Customer Ratings & Reviews

I upgraded to the G16 from the Asus M16 (12900/24GB RAM/3070Ti). The G16 is definitely thinner and lighter and both the screen and speakers are improved. I think the keyboard is better, but need more time and use to confirm. It does seem typing is more precise with the G16. I've only done a little gaming, but performance was as expected. Because it's thinner, there are limitations, but using GHelper can aid with that depending on how much you want to fiddle. The one major complaint I have/had was the screw for the second SSD slot was stripped by the factory and was insanely tight. It required me having to buy a $30 tool to get the screw out. After that, installing the second SSD was normal. Overall, I'm happy with the purchase.

The Rog Zephyrus G16 with an RTX 5080 is a fantastic and fun portable gaming laptop that is unfortunately significantly held back by the limited wattage delivered to the dedicated GPU. I understand that lower wattages and therefore decreased performance are the trade off when going for something as thin and sleek as this laptop. But other laptops in this market, like Razer's Blade 16 or 18, are able to give much more power to the GPU while still maintaining a very similar level of thinness. Quite simply the price to performance ratio is pretty terrible. But I understand that purchasers of this laptop are probably not concerned strictly with maximum gaming performance. Rather, if your primary concern is thinness and beauty then there is almost literally nothing better than this laptop on the market today. It is slim sleek and stylish, with an absolutely gorgeous (though unfortunately quite dim, only reaching 400 nits) OLED display. So if you're wanting more screen real estate and better thermals than the smaller G14 then this G16 might be for you. The keyboard is quite nice and satisfying, and the chassis is satisfyingly small and light. Thermals are generally okay, but if you do anything more than light web browsing, then the laptop will get hot pretty fast. In other words, this thing needs to be elevated on a laptop stand. As I said before, if you are looking at price to performance, then this laptop is a pretty terrible deal. But if you want just the right balance of performance and thinness/portability with a slightly larger screen than the G14, then the ASUS ROG Zephyrus is quite simply unbeatable.

I've been waiting for a gaming laptop that checks all the boxes. This is definitely it. I needed something portable, and powerful. This laptop can handle just about anything i throw at it and looks professional as well. I previously had an LG Gram 17, and was worried about adjusting to the new screen. Losing a little bit of real-estate was worth this beautiful OLED display. I also hate super glossy screens and this one does a nice job diffusing glare. Its not matt but it maintains a nice balance. Keyboard us great, wish it had per key led lighting but thats not the end of the world to me. Overall highly satisfied with this laptop and would recommend it to others.

I was on the fence between buying this or a Macbook. I wanted a great on-the-go laptop that could also game, and this laptop seemed like the best compromise. Gaming wise, it is an absolute beast, capable of playing Cyberpunk on 4K ultra on my TV, with some help from DLSS. Despite what others say about the 5080 being underpowered on this laptop, I feel it is strong enough to handle anything you can throw at it. This laptop isn't perfect for on-the-go though. The battery life has diminished compared to the AMD version - I get around 7 hours of Youtube playback, which is honestly less than I was hoping for. With reports that the AMD version could do 12 hours, I really wish they had stuck with the AMD version for more power efficiency. Also, the laptop can be finicky. When plugged in at 240hz, I notice flickering in the brighness of the display. When I reboot the laptop it goes away, so not sure what the cause could be. Bluetooth sometimes doesn't recognize my earbuds, though I think it might be a Windows issue.

I think this might be the single best laptop I have ever used. I purchased this laptop for university purposes, and it has served me well. My main concerns was the quietness while in a class and the battery life. Both of these are completely adequate. The gaming performance is the best I have ever encountered and beats a couple friends' gaming PCs. But no one is talking about the screen enough. This display is so good it made me start watching movies and content that I would never otherwise watch. I am memorized by the accuracy and the vibrancy of this display. I won't ever go back to a brand other than ASUS. Actually amazing experience.

I bought the laptop for my daughter who loves to game a lot. She absolutely loved the Zephyrs. It is very light, aesthetically beautiful, very powerful and runs great.

