GIGABYTE Unveils AERO X16 Series With Ryzen AI and RTX 50 GPUs
The AERO X16 marks GIGABYTE's push into the AI PC market with thin-and-light designs that meet Copilot+ PC requirements, offering two distinct price-performance tiers.
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GIGABYTE announced two models of the thin and light 16-inch AERO X16 notebook, both meeting Microsoft's Copilot+ PC requirements. The retail model uses a 10-core AMD Ryzen AI 9 465, RTX 5070, 32GB RAM, and costs about 480,000 yen. The Amazon-exclusive model uses an 8-core Ryzen AI 7 350, RTX 5060, 16GB RAM, and costs about 340,000 yen. Sales begin July 17 for the retail model and July 10 for the Amazon model.
The retail model carries a price of about 480,000 yen, while the Amazon-exclusive model comes in at 340,000 yen. Both laptops are 16.7mm thick and weigh 1.9kg, with a 16-inch WQXGA 165Hz display that is Pantone color calibrated. The built-in AI capabilities include GIGABYTE's GiMATE voice agent and support for high-performance AI tasks like real-time translation and image generation, thanks to the combination of AMD Ryzen AI processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series Laptop GPUs. The cooling system uses WINDFORCE technology with AI-based fan control. The retail model ships with 32GB of DDR5-5600 RAM and a 1TB SSD, expandable to 64GB and an additional SSD slot. The Amazon model has 16GB RAM with one empty slot. Both support fast charging via USB PD 3.0, reaching 50% charge in about 30 minutes.
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