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 4K OLED display. As for the specs, this series tops out at an AMD Ryzen 9 AI platform with 64 GB of RAM, and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 graphics in this 2025 iteration.
We’ve reviewed the 2024 ProArt P16 in a previous article, and since this update is the same chassis and overall specs, just with newer-gen Nvidia Blackwell graphics, we’re mostly going to focus on its capabilities and how it compares to the previous generation and some of the other options available today in this for-creators space.
2025 ASUS ProArt P16 H7607 portable workstation
ASUS ProArt H7606WP, 2025 model
Display 16-inch, 16:10, glossy, touch,OLED 4K+ 3840 x 2400 px , 60 Hz 0.2ms, 400 nits SDR, 100% DCI-P3 colors
Processor AMD Strix Point, Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, 12C/24T, up to 5.1 GHz
Video Radeon 890M + Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 8GB (up to 100W with Dyn Boost)
Memory 64 GB LPDDR5x-7500 (onboard)
Storage 1 TB SSD (WD PC SN740) – 1x M.2 PCI 4.0 x4 slot, 1x m.2 PCIe 4.0 x2 slot
Connectivity WiFi 7 2×2 with Bluetooth 5.4 (Mediatek MT7925 module)
Ports left: DC-in, HDMI 2.1 FRL, 1x USB-C 4.0 , 1x USB-A 3.2, audio jack
Battery 90 Wh, 200 W power adapter, USB-C charging up to 100W
Size 354 mm or 13.96” (w) x 246 mm or 9.68 (d) x 14.9 – 17.3 mm or .59” – .68″ (h)
Weight 1.85 kg (4.1 lbs),
Extras clamshell format with 130-degree hinge, clean design without any lightbar on the lid,
Design and ergonomics The ProArt P16 and the Zephyrus G16 are close kin, but having the two side by side showcases the slightly thinner chassis of the P16 and the lower weight.
It also showcases the cleaner design of the ProArt, featuring matte black metal surfaces throughout and muted branding. There’s no RGB, no awkward lights on the lid or anywhere in the line of sight, and the ProArt logo on the lid is subtle, professional.
In fact, this is one of the most professional-looking laptops I’ve used over the years, and something that will perfectly fit even the strictest of school or work environments. A true sleeper design. And a premium build, with quality materials all over and sturdy craftsmanship.
Sure, the black metals show fingerprints, but having used this laptop for the last two weeks, I’d say that the matte finishing is pretty good at fending off smudges. In fact, the most finger oil gathers on the keys and the glass touchpad, as shown below, after a few days of use.
The ergonomics of this series are mostly fine, with good grip on the desk, blunted edges and corners, smooth hinges, and plenty of ports on the sides.
However, the screen only goes back to about 130 degrees or so, which is limiting for off-desk use. Asus argues it’s due to the cooling design, in order not to block the hot air exhausts on the back edge.
The IO is lined on the sides, split between the left and right. Nice to see full-size USBs, HDMI, and a proper SD card reader, alongside USB-Cs placed on each side. Only the one on the left supports USB 4.0, but both support DP and Power Delivery charging.
The charger is Asus’s new square plug that sticks out to the side. Not a fan.
Overall, for me, this is still one of the most beautiful laptops available out there today, and a fairly practical design as well. Too bad Asus wasn’t able to put a 180-degree screen on it.
Keyboard and touchpad The ProArt P16 offers an excellent keyboard and a massive, oversized even, glass touchpad.
The keyboard is a minimalist layout, with a full set of main keys and small arrows, but without a NumPad or the extra media keys available on the ROG Zephyrus G16. That aside, the keyboards on the two look and feel identical.
These keycaps, being black and made out of smooth plastic, smudge easily and end up looking rather gross after a while. So you’ll need to constantly clean them.
The illumination is white only, not RGB as on the Zephyrus. The LEDs are plenty bright and uniform. They also activate with a swipe over the touchpad once they time out.
The touchpad is humongous, occupying most of the arm rest and going all the way from the space kye to the front of the laptop. Palm rejection works fine, and I didn’t run into ghost swipes or touches with regular use. However, using this on the lap or on the legs can be quite frustrating, with clothes touching the surface and interfering with the general use experience. Despite its portability, the design particularities of this series make it mostly suited for desk use.
On a desk, this touchpad works flawlessly. The surface feels sturdy and doesn’t rattle with firmer taps, and even the physical clocks in the corners are smooth and quiet.
