The Gigabyte Aorus 5 offers high performance suitable for intensive gaming, 3D rendering, and engineering tasks thanks to its powerful CPU and GPU. However, it is more expensive, less portable due to its weight, and has a shorter battery life. The LG Ultra 16 is significantly more affordable and lightweight, making it easy to carry around. It also has an impressive battery life. Nonetheless, its performance is more modest, suited for general use and lighter creative tasks, with less focus on gaming or demanding computational tasks. The choice depends on whether performance and gaming are priorities over cost efficiency and portability. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Gigabyte Aorus 5
Very good for engineering and design
Good for gaming and AI
Very good overall display quality
Good overall build quality
Very good speakers
Very good keyboard
Advantages of the LG Ultra 16
Good portability
Excellent battery life
Key differences
Gaming and AI
7.9/10
6.2/10
8.2/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
3.6/10
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1200
360Hz
REFRESH RATE
60Hz
Yes
SUPPORTS DLSS
No
No
MUX SWITCH / ADVANCED OPTIMUS
No
6.5/10
FAN NOISE SCORE
10.0/10
The Gigabyte Aorus 5 is good for gaming and AI, while the LG Ultra 16 is only fair.
The Gigabyte Aorus 5 is equipped with a high-performance Nvidia RTX 3070 graphics card and a high refresh rate screen, making it well-suited for gaming and 3D tasks, while the LG Ultra 16 has an integrated AMD Ryzen 7 7730U Vega 8 graphics and a lower refresh rate screen, which makes it less optimal for those demanding activities.
Engineering and Design
8.2/10
7.0/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
6.9/10
8.2/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
3.6/10
16.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
The Gigabyte Aorus 5 is very good for engineering and design, while the LG Ultra 16 is good.
The Gigabyte Aorus 5 is favored for engineering and design tasks due to its higher-performance CPU and GPU, which are crucial for demanding software, as well as a screen with solid color coverage and brightness, although it is heavier and less portable compared to the LG Ultra 16. The LG Ultra 16, while it offers good performance with its CPU and decent screen quality, stands out for its lighter weight, which contributes to its portability, and excellent operating noise handling, making it a quieter option.
Screen Quality
8.0/10
6.2/10
15.6in
SIZE
16.0in
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1200
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
360Hz
REFRESH RATE
60Hz
280.0 nits
BRIGHTNESS
270.0 nits
The Gigabyte Aorus 5 has a better screen than the LG Ultra 16 for general use, gaming and AI, and engineering and design, while the LG Ultra 16 has a better screen for content creation.
The Gigabyte Aorus 5 boasts a display with stronger resolution and brightness, making it suitable for everyday tasks that benefit from clear, vivid imagery and visibility in varying lighting conditions. For engineering and design, it offers color precision with broader color gamuts, ensuring that professionals see accurate colors for their projects. However, the Aorus 5 falls behind in gaming and 3D modeling due to a lower refresh rate, which limits the smoothness of motion in fast-paced scenarios, whereas the LG Ultra 16, despite fair performance in general use and professional tasks, doesn't meet gaming needs for the same reason.
Battery
5.0 Hours
17.0 Hours
The Gigabyte Aorus 5 has 5 hours of battery life. The LG Ultra 16 has 17 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.
Portability
Fair
Good
15.6in
SIZE
16.0in
5.0 lbs
WEIGHT
3.6 lbs
1.0in
THICKNESS
0.6in
The LG Ultra 16 has good portability, while the Gigabyte Aorus 5 has only fair portability.
The most portable laptops are small, thin, and light.
Build Quality
7.4/10
6.5/10
The Gigabyte Aorus 5 has good build quality, while the LG Ultra 16 has only fair build quality.
PerfectRec’s Build Quality Score incorporates case materials, display and keyboard flex, hinge quality, and overall reliability.
Cost
$2,359
$1,000
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
$3,000
$3,500
$4,000
The Gigabyte Aorus 5 has a price of $2,359 and the LG Ultra 16 costs $1,000.
The LG Ultra 16 and Gigabyte Aorus 5 are both good for general use.
The Gigabyte Aorus 5 is powered by a robust Intel processor and a dedicated Nvidia graphics card, making it suitable for demanding tasks, but its heavier weight and shorter battery life limit its portability compared to the LG Ultra 16. On the other hand, while the LG Ultra 16 offers longer battery life and is significantly lighter for better portability, it relies on its main processor's integrated graphics, which may not be as powerful for graphics-intensive tasks.
Content Creation
7.6/10
7.7/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
6.9/10
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1200
16.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
The LG Ultra 16 and Gigabyte Aorus 5 are both 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
7.3/10
7.5/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
6.9/10
16.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1200
8.5/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
6.7/10
The LG Ultra 16 and Gigabyte Aorus 5 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.
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How the Gigabyte Aorus 5 and the LG Ultra 16 compare to other laptops
"The Gigabyte Aorus 5 SE4 is a capable mainstream gaming notebook that will run the latest PC games with aplomb. However, it's not your stereotypical flashy gaming PC. Gigabyte has added some interesting tweaks. For example, the webcam placement and its Microsoft Azure AI tool — to automatically switch between power modes — are unusual for this genre. But more importantly, the pricing is fairly competitive and reasonable."
"Unlike the gram, the Ultra PC isn't designed to be as lightweight as possible. The 16-inch laptop is a whole 400 g (0.88 lb) heavier than its 16-inch gram counterpart partly because its chassis is not made of magnesium. Other than that, the Ultra PC seems like a copy of the gram – but with longer battery life, lower noise levels, and a clean, delicate look."
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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.
About LG
LG is a South Korean conglomerate company. While LG is mainly known for various products outside of technology, LG also develops laptops. Within the laptop industry, they are known for their thin-and-light Gram series, as well as their value-oriented Ultra series. LG laptops offer very thin and light laptops with phenomenal battery life, and are often on sale.
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