40.6 cm (16") WQXGA 2560 x 1600 Mini LED, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (24GB GDDR7)
64GB (5600MHz) DDR5-SDRAM (2 x 32) & 2000GB SSD
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX (36MB Cache), 64GB DDR5-SDRAM, 2000GB SSD, 40.6 cm (16") WQXGA 2560 x 1600 Mini LED, Intel Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (24GB GDDR7), LAN, WLAN, Webcam, Windows 11 Home 64-bit
The best of the best The 2025 Strix SCAR 16 offers the very best Windows 11 Pro gaming experience, featuring up to Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 processor 275HX and up to NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5090 Laptop GPU with Advanced Optimus. This killer hardware is complemented with up to 64GB of 5600MHz DDR5 RAM and 4TB of PCIe 4.0 storage, with the memory slots upgradable to 6400MHz DDR5 RAM and SSD slots both offering full support for PCIe Gen 5, ensuring that you always have the edge on your competition.
Design
Introduction year
2025
Market positioning
Gaming
Form factor
Clamshell
Colour name
Off Black
Product colour
Black
Product type
Laptop
Display
High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology
Dolby Vision
High Dynamic Range (HDR) supported
Yes
Maximum refresh rate
240 Hz
Display response rise/fall
3 ms
RGB colour space
DCI-P3
Colour gamut
100%
Maximum display brightness (HDR)
1200 cd/m²
Anti-glare screen
Yes
Native aspect ratio
16:10
Panel type
Mini LED
HD type
WQXGA
Touchscreen
No
Display resolution
2560 x 1600 pixels
Display diagonal
40.6 cm (16")
Processor
Processor base power
55 W
Maximum turbo power
160 W
Processor cache
36 MB
Efficient-core base frequency
2.1 GHz
Performance-core base frequency
2.7 GHz
Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency
5.4 GHz
Efficient cores
16
Performance cores
8
Processor boost frequency
5.4 GHz
Processor threads
24
Processor cores
24
Processor model
275HX
Processor generation
Intel Core Ultra (Series 2)
Processor family
Intel Core Ultra 9
Processor manufacturer
Intel
Neural processor unit (NPU)
GPU performance up to
8 TOPs
NPU performance up to
13 TOPs
Total processor performance up to
36 TOPs
AI software frameworks supported by NPU
DirectML, OpenVINO, Windows ML, ONNX RT, WebNN
Windows Studio effects support
Yes
Sparsity support
Yes
Neural processor unit (NPU)
Intel AI Boost
Memory
Memory channels
Dual-channel
Maximum internal memory
64 GB
Memory slots
2x SO-DIMM
Memory layout (slots x size)
2 x 32 GB
Memory clock speed
5600 MHz
Memory form factor
SO-DIMM
Internal memory type
DDR5-SDRAM
Internal memory
64 GB
Storage
Card reader integrated
No
Optical drive type
No
SSD form factor
M.2
NVMe
Yes
SSD interface
PCI Express 4.0
Total SSDs capacity
2 TB
Storage media
SSD
Total storage capacity
2 TB
Graphics
NVIDIA G-SYNC
Yes
On-board graphics card model
Intel Graphics
On-board graphics card family
Intel Graphics
On-board GPU manufacturer
Intel
Discrete graphics memory type
GDDR7
Discrete graphics card memory
24 GB
Discrete graphics card model
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Discrete GPU manufacturer
NVIDIA
Discrete graphics card
Yes
On-board graphics card
Yes
Audio
Built-in microphone
Yes
Number of built-in speakers
4
Audio system
Smart Amp
Camera
Infrared (IR) camera
Yes
Front camera HD type
Full HD
Front camera
Yes
Network
Bluetooth version
5.4
Bluetooth
Yes
Ethernet LAN data rates
10,100,1000,2500 Mbit/s
Ethernet LAN
Yes
Antenna type
2x2
Wi-Fi standards
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
Top Wi-Fi standard
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
Mobile network connection
No
Ports & interfaces
USB Power Delivery
Yes
USB Type-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode
Yes
Combo headphone/mic port
Yes
Intel® Thunderbolt 5
Yes
Thunderbolt 5 ports quantity
2
HDMI version
2.1
HDMI ports quantity
1
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
1
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity
3
Performance
Repairability index
9.9
Motherboard chipset
Intel HM870 Express
Keyboard
Keyboard backlit zone
Per-key RGB
Keyboard backlit colour
RGB
Numeric keypad
No
Keyboard backlit
Yes
Pointing device
NumberPad
Software
Bundled software
Xbox Game Pass for PC_3 months (*Terms and exclusions apply. Offer only available in eligible markets for Xbox Game Pass for PC. Eligible markets are determined at activation. Game catalog varies by region, device, and time.)
Trial software
1-month trial for new Microsoft 365 customers. Credit card required.