The top-left corner of this touchpad can act as a customizable Dial Pad, a rotary dial that can be used for various actions in Windows and in some apps. It works in Photoshop or Premiere, but I’m not entirely convinced this is actually useful for real-life use. Perhaps the graphics artists and videographers among you might share your thoughts and experience with it.
Finally, for biometrics, there’s an IR camera here, but no finger sensor in the power button.
16-inch OLED display, 60 Hz The display on this ProArt P16 is a 16-inch 16:10 format with a 4K OLED panel. This offers excellent sharpness and can help with scaling in certain applications, but at the same time, the 4K panel is power hungry, expensive, and not ideal for gaming.
From what I’m seeing, Asus also offers a 3K 120Hz panel option for some configurations, but we had the 4K 60Hz option here. Both are OLED, glossy, and with touch, but the grain noticeable on white backgrounds is not as pronounced here as on lower resolution touch OLEDs. It didn’t bother me with browsing and text editing. I even thought this was non-touch since the grain was so negligible.
So, for multimedia creation and consumption, as well as general use, this is a beautiful panel with excellent blacks and contrast, and punchy colors. However, for gaming, the 60 Hz refresh rate and lack of GSync aren’t ideal. The 3K 165Hz OLED on the Zephyrus G16 is much better suited for that; and there’s a MUX and GSync on the Zephyrus.
Anyway, here’s what we got in our tests, with an X-Rite i1 Display Pro sensor :
Panel HardwareID: Samsung SDC415D (ATNA60YV02-0);
Coverage: 100% sRGB, 97.2% Adobe RGB, 99.6% DCI-P3;
Type: 10-bit with HDR500, 60 Hz;
Measured gamma: 2.20;
Max brightness in the middle of the screen: 384.35 cd/m2 on power;
Min brightness in the middle of the screen: <5 cd/m2 on power;
Contrast at max brightness: 1:1;
White point: 6400 K;
Black on max brightness: 0 cd/m2;
PWM: Yes, to be discussed.
The panel comes pre-calibrated out of the box and is uniform in color and luminosity. And there’s no light bleeding, since this is OLED.
You do have to account for flickering on OLED notebooks, but Asus laptops offer a flicker-free screen dimming option in the settings. However, that means you can’t use the regular keys and Windows controls to adjust brightness; you have to do it manually, which is inconvenient to say the least.
Hardware and performance – AMD Strix Point Ryzen processor, GeForce RTX 4070 dGPU Our test model is a top-specced configuration of the 2025 Asus ProArt P16 lineup, code name M7606WP, with an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 dedicated graphics, 64 GB of DDR5-7500 memory, and a middling 1 TB gen4 SSD.
Disclaimer: This unit was sent over for review by Asus. I tested it with the software available as of late May 2025 (BIOS 300). This is early software, thus some aspects could change with future updates.
Spec-wise, this series is based on AMD’s Ryzen AI Strix Point hardware platform paired with Nvidia RTX 5000 Blackwell graphics.
The CPU is the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, an excellent mobile hybrid design with 12 Cores and 24 Threads. This integrates 4x Performance Zen5 Cores and 8x Efficiency Zen5c Cores, with Hyper-Threading. It runs at up to 80W sustained in this chassis ProArt P16, which is plenty for this platform.
For the GPU, this 2025 ProArt P16 comes with an RTX 5070 GPU, and perhaps 5060 versions might also be available at some point. Too bad there’s no 5070Ti, since that’s a significantly competent chip, despite the names suggesting perhaps otherwise.
There’s no MUX here or Advanced Optimus, only regular Hybrid Optimus. One more aspect that impacts gaming performance.
For the RAM, the series is available with 32 or 64 GB LPDDR5x-7500 memory, onboard. 64 GB are only offered for some of the RTX 5070 configurations.
For storage, there are two M.2 2280 PCIe gen4 slots on this series and no support for gen5 drives. Our sample comes preconfigured with a mid-tier WD PC SN740 1TB drive. I was expecting a higher-tier SSD on this sort of laptop.
Getting inside to the components requires you to remove a few Torx screws, all easily accessible. Be aware that these screws are of three different sizes, so make sure you put them back in their right place. There is a pop-up screw on this model, which from what I remember was not offered on the 2024 chassis.
Inside, everything is packed up efficiently, and you get access to the cooling module, the SSDs and WiFi module, the battery, and the speakers.
