Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Asus ProArt series laptop is built for people who want some serious creative power at their fingertips everything from editing videos to everyday multitasking, all in one package ready for whatever you may throw at it. I fell in love with the ProArt series when I tested out my first Asus ProArt P16 back in 2024 and over the years they have gotten significantly better. Asus has just released the new Asus ProArt P16 with the new Nvidia RTX Spark processor along with the Blackwell RTX graphics and they have done it again. This is a seriously powerful machine allowing you to accomplish whatever you heart may desire. So, lets get right into it. Specs as tested: Display: 16 Inch 4K OLED Lumina Touchscreen Display Memory and Storage: 24GB unified memory and a 512GB NVMe PCIe SSD Processor and Graphics: NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (18-core configuration) and an NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU Unboxing: Right out of the box the ProArt P16 just feels absolutely premium, as it should based on the price tag. The laptop features an all-aluminum build with an anti-fingerprint and a smudge resistant nano black finish. The new ProArt is also lighter and thinner compared to the previous year model (Height: .63 in, Width: 13.94 in, Depth: 9.57 in and Weight 3.9 pounds). Display: The display is easily one of my favorite things about the ASUS ProArt P16. The 16-inch 4K touchscreen is absolutely gorgeous, and the touch response has been excellent in my experience. After using the laptop for photo and video editing, it’s one of the features I’ve come to appreciate most. There’s some impressive hardware behind that picture, too. This configuration features a 3840 × 2400 ASUS Lumina Pro OLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate, 100% DCI-P3 color coverage, and HDR peak brightness of up to 1,600 nits delivering exceptional color accuracy, vibrant visuals, deep contrast, and smooth responsiveness for your productivity or pleasure. ASUS also lists Pantone Validation and Delta E below 1 for color accuracy. In everyday use, the display has been just absolute sight to look at. Between how beautiful it looks and how responsive it feels, it’s a big part of why I’ve enjoyed working on this laptop so much. Processor: This configuration features NVIDIA’s RTX Spark N1X18-core CPU with a Blackwell RTX GPU featuring 5,120 GPU cores. The platform uses unified memory, meaning the CPU and GPU share the same memory pool. The Blackwell graphics hardware supports GPU-accelerated rendering, ray tracing, AI workloads, and dedicated video encoding and decoding. NVIDIA also lists CUDA and Studio Driver support, while the laptop’s product listing highlights hardware-accelerated 4:2:2 video processing for compatible footage and software. Those capabilities make this an interesting platform for creative work, but I want to keep the hardware specifications separate from my personal testing. My hands-on experience has focused on Premiere and Claid.AI, not every rendering application, game, or local AI tool the platform might support. I also wouldn’t automatically credit the Blackwell GPU for the processing done through Claid.AI without establishing which tasks run locally. What I can say is that I’ve enjoyed using it on this laptop and have been happy with the overall experience. For my work so far, I’ve been extremely happy with the results. That’s the strongest endorsement I can give from personal experience, the specifications are interesting, but what matters to me is that I’ve genuinely enjoyed working on the laptop, bringing what I do to life. Memory: My configuration includes 24GB of unified memory. That capacity is shared between the CPU and GPU, rather than being 24GB of system RAM plus a separate pool of dedicated graphics memory. For the work I’ve done, I’ve been happy with the performance. Still, memory is something I’d encourage buyers to consider carefully. ASUS lists it as onboard, so this isn’t a configuration I’d buy with the expectation of upgrading the RAM later. If your projects are substantially more demanding than mine, choosing a higher-memory version may be worth considering. Storage: The included 512GB SSD is one area where I appreciate having an expansion option. This configuration uses a PCIe 4.0 NVMe drive, while ASUS lists two internal M.2 slots, including occupied slots. Having the option to be able to upgrade my storage was a big plus for me, because as we all know it does not take much to fill up 512GB SSD. Track Pad: I’m loving the new haptic-feedback trackpad. ASUS has moved away from the dial integrated into the trackpad on the previous design. I liked having that dial, and it was a nice feature, but I honestly haven’t found myself missing it. Ports: The ASUS ProArt P16 includes the following ports: • 3 × USB4 Type-C — up to 40Gbps, with display output and USB Power Delivery support. • 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A — up to 10Gbps. • 1 × HDMI 2.1 • 1 × SD Express 7.0 card reader. • 1 × 3.5mm combination audio jack Overall, after spending time with the ASUS ProArt P16, I can honestly say it’s been a pleasure to use. My experience with Adobe Premiere and Claid.AI has left me really happy with the performance, and that matters more to me than an impressive specification sheet on its own. I want a laptop that I enjoy working on, and this ProArt has given me plenty of reasons to keep reaching for it. The gorgeous 4K touchscreen is a huge part of that appeal. It has been responsive in my use, and the display is one of those features I appreciate every time I open the laptop. Paired with the six-speaker setup, which sounds pretty amazing for a laptop, it makes the P16 enjoyable for more than just getting work done. The picture and sound are a combination I’ve genuinely loved.