The AORUS MASTER 16 AM6H is GIGABYTE’s 16-inch OLED gaming laptop. This configuration has a Core Ultra 9 275HX, an RTX 5080 Laptop GPU running at up to 175 W, a 2560 × 1600 240 Hz OLED screen, Thunderbolt 5, two SO-DIMM and two M.2 slots. Testing found gaming performance on par with rivals and good battery life in games; the stock SSD was slow and the screen measured dim. Owners like the OLED and upgradeability, but differ on fan noise and build quality.
BYHC5USE64SH (US): Core Ultra 9 275HX, RTX 5080 Laptop GPU 16 GB, 32 GB DDR5, 1 TB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Dark Tide. The BZH (RTX 5090) and BXH (RTX 5070 Ti, 140 W) in the same chassis and the AMD-based AORUS MASTER 16 are separate configurations.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU, 16 GB GDDR7; up to 175 W graphics power including Dynamic Boost; up to 1,902 MHz AI Boost clock (1,702 + 200 MHz OC) |
| Hybrid graphics | NVIDIA Advanced Optimus and G-SYNC |
| Processor | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX; 24 cores / 24 threads, 36 MB cache, up to 5.4 GHz |
| Display | 16-inch 16:10 OLED, 2560 × 1600 (WQXGA), 240 Hz, 1 ms; 100% DCI-P3; 500 nits peak; 1,000,000:1 contrast; glossy surface |
| Display certifications | VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500, VESA ClearMR 10000, Dolby Vision, Pantone Validated, TÜV Rheinland Low Blue Light |
| Memory | DDR5-5600; two SO-DIMM slots, up to 64 GB |
| Storage | PCIe NVMe M.2; one PCIe Gen5 and one PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 slot, up to 4 TB |
| Left ports | DC-in; RJ-45 1 Gbit LAN; HDMI 2.1; USB-A (USB 3.2 Gen 2); USB-C Thunderbolt 5 (USB4, DisplayPort 2.1, Power Delivery 3.0) |
| Right ports | USB-A (USB 3.2 Gen 2); USB-C Thunderbolt 4 (USB4, DisplayPort 1.4, Power Delivery 3.0); microSD card reader (UHS-II); 3.5 mm headphone/mic combo |
| Wireless | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be, 2×2); Bluetooth 5.4 |
| Audio and camera | Four 2 W speakers, Dolby Atmos, Smart Amp; 1080p IR camera, Windows Hello face login, array microphone |
| Keyboard | 3-zone RGB backlight, up to 1.7 mm key travel, N-key rollover |
| Battery and adapter | 99 Wh lithium-ion; 330 W AC adapter |
| Size and weight | 357 × 254 × 23–29.9 mm; about 2.5 kg |
| Operating system and security | Windows 11 Home or Windows 11 Pro (by region); firmware TPM (Intel PTT) |
| Colour | Dark Tide |
GIGABYTE presents the AORUS MASTER 16 as a premium gaming laptop with 175 W RTX 50-series graphics, a 240 Hz OLED display and WINDFORCE Infinity cooling. GIGABYTE
On Laptop Mag’s 32 GB / 1 TB unit the web-browsing battery test lasted 5 hours 2 minutes and the PCMark 10 gaming battery test 2 hours 54 minutes, which the review found very good for its class. The screen averaged 377.6 nits, the dimmest of the compared laptops, with 81% DCI-P3 coverage. Average surface temperature was 34.6 °C, but a spot near the hinge reached 47.1 °C in games. Gaming results were similar to the Razer Blade 16 and MSI Titan 18. The biggest weakness was the SSD: a 25 GB file copy ran at about 665 MB/s, far behind rivals. The keyboard and touchpad were liked; the 3-zone RGB, weak bass in music and overexposed 1080p webcam were criticised.
Laptop Mag: Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 (RTX 5080) reviewBest Buy shows three reviews for this SKU (one five-star, one four-star, one one-star). Akshayprasad (verified, incentivised, one month) finds the OLED very bright in HDR; under maximum gaming load the CPU reached 90–95 °C and the GPU 70–78 °C with the RTX 5080 drawing 175–180 W, fans were loud in Turbo mode and the lid scratches easily; they added a second SSD in the empty Gen5 slot. Sentential (verified, incentivised) reports constant OS corruption and boot loops on reset, chassis flex, a lid that does not sit flat on the deck and loose hinges; no cause was diagnosed. The third review says the SSD is not fast and the screen shows fingerprints. Two reviews criticise the limited tuning in the GMATE software.
Best Buy: AORUS MASTER 16 BYHC5USE64SH customer reviews