Specs aside, Asus offer their standard power profiles in the ProArt Creator Hub control app: Whisper, Standard, Performance, and Manual, with various power settings and fan profiles between them, summarized in the following table.
Whisper Standard Performance Manual
CPU only, SPL/SPPT TDP
45/60W
50/70W
80/80W
80/80W
GPU only, max TGP
45W
80W
100W
100W
Crossload
D-Notify
~95W, 30 + 65W
~120W, 35 + 85W
~120W, 35 + 85W
Noise at head-level, tested
~35 dBA
~40 dBA
~45 dBA
~48 dBA
These profiles are a little quieter than on the Zephyrus models, but the fans a smaller as well and the power settings are lower.
Before we jump to the performance section, here’s how this laptop handles everyday use and multitasking on the Whisper profile, unplugged from the wall.
Performance and benchmarks On to more demanding loads, we start by testing the CPU’s performance by running the Cinebench R15 test for 15+ times in a loop, with a 1-2 seconds delay between each run.
I’ve tested the laptop raised off the desk, in order to favor proper cooling. The performance isn’t impacted when keeping it flat on the desk, but internal and external temperatures run hotter by a few degrees.
On Performance mode, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor runs stably at 80W of power for the entire test, with temperatures in the low 80s °C and scores of ~3300 points. The fans spin at ~45 dBA at head level in this mode. On desk, the CPU would run in the mid to high 80s °C, but with similar performance.
Then there’s the Manual profile with the three fans set at 100% rpms. Fan noise increases to 48 dBA, with similar scores and thermals. No reason to go for this mode on this sort of CPU load.
Standard is the mid-level profile. The CPU stabilizes at ~50W after a few loops, with temperatures in the low-70s °C and fan noise at ~38 dBA at head-level. Performance drops about 10% compared to the top profiles.
I tested Standard mode on 100W PD power as well, which ended up scoring a little higher at 3150 points, with 55-60W TDP, 38 dBA, and temperatures in the mid 70s °C.
On Whisper mode, the CPU stabilizes around 45W, with sub-35 dBA fan noise and temperatures still in the low-70s °C. The CPU scores around 2900 points in the Cinebench test on this profile, which is about 85% of the score on Performance.
Finally, the CPU runs at ~70 W of power on battery use, on the Standard profile, and somehow scores on par with Performance mode plugged-in at 80W. Weird. Details below.
To put these findings in perspective, here’s how this AMD Ryzen AI 9 370 implementation fares against other modern platforms in this test.
This Ryzen AI 370 scores a little lower than other implementations of the same hardware, but within 5% or so. It’s still a very competitive mobile platform, on par with the Core Ultra 9 285H implemented in similar devices (even at higher power), faster then the Core Ultra 9 185H in previous-gen lineups, but at the same time very far behind an Arrow Lake Ultra 9 275HX implementation in a full-power laptop. Sure, that’s running at higher power, but even at 70-80W, the HX hardware would score around 4500 points in this test.
We then went ahead and further verified our findings with the more taxing Cinebench R23 loop test and Blender – Classroom, which resulted in similar findings to what we explained above (80W for Manual and Performance, 50W for Standard, 45W for Whisper). I tested Cinebench R23 on and off desk, to better showcase the thermal differences.
Interesting that the internal temperatures are a little lower in both cases than on the 2024 model tested last year.
We also ran the 3DMark CPU test on the Performance profile.
Finally, we ran our combined CPU+GPU stress tests on this notebook. 3DMark stress runs the same test for 20 times in a loop and looks for performance variation and degradation over time. This review unit easily passed the test with the laptop flat on the desk. We’ll further discuss this in the Gaming section below.
Next, we ran the entire suite of tests and benchmarks, on the Performance profile with the GPU set Standard mode (MS Hybrid, regular Optimus), and with the screen set at the native 4K+ resolution.
All these tests are running on Nvidia Studio drivers, and I later switched to GameReady drivers for the gaming tests.
