ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 2026 16" Core Ultra 9 386H 32GB 1TB RTX 5060
Laptop notes
Laptop notes
Gaming combines GPU (90%, GPU aggregate average; low confidence, source www.notebookcheck.net) and CPU (10%, aggregate CPU reference; low confidence, source www.notebookcheck.net), with RAM and VRAM factors. TGP only selects the GPU reference; it adds no points. Price is excluded. Time Spy Graphics and Cinebench R23 Single are comparative references, not FPS predictions. Productivity combines Cinebench R23 Multi (40%), Single (20%), installed RAM (20%), and Blender Cycles GPU (20%). CPU reference: aggregate CPU reference (exact-SKU measurement: No); Blender reference: generic GPU aggregate, not TGP-filtered (exact-SKU measurement: No). Scores are provisional and are not predictions of task completion times. TGP does not add a direct bonus. Autonomy scores the selected battery-life duration with the provisional autonomy_v1 hour curve; battery capacity does not add points directly. Duration: 12 h 21 min. Coverage: selected reference. Source: independent review · same_generation_cpu_battery_different_gpu · www.notebookcheck.net. Protocol: wifi_websurfing_150_nits. Reference confidence: medium. Exact-SKU measurement: No. Upgrades v1 combines RAM modularity, headroom, and free SO-DIMM slots (60% overall) with M.2 expansion slots (40%). RAM subscore: 0.0; SSD subscore: 9.0. Catalog confidence: high; fallback used: No. This score does not measure performance, repairability, or upgrade cost. Display v1 combines color (10.00), sharpness (9.91; 188.68 PPI), SDR brightness (9.00), refresh (10.00), panel (10.00), and extras (9.00). Confidence in specification completeness: high. Fallback dimensions: none. Scores are based on documented specifications, not instrumental measurements of the exact panel. Cooling v1 combines CPU-loop min/max stability proxy (5.0000; retention not measured), upper-surface temperature score (5.00), and load-noise score (5.00). Valid measurements used: 0/3. Confidence: low. References and test contexts: CPU loop stability | upper-surface temperature | load noise. The CPU proxy does not establish GPU stability or prove the absence of throttling. Laptop value v1 uses technical utility 7.766/10 to set an estimated reference of €1900.05 (including an SSD adjustment of €45.00). Applied price status: current catalog price (EUR catalog price); price used: 2699.99 EUR, checked 2026-10-30. Ratio: 0.70373. Confidence: low; estimated: Yes. One or more technical scores use provisional references or fallbacks.
Gaming
7.6
Productivity
8.2
Autonomy
9.6
Upgrades
3.6
Display
9.7
Neutral score: cooling measurements unavailable
No valid stability, surface-temperature, or load-noise measurements are available. The 5.0 score is an information fallback, not a neutral thermal or acoustic measurement.
Cooling
5.0
Value for money
3.8
Technical metrics
Normalized 0–100 indices using laptop-specific references; not directly comparable with desktop indices.
- CPU: Cinebench R23 Multi (60%, 40,000 reference) and Single (40%, 2,400 reference).
- GPU: 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (75%, 26,000 reference) and Blender GPU (25%, 8,000 samples/min reference).
Balance expresses similarity between estimated CPU and GPU indices. It does not guarantee the absence of a bottleneck or predict FPS.
Benchmarks and provenance
- Cinebench R23 Multi: aggregate reference · aggregate for the same CPU model · third_party_aggregate · not measured on the exact SKU · meansource
- Cinebench R23 Single: aggregate reference · aggregate for the same CPU model · third_party_aggregate · not measured on the exact SKU · meansource
- Time Spy Graphics: aggregate reference · aggregate for the same GPU model · third_party_aggregate · not measured on the exact SKU · mean · measurement TGP not documentedsource
- Blender GPU: aggregate reference · aggregate for the same GPU model · community_open_data · Blender Open Data - Cycles GPU · not measured on the exact SKU · median · not TGP-conditioned · measurement TGP not documented · Blender version filter: all_versions · compute backend filter: all_backends · provisional reference without consistent filterssource
Model v1; references and weights are provisional. Coverage indicates data presence, not measurement on this laptop.
- Logical power
- 63.9%
- Graphics power
- 44.2%
- Balance
- 80.3%
Estimated capability indices; these are not usage percentages or FPS predictions.
Base FPS values come from measurements on other systems or aggregates for the same GPU; they do not necessarily match this laptop. The TGP correction uses provisional curves and may introduce bias because the base references' TGP is not confirmed.
GPU/TGP estimate · provisional correction
TGP declared for this laptop: 115 W.
Curve power target: 115 W; this does not mean the base reference was measured at that TGP.
TGP factor applied: 1.000.
TGP is at or above the target; no bonus is applied.
Cinebench R23 Single: 2,073.
CPU benchmark provenance: aggregate or proxy; not confirmed for this exact SKU.
Estimated CPU ceiling: 360 FPS.
RAM is checked against the game's minimum only; no percentage FPS penalty is applied.
Gaming FPS
GPU/TGP estimate · provisional correction
Configuration overview
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 2026 GU606AM-TB040W premium gaming laptop with an Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, 16 cores and 16 threads, an Intel NPU with up to 50 TOPS, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU with 8 GB GDDR7 and up to 115 W, 32 GB soldered LPDDR5X-8533 memory, a 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD, and a 16-inch ROG Nebula HDR OLED display at 2560 x 1600 and 240 Hz. Includes Windows 11 Home.