Laptop Buyers Guide

This buyers guide should help you find a laptop that fits your needs according to your settings. The results are generated automatically from our database with several thousand reviews (our own and external reviews of other magazines). You may either use simple text questions or the more complicated matrix to get weighted results. Both combined at the same time is not possible. Note that the result is only a proposal which laptops may suit your requirements. They are no editorially checked recommendations. After a search, the selected questions are adopted in the matrix. That does not work vice versa.

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I want to play demanding games?

The notebook should have a high performance rating

The laptop should have a graphics card optimized for CAD and professional 3D applications.

I want to have a big screen

The screen of the laptop should be of a high quality

The laptop screen should be non glossy

The notebook should be lightweight

The notebook should have a good mobility rating (battery runtime, weight, size)

The notebook should have a low emissions rating (low heat and noise emmitted)

The workmanship rating should be high

Include only products of the top 10 manufacturers

The notebook should be new on the market

The notebook should be cheap

Show only devices that were tested by Notebookcheck

  The maximum price of the laptop should be Euro

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	Price / Performance*:
	The laptop screen should be non glossy
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	Maximum price Euro
	Professional GPUs (FireGL, Quadro FX) only.
	Show only devices that were tested by Notebookcheck
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list of results

The following list of results is a compilation of notebooks which correspond the selected criteria primarily. It has been sorted according to the average total evaluation. If there is a lack of fitting results, the search criteria are extended. So suboptimal results are listed.

Certain criteria are not considered because they are not available in the data base. For example our algorithm does not implement the memory equipment and hard disk capacity for the laptop selection. These factors often vary depending upon the equipment of a model or are configurated individually by the buyer.

