The new 16-inch Asus Zenbook A16 wowed us enough at CES 2026 for us to designate it the best ultraportable of the conference. The $1,699.99 clamshell laptop, built around Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip, looked like it had serious potential. Now that it has arrived in PC Labs, we’ve put its promises of power to the test.
Sure, we’ve already seen how the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme performs in a controlled environment at Snapdragon Summit last fall, but…

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