XMG Neo 16 (E25) + Oasis Water Cooler Review
In our earlier article, we confirmed you one of many best-performing laptops with high-end {hardware} – the XMG Neo 16 A25, which packs the quickest cellular AMD X3D CPU cash you should buy proper now. Since the producer provides the identical package deal with an Intel chip, we determined to see how the “Team Blue” model stacks up.
The beast is named the XMG Neo 16 E25. On the skin, it is a carbon copy of its AMD sibling. While the AMD mannequin provides two processor selections, the E25 sticks completely to the Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX. The 24-core powerhouse is a superb alternative for any sort of workload. However, the AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D has the higher hand in numerous eventualities, one in every of which is probably an important one – gaming.
This is the place the OASIS cooler comes into play. With Arrow Lake frequencies boosted by that hybrid air-and-water setup, the Intel model would possibly lastly shut the hole with AMD at sub-4K resolutions.
Now, the Neo 16 E25 provides some benefits over the A25 when it comes to pure performance. On the E25, one of many ports is upgraded to Thunderbolt 4, whereas the AMD mannequin sticks with two normal Type-C connectors. There’s no signal of the cutting-edge Thunderbolt 5 but. You may specify it with Wi-Fi 7 via the official configurator. Those are actually the principle variations below the hood. Plus the CPU and the motherboard, in fact.
The excellent news is that the whole lot else we cherished remains to be right here: an excellent steel construct, top-notch enter gadgets, a big battery, IPS and Mini LED show choices, a monstrous predominant thermal system, and the power to connect the gorgeous compact exterior OASIS cooler. Expectedly, the GPU choices stay unchanged – the entry degree is the 140 W RTX 5070 Ti, and in case your finances permits, the 175 W RTX 5090 and its 24 GB of VRAM will completely crush gaming and pro-workloads alike.
This time round, we bought the common 1600p IPS show. This one proved to us that in the event you do not want mega brightness or pro-grade coloration protection, it can save you some money with out sacrificing that easy 300 Hz expertise.
Specifications
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | XMG |
| Model: | XMG Neo 16 (E25) |
| Weight: | 2.65 kg with IPS show 2.80 kg with Mini LED show |
| Processor: | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX/Arrow Lake-HX 8 P-Cores + 16 E-cores/24 threads (Non-HT) as much as 5.4 GHz, 36 MB cache 55+W Base Power |
| Chipset: | Intel HM870 (Arrow Lake-HX PCH) |
| Display: | Default Display: 16.0″/2560×1600 (16:10)/IPS/300Hz ~500 nits/100% sRGB/non-glare OptionalDisplay: 16.0″/2560×1600 (16:10)/Mini LED/300 Hz ~750/1000 nits (SDR/HDR)/100% DCI-P3/non-glare |
| Operating System: | Non-OS/Microsoft Windows 11 Home/11 Pro |
| Integrated Graphics: | Intel Graphics (64 EU) |
| Dedicated Graphics: | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (cellular): 12 GB GDDR7, 192 Bit, 2000 MHz efficient clock 5888 CUDA Cores 184 TMUs 64 ROPs 46 RT Cores 184 Tensor Cores L1: 5.8 MB, L2: 48 MB Up to 140W TGP NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (cellular): 16 GB GDDR7, 256 Bit, 1750 MHz efficient clock 8192 CUDA Cores 256 TMUs 96 ROPs 64 RT Cores 256 Tensor Cores L1: 8MB, L2: 64MB Up to 175W TGP NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (cellular): 24 GB GDDR7, 256 Bit, 1750 MHz efficient clock 10496 CUDA Cores 328 TMUs 112 ROPs 82 RT Cores 328 Tensor Cores L1: 10.3 MB, L2: 64 MB Up to 175W TGP |
| Memory: | 2x SO-DIMM RAM slots Up to 128 GB of DDR5 at 5600/6400 MT/s | Storage: | 1× M.2 2280 PCI Express 5.0 x4 1× M.2 2280 PCI Express 4.0 x4 |
| Optical Drive: | None |
| Connectivity: | 3× 5 Gbps USB Type-A/3.2 Gen. 1 1× 10 Gbps USB Type-C/3.2 Gen. 2 with DP 1.4a/100 W PD/NVIDIA G-SYNC + AMD FreeSync 1× 40 Gbps Thunderbolt 4/USB4 with DP 2.1/140 W PD/NVIDIA G-SYNC + AMD FreeSync/eGPU-compatible 1× HDMI 2.1 VRR/G-SYNC appropriate 1× Mini DisplayPort 2.1/NVIDIA G-SYNC + AMD FreeSync/VR headset assist + 2× DisplayPort streams Audio combo jack 2.5GbE LAN Full-sized SD Express|UHS-II card reader Self-sealing connectors for XMG OASIS cooler DC-in |
| Communications: | Wi-Fi 6/E + Bluetooth 5.1/3 Wi-Fi 7 + Bluetooth 5.4 (non-compulsory) 1080p IR webcam |
| Audio: | 2× audio system Nahimic by SteelSeries Software |
| Input system: | Microsoft Precision Glass Touchpad, built-in buttons Per-key RGB backlit keyboard/N-key rollover/Anti-ghosting |
| Power: | 1× 330 W AC adapter with RTX 5070 Ti 1× 420 W AC adapter with RTX 5080/90 99.9Wh battery |
| Warranty: | Two years |
| MSRP: | Starting at €2849 |