min, 66.7^P1) fps ∼77% -23%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	85.5 (3.46^min, 62.5^P1) fps ∼69% -31%

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark – 1920×1080 High Quality
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	116.2 fps ∼100%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	115.2 fps ∼99% -1%
Average of class Gaming (9.13 – 194.9, n=225, last 2 years)	95.6 fps ∼82% -18%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	85.8 fps ∼74% -26%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	83.8 fps ∼72% -28%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	78.2 fps ∼67% -33%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	64.3 fps ∼55% -45%

Strange Brigade – 1920×1080 ultra AA:ultra AF:16
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	208 (39.5^min, 154.8^P1) fps ∼100% +2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	204 (39^min, 153.9^P1) fps ∼98%
Average of class Gaming (10.9 – 421, n=227, last 2 years)	173.1 fps ∼83% -15%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	162.7 (111.4^min, 120.7^P1) fps ∼78% -20%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	151 (35.4^min, 116^P1) fps ∼73% -26%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	139.1 (28^min, 105.6^P1) fps ∼67% -32%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	108 fps ∼52% -47%

Dota 2 Reborn – 1920×1080 ultra (3/3) best looking
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	178.6 (153.9^min) fps ∼100% +24%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	160 (139.4^min) fps ∼90% +11%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	147.1 (127.8^min) fps ∼82% +2%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	144.5 (123.6^min) fps ∼81%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	135.1 (120.3^min) fps ∼76% -7%
Average of class Gaming (22 – 194.7, n=245, last 2 years)	129.3 fps ∼72% -11%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	110 (85.8^min) fps ∼62% -24%

X-Plane 11.11 – 1920×1080 high (fps_test=3)
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	137.9 fps ∼100% +20%
Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	115.3 fps ∼84%
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Intel Core i9-12900HK, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	108 fps ∼78% -6%
MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU	97.5 fps ∼71% -15%
Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	94.7 fps ∼69% -18%
Average of class Gaming (12.4 – 146.4, n=249, last 2 years)	88.6 fps ∼64% -23%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	55 fps ∼40% -52%

The Aero 16 does not offer Advanced Optimus, and the same applies to Nvidia’s Whisper Mode. However, a MUX switch is available so that you can manually switch between iGPU and dGPU.

In gaming mode, the frame rate in Witcher 3 is quite constant for over an hour and is above that of a Razer Blade 18.

The GPU’s power consumption is almost constant at around 105 W, which means that both the core clock (2,350 MHz) and memory clock (2,000 MHz) are also very constant. The card heats up to about 80 °C.

The slim Aero 16 gets quite loud in Gaming Mode under heavy stress. Gaming or our stress test causes the fans to spin up to 55 dB, which is louder than the competition, but not surprising given the thin form factor.

In Creator Mode, the volume drops from the 55 dB of Gaming Mode to around 50 dB in stress testing. This brings the Aero closer to the competition, which has a similar noise level. Only Meeting Mode tries to keep the device really quiet.

Noise Level

Idle		23 / 23 / 33.64 dB(A)
Load		51.49 / 55.24 dB(A)

	30 dB silent 40 dB(A) audible 50 dB(A) loud
min: , med: , max: Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 23 dB(A)

dB(A) 0102030405060708090Deep BassMiddle BassHigh BassLower RangeMidsHigher MidsLower HighsMid HighsUpper HighsSuper Highs2028.930.528.92534.633.834.63141.237.741.24026.629.126.65022.123.622.16328.424.928.48022.324.122.310021.522.621.512521.214.121.216022.414.122.420025.620.925.625026.420.826.431526.413.326.440027.68.927.650029.28.529.263032.4832.480034.27.934.2100034.78.234.7125036.58.436.5160040.29.340.2200039.610.139.6250041.710.241.7315041.210.741.2400041.811.341.8500038.711.738.7630034.111.734.1800029.911.829.91000026.111.926.11250022.111.922.11600018.311.118.3SPL50.423.250.4N6.50.56.5median 29.9median 11.3median 29.9Delta5.52.15.526.429.827.627.926.526.433.641.632.433.734.633.636.334.33434.636.436.326.92928.630.129.526.928.231.93032.628.728.224.331.624.935.121.824.319.31927.220.317.519.319.121.624.522.617.219.120.222.926.52518.120.220.125.628.425.821.220.119.425.930.126.218.119.416.625.931.427.51616.615.329.935.130.914.715.31430.135.532.713.51413.130.336.533.113.413.1133238.233.413.51313.23441.735.713.213.212.936.74539.113.212.912.839.947.742.213.412.812.832.240.934.813.112.812.933.542.635.813.512.913.332.641.535.313.713.313.329.64033.414.113.313.829.441.333.11413.814.128.640.432.414.214.114.327.541.533.714.214.315.330.245.537.115.115.315.526.743.33416.315.513.717.632.625.814.213.713.216.223.720.713.413.225.945.154.54826.225.90.84.99.76.20.80.8median 13.8median 29.6median 40median 33.1median 14.1median 13.81.83.14.73.71.51.8hearing rangehide median Fan Noise

	Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H, Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10	Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK, Phison ESR01TBMFCT	Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX, SSSTC CA6-8D1024	Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i9-12900H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Radeon RX 7600S, R7 7735HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR
Noise		-7%	8%	-1%	5%	4%
off / environment *	23	25 -9%	23.5 -2%	26 -13%	24 -4%	24.1 -5%
Idle Minimum *	23	30 -30%	23.8 -3%	26 -13%	24 -4%	27.1 -18%
Idle Average *	23	32 -39%	23.8 -3%	26 -13%	25 -9%	27.1 -18%
Idle Maximum *	33.64	33 2%	26.8 20%	26 23%	28 17%	27.1 19%
Load Average *	51.49	45 13%	37.3 28%	48 7%	42 18%	42.9 17%
Witcher 3 ultra *	55.27	50 10%	48 13%		50 10%	44 20%
Load Maximum *	55.24	52 6%	53.5 3%	54.6 1%	50 9%	47 15%

* … smaller is better

Despite its slim case, the Aero performs well in this field. The comparatively loud fans and the metal case dissipate the heat well, so that the hot spots on the back remain well below 50 °C. The predecessor and several competitors fare worse here. The palm rests are always within a comfortable range.


41 °C 106 F	41 °C 106 F	39 °C 102 F
37 °C 99 F	41 °C 106 F	36 °C 97 F
31 °C 88 F	27 °C 81 F	31 °C 88 F

Maximum: 41 °C = 106 F
Average: 36 °C = 97 F


47 °C 117 F	45 °C 113 F	47 °C 117 F
35 °C 95 F	41 °C 106 F	37 °C 99 F
29 °C 84 F	31 °C 88 F	31 °C 88 F

Maximum: 47 °C = 117 F
Average: 38.1 °C = 101 F

Power Supply (max.) 43 °C = 109 F | Room Temperature 18 °C = 64 F | Fluke t3000FC (calibrated), Fluke 62 Mini

(±) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 36 °C / 97 F, compared to the average of 33.8 °C / 93 F for the devices in the class Gaming.
(±) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 41 °C / 106 F, compared to the average of 40.4 °C / 105 F, ranging from 21.2 to 68.8 °C for the class Gaming.
(-) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 47 °C / 117 F, compared to the average of 43.2 °C / 110 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 21.8 °C / 71 F, compared to the device average of 33.8 °C / 93 F.
(±) Playing The Witcher 3, the average temperature for the upper side is 36.8 °C / 98 F, compared to the device average of 33.8 °C / 93 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are reaching skin temperature as a maximum (33 °C / 91.4 F) and are therefore not hot.
(-) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 29 °C / 84.2 F (-4 °C / -7.2 F).

In stress testing, the CPU is able to consume 105 W in short bursts before falling to a constant 62 W after a few seconds. At the same time, the clock starts briefly at 4.1 GHz before dropping to around 2.9 GHz. However, this does not remain constant but fluctuates with temperature. When the core temperatures reach 90 °C, the clock is throttled slightly, after which the temperatures drop again. At just over 80 °C, the clock rate then rises slightly again, etc.

The GPU clock also fluctuates continuously between 1.7 and 2.4 GHz. In contrast, the memory clock rises and falls from 2 GHz to 1.75 GHz. The same waveform is evident in the GPU temperature, which fluctuates roughly between 70 and 80 °C. The power consumption never reaches its maximum in the stress test, but hovers only around 67 W.

