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Best 16-inch laptops

Sixteen inches buys real room for code, timelines or spreadsheets while staying portable enough to move. These are the 16-inch-class machines we track, ranked by our hand-scored average across the six categories.

Top 10 of 102 that qualify, ranked by our hand-scored average. How we score.

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Apple MacBook Pro 16 (M5 Max, 2026)

18-core M5 Max with a 32-core GPU, 36 GB unified memory base, 100 Wh battery and the same 1000 nit 120 Hz ProMotion mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR panel from 3899 dollars.

€ 4.399 8.7/10 Linux not supported

Strong on Battery 10Screen 10

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Apple MacBook Pro 16 (M4 Max, 2024)

A reference creative workstation: M4 Max, 40-core GPU, 48 GB unified memory in the base SKU, a 1000 nit 120 Hz ProMotion mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR panel, 14-hour battery.

€ 4.499 8.7/10 Linux not supported

Strong on Battery 10Screen 10

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Apple MacBook Pro 16 (M3 Max, 2023)

The 2023 M3 Max 16 was the first to hit 1000 nits sustained on the 120 Hz ProMotion mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR with a 22-hour battery claim, 36 GB unified memory in the base SKU.

€ 3.254 8.5/10 Linux not supported

Strong on Battery 10Screen 10

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ASUS ProArt P16 (H7606, 2024)

A 1.81 kg creator machine with a 4K 120 Hz OLED touch panel, 64 GB, and an RTX 4070, well-supported on Linux via asus-linux.org.

€ 2.999 8.0/10 Linux, minor tweaks

Strong on Screen 9Build 9

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ASUS Vivobook S 15 (S5507, Snapdragon X Elite)

A 15.6 inch 3K 120Hz OLED 600-nit Copilot+ PC with 70Wh and 14 hours of real Windows battery for 1299 dollars, but on Linux Canonical lists a specific installer bug on this exact board on top of the usual Snapdragon X gaps.

€ 1.499 7.8/10 Linux not supported

Strong on Battery 9Screen 9

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ASUS Zenbook S 16 OLED (UM5606, 2024)

A genuinely good 3K 120 Hz OLED with Strix Point and a 78 Wh battery doing about 10 real hours.

€ 1.599 7.8/10 Linux, minor tweaks

Strong on Screen 9Battery 8

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Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro 16 (2025)

A 1.56 kg 16 inch 3K AMOLED ultrabook on Lunar Lake with around 23 hours of video playback from 76 Wh, the larger sibling of the Book5 Pro 14, priced at 1649 dollars and with the same unverified Linux story on the IPU6 camera and speakers.

€ 1.799 7.7/10 Linux unverified

Strong on Battery 10Screen 9

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ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (GU605, 2024)

A 1.91 kg RTX 4090 with a 2.5K 240 Hz OLED and the best Linux tooling story of any gaming laptop here, but the 4090 runs at only 115W and RAM is soldered.

€ 3.199 7.7/10 Linux, minor tweaks

Strong on Screen 9Build 9

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Razer Blade 16 (2026)

A 2.14 kg 14.9 mm RTX 5090 with Panther Lake, a 240 Hz QHD+ OLED at 1100 nits HDR peak, soldered LPDDR5X-9600 and a 90 Wh battery Razer claims is good for 13 hours of productivity.

€ 3.255 7.5/10 Linux not supported

Strong on Speed 10Screen 9

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Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9, 2024)

A 2.61 kg RTX 4090 running the full 175W with slotted RAM and a 99.99 Wh battery, the strongest performance-per-dollar of the 4090 machines here.

€ 3.499 7.5/10 Linux, minor tweaks

Strong on Speed 10Screen 8

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