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Best gaming ultrabook (thin-and-light gaming laptop) in 2025

Here at Ultrabookreview.com, we’ve been testing and reviewing thin-and-light gaming laptops for more than 15 years now, of all kinds and from all major brands. Our experience allows us to help you choose the best portable gaming laptop (or...

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Best ultrabook and portable lightweight laptop in 2025

Here at Ultrabookreview.com, we’ve reviewed hundreds of ultrabooks and portable lightweight laptops...

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15 Best budget good-value laptops under $1000 in 2025

Looking for a good-value laptop and portable ultrabook and don’t plan to...

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Best 15-inch and 14-inch lightweight portable laptops in 2025

While you’ll find many excellent compact ultrabooks out there, some of you...

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Best 2-in-1 ultrabook and compact laptop in 2025

Some of the thin-and-light notebooks available these days in stores are 2-in-1...

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  • Asus ProArt PX13 longer-term review – 12 months later (Ryzen AI, RTX)

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    The Asus ProArt PX13 is an oddity, as the last remaining powerful 13-inch ultrabook. And not just any powerful ultrabook in a proper laptop format, but one that bundles a powerful mobile processor with capable dedicated graphics, plus good inputs, an OLED display and...

  • MSI Titan 18 HX AI review (2025 model, Ultra 9 + RTX 5090)

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    Time to go over the 2025 generation of the MSI Titan 18 HX AI lineup in this review, one of the most, if not the most, powerful 18-inch notebooks available in stores today. The 2025 iteration is a hardware refresh of the 2024 Titan...

  • Asus Zenbook 14 UX3405CA longer-term review (2025 model, Intel Core Ultra 200H)

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    We’re discussing the Asus Zenbook 14 UX3405CA series in this review article, the Intel-based 2025 refresh of the popular Zenbook 14 series of mid-range thin-and-light laptops. Asus offers both an AMD and an Intel variant for the 2025 Zenbook 14 lineup. We’ve covered the...

  • Asus Zenbook 14 UM3406KA longer-term review (2025 model, AMD Ryzen AI 7 350)

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    In this review, we’re discussing the 2025 Asus Zenbook 14 UM3406KA refresh with AMD Krackan specs (Ryzen AI 7 350). We’ve covered most, if not all, Zenbook lineups and models over the years. This 2025 model is a hardware refresh of the 2024 Zenbook...

  • Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon longer-term review (2025 gen13 Aura Edition, Ultra 7 258V)

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    This is my longer-term review of the 2025 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the 13th gen Aura Edition built on Intel Lunar Lake hardware. This revision of the X1 Carbon series was launched late in 2024, but I got to use it around mid-2025, with...

  • Asus V16 review – budget gaming laptop (Core 7, RTX 5050)

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    We’re discussing the Asus V16 V3607 notebook series in this review article. This is a budget-friendly all-purpose laptop, a potential jack of all trades with an affordable price tag. A Vivobook, more or less, but without the Vivobook name. Of course, that means you’ll...

  • Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 vs. Razer Blade 16, Asus ProArt P16 comparison

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    I’ve used and reviewed the 2025 Razer Blade 16, the 2025 Asus ROG Zephyrus G16, and the 2025 Asus ProArt P16 over the last weeks, and I’ve gathered my thoughts on these three in this article, a comparison to help you choose between these...

  • Razer Blade 16 longer term review, 3 months later (2025 generation)

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    We’re discussing the Razer Blade 16 2025 generation in this review. This laptop was the partner launch series for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile chip earlier in 2025, and was sent by Nvidia to many reviewers around February/March, and that’s why it was...

  • Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 2025 review (GU605CR- Ultra 9 285H, RTX 5070Ti)

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    Time to discuss the 2025 update of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 series, a powerful and yet still compact and lightweight series of all-purpose laptops. More specifically, we’re talking about the Intel-based Zephyrus G16 GU605, which is now powered by a Core Ultra 9...