Here’s what we got:
3DMark 13 – CPU profile: max – 10068, 16 – 9619, 8 – 7185, 4 – 4375, 2 – 2299, 1 – 1167;3DMark 13 – Fire Strike (DX11): 27251 (Graphics – 30975 , Physics – 32998, Combined – 12600);3DMark 13 – Port Royal (RTX): 8460;3DMark 13 – Time Spy (DX12): 12487 (Graphics – 13015, CPU – 10156);3DMark 13 – Speed Way (DX12 Ultimate): 3425;3DMark 13 – Steel Nomad (DX12 Ultimate): 2843;3DMark 13 – DLSS: 17.37 fps DLSS Off, 69.02 fps DLSS On;
Uniengine Superposition – 1080p Extreme: 7951;Uniengine Superposition – 1080p Medium: 21955;
PCMark 10: 8147 (Essentials – 10704, Productivity – 10162, Digital Content Creation – 13492);GeekBench 6.2.2 64-bit: Multi-core: 15524, Single-Core: 2905;CineBench R15 (best run): CPU 3386 cb, CPU Single Core 307 cb;CineBench R20 (best run): CPU 9042 cb, CPU Single Core 786 cb;CineBench R23: CPU 23271 cb (best single run), CPU 23269 cb (10 min run), CPU Single Core 1991 cb;CineBench 2024: GPU – pts, CPU 1195 pts (loop run), CPU Single Core 116 pts.
And here are some workstation benchmarks, on the same Performance profile:
Blender 3.6.5 – BMW scene – CPU Compute: 1m 39s;Blender 3.6.5 – BMW scene – GPU Compute: 16.67s (CUDA), 7.78 (Optix);Blender 3.6.5 – Classroom scene – CPU Compute: 3m 57s;Blender 3.6.5 – Classroom scene – GPU Compute: 30.95s (CUDA), 16.38s (Optix);Blender 4.3.2 – BMW scene – CPU Compute: 1m 44s;Blender 4.3.2 – BMW scene – GPU Compute: 17.56s (CUDA), 8.08 (Optix);Blender 4.3.2 – Classroom scene – CPU Compute: 4m 28s;Blender 4.3.2 – Classroom scene – GPU Compute: 33.29s (CUDA), 17.17s (Optix);
Puget Benchmark – Adobe Photoshop (26.1) – 8841;Puget Benchmark – Adobe Premiere (25.1.0) – 10488;Puget Benchmark – Davinci Resolve (19.1) – 7355;
SPECviewperf 2020 – 3DSMax: 120.96;SPECviewperf 2020 – Catia: 73.31;SPECviewperf 2020 – Creo: 110.76;SPECviewperf 2020 – Energy: 48.26;SPECviewperf 2020 – Maya: 441.04;SPECviewperf 2020 – Medical: 42.41;SPECviewperf 2020 – SNX: 24.41;SPECviewperf 2020 – SW: 276.56;V-Ray Benchmark: 16122 – CPU, 1753 – CUDA, 2208 – RTX.
As mentioned already, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 scores a few percent lower here than on the Zephyrus G14, or the Zephyrus G16, or even the previous 2024 ProArt P16. But at the same time, the CPU temperatures are quite good here, especially with the laptop raised off the desk.
On the GPU side, the RTX 5070 scores 10-15% higher than the RTX 4070 in the previous ProArt P16, and 10-20% lower than the RTX 5070Ti in the Zephyrus G14 2025 (albeit running at slightly higher power).
Overall, this configuration offers plenty of performance for most work activities. Of course, it’s not as capable as a full-size laptop with an Intel/AMD HX processor and full-power RTX xx80/xx90 graphics, but it’s a completely different chassis, significantly more compact and more lightweight. And it runs quieter.
Standard mode – mid level, at 38-40 dBA This ProArt laptop runs at around 45 dB on the Performance profile, which is quieter than a Zephyrus on Turbo, but still plenty audible. Standard mode keeps fans quieter around 38-40 dBA, with still solid capabilities.
Here’s how this 2025 ProArt P16 scored on the Standard profile:
3DMark 13 – CPU profile: max – 9844, 16 – 9408, 8 – 6826, 4 – 4229, 2 – 2223, 1 – 1138;3DMark 13 – Fire Strike: 24078 (Graphics – 26352, Physics – 32033, Combined – 11923);3DMark 13 – Time Spy: 11294 (Graphics – 11657, CPU – 9602);Uniengine Superposition – 1080p Extreme: 7288;CineBench R23 (10 min loop): CPU 20742 cb, CPU Single Core 1944 cb;Blender 3.6.5 – Classroom scene – CPU Compute: 4m 05s.SPECviewperf 2020 – 3DSMax: 105.87;SPECviewperf 2020 – Catia: 70.29;SPECviewperf 2020 – Maya: 411.36;SPECviewperf 2020 – SNX: 24.42;SPECviewperf 2020 – SW: 255.83.