This laptop is pretty dope. The build quality is right up there with a macbook, all aluminum, very rigid. The speakers sound fantastic! Pretty impressive for a thin and light laptop, performance with the 5080 is respectable. Im playing Diablo IV, Cyberpunk 2077, Armored Core 6 all high-ultra settings and getting 80+ FPS which is good enough for me because I like the eye candy but I could get more FPS by dialing some things back. Last but certainly no least is that OLED display, OMG it’s outstanding, I cant go back to IPS laptop displays. One thing I dont care for is the slash RGB thing on the lid, I disabled it, its pretty useless to me.

The 2025 Zephyrus G16 with the RTX 5080 is one of the most impressively tuned laptops I’ve tested. Even on 100W USB-C charging, it delivered 83–96 FPS in Resident Evil 4 Remake at native 1600p with ray tracing on high and no DLSS — outperforming the RTX 4090 model, which managed just 47–52 FPS under the same conditions. In CPU-Z benchmarks, the 5080’s Ultra 9 285H scored 807.7 (1T) and 9536.1 (multi) in Turbo mode — beating the 4090 both plugged in and on battery. It stayed cool, efficient, and even maintained just 0.5%/hr battery drain overnight in sleep mode. If you want near-desktop power that travels well, scales smartly, and doesn’t need a giant charger to perform — the 5080 G16 is simply in a league of its own.

Great laptop powerful with great battery life! Games ran smoothly and the thin nature of it made it portable

Pretty lightweight and powerful laptop. I wanted to switch off desktop to something more portable.

I am really enjoying this laptop for productivity and for gaming. I highly recommend this model because you do get the higher powered GPU and CPU combination, 32 GB of RAM, and 2 TB of storage. The OLED display is fantastic, the keyboard is great, and when it isn't running a game, the laptop is very quiet. If recommend this over the G14 due to the screen size.

This really is the machine to have if you are looking for the total package! It's Quiet for gaming machine, Anti glare OLED, best speakers in a laptop. Lightest in class, the only negative is the price which is why I couldn't keep it!! Look for it on sale if you can!!

Nice display, incredible sound system, if used for daily tasks and the graphics card is disabled battery life can get up to 7-8 hours

Thin and lightweight for a gaming laptop but fans get louder than a normal gaming laptop. Battery is around 10hours with G-Helper for office use. Definitely recommended for work/game combo. 5070ti is the sweet spot for this laptop. However, I did get a defective unit for this laptop. Test for defective unit.

Amazing screen but the fan gets very loud and hot playing any games that use the dedicated gpu.

Originally bought this computer to use for my work but after getting into and realizing how amazing it actually was, i gave it to my son to use for gaming and it has literally blown his old "gaming" rig outta the water! If you're looking for an amazing laptop with out of this world capabilities, this IS for you! P.S., don't be scared to check out the open box offers as they're often times perfectly fine and a great value!

This laptop is a step up in terms of performance and portability. I use it for at home for work but it travels very well and maintains the capability of a home PC. I highly recommend for the professional thats looking for the extra NVIDIA power for gaming or training AI models.

Can say enough good things about this laptop. It’s sleek/professional with all of the power you could want.

Glad I did. I was more looking to get into the Apple Ecosystem, but I was not able to game. Even with the higher CPU/GPUs. Macs do not support most of my games and I really needed that option. I held out for this and got it for the price of an M4 Macbook Pro with the pro chip and 24gb RAM. This thing runs everything I throw at it. Runs cool when you beed it to and is a great overall laptop. The two things I would recommend you do is learn to install Ghelper and uninstall the Aromoury Crate, along with instead of having this sleep when you close the lid, have it hybernate. This is likely a windows issue as sometimes it will be running and I did not want to risk it overheating. Great laptop, just wait for the best deal!

I needed a portable powerhouse and this delivers. The screen is awesome plus the performance. I use it for work and no issues at all.