	CPU Clock (GHz)	GPU Clock (MHz)	Average CPU Temperature (°C)	Average GPU Temperature (°C)
Prime95 + FurMark Stress	2,9	1.990	84	76
Witcher 3 Stress	1,8	2.350	69	80

Speakers are located at the front corners

Gigabyte has installed two stereo speakers with 2 W each, which is generally standard. Unfortunately, the speakers aren’t really convincing in any discipline: they’re reasonably loud, but are unable to deliver well-balanced mids or highs.

In addition to the digital outputs, the 3.5 mm headset slot can be used for external devices.

dB(A) 0102030405060708090Deep BassMiddle BassHigh BassLower RangeMidsHigher MidsLower HighsMid HighsUpper HighsSuper Highs2029.936.929.9253638.2363138.743.338.7402832.2285023.929.623.96326.128.126.18025.227.825.210024.82624.81252922.52916037.623.337.620042.626.942.625047.129.447.131548.228.848.240051.729.151.750055.530.455.563066.830.566.880075.131.175.1100073.729.773.7125070.42570.4160066.72766.7200068.926.168.9250069.326.669.3315071.226.271.2400073.823.673.8500064.321.264.3630053.920.153.980004716.7471000046.913.846.91250047.412.747.41600032.811.532.8SPL81.738.681.7N46.1346.1median 53.9median 26.1median 53.9Delta12.43.912.436.226.536.238.234.638.23936.43936.529.536.534.128.734.134.521.834.549.417.549.456.317.256.359.218.159.258.421.258.456.918.156.967.21667.275.214.775.279.413.579.475.513.475.577.113.577.177.813.277.875.913.275.975.413.475.480.713.180.779.613.579.68013.78078.214.178.283.91483.985.914.285.986.414.286.487.615.187.688.316.388.378.314.278.369.513.469.594.826.294.8112.20.8112.2median 77.8median 14.1median 77.85.51.55.5hearing rangehide median Pink Noise

Energy consumption is very good, especially compared to the previous generation. In the predecessor, the power-hungry RTX 3080 Ti was also throttled at 105 W. In the gaming benchmarks, you can see that the old card performs noticeably worse while consuming significantly more. The new RTX 40x generation is clearly much more efficient. More information on the efficiency of the new RTX 40x generation can be found here.

When gaming with Witcher 3, the average consumption is around 158 W. The medium-sized standard power supply from Chicony is rated at 240 W and copes well with load peaks of up to 192 W in stress testing.

Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF
i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10, OLED, 3840×2400, 16.00

Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5
i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, Phison ESR01TBMFCT, AMOLED, 3840×2400, 16.00

Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070
i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, SSSTC CA6-8D1024, IPS, 2560×1600, 18.00

Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED UX7602ZM-ME115W
i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR, OLED, 3840×2400, 16.00

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617
R7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM, IPS-Level, 1920×1200, 16.00

MSI CreatorPro Z16P B12UKST
i7-12700H, RTX A3000 Laptop GPU, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR, IPS, 2560×1600, 16.00

Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU

Average of class Gaming

Power Consumption

-64%

-84%

14%

-35%

-27%

Idle Minimum *

11.8

-120%

24.5

-108%

11.1

32%

10.8

14.8

Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU; Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): Ø107 (95.65-152.85)

Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU; Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): Ø126.2 (124-134)

Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU; Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): Ø205 (199-216)

Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU; Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor): Ø153.3 (151.16-155.33)

Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU; Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor): Ø142.6 (139-150)

Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU; Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor): Ø204 (201-210)

Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU; 1280×720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): Ø157.2 (148.52-172.69)

Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU; 1280×720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): Ø170.4 (167-184)

Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU; 1280×720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): Ø198.8 (181.6-228)

Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU; 1920×1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): Ø158.6 (152.66-167.99)

Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU; 1920×1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): Ø170.4 (166-176)

Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU; 1920×1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): Ø194.2 (190.3-223)

Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU; Idle 1min (external Monitor): Ø12.5 (5.9317-18.857)

Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU; Idle 1min (external Monitor): Ø25.1 (22.7-44.2)

Battery runtimes depend heavily on the selected mode, and the bright OLED screen also drains quite a bit of juice. The laptop still has an 88 Wh battery. Due to the overall lower consumption, longer runtimes can be achieved with a well-chosen energy saving mode.