We’re looking at 90-95% of the CPU scores on Performance, despite the lower sustained TDP, showcasing how well the Ryzen AI hardware does at lower power.
On the GPU side, this profile scores about 85-90% of Performance mode.
Excellent mid-level profile.
Whisper Mode – still fast, and much quieter at sub 35 dBA Whisper mode is even quieter at sub-35dBA. Here’s how the laptop scores on this profile.
3DMark 13 – CPU profile: max – 9513, 16 – 9043, 8 – 6792, 4 – 4087, 2 – 2215, 1 – 1127;3DMark 13 – Fire Strike: 21482 (Graphics – 22720, Physics – 30621, Combined – 11575);3DMark 13 – Time Spy: 8394 (Graphics – 8660, CPU – 7150);Uniengine Superposition – 1080p Extreme: 5143;CineBench R23 (10 min loop): CPU 18732 cb, CPU Single Core 1873 cb;Blender 3.6.5 – Classroom scene – CPU Compute: 4m 26s.SPECviewperf 2020 – 3DSMax: 90.53;SPECviewperf 2020 – Catia: 57.31;SPECviewperf 2020 – Maya: 344.84;SPECviewperf 2020 – SNX: 24.27;SPECviewperf 2020 – SW: 206.59.
The CPU performance is still solid, at 85% of Performance mode, despite the 45W sustained TDP limit.
On the GPU side, however, the performance drop is 25-40% between loads, as the GPU ends up running at about half the TGP on Performance mode. We’ll discuss more about this aspect in the Gaming section further down.
Still a good profile, but not my go-to for mixed and GPU-heavy loads.
Gaming performance While this ProArt P16 isn’t a gaming laptop, it can nonetheless still run games.
Hence, I ran our standard set of gaming tests on it, and the results are down below. Keep in mind that I loaded GameReady drivers for these gaming tests.
Manual profile comes with the fans maxed out and a +100 MHz Core +200 MHz Memory GPU overclock.
Asus ProArt P16 RTX 5070 Laptop 80-100W 4K+ Performance QHD+ Performance QHD+ Manual OC QHD+ Standard QHD+ Whisper
Black Myth: Wukong –
42 fps (34 fps – 1% low)
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Black Myth: WukongMFG On 2x low VRAM
52 fps (42 fps – 1% low)
53 fps (42 fps – 1% low)
48 fps (30 fps – 1% low)
42 fps (30 fps – 1% low)
Black Myth: WukongMFG On 4x 50 fps (30 fps – 1% low)
72 fps (32 fps – 1% low)
73 fps (34 fps – 1% low)
66 fps (32 fps – 1% low)
55 fps (32 fps – 1% low)
Cyberpunk 2077 32 fps (22 fps – 1% low)
54 fps (42 fps – 1% low)
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Cyberpunk 2077 –
low VRAM
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Cyberpunk 2077MFG On 2x , Ray Reconstruction On, low VRAM
64 fps (52 fps – 1% low)
65 fps (54 fps – 1% low)
60 fps (50 fps – 1% low)
44 fps (35 fps – 1% low)
Cyberpunk 2077MFG On 4x , Ray Reconstruction On, low VRAM
108 fps (28 fps – 1% low)
110 fps (28 fps – 1% low)
90 fps (24 fps – 1% low)
72 fps (20 fps – 1% low)
Far Cry 6 low VRAM
90 fps (70 fps – 1% low)
91 fps (72 fps – 1% low)
81 fps (64 fps – 1% low)
68 fps (48 fps – 1% low)
Horizon Forbidden West low VRAM
58 fps (44 fps – 1% low)
59 fps (46 fps – 1% low)
58 fps (44 fps – 1% low)
57 fps (45 fps – 1% low)
Horizon Forbidden West –
76 fps (56 fps – 1% low)
77 fps (58 fps – 1% low)
70 fps (54 fps – 1% low)
59 fps (48 fps – 1% low)
Red Dead Redemption 2 44 fps (36 fps – 1% low)
60 fps (52 fps – 1% low)
60 fps (53 fps – 1% low)
60 fps (50 fps – 1% low)
59 fps (38 fps – 1% low)
Resident Evil 4 46 fps (34 fps – 1% low)
88 fps (58 fps – 1% low)
90 fps (60 fps – 1% low)
78 fps (52 fps – 1% low)
64 fps (50 fps – 1% low)
Shadow of Tomb Raider 52 fps (36 fps – 1% low)
102 fps (72 fps – 1% low)
104 fps (74 fps – 1% low)
93 fps (68 fps – 1% low)
72 fps (50 fps – 1% low)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (v4.04) 56 fps (42 fps – 1% low)
112 fps (74 fps – 1% low)
116 fps (74 fps – 1% low)
88 fps (55 fps – 1% low)
70 fps (52 fps – 1% low)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (v4.04) low VRAM
83 fps (64 fps – 1% low)
85 fps (64 fps – 1% low)
72 fps (54 fps – 1% low)
46 fps (32 fps – 1% low)
Cyberpunk, Horizon FW, Witcher 3, Resident Evil – recorded with MSI Afterburner fps counter in campaign mode;
Black Myth, Far Cry 6, Red Dead Redemption 2, Tomb Raider – recorded with the included Benchmark utilities;
Red Dead Redemption 2 Optimized profile based on these settings .
