The Gigabyte Aero 5 offers an OLED screen with higher resolution, which is excellent for vivid colors and sharp details, ideal for creative work that demands color accuracy like photo editing. However, the Aero 5 has a lower refresh rate screen, making it less ideal for fast-paced gaming. If you're looking for a more general-purpose laptop and prioritize display quality, it is also slightly lighter for better portability. On the other hand, the Gigabyte Aorus 17, while having a larger screen size, has an IPS panel with a standard resolution but a higher refresh rate, ideal for gaming due to smoother visuals. It has a slightly heavier build, which might make it less portable but potentially more equipped to handle heat during intensive tasks. Consider the Aero 5 for creative tasks and general use, and the Aorus 17 if gaming and high-refresh-rate activities are your main focus. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Gigabyte Aero 5
The Gigabyte Aero 5 has no clear advantages over the Gigabyte Aorus 17.
Advantages of the Gigabyte Aorus 17
Very good for gaming and AI
Very good speakers
Key differences
Screen Quality
8.6/10
8.0/10
15.6in
SIZE
17.3in
3840 x 2160
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
OLED
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
60Hz
REFRESH RATE
360Hz
446.0 nits
BRIGHTNESS
267.0 nits
The Gigabyte Aero 5 has a better screen than the Gigabyte Aorus 17 for general use, engineering and design, software development, and content creation, while the Gigabyte Aorus 17 has a better screen for gaming and AI.
The Aero 5 has a high-resolution, bright display that provides sharp, vivid imagery for day-to-day tasks and detailed engineering work, ensuring that colors and text are clear and accurate. It also covers a wide color gamut, making it suitable for professionals in design who require precise color representation. However, its lower refresh rate is not ideal for gaming or 3D work, where smooth motion and quick screen responses are crucial.
Portability
Fair
Fair
15.6in
SIZE
17.3in
5.0 lbs
WEIGHT
5.9 lbs
1.0in
THICKNESS
1.0in
The Gigabyte Aero 5 and Gigabyte Aorus 17 both have only fair portability, though the Gigabyte Aero 5 has somewhat better portability.
The most portable laptops are small, thin, and light.
Cost
$1,250
$1,700
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
$3,000
The Gigabyte Aero 5 has a price of $1,250 and the Gigabyte Aorus 17 costs $1,700.
The Gigabyte Aero 5 and Gigabyte Aorus 17 are both good for general use.
The Gigabyte Aero 5 offers an OLED screen with higher resolution which is great for media consumption and productivity with visual detail, but with its smaller screen size and higher portability score, it is easier to carry around, despite a slightly shorter battery life compared to the Aorus 17. On the other hand, the Gigabyte Aorus 17 has a larger IPS screen with a higher refresh rate thus better for gaming and multitasking, featuring a bigger build which contributes to less portability and speaker quality that's rated higher, making it suitable for an immersive audio experience.
Gaming and AI
7.9/10
8.1/10
8.3/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
8.3/10
3840 x 2160
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
60Hz
REFRESH RATE
360Hz
Yes
SUPPORTS DLSS
Yes
No
MUX SWITCH / ADVANCED OPTIMUS
No
7.0/10
FAN NOISE SCORE
6.5/10
Although they have very similar scores, PerfectRec considers Gigabyte Aorus 17 to be very good for gaming and AI, while the Gigabyte Aero 5 is good.
PerfectRec’s Gaming and AI Score strongly emphasizes graphics processing capability, while also taking into account other factors that impact suitability for gaming and AI work.
Engineering and Design
8.7/10
8.4/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.1/10
8.3/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
8.3/10
16.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
The Gigabyte Aero 5 and Gigabyte Aorus 17 are both very good for engineering and design.
The Gigabyte Aero 5 stands out for engineering and design uses due to its high-resolution OLED screen, enhancing visual detail and color accuracy which is essential for design precision, while both laptops share a powerful CPU, ample RAM, and a high-end GPU suitable for computation and rendering tasks. On the other hand, the Gigabyte Aorus 17 offers a wider screen and similar core specifications but trades off the higher resolution for potentially better gaming performance due to its higher screen refresh rate, yet with less portability due to its large size.
Content Creation
8.2/10
8.0/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.1/10
3840 x 2160
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
16.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
OLED
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
The Gigabyte Aero 5 and Gigabyte Aorus 17 are both very good for content creation.
PerfectRec’s Content Creation Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for photo editing, video editing and other content creation tasks.
Software Development
7.9/10
7.5/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.1/10
16.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
3840 x 2160
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
8.5/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
8.0/10
The Gigabyte Aero 5 and Gigabyte Aorus 17 are both good for software development.
PerfectRec’s Software Development Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for software developers.
Battery
7.0 Hours
6.0 Hours
The Gigabyte Aero 5 has 7 hours of battery life. The Gigabyte Aorus 17 has 6 hours of battery life.
Battery life estimate is based on a mix of common use patterns. More portable and higher performing laptops tend to have less battery life.
Build Quality
7.8/10
7.4/10
The Gigabyte Aero 5 and Gigabyte Aorus 17 both have good build quality.
PerfectRec’s Build Quality Score incorporates case materials, display and keyboard flex, hinge quality, and overall reliability.
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How the Gigabyte Aero 5 and the Gigabyte Aorus 17 compare to other laptops
"It is unfortunate that the Gigabyte AERO notebook series have seem to lost its charm, as it’s not exactly any much different from the AORUS series now. Regardless, content creators and designers will certainly still appreciate the features on the AERO 5 XE4, which are fundamental to their work. This largely revolved around the notebook’s display, which is colour calibrated and validated, high resolution (4K) and with great AMOLED colour representation. Now that the AERO 5 XE4 has improved its performance with the latest CPU and GPU, the professionals can also appreciate the improved productivity from the notebook."
"The Gigabyte Aorus 17 is a powerful high-end gaming machine. The Aorus 17 is a potent gaming notebook in a 17.3-inch format designed for FHD gaming at maximum settings. A Core i7-12700H processor and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU make this possible. A lightning-fast PCIe 4 SSD (1 TB) provides the necessary storage space and ensures short loading times. With the Aorus 17 XE4, Gigabyte delivers a well-rounded, high-performance gaming notebook."
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About Gigabyte
Gigabyte is a Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer. While Gigabyte mainly focuses its business on desktop hardware, Gigabyte is known for its value-oriented G series laptops, thin and light Aero series, and performance-oriented Aorus series. Gigabyte laptops offer a strong value proposition to compete with mainstream alternatives.
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