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The Asus ProArt P16 with RTX Spark is worth it for AI professionals and creators who need lots of memory: 3 critics average 8.2 out of 10, praising the 128GB unified memory option, OLED display and light build but faulting the very high price and weak battery under load. This page is a consensus of published reviews, not hands-on testing.
Is the ProArt P16 worth it?
The verdict is a qualified yes. Reviewers see it as a showcase for Nvidia's RTX Spark chip, a 20-core Arm CPU paired with a Blackwell GPU, in a roughly 3.9-pound body. The typical US price cited is $4399.99, though prices in the reviews range widely with memory configuration.
What critics loved
PCWorld was most impressed by the AI results: the 128GB of unified memory let the laptop beat the reviewer's RTX 5090 desktop on a huge, memory-heavy local AI workload. It also noted that local work avoids per-token API charges.
Engadget scored it highest at 8.7 out of 10, calling it an impressive premium laptop. It liked the sleek aluminum build, the very bright 16-inch OLED, and the excellent keyboard and haptic touchpad, and it recorded 10 hours 51 minutes in the PCMark 10 Applications battery test.
TechRadar praised the stunning OLED screen, the stylish lightweight design, and strong creative, AI and gaming performance, along with long battery life for productivity work.
Where it falls short
Price is the shared complaint. PCWorld cites $7,000 for its configuration and calls it eye-watering, Engadget says it is very expensive especially with more RAM, and TechRadar finds it hard to justify against dedicated gaming or creative machines.
Battery life is a point of disagreement. TechRadar liked productivity endurance, while Engadget found it well below premium rivals and PCWorld said it drops fast during sustained AI inference. PCWorld also found the fans extremely loud under heavy load.
Engadget noted that most games rely on Prism emulation, that the finish shows fingerprints easily, and that gaming laptops offer better value for games. TechRadar mentioned some wobble in the screen and hinge. PCWorld added that local models still trail top frontier AI in some tasks.
