RTX 5090/5080 mobile and Strix Halo APUs reset the bar in 2026. AIPC scores sustained TGP, vapor-chamber thermals and frame-pacing — not vendor-quoted boost clocks.
Workstation-class — 128GB unified memory for 70B local
Why: 128GB unified LPDDR5X — runs 70B Q4 locally on iGPU
Top GPU for 70B local inference
Why: RTX 5090 with 24GB VRAM runs 70B Q4 locally
Modular AI workstation — repairable, upgradeable, Linux-first
Why: 50 TOPS XDNA 2 NPU + dGPU expansion bay — only modular AI laptop shipping
Type your workload — coding, travel, local LLM, students — and get an AIPC-ranked shortlist with a direct link to each laptop's AIPC profile.
Workstation-class — 128GB unified memory for 70B local
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo)
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Top GPU for 70B local inference
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 + NVIDIA RTX 5090
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Modular AI workstation — repairable, upgradeable, Linux-first
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (XDNA 2)
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Get the chip-level breakdown — NPU TOPS, sustained thermals, tokens/sec — and compare any two of these laptops side-by-side on the AIPC engine.
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Razer Blade 16 with RTX 5090 (175W TGP, vapor chamber) leads sustained 1440p high-refresh frame rates in the AIPC test suite.
Yes for 1080p high settings and emulation — RDNA 3.5 with 40 CUs and unified LPDDR5X is the strongest iGPU shipping today, but still trails a real RTX 5080/5090 dGPU.