The G15 has the best gaming laptop keyboard around and a stylish angular design, all of which are present here. The ROG Zephyrus G15 was our previous top pick for the best gaming laptop around and, put simply, the M16 takes that device and enhances it with a larger 16in 16:10 display, enhanced capabilities – outside of gaming – and a handy webcam. What sets this gaming laptop apart from its key competition is versatility. Solid results all around, but no shocks when it comes to not matching up to the RTX 3080. With this top-spec, you’ll get just below 60fps at 1440p Ultra settings in Borderlands 3, 77fps at the same settings in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint and, to hit the 165Hz this machine’s display is capable of, you’ll have to go to very low settings at 1440p in Apex Legends or drop down to 1080p. However, it does fall slightly behind the G15 and Razer Blade 15 when you get to its meat and potatoes – actual gaming performance.

A special hat tip must go to the SSD speeds too, with astounding 7,098Mb/s read and 5177Mb/s write – many rivals sit around the 3,500Mb/s and 3,000Mb/s respectively – a stunning result for habitual big file transferrers. Even up against gaming laptops that do sport the RTX 3080, the M16 tops it across holistic, processor-based and creative benchmarks – it really isn’t all that held back. Nevertheless, the M16 still has high specs on offer with an RTX 3070 and Intel Core i9-11900H being its top options.

The Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 doesn’t offer a model with Nvidia’s top mobile graphics card – the RTX 3080 – meaning you’ll have to opt for the, still great, AMD-powered ROG Zephyrus G15 (below) if you want the most gaming horsepower a laptop can offer.

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