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Best laptops for video editing
The laptops that score highest on the Versus leaderboard with the criteria that matter for video editing.
Video editors load timelines onto a laptop's GPU, encode masters on the CPU, and store project files on the SSD. The right laptop pairs a discrete GPU with 32 GB of memory, a fast NVMe drive, and a colour-accurate display. The picks below score highest in our laptops category and meet the practical thresholds video editors call out in production.
What to look for
- Discrete NVIDIA RTX or Apple silicon GPU
- 32 GB of memory or more
- 1 TB+ NVMe SSD
- Colour-accurate display (sRGB ≥ 99% or P3 wide)
Top 10 picks
100Points
Razer
Razer Blade 16 (2024)
From £6,565
97Points
Gigabyte
Gigabyte GAMING A16 PRO Laptop - 16“
From £1,600
91Points
Alienware
Alienware Aurora R15 – i9-13900KF (24 Cores)
From £3,495
88Points
Apple
Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max
From £3,099
85Points
Apple
Apple MacBook Pro 16 M4 Max
From £2,999
82Points
Alienware
Alienware 16 Area-51
From £3,272
79Points
Alienware
Alienware 18 Area-51 18" Gaming Laptop WQXGA 300Hz G-Sync
From £4,249
76Points
ASUS
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 GU605CR
From £2,699
75Points
Gigabyte
AORUS MASTER 18 BZH
From £3,800
75Points
ASUS
ASUS ProArt 16 OLED H7606WI
From £2,343