At CES 2025, Intel introduced a new crop of Core Ultra CPUs, AMD announced a number of Ryzen and Radeon releases, and then Nvidia unveiled its next-gen RTX 50 desktop and laptop GPUs. Multitudes of laptops with this new silicon were announced at the show, and we've tracked down as many as we could.
From the sub-1kg and semi-ceramic Asus Zenbook A14 to Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus with a rollable, extendable OLED display, these are the best laptops we've seen so far.
Asus ZenBook A14
At just under 2.2 pounds, the new ZenBook A14 is the world's lightest Copilot Plus PC, according to Asus. That's half a pound lighter than Apple's MacBook Air, and the ZenBook A14's display is larger than the 13.6-inch Air's. Whether it's the lightest Copilot Plus PC or not, that's impressively light for a 14-inch laptop. And it's light without being flimsy thanks to its Ceraluminum chassis that's a mixture of aluminum and ceramic.
The Snapdragon X-based ZenBook A14 is also extremely long-running -- Asus estimates it'll run for up to 32 hours on a single charge. That's an amazing runtime and even more so when you factor in it has an OLED display.
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable
The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable pulls off a bit of a magic trick. You can tote it around as a 14-inch laptop, and a few seconds after you set it down, it can turn into a nearly 17-inch laptop. The magic behind having a smaller laptop for portability with a screen that can extend vertically to 16.7 inches when you want to sit down and work is its rollable display.
With the press of a button or wave of a hand, the OLED display extends upward, rolling out from below the keyboard to give you more vertical space. It results in an unusually tall display, but it gives you more room to multitask or see more lines of a spreadsheet. The laptop is powered by an Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processor and up to 32GB of RAM.
It manages to be remarkably thin at just 0.8-inch thick when part of the display must be able to roll under the keyboard when not fully extended. At 3.7 pounds, it's a bit heavier than the average 14-inch laptop -- but on par with a 16-inch model.
Lenovo ThinkPad X9
Lenovo introduced the new premium ThinkPad X9 series with a new design that has a grooved bottom panel (for better cooling or to be easier to grip -- or both! -- is still unclear) and an "engine hub" to optimize cooling for the laptop's components while keeping the rest of the laptop trim. This hub also allows for easy access to the battery and SSD for service or repairs.
The ThinkPad X9 is available with a 14-inch or 15.3-inch display. Both are OLED and powered by Core Ultra Series 2 processors. Premium features include an 8-megapixel webcam and haptic touchpad. The ThinkPad X9 14 is lightweight at just 2.7 pounds, and the ThinkPad X9 15 weighs a reasonable 3.2 pounds.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i 14 Gen 10
The Yoga Slim 9i 14 Gen 10 is almost all-screen. Lenovo claims it has a 98% screen-to-body ratio. The display bezels on all sides are nearly nonexistent, and there is no notch at the top for the webcam. So where is the camera? Hidden behind the display. We've seen under-the-display webcams on some phones and tablets before, but the Yoga Slim 9i 14 is the first laptop with such a webcam.
The display itself is a 4K, 120Hz PureSight Pro OLED panel with 100% sRGB, P3 and AdobeRGB support. The laptop features up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 258V CPU, 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. Lenovo estimates a runtime of 17 hours from the 75-watt-hour battery, which isn't bad for a laptop with a high-res OLED display. It's also fairly light for a 14-inch model at 2.6 pounds.
Acer Aspire Vero 16
The Aspire Vero 16 is the follow-up to the 15.6-inch Vero from a few years ago. The new 16-inch Vero has an even more sustainable design with a chassis made from more than 70% post-consumer recycled plastic and a bio-based material made from oyster shells. It's the first laptop to use oyster shells in its construction, according to Acer, but it has a similar design to that of the original Vero -- a funky look with a textured finish and speckled with tiny yellow and gray-blue flecks.
It's not all sustainability and unusual looks for the Aspire Vero 16's chassis. It's MIL-STD-810H certified for durability and is pretty portable for its size, weighing just under 4 pounds, according to Acer. Acer also describes the chassis as easy to repair, which is an effort to increase its lifespan and delay its arrival in a landfill. And with Intel's latest Core Ultra 200H series CPUs, it should have a long lifespan.
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