ASUS TUF Gaming A16 16" FA608UP Jaeger Gray 2025
An AMD Ryzen 9 270 processor and NVIDIA RTX 5070 with 8GB VRAM power smooth gaming on the 16-inch 165Hz IPS display, backed by a 90Wh battery for extended sessions. The TUF series' military-grade durability and wide port selection—including Thunderbolt, HDMI 2.1, and three USB-A ports—offer dependable, versatile connectivity. This laptop is ideal for gamers and content creators who demand a rugged system with 32GB of RAM for multitasking and 4K video editing.
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 270
RAM 32 GB
Storage 1 TB
Screen 16" 1920x1200
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
OS Windows 11 Home
Weight 2.2 kg
Battery 90 Wh
66 Overall Score
Price CA$0
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port selection (91st percentile) 91st
- Strong ram (88th percentile) 88th
- Strong gpu (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong cpu (83rd percentile) 83rd
Cons
- Below average portability (15th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 9 270 |
| Cores | 8 |
| Frequency | 4.0 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Type | Discrete |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 32 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 1920x1200 (Full HD) |
| Panel | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 165 Hz |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 2 |
| USB Ports | 3 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 FRL |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
Physical
| Weight | 2.2 kg / 4.9 lbs |
| Battery | 90 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | ASUS TUF Gaming A16 16" FA608UP | Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max | Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 | HP OMEN Transcend | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | Microsoft Surface Laptop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 9 270 | Apple M4 Max | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 64 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 8192 | 2048 | 1024 | 1000 | 1024 |
| Screen | 16" 1920x1200 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 16" 2560x1600 | 14" 2880x1800 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 13.8" 2304x1536 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | Apple (40-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | Intel Arc Graphics | Qualcomm Adreno |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 2.2 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Battery (Wh) | 90 | 72 | - | 71 | - | 54 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASUS TUF Gaming A16 16" FA608UP | 82.8 | 86.5 | 88.1 | 91.4 | 72.7 | 14.7 | 81.3 | 59.2 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max Compare | 92.5 | 84.5 | 96.5 | 77.9 | 99.2 | 67.8 | 99.7 | 96.9 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 Compare | 96.4 | 92.5 | 98.8 | 99.8 | 95.2 | 6.1 | 97.6 | 79.7 |
| HP OMEN Transcend Compare | 88.2 | 86.5 | 91.3 | 91.4 | 96 | 72.1 | 68.9 | 32.2 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 64.1 | 62 | 81.8 | 81.5 | 91.2 | 96.2 | 73.5 | 59.2 |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop Compare | 98.9 | 23.5 | 81.8 | 58.9 | 88.1 | 88.5 | 81.3 | 79.7 |
Usage Scores
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