The RTX 5070 with still only 8 GB of vRAM can’t handle recent games at 4K with Ultra settings – you’ll have to either drop to 2.5K or lower the settings.
Performance at 2.5K Ultra is fine, though, on all profiles. Whisper mode can’t get you 60 fps in most of the tested games, but 40-50 at Ultra settings is fine.
Compared to the RTX 4070 in the previous-gen ProArt P16, this 5070 update scores ~15% higher framerates. On top of that, the 5070 supports DLSS 4.0, which can greatly impact framerates if you opt for Multi Frame Generation set on 4x.
With that out of the way, let’s go over some performance and temperature logs.
Here’s Performance mode with the laptop flat on a desk. Fan noise is around 45 dBA on this profile, with temperatures around 80-85 °C on the CPU and GPU. There’s no throttling or performance drops, but the GPU temperatures are toasty.
Bumping the laptop off the desk to improve cooling leads to similar performance and noise levels, but lower internal temperatures in the mid to high 70s °C on both the CPU and GPU.
There’s also the Manual profile that allows for faster fan speeds and increased noise, at 48 dBA. The GPU runs at slightly higher clocks on this mode due to the OC, and CPU/GPU temperatures average around mid 70s °C.
Standard mode comes with quieter fans at 40 dBA and a 5-10% dip in framerates.
CPU and GPU runs in the low 70s °C with the laptop off the desk, and 5-7 degrees higher on desk. Even on desk, the CPU runs in the 70s °C and the GPU at around 80 °C.
Whisper mode limits the fans at 35 dBA, but also further limits the CPU and GPU power. Despite that, I still got at least 60 fps at 2.5K Ultra in most tested titles, and 40-45 in more recent AAA titles, without accounting for DLSS. Solid performance for this sort of profile.
Noise, Heat, Connectivity, speakers, and others The cooling on the ProArt P16 is a tri-fan module with an array of multiple heatpipes and two heatsinks on the back edge.
And here’s the cooling on the 2024 ProArt P16. Nearly identical.
This cooling module works here. The laptop performed well in all modes on and off the desk. Sure, having it off desk or on a stand allows for better airflow into the fans and notably lower internal and external temperatures, and it’s definitely how I’d recommend using the laptop for sustained loads. But everything works fine on desk as well, just with hotter thermals.
As far as noise levels go, expect 48 dBA on Manual with max-fans, ~45 dBA on Performance, ~40 dBA on Standard, and sub 35 dBA on the Whisper profile. I haven’t noticed any coil whining or electronic noises on this unit, but that’s no guarantee you won’t get any on yours.
For case-level temperatures, here’s what we measured with light daily use: high-20s to mid-30s °C, with the warmest spot being in the middle of the chassis. As far as I can tell, though, the fans never idle, not even with the slightest of activity on Whisper mode.
*Daily Use – streaming Netflix in EDGE for 30 minutes, Silent profile, fans at ~25 dBA
With sustained loads, I measured gaming on Performance with the laptop raised off the desk.
Good temperatures in the 30s °C around the WASD and arrows keys, due to the fan placement, and with a hotter spot in the middle that gets close to 50 °C. Despite being a thin metal chassis, this device never felt uncomfortably hot to the touch with longer gaming sessions, and won’t with sustained workloads either.
