Premium Laptops
Laptops for video, development and local AI: processor, memory, NPU, display, battery and price from each manufacturer's own specifications.
19 items · manufacturer-sourced
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Apple MacBook Pro 16" (M3 Max)
Apple
9.8ScoreM2 Chip8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores 10-core GPU 16-core Neural Engine 100GB/s memory bandwidth—M3 Chip8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores 10-core GPU Hardware-accelerated ray tracing 16-core Neural Engine 100GB/s memory bandwidth
iPad Pro M4
Apple
9.7ScoreGB1 billion bytes—TB1 trillion bytes
Apple MacBook Air (M5)
Apple
9.6ScoreChipApple M5 chip 10-core CPU with 4 super cores and 6 efficiency cores 10-core GPU Neural Accelerators Hardware-accelerated ray tracing 16-core Neural Engine 153GB/s memory bandwidth Media Engine Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW Video decode engine Video encode engine ProRes encode and decode engine AV1 decode—Memory16GB 16GB unified memory Configurable to: 24GB or 32GB
MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max
Apple
9.2ScoreChipApple M4 Pro chip, Apple M4 Max chip—GPUUp to 80-core GPU
Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 (Snapdragon X Elite)
Microsoft
9.2ScoreKeyvalue—NpuQualcomm Hexagon (45 TOPS)
Dell XPS 14 (Intel Core Ultra)
Dell
9.1ScoreNPUIntel AI Boost (10 TOPS)—RAMUp to 64GB LPDDR5x
Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 (2026)
Asus
8.9ScoreCPUIntel ® Core™ Ultra 9 386H and 50 TOPs of NPU compute—Sku90NR0PC1-M006M0
HP OmniBook X Flip 16
HP
8.9Score—View Details →
Apple MacBook Neo
Apple
8.8ScoreChipApple A18 Pro—ChipApple A18 Pro chip 6‐core CPU with 2 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores 5‐core GPU Hardware‐accelerated ray tracing 16‐core Neural Engine 60GB/s memory bandwidth
ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 Snapdragon
Lenovo
8.8ScoreNPUQualcomm Hexagon (45 TOPS)—RAM32GB LPDDR5x
Apple M5 iPad Pro (OLED)
Apple
ChipApple M5 chip—ESIMeSIM 9
Asus ZenBook A16 OLED
Asus
Npu80 TOPS—ColorZabriskie Beige - Ceraluminum™ (ceramized aluminum–magnesium alloy)- SamsungImage unavailable
Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra
Samsung
Galaxy Tab S12+ (12.6-Inch) APMediaTek Dimensity 9500—Galaxy Tab S12+ (12.6-Inch) OSAndroid 17, One UI 9 - SamsungImage unavailable
Galaxy Tab S12+
Samsung
Galaxy Tab S12+ (12.6-Inch) OSAndroid 17, One UI 9—Galaxy Tab S12+ (12.6-Inch) ColorGray, Silver - AppleImage unavailable
iPad (A16)
Apple
FinishSilver, Blue, Pink, Yellow—Capacity128GB, 256GB, 512GB - AppleImage unavailable
iPad Air
Apple
FinishBlue,Purple,Starlight,Space Gray—Capacity128GB,256GB,512GB,1TB 
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13
Lenovo
MpnLEN101T0108—SkuLEN101T0108- MicrosoftImage unavailable
Surface Laptop Ultra
Microsoft
Ports2 x USB-C / USB4, 1 x USB-C / USB4 with Magnetic Connect, HDMI 2.1, USB-A 3.1, SD card reader, 3.5 mm headphone jack—Weight4.41 lbs (2.0 kg) - MicrosoftImage unavailable
Surface Pro 12-inch
Microsoft
NPU- Qualcomm Hexagon with 45 TOPS—Audio- Dual Studio Mics with enhanced voice focus 9 - 2W stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos 10 - Support for Bluetooth LE Audio