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ASUS ProArt P16 review: A sleek showcase for NVIDIA's RTX Spark

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ASUS ProArt P16 review: A sleek showcase for NVIDIA's RTX Spark

ASUS's first laptop featuring an RTX Spark chip confirms what I originally thought: NVIDIA's new PC platform really isn't meant for everyone. The ProArt P16 is yet another one of the company's premium notebooks focused on power-hungry creators — except this time, it's running NVIDIA's first major PC chipset, instead of an Intel or AMD processor. Outside of the hype from Microsoft and NVIDIA, who are positioning RTX spark as a complete "reinvention" of the PC, the ProArt P16 is simply a nice laptop. It's particularly appealing if you're running local AI models, since it can squeeze up to 128GB of RAM into a relatively slim case.

The downsides? It's incredibly expensive, with a starting price of $2,800 and staggering increases as you add more RAM. (Spoiler: Our review model costs $7,000, mostly thanks to its 128GB of RAM.) And even though the ASUS P16 can play games well, you're paying far more here than you would for a dedicated gaming laptop.

Much like the ProArt PX13 we reviewed earlier this year, the ProArt P16 shows just how far ASUS has come with premium laptops. It sports a beautiful and sturdy aluminum case, a wonderfully bright 16-inch OLED screen, a luxuriously-spaced keyboard and a similarly enormous haptic touchpad. It's MacBook-esque in its sleekness, except it has an ASUS badge. The ProArt P16 is even lighter than the 16-inch MacBook Pro, clocking in at 3.9 pounds, compared to Apple's 4.7 pounds.

From afar, the ASUS P16 doesn't look particularly special. But peek under the hood, and you'll quickly see what makes it different.


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