*Gaming – Performance, on desk – playing Cyberpunk for 30 minutes, fans at ~45 dB
For connectivity, there’s Wireless 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 on this unit. This sample performed well on wi-fi with my setup.
The audio quality here is spectacular, on par with the Zephyrus G16 and arguably among the best you’ll get on a Windows laptop today. There are 6x szpeakers inside, with two main dual-sided speakers and extra tweeters that fire through the grills that flank the keyboard.
Finally, there’s a camera at the top of the screen, flanked by microphones. It’s 2 MPx, so not much in quality, especially in dim light, but at least it’s a wide-angle camera and supports IR for Windows Hello.
Battery life There’s a 90Wh battery inside this laptop, fair sized for its format and weight.
Here’s what we got on our review unit in terms of battery life, with the laptop on the Standard GPU mode and the screen set at a brightness of around 120 nits (~50% brightness).
25 W (<4 h of use) – text editing in Google Drive, Whisper Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;23 W (~4 h of use) – 4K fullscreen video on Youtube in Edge, Whisper Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;25 W (<4 h of use) – Netflix 4K HDR fullscreen in Edge, Whisper Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;25-30 W (~3-4 h of use) – browsing in Edge, Whisper Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON.
Take these findings with a lump of salt. They’re not much at all for a Ryzen AI implementation, even considering the 4K display, and I’d reckon things can improve significantly with later software updates.
For comparison, we measured much more efficient runtimes on the 2024 ProArt P16 model, with the same Ryzen AI 9 hardware.
14 W (~6 h of use) – text editing in Google Drive, Whisper Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;12 W (~7 h of use) – 4K fullscreen video on Youtube in Edge, Whisper Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;12.5 W (~7 h of use) – Netflix 4K HDR fullscreen in Edge, Whisper Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;20 W (~4-5 h of use) – browsing in Edge, Whisper Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON.
We also measured better runtimes on the Zephyrus G14 with the Ryzen 9 + RTX 5070 specs.
12 W (~5-6 h of use) – idle, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;15 W (~4-5 h of use) – text editing in Google Drive, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;14 W (~5-6 h of use) – 1080p fullscreen video on Youtube in Edge, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;17 W (~4-5 h of use) – Netflix 4K HDR fullscreen in Edge, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;18 W (~4-5 h of use) – browsing in Edge, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;
The ProArt P16 ships with a 200W charger, a dual-piece design with long cables, mid-sized by today’s standards. It comes with Asus’s new square plug that sticks to the side and is difficult to conceal. I much preferred their 90-degree angle round plug used in the past.
USB-C charging is supported as well, up to 100W. PD is enough for everyday multitasking in this generation, but not meant for sustained loads. We discuss performance on PD more indepth in the Zephyrus G14 and Zephyrus G16 reviews.
Price and availability- Asus ProArt P16 The 2025 Asus ProArt P16 is not widely available at the time of this article.
Over here in Europe, it’s mostly offered in three variants:
Ryzen AI 9, RTX 5060, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD for around 2700 EUR;
Ryzen AI 9, RTX 5070, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD for around 3100 EUR;
Ryzen AI 9, RTX 5070, 64 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD for around 3400 EUR.
Expensive, but more or less on par with the 2025 Zephyrus G16 configurations. Everything is so darn expensive this year.
2024 configurations are still available, with 4050 to 4070 graphics, the same Ryzen 9 AI processor and 4K display, and otherwise similar traits and capabilities. You can snag a 4060 model for 1650 USD in the US or 2200 EUR here, way better value for your money than the 2025 hardware update.
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Final thoughts- 2025 Asus ProArt P16 series review The 2024 ProArt P16 got our recommendation and an excellent 4.5 rating in our review .
The 2025 update is pretty much the same laptop, with 10-15% improved performance in graphics loads and games. So it should get a similar rating, then? Well, in theory, yes, but in today’s reality, it does not, for mainly one reason: the price increase between generations.
Right now, as of the middle of this year, you’re just better off with the 2024 model in the 4060/4070 specs. Sure, the Blackwell RTX 5000 hardware in the 2025 configurations comes with a slight boost in performance and extra capabilities, but the price increase between generations makes these 2025 models a rather hard sell. Things might change later in the year, though.
All these aside, the ProArt P16 remains a beautiful premium design with minimalist aesthetics, one of my favorite sleeper laptop chassis encountered over the years. It is an excellent balance of style, capabilities, and ergonomics, with a beautiful display and punchy audio on top.
