I've had the new ASUS ProArt P16 for a month, and it's my new favourite creative powerhouse

This NVIDIA 5070-powered beast gets you all the graphics oomph you need.

A black ASUS ProArt P16 laptop on a green sofa
(Image: © Future / Erlingur Einarsson)

Our Verdict

The ASUS ProArt P16 is pretty much everything an ambitious creative professional could hope for. It pairs up to 64GB of RAM with a 50-series graphics card to provide fantastically smooth operation even during the heaviest graphic loads, the AI optimisation is excellent, and ASUS' proprietary Creator Hub (and the included Capcut sub) just keeps getting better and more useful with every iteration. The touchscreen makes it ideal for artists who want to have hands-on control of their creation, and the colour and brightness is a video editor's dream. Yes, it's expensive and heavy and the fact the power port is completely unique (and thus incompatible with anything but ASUS' own cables) is an extra niggle, but these are small complaints for a big creative winner.

For

  • Extremely powerful
  • Brilliant touchscreen
  • Creator Hub keeps getting better

Against

  • More expensive than some rivals
  • Proprietary power port

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ASUS rebranded its flagship Studiobook as the ASUS ProArt P16 last year, and its initial success (as we reported in our review then) has been built on in 2025's iteration of this creative flagship from the Taiwan-based computing risk-taker.

At the time of writing this review, the 2024 edition is currently our recommended Windows laptop for graphic design, and laptop for heavy duty video editing, but we're gonna have to update that now...

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Specs as tested

Spec

Details

CPU

AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

NPU

AMD XDNA NPU with up to 50 TOPS AI performance

Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU

Memory

64GB LPDDR5x-7500 (dual-channel, onboard)

Storage

2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD (expandable via additional M.2 slot)

Screen size

16-inch

Screen type

OLED touchscreen, 16:10 aspect ratio

Resolution

3K (2880 x 1800)

Refresh rate

60Hz

Colour gamut (measured)

100.6% DCI-P3, 98% sRGB, Delta E 0.92

Brightness (measured)

496 nits (HDR)

Ports

2x USB-C (1x USB 4.0 up to 40Gbps), 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x SD Express 7.0 card reader, additional USB-A and audio combo jack

Wireless connectivity

Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4

Dimensions

35.49 x 24.69 x 1.73cm

Weight

1.85 kg

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ASUS ProArt P16 scorecard

Attributes

Notes

Rating

Design:

Solid, sturdy, uninventive

4/5

Features:

Rich, with Creator Hub a worthy headliner

4.5/5

Performance:

Fantastic performance across the board for creatives of all types

5/5

Value:

Very expensive, but not quite as dear as 5090-powered rivals

3.5/5

Apple MacBook Pro M4
Apple MacBook Pro: at creativebloq.com

The latest and nearly greatest from Apple, the MacBook Pro M4 is a powerful machine with great computing performance, but a little less graphic oomph.

Gigabyte Aorus Master 16
Gigabyte Aorus Master 16: at creativebloq.com

This is a gaming laptop that works wondrously as a creative powerhouse, and with a 5090 card on board, it is both biblically powerful and unspeakably expensive.

Asus ProArt PX13
ASUS ProArt PX13: at creativebloq.com

This is a compact alternative to the P16, with much of the same internals as its bigger sibling, great if you are a bit space-compromised or want to carry it around all the time without fearing long-term back problems.

The Verdict
9

out of 10

ASUS ProArt P16

The ASUS ProArt P16 is pretty much everything an ambitious creative professional could hope for. It pairs up to 64GB of RAM with a 50-series graphics card to provide fantastically smooth operation even during the heaviest graphic loads, the AI optimisation is excellent, and ASUS' proprietary Creator Hub (and the included Capcut sub) just keeps getting better and more useful with every iteration. The touchscreen makes it ideal for artists who want to have hands-on control of their creation, and the colour and brightness is a video editor's dream. Yes, it's expensive and heavy and the fact the power port is completely unique (and thus incompatible with anything but ASUS' own cables) is an extra niggle, but these are small complaints for a big creative winner.

Erlingur Einarsson
Tech Reviews Editor

Erlingur is the Tech Reviews Editor on Creative Bloq. Having worked on magazines devoted to Photoshop, films, history, and science for over 15 years, as well as working on Digital Camera World and Top Ten Reviews in more recent times, Erlingur has developed a passion for finding tech that helps people do their job, whatever it may be. He loves putting things to the test and seeing if they're all hyped up to be, to make sure people are getting what they're promised. Still can't get his wifi-only printer to connect to his computer. 

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