When watching a film or surfing the web at reduced brightness, we get just under 7.5 hours each, a good value. Gigabyte has automatically activated the energy-saving mode here. At maximum brightness, the runtime falls to 5.5 hours.

Battery Runtime

WiFi Websurfing		7h 28min
WiFi Websurfing max. Brightness		5h 30min
Big Buck Bunny H.264 1080p		7h 22min
Load (maximum brightness)		2h 06min

Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF
i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, 88 Wh

Alienware x15 R2 P111F
i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, 87 Wh

MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST
i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, 90 Wh

Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 GX650RX
R9 6900HX, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, 90 Wh

Acer Predator Triton 500 SE PT516-52s-70KX
i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, 99.98 Wh

Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5
i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, 99 Wh

Average of class Gaming

Battery Runtime

-19%

-36%

-7%

-2%

-12%

-22%

H.264

442

345

-22%

559

26%

490

11%

452

372

Pros

+ thin, stable metal housing

+ 3x USB-C (incl. 2x Thunderbolt 4)

+ easy maintenance

+ 16 inch OLED display, HDR600

+ lots of manual options in the control center

+ high CPU and GPU performance

+ comparatively cool and economical

Cons

– high price

– 60 Hz display only

– loud in gaming mode

– driver latencies still quite high

– rather weak speakers

The Gigabyte Aero 16 OLED BMF, provided by Gigabyte.

Until now, high-performance laptops have often been big, loud and hot, making them suitable for either gamers or creatives, depending on the design. In the future, we would ideally like silent, cool and, if need be, small, mobile laptops. The Aero is a good step in this direction, even if the current technology is far from ideal.

The Aero performs better than its thicker predecessor with the RTX 3080 Ti (also only 105 W), but its efficient RTX 4070 consumes noticeably less and stays cooler, though not quieter. If you’re looking for discreet, you’ll benefit from the many power modes and manual setting options in the Control Center. This allows you to adapt the performance and emissions of the Aero to the respective situation or environment. Because the present Aero scores better in the “Gaming” rating category (88%) than in the “Multimedia” category (86%), we are rating it as a gaming notebook.

Gamers might be bothered by the fact that the otherwise great OLED display can only operate at 60 Hz. Otherwise all other points of criticism, such as the unbalanced speakers, are relatively mild.

The Aero 16 OLED not only has a great screen, but is also particularly thin and, thanks to the efficient RTX 4070, also powerful and yet comparatively economical and cool.

The competition never sleeps and is also exploring the possibilities of the new RTX 40x generation. We have only reviewed a few so far, so alternatives are still rare.

Interested buyers can check directly via Gigabyte’s official product page here, where you click on Buy and select your corresponding region and country from the drop down list. You will then be forward to a list of online stores that may list the laptop in your country.

In the US, for example, Amazon lists the two configurations of the Gigabyte Aero 16 OLED, namely one with an i9-13900H and 32 GB RAM and the other with an i7-13700H and 16 GB RAM. Both are US$2.299,00 and US$2.099,00, respectively. Of course, this is not representative of global availability, which is likely to fluctuate depending on regional and shipping factors.

Prices are as of 12.03.2023 and subject to change.

Gigabyte AERO 16 OLED BSF
–
03/08/2023 v7

Christian Hintze

Connectivity

65 / 80 → 82%

Application Performance

96%

Gaming – Weighted Average

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A C64 marked my entry into the world of PCs. I spent my student internship in the repair department of a computer shop and at the end of the day I was allowed to assemble my own 486 PC from “workshop remnants”. As a result of this, I later studied computer science at the Humboldt University in Berlin, with psychology also being added to my studies. After my first job as a research assistant at the university, I went to London for a year and worked for Sega in computer game translation quality assurance. This included working on games such as Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed and Company of Heroes. I have been writing for Notebookcheck since 2017.

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Growing up in regional Australia, I first became acquainted with computers in my early teens after a broken leg from a football (soccer) match temporarily condemned me to a predominately indoor lifestyle. Soon afterwards I was building my own systems. Now I live in Germany, having moved here in 2014, where I study philosophy and anthropology. I am particularly fascinated by how computer technology has fundamentally and dramatically reshaped human culture, and how it continues to do so.

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