  • Thunderbolt 5 and Thunderbolt 4 laptops – the complete list

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    We’ve seen Thunderbolt ports on enthusiast computers for many years now, but these days Thunderbolt is becoming the port everyone wants on a new laptop, regardless of size, form-factor, or budget. While the original article discussed Thunderbolt 3 and 4 standards and notebooks, the...

  • Asus ProArt P16 review (2025 H7606WP model, AMD Ryzen AI, RTX 5070)

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    Time to review the 2025 update of the Asus ProArt P16 lineup, a portable 16-inch laptop for creators and workloads. This series is, in fact, derived from the ROG Zephyrus G16 series, with a slightly thinner and lighter chassis, clean all-black aesthetics, and a...

  • Lenovo Legion Pro 7i review (gen 10, 2025 generation – Ultra 9 HX, RTX 5080)

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    This is my detailed review of the 2025 10th-generation of the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i series, Lenovo’s most powerful 16-inch laptop meant for sustained workloads and gaming. This series is sold as the Legion Pro 7 in some markets, including here in Europe, and...

  • Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 review (2025 generation, Ryzen AI 9, RTX 5070Ti)

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    This is my detailed review of the 2025 generation of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14. The Zephyrus G14 is a highly popular series of thin-and-light laptops with serious performance capabilities, and we’ve discussed and tested all variants launched over the years. This most recent...

  • 4K gaming on Nvidia RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Laptops (vs. RTX 4090)

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    In this brief article we’re discussing gaming at 4K display resolution on the latest Intel Core Ultra 9 HX + Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 configurations tested in the Asus ROG Scar 18 and ROG Scar 16 notebooks, with later updates for...

  • Optimized Quiet Gaming (35 dBA) on RTX 5080, RTX 5090 Laptops

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    As mentioned throughout my reviews, while most gaming laptops available today offer some sort of power profile optimized for silent use around 35 dBA, these modes are usually aggressively power-capped. Thus, especially for full-size laptops, these profiles don’t maximize the performance potential possible on...

  • Asus ROG Strix Scar 16 review (2025 G635LW model – RTX 5080, Ultra 9 275HX)

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    This article is my detailed review of the 2025 Asus ROG Strix Scar 16 series, the highest-tier 16-inch performance laptop offered by Asus this generation, meant for serious workloads and gaming. This is the more compact version of the ROG Scar 18 discussed above,...

  • The complete list of Intel Lunar Lake laptops (Core Ultra 9 288V, Ultra 7 258V, Ultra 7 256V)

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    In this article, we’re discussing laptops built on the Intel Lunar Lake (Intel Core Ultra 200V) hardware. We’re going through the main characteristics and particularities of the Lunar Lake platforms, which are primarily designed for lightweight and portable devices, and then we’ll curate a...

  • Lenovo Legion Pro 7i gen 10 2025 refresh – OLED, Arrow Lake, RTX 5090

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    Just a few weeks ago I wrote a final review article of the gen9 Lenovo Legion Pro 7i series, stating that a successor was due at the beginning of 2025, and now it’s time to discuss this successor. The early-2025 10th generation of the...

  • AMD Strix Halo ASUS ROG Flow Z13 review (long-term Surface Pro user)

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    Like Andrei, I too got a chance to review the 2025 Asus ROG Flow Z13.  I’ve had it for about a month and have been using it as my daily driver this whole time.  It was a pretty easy transition for me too, since...

  • Intel Arrow Lake H laptops (Core Ultra 9 285H, Ultra 7 255H)- complete list, best options

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    Let’s discuss the 2025 Intel Arrow Lake H hardware platform, with Core Ultra 200H processors. This hardware combines a complex processor with Intel’s latest cores and technologies and a competent Arc iGPU, arguably the fastest iGPU available today aside from the Radeon graphics in...

  • Laptops with Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 graphics- complete list, best options

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    In this article, we’re discussing the Nvidia RTX 5000 Blackwell mobile platform that you will find in a multitude of all-around, worksation and gaming laptops over the next 2-3 years, and particularly focus on the top-tier GPU options, the GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX...

  • Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 review (2025 G835LX model – RTX 5090, Ultra 9)

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    This is our detailed review of the 2025 generation of the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 laptop, Asus’s largest and most powerful notebook available as of 2025. As the naming might suggest to those already familiar with Asus’s weird naming schemes, the Scar 18...

  • Asus ROG Flow Z13 review, one month later (2025 GZ302EA, Ryzen AI Max+ 395)

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    I’ve gathered my thoughts on the Asus ROG Flow Z13 in this article, the hyped 2025 GZ302-series update with AMD Ryzen AI Max hardware. I didn’t get a review unit in time for the embargo last month, so I decided not to rush out...

  • AMD Strix Halo laptops- complete list, best options (Ryzen AI Max+ 395, Ryzen AI Max 390)

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    In this article, we’re discussing laptops and devices built on the AMD Strix Halo laptop hardware launched in early 2025, or the so-called AMD Ryzen AI Max platform. Ryzen AI Max hardware is unique among the mobile platforms available today, as it pairs a...

  • Using the 2025 Asus ROG Scar 16/18 on PD USB-C power

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    I’ve been using the 2025 Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 and Scar 16 over the last weeks, the latest 2025 configurations with Core Ultra 9 and RTX 5080/5090 hardware, reviewed in depth here (Scar 18) and here (Scar 16). They’re both full-size high-performance notebooks...

  • Asus Zenbook Duo review (dual-display 2025 model, Intel Core Ultra 9 285H)

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    This article discusses the 2025 update of the Asus Zenbook Duo series, a dual-display portable laptop with Intel Arrow Lake H hardware and a slightly revised keyboard folio in this generation. This Zenbook Duo is one of the few dual-display laptops available in stores,...

  • 2025 Intel mobile hardware explained – Intel Arrow Lake HX, Arrow Lake H, Lunar Lake V

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    This article covers the Intel mobile hardware available in modern laptops in 2025, both the platforms released this year and those released last year which are still relevant today in competitive devices. I already covered the AMD mobile platforms (Strix, Strix Halo, Krackan, etc)...

  • Complete list of Intel Arrow Lake HX laptops (Core Ultra 9 285HX, 275HX)

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    This article discusses the 2025 Intel Arrow Lake HX mobile microarchitecture, meant for high-performance workstations and gaming laptops. This follows up on the Intel 13th-gen and 14th-gen Raptor Lake hardware, introducing Core Ultra 9 200HX (and lower) processors as successors for the Core i9...

  • Asus Zenbook A14 review (2025 UX3407 model, Snapdragon)

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    This is my detailed review of the Asus Zenbook A14 series, the early-2025 addition to the Zenbook lineup, a brand new chassis design for a computer built on Qualcomm Snapdragon hardware. The hardware specs mainly set this Zenbook A14 apart from the other Asus...

  • AMD Krackan Point laptops (Ryzen AI 7 350, Ryzen AI 5 340)- complete list, best options

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    In this article, we’re discussing the AMD Krackan Point hardware platform, the mid-segment iteration of AMD’s Strix Point hardware, with Ryzen AI 7 and Ryzen AI 5 processors. Before the announcement, this platform was also known as AMD Kraken Point. This hardware is meant...

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      Asus ProArt PX13 longer-term review – 12 months later (Ryzen AI, RTX)

      The Asus ProArt PX13 is an oddity, as the last remaining powerful 13-inch ultrabook. And not just any powerful ultrabook in a proper laptop format, but one that bundles...

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      Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 vs. Razer Blade 16, Asus ProArt P16 comparison

      Andrei Girbea | July 3, 2025

      I’ve used and reviewed the 2025 Razer Blade 16, the 2025 Asus ROG Zephyrus G16, and the 2025 Asus ProArt P16 over the last weeks, and I’ve gathered my...

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