Acer Gaming laptop
Acer Nitro V 16S AI (ANV16S-41)
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen 7 260
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: AMD Ryzen 7 260 · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 · 32 GB · 1 TB · 16" Full HD+ IPS 180Hz
Full specsBest Laptops for Video Editing
Every laptop here has a dedicated graphics card, at least 16 GB of memory and 1 TB or more of storage, the floor for editing without waiting on previews and exports.
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34 models
ASUS Gaming laptop 3 configurations
ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2025)
- Processor
- Intel Core i7 14650HX
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: Intel Core i7 14650HX · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 · 16 GB · 1 TB · 16" Full HD+ 165Hz
Specs and configurations ASUS 2-in-1
ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo (2026)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 9 386H · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 · 32 GB · 1 TB · 16" 3K OLED 120Hz
Full specs Alienware Gaming laptop
Alienware 16 Aurora (AC16250)
- Processor
- Intel Core 7 240H
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: Intel Core 7 240H · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 · 16 GB · 1 TB · 16" 2.5K 120Hz
Full specs Acer Gaming laptop 3 configurations
Acer Nitