Product on Review: AERO X16 EG61H CoPilot+ PC
Manufacturer: GIGABYTE
Street Price: GBP £1300 | USD $1390 | AUD $2000
The GIGABYTE AERO X16 (EG61H) has arrived on our desk, and at first glance, it looks like a machine designed to balance sleek portability with serious performance. This 16-inch creator and gaming-focused laptop is built around AMD’s latest Ryzen AI 7 350 “Kraken Point” processor, a chip that promises not only strong multi-core performance but also next-generation AI acceleration. Paired with a high-refresh display and a slim form factor, the AERO X16 positions itself as a versatile tool for both productivity and entertainment.
Under the hood, GIGABYTE has equipped this model with 16GB of Crucial DDR5 memory running at 5600MHz, giving it plenty of bandwidth for heavy multitasking, creative workloads, and demanding software. Storage is handled by a 1TB Kingston PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD, which should deliver blistering load times and fast file transfers—a crucial factor for creators working with large media files. On the graphics side, the inclusion of an NVIDIA RTX 5070 with 8GB of VRAM immediately catches the eye, positioning this laptop as a serious contender for gaming at high settings, as well as GPU-accelerated workloads like 3D rendering and video editing.
In this review, we’ll be putting the AERO X16 through its paces to see how well these components come together in real-world use. From gaming benchmarks to productivity tests, and from thermal performance to battery life, we’ll examine whether GIGABYTE’s latest machine lives up to its promise as a performance powerhouse in a portable chassis. On paper, the AERO X16 offers an impressive balance of cutting-edge hardware—but the real question is how it performs when pushed to its limits.
GIGABYTE on the AERO X16:
Meet GIGABYTE AERO X16, the one notebook to do them all. Here’s the latest AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series processor with best-in-class CPU and NPU performance to support your productivity workflows. Powered by NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 50 Series Laptop GPUs up your game and boost your creativity with AI-enhanced performance and graphics. Thanks to GiMATE, the all-new GIGABYTE AI agent, various AI capabilities are right at your fingertips tailored to your needs, so intuitively. Measuring only 16.7 millimeters and 1.9 kilograms, GIGABYTE AERO X16 is perfectly designed to game, create or simply entertain on the go.
