Asus VivoBook Pro 16X (16-Inch, 2021)

Beautiful 4K OLED display ; Long battery life ; Useful DialPad tool

Beautiful 4K OLED display ; Long battery life ; Useful DialPad tool

The Asus VivoBook 16X OLED is a practical and ergonomic laptop with a large and brilliant 4K display that’s ideal for content creators.

Eye-catching 4K OLED display with wide color coverage ; AMD Ryzen 9 has ample performance for content creation ; LED touchpad dial tool for creative apps ; Long battery life

GeForce RTX 3050 Ti GPU is decent but falls short for the toughest professional workloads ; USB-C port lacks Thunderbolt support

Asus' Vivobook Pro 16X OLED is an attractive package all around, thanks to a 4K OLED display, a speedy Ryzen 9 CPU, long battery life, and a standout touch dial tool.

Superb 16-inch OLED screen ; Discrete Nvidia GPU ; Excellent battery life ; DialPad on touchpad ; 1TB SSD and MicroSD card slot

No Thunderbolt support on AMD model ; Lacklustre hardware design ; Speakers lack volume

fair design and professional looks ; lightweight, despite its size ; good inputs and IO ; beautiful OLED or IPS screen options ; very powerful for its size and class

some flex in the chassis and lid ; ergonomics could be better ; middling battery life ; quite expensive

+ 16-inch, 4K OLED display is top-notch ; + Thin and light design ; + Extensive port connectivity ; + Great battery

- Larger than some other 16-inch laptops ; - Weak webcam and audio

The Asus Vivobook Pro 16X’s 4K OLED 16:10 display is impressive, as is its thin, light, and sleek design. But a mediocre keyboard and a weak webcam bring it down.

+ Raised logo on the lid is a nice change from regular flat laptop lids ; + Excellent storage and CPU performance ; + Amazing battery life! ; + Surprisingly good thermals ; + Stunning 4K OLED display ; + ASUS DialPad vastly improves the experience in...

- Anemic GeForce RTX 3050 Ti ; - No upgrade options: soldered RAM and single M.2 slot ; - I/O tops out at USB 3.0 speeds ; - No support for USB-PD

The ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X OLED will satisfy most budding creators with its ASUS DialPad, but it isn't without its flaws.

Great price-to-performance ratio;Strong aluminum chassis;100% sRGB and DCI-P3 coverage + HDR support;High resolution and 16:10 aspect ratio + fast pixel response times;Deep blacks and virtually infinite contrast ratio;DialPad;Fingerprint reader +...

Uses PWM below 100 nits;2 out of 3 USB Type-A ports run at 2.0 speeds;Soldered memory

Usually, pairing a performance-related product with a Tiger Lake H35 CPU isn’t the best idea. The main reason for that is the low core count. Capped at four cores, they just can’t deliver the raw power of their H45 counterparts, or AMD’s Zen 3 laptop...

fair design, well built and lightweight for what it is ; good inputs, with a potentially practical Virtual Dial ; excellent 16:10 4K OLED or 2.5K IPS screens ; excellent performance across the board, for the class ; competitive mid-tier Standard power...

large footprint, and most of the IO placed on the right edge ; data only USB-C, without video/charging ; understand the pros/cons of OLED laptop screens ; noisy on the Performance profile

Superb 16-inch OLED screen ; Great performance for creative apps ; Strong ergonomics ; Near silent in everyday use

Mediocre battery life ; Boxy design ; Expensive

Don’t be fooled by the uninspiring looks, the Asus Vivobook Pro 16X OLED (2023) is a powerful creative laptop with gaming-grade components and a fantastic OLED screen.

Great value ; Impressive performance ; Amazing pro screen

Poor battery ; Partial plastic chassis ; Bulky

The Vivobook Pro 16X OLED (2023) from Asus is a creative workstation that offers uncompromising performance and one of the best professional OLED screens available. It’s also able to do this at a competitive price thanks to some frugal cost saving on...