Gigabyte Introduces Pair of Ryzen-based Gaming Laptops with RTX 30-Series Graphics

Gigabyte A5 and A7
(Image credit: Gigabyte)

Gigabyte has a pair of new gaming notebooks with AMD's new Ryzen 5000 processors paired with Nvidia RTX 30-series graphics. What's notable is that they go up to the RTX 3070, passing the seeming barrier of the RTX 2060 paired with Ryzen chips last year.

Designed to compete with the best gaming laptops, the new computers are dubbed the Gigabyte A5 and A7, and don't use the Aorus brand that the company typically uses for its high-end gaming notebooks. The A5 will start at $999 while the A7 will start at $1,399.

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Header Cell - Column 0 Gigabyte A5Gigabyte A7
CPUUp to AMD Ryzen 9 5900HAMD Ryzen 7 5800H
GPUUp to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Max-P (8GB)Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Max-P (6GB)
RAMUp to 32GB DDR4Up to 32GB DDR4
Storage1x 2.5-inch HDD slot, 2x M.2 slots1x 2.5-inch HDD slot, 2x M.2 slots
Display15.6-inch, 1920 x 1080, IPS, 240 Hz17.3-inch, FHD, iPS, 144 Hz
NetworkingIntel AX2000 Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0Intel AX2000 Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0
Battery48.96 Wh48.96 Wh

The A5 is a 15.6-inch laptop with two submodels: the A5 X1, with either a Ryzen 9 5900H or Ryzen 7 5800H paired with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Max-P; and the A5 K1, with either a Ryzen 7 5800H or Ryzen 5 5600H with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Max-P. The display is 1920 x 1080 and runs at 240 Hz.

The A7 is a 17.3-inch with just one option: an Ryzen 7 5800H and an RTX 3060 Max-P. Its 1920 x 1080 display runs at 144 Hz.

Otherwise, they seem largely similar, down to the same battery capacity.

Backside of Gigabyte laptop.

(Image credit: Gigabyte)

Both are monolithic black rectangles, though the A5 is 1.14 inches thick while the A7 is slightly thicker at 1.25 inches. Ports are similar, including three USB Type-A ports, HDMI 2.0, Mini DisplayPort, USB 3.2 Type-C, an audio jack, microSD card reader. Additionally, both will have RGB keyboards with 15 lighting effects. 

These laptops continue a trend we're starting to see of companies adopting AMD for gaming notebooks (though Gigabyte is sticking to Intel for the Aorus brand), and we're curious to get more information about when they will release and how they perform.

Andrew E. Freedman

Andrew E. Freedman is a senior editor at Tom's Hardware focusing on laptops, desktops and gaming. He also keeps up with the latest news. A lover of all things gaming and tech, his previous work has shown up in Tom's Guide, Laptop Mag, Kotaku, PCMag and Complex, among others. Follow him on Threads @FreedmanAE and Mastodon @FreedmanAE.mastodon.social.