1	Lenovo Legion 5 15AHP G10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop, AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) R7 260, 15.10", 1.936 kg, 1.449,00 Euro
	Lenovo Legion 5 15AHP G10 :: 94%	performance: 88% features: 74% display: 86% mobility: 75% workmanship: 86% ergonomy: 88% emissions: 81% mobility: 75% 14.12.2025
2	Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 8 21TD003GE	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 285H, 16.00", 1.911 kg, 4.500,00 Euro
	A worthy successor to the ThinkPad X1 Extreme – Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 8 review :: 92%	display: 92% workmanship: 93% ergonomy: 92% & 96% emissions: 79% & 89% mobility: 64% & 88% 25.01.2026
3	Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8	NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 255H, 16.00", 1.909 kg, 2.000,00 Euro
	Lenovo ThinkPad P1 16 Gen 8 review: Tandem OLED series premiere :: 92%	display: 94% workmanship: 93% ergonomy: 92% & 96% emissions: 83% & 93% mobility: 64% & 66% 11.12.2025
		NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 255H, 16.00", 1.909 kg, 2.000,00 Euro
	Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 drops AC adapter port, switches to smaller USB-C charging only :: 92%	12.12.2025
		NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 255H, 16.00", 1.909 kg, 2.000,00 Euro
	Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 with tandem OLED is insanely bright at almost 1500 nits :: 92%	13.12.2025
		NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 255H, 16.00", 1.909 kg, 2.000,00 Euro
	Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 :: 92%	performance: 86% features: 76% display: 94% mobility: 65% workmanship: 93% ergonomy: 94% emissions: 88% mobility: 65% 14.12.2025
4	Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15Q8X10	Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS, Qualcomm Snapdragon X SD X1-26-100, 15.30", 1.605 kg, 710,00 Euro
	Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15Q8X10 :: 91%	performance: 46% features: 62% display: 74% mobility: 80% workmanship: 79% ergonomy: 84% emissions: 92% mobility: 80% 30.11.2025
5	Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G12	Intel Arc 8-Core, Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 7 155H, 14.00", 1.097 kg, 2.700,00 Euro
	Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon gets huge 47% Black Friday discount :: 91%	27.11.2025
6	Apple MacBook Pro 14 2025 M5	Apple M5 GPU, Apple M5 M5 (10 Cores), 14.20", 1.549 kg, 2.739,00 Euro
	Apple MacBook Pro 14 2025 M5 :: 90%	price: 77% performance: 90% features: 82% display: 93% mobility: 91% workmanship: 83% ergonomy: 95% emissions: 89% mobility: 91% 05.12.2025
7	Lenovo ThinkBook 16p G6 21R00013GE	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 255HX, 16.00", 2.116 kg, 1.939,00 Euro
	Lenovo ThinkBook 16p G6 review - One of the best 16-inch multimedia laptops :: 90%	display: 89% workmanship: 88% ergonomy: 90% & 89% emissions: 76% & 90% mobility: 62% & 86% 17.12.2025
		NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 255HX, 16.00", 2.116 kg, 1.939,00 Euro
	Lenovo's ThinkBook 16p G6 is a great multimedia laptop :: 90%	20.12.2025
8	Dell Pro Max 18 Plus MB18250	NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Generation Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 285HX, 18.00", 3.605 kg, 6.000,00 Euro
	Dell Pro Max 18 Plus MB18250 :: 90%	performance: 92% features: 71% display: 86% mobility: 70% workmanship: 92% ergonomy: 89% emissions: 78% mobility: 70% 10.12.2025
9	HP ZBook Fury G1i 18	NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Generation Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 285HX, 18.00", 3.43 kg, 11.000,00 Euro
	HP ZBook Fury G1i 18 or Dell Pro Max 18 Plus? More differences than one might expect :: 90%	27.11.2025
		NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Generation Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 285HX, 18.00", 3.43 kg, 11.000,00 Euro
	HP ZBook Fury G1i 18 :: 90%	performance: 92% features: 77% display: 83% mobility: 67% workmanship: 89% ergonomy: 94% emissions: 79% mobility: 67% 15.12.2025
10	Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE	Intel Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake), Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 5 225U, 14.00", 1.165 kg, 1.955,00 Euro
	Trading efficiency for optional 5G and Lunar Lake for Arrow Lake: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 laptop review :: 89%	display: 86% workmanship: 91% ergonomy: 95% & 96% emissions: 84% & 90% mobility: 73% & 89% 24.12.2025
		Intel Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake), Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 5 225U, 14.00", 1.165 kg, 1.955,00 Euro