On the other hand, this only comes with a 4K 60 Hz display, arguably not as versatile as the higher-refresh OLEDs offered on competing devices, and can only be specced up to a 5070 8GB, which might not suffice for some needs. But for most people, even a xx60 configuration should be enough on this sort of a laptop. And that brings us back to the 4060 configuration, available for ~$1650 today.
That wraps up my time with this Asus ProArt P16 H7606 2025 series. Let me know what you think about it in the comments section down below.
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Andrei Girbea is a Writer and Editor-in-Chief here at Ultrabookreview.com . I write about mobile technology, laptops and computers in general. I've been doing it for more than 15 years now. I'm a techie with a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering. I mostly write reviews and thorough guides here on the site, with some occasional columns and first-impression articles.
Rosan
May 30, 2025 at 5:48 am
Please review 2025 Asus Zenbook S16 with updated amd ai 7 350 chip.
Mobstaa
May 30, 2025 at 1:02 pm
Thanks for the review!
You mention "Over here in Europe", what country?
Looking to get the variant with 3K 120hz panel, 32 or 64BG and RTX 5070 in the Netherlands but it isn't available here yet. When do you expect these laptops to become generally available?
Andrei Girbea
June 10, 2025 at 4:45 pm
Romania is where we're at
Jamie
May 31, 2025 at 12:42 am
Just putting it out there, the 2025 model of the P16 isn't only 60hz display .. it's a 120hz… It says so on the website and marketing marerials
Andrei Girbea
June 10, 2025 at 4:45 pm
the one I had was 60hz. Do you have a source for the 4k 120hz option?
Altandmain
June 1, 2025 at 10:10 am
Overall, I think this is a really good thin and light laptop. One other thing I would like is the hinges to be a lot more solid. I'm worried about the long term reliability.
As this is targeted to creative professionals, a higher resolution, but lower refresh rate is an acceptable trade-off and not as big a con. This would be a huge issue if this were focused on gaming, but unlike the G16, this is geared for professions.
This appears to be the same 4k 60Hz touchscreen OLED panel that is used by Lenovo, Dell, and HP on their 16" workstation laptops. In that regard, there may be one reason to wait, especially for those with this laptop in the 4070 GPU form, and not just because the GPU performance update is small this generation (except if you are using your laptop for AI or are VRAM bottlenecked).
The next generation Dell workstation would have a tandem OLED 4k 120Hz. It seems to have VESA HDR-1000 True Black certification, which would mean that the brightness may be over 1,000 nits (there is that Lenovo 3.2k tandem OLED advertised with 1,600 nits coming out later this year, so that is within reason).
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-Pro-Max-16-Plus-and-Dell-Pro-Max-18-Plus-announced-with-RTX-Pro-Blackwell-GPUs-tandem-OLED-panel-and-CAMM-memory-support.981358.0.html
It would mean that the net generation of Asus P16 would also offer this high end 4k 120Hz OLED, with HDR-1000 certification (ex: as bright as a Mini-LED) and being tandem OLED, more burn-in resistant than normal OLED.
I hope that Asus will offer the flagship 5090 GPU in their P16 on some higher end models, which they do on the G16, and for future revisions of their workstation. Right now, this only ships with the midrange GPU, as noted in the review. A fingerprint reader would also be useful, as this is a "Pro" laptop.
Two areas I hope that other laptop companies improve their releases are the speakers and the touchpad. This is one of the few Windows laptops that offers speakers and a touchpad that rival the Macbook Pro 16. Most of the competing workstations tend to skimp on these 2 key areas. They really matter, especially for Creator focused laptops.
One other point, being thin and light (less than 2kg, as opposed to 3kg for some of the flagship workstations), it won't perform as well as a flagship of that generation. The fans tend to spin up more and the power limits are generally lower. It would compete with something like the Lenovo P1.
If you can live with these limitations, as noted, this is one of the best thin and light laptops.
Andrei Girbea
June 10, 2025 at 4:44 pm
Your expectations for next gen P16 are right :) I can't share more for now, but you're very much on point with your assumptions and that configurations is coming soon
Jess
June 3, 2025 at 4:34 pm
120Hz configuration at 3K would be awesome. I can't find anything on this are you able to link more info for this?
Andrei Girbea
June 10, 2025 at 4:41 pm
Here: https://www.asus.com/laptops/for-creators/proart/proart-p16-h7606/techspec/
There's also another updated display option coming later in the year.