	Too many confusion options: Why Lenovo should simplify the ThinkPad X1 Carbon offering :: 89%	26.12.2025
11	Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 16IAH10 RTX 5050	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 285H, 16.00", 2.036 kg, 1.800,00 Euro
	Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 16IAH10 RTX 5050 review: Not the best configuration to get :: 89%	display: 86% workmanship: 88% ergonomy: 89% & 91% emissions: 75% & 92% mobility: 63% & 88% 24.12.2025
		NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 285H, 16.00", 2.036 kg, 1.800,00 Euro
	Comparing all three major configurations of the Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 16 :: 89%	25.12.2025
		NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 285H, 16.00", 2.036 kg, 1.800,00 Euro
	Core Ultra 9 285H offers almost no benefits over the Core Ultra 7 255H :: 89%	26.12.2025
12	Schenker XMG APEX 16 MAX	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop, AMD Dragon Range R9 9955HX, 16.00", 2.661 kg, 2.815,00 Euro
	AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX, RTX 5070 Ti and mini LED - XMG Apex 16 Max gaming laptop review :: 88%	display: 92% workmanship: 85% ergonomy: 86% & 86% emissions: 76% & 85% mobility: 59% & 59% 20.01.2026
		NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop, AMD Dragon Range R9 9955HX, 16.00", 2.661 kg, 2.815,00 Euro
	XMG's Apex 16 Max with the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is fully focused on gaming performance :: 88%	23.01.2026
13	Schenker XMG FUSION 16 (M25)	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 275HX, 16.00", 2.133 kg, 2.700,00 Euro
	XMG Fusion 16 OLED review - The first XMG laptop with an OLED screen :: 88%	display: 87% workmanship: 86% ergonomy: 85% & 86% emissions: 76% & 87% mobility: 62% & 85% 02.01.2026
		NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 275HX, 16.00", 2.133 kg, 2.700,00 Euro
	XMG's Fusion 16 with the OLED screen offers improved image quality :: 88%	08.01.2026
		NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 275HX, 16.00", 2.133 kg, 2.700,00 Euro
	Review verdict XMG Fusion 16 (M25) - Very good gaming laptop with OLED :: 88%	14.01.2026
14	Lenovo Legion Pro 7i 16 Gen 10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 275HX, 16.00", 2.643 kg, 4.200,00 Euro
	64GB RAM, RTX 5080 and Core Ultra 9: Lenovo Legion Pro 7 gets massive discount :: 88%	15.12.2025
15	Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00	AMD Radeon 860M, AMD Strix / Gorgon Point Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, 16.00", 1.952 kg, 1.349,00 Euro
	AMD ThinkPad T16 offers comprehensive set of features including Thunderbolt 4 :: 87%	26.11.2025
		AMD Radeon 860M, AMD Strix / Gorgon Point Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, 16.00", 1.952 kg, 1.349,00 Euro
	Lenovo's ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 AMD offers plenty of room for improvements :: 87%	30.11.2025
16	Lenovo ThinkPad X13 G6 AMD	AMD Radeon 860M, AMD Strix / Gorgon Point Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, 13.30", 1.072 kg, 1.855,00 Euro
	Compact business laptop with a few unwelcome surprises – Lenovo ThinkPad X13 G6 AMD :: 87%	display: 86% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 85% & 92% emissions: 88% & 89% mobility: 74% & 89% 02.12.2025
		AMD Radeon 860M, AMD Strix / Gorgon Point Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, 13.30", 1.072 kg, 1.855,00 Euro
	Lenovo's ThinkPad X13 G6 is compact, but keyboard and display hinges are weak points :: 87%	07.12.2025
		AMD Radeon 860M, AMD Strix / Gorgon Point Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, 13.30", 1.072 kg, 1.855,00 Euro
	Lenovo's ThinkPad X13 G6 is just not as good as the Dell Pro 13 Premium :: 87%	09.12.2025
17	Lenovo ThinkPad P16v G3 21RS000DGE	NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 255H, 16.00", 2.193 kg, 2.825,00 Euro
	Mobile workstation with Nvidia RTX PRO 2000 - Lenovo ThinkPad P16v Gen 3 review :: 87%	display: 85% workmanship: 81% ergonomy: 85% & 92% emissions: 78% & 90% mobility: 62% & 87% 16.01.2026
		NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 255H, 16.00", 2.193 kg, 2.825,00 Euro
	Why are mobile workstations like the ThinkPad P16v Gen 3 not equipped with the fastest components? :: 87%	19.01.2026
		NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 255H, 16.00", 2.193 kg, 2.825,00 Euro
	Lenovo's mobile workstation ThinkPad P16v Gen 3 cuts cost at the wrong places :: 87%	21.01.2026
18	Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 7 21U2002QGE	Intel Arc 130V, Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra 5 228V, 14.00", 1.37 kg, 1.199,00 Euro
	Lenovo's ThinkPad E14 Gen 7 shows that Lunar Lake is not automatically the better choice for compact laptops :: 87%	28.11.2025
		Intel Arc 130V, Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra 5 228V, 14.00", 1.37 kg, 1.199,00 Euro
	Lenovo offers the ThinkPad E14 Gen 7 with modern Intel CPUs, but only old AMD CPUs :: 87%	05.12.2025
19	Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 6 21SE0022GE	AMD Radeon 860M, AMD Strix / Gorgon Point Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, 14.00", 1.562 kg, 1.250,00 Euro
	The budget Zen5 ThinkPad that finally steps out of the shadows: Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 6 AMD review :: 87%	display: 79% workmanship: 87% ergonomy: 92% & 94% emissions: 90% & 91% mobility: 68% & 88% 22.01.2026
		AMD Radeon 860M, AMD Strix / Gorgon Point Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, 14.00", 1.562 kg, 1.250,00 Euro
	The AMD version is finally up to date: Why this Lenovo laptop is better than the ThinkPad E14 :: 87%	24.01.2026
20	HP EliteBook 6 G1q 14	Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS, Qualcomm Snapdragon X SD X Plus X1P-42-100, 14.00", 1.469 kg, 1.300,00 Euro
	HP EliteBook 6 G1q 14 review: A proper goodbye to the EliteBook 600 series :: 87%	display: 84% workmanship: 89% ergonomy: 87% & 91% emissions: 93% & 94% mobility: 69% & 90% 02.01.2026
		Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS, Qualcomm Snapdragon X SD X Plus X1P-42-100, 14.00", 1.469 kg, 1.300,00 Euro
	HP EliteBook 6 G1q 14 is missing one key feature available on most other business laptops :: 87%	03.01.2026
		Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS, Qualcomm Snapdragon X SD X Plus X1P-42-100, 14.00", 1.469 kg, 1.300,00 Euro
	HP EliteBook 6 G1q 14 battery life is one of the longest of any 14-inch model in the series :: 87%	05.01.2026
21	HP OmniBook 7 Aero 13-bg1077nr	AMD Radeon 860M, AMD Strix / Gorgon Point Ryzen AI 7 350, 13.30", 1.006 kg, 1.250,00 Euro
	HP OmniBook 7 Aero 13 review: World's lightest 13-inch laptop with over 40 TOPS NPU :: 87%	display: 80% workmanship: 88% ergonomy: 87% & 86% emissions: 94% & 95% mobility: 75% & 88% 14.12.2025
		AMD Radeon 860M, AMD Strix / Gorgon Point Ryzen AI 7 350, 13.30", 1.006 kg, 1.250,00 Euro
	The 1 kg HP OmniBook 7 Aero 13 is impressive, but there are some compromises :: 87%	15.12.2025
		AMD Radeon 860M, AMD Strix / Gorgon Point Ryzen AI 7 350, 13.30", 1.006 kg, 1.250,00 Euro
	HP OmniBook 7 Aero 13 is barely 4 months old and already almost 40 percent off :: 87%	16.12.2025
22	Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 14AKP G10	AMD Radeon 860M, AMD Strix / Gorgon Point Ryzen AI 7 350, 14.50", 1.551 kg, 1.399,00 Euro
	Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 14AKP G10 :: 87%	performance: 70% features: 70% display: 85% mobility: 78% workmanship: 88% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 87% mobility: 78% 10.12.2025
23	Honor MagicBook Art 14 2025	Intel Arc 140T, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 255H, 14.60", 1.035 kg, 1.699,00 Euro
	Honor MagicBook Art 14 2025 :: 87%	price: 80% performance: 78% features: 69% display: 89% mobility: 80% workmanship: 96% ergonomy: 96% emissions: 88% mobility: 80% 27.11.2025
24	Dell Pro Max 16 Plus	NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Generation Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 285HX, 16.00", 2.845 kg, 5.000,00 Euro
	Dell Pro Max 16 Plus :: 86%	performance: 92% features: 71% display: 88% mobility: 56% workmanship: 92% ergonomy: 89% emissions: 74% mobility: 56% 10.12.2025
25	Acer Swift 16 AI SF16-51T-932H, Ultra 9 288V	Intel Arc 140V, Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra 9 288V, 16.00", 1.46 kg
	Acer Swift 16 AI with 2.8K 120 Hz OLED touchscreen and Core Ultra 256V drops under $750 :: 85%	30.11.2025
26	HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA	Intel Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Intel Alder Lake-M i7-1255U, 14.00", 1.39 kg, 950,00 Euro
	HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA :: 85%	performance: 76% features: 64% display: 77% mobility: 69% workmanship: 86% ergonomy: 89% emissions: 95% mobility: 69% 07.12.2025
27	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 21QT0012GE	NVIDIA RTX PRO 500 Blackwell Generation Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 265H, 14.50", 1.729 kg, 2.760,00 Euro
	Massive improvements thanks to Intel Arrow Lake: Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 laptop review :: 85%	display: 85% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 93% & 93% emissions: 79% & 93% mobility: 66% & 86% 29.11.2025
		NVIDIA RTX PRO 500 Blackwell Generation Laptop, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 265H, 14.50", 1.729 kg, 2.760,00 Euro
	Tested for the first time: The weakest Nvidia RTX GPU still packs a punch :: 85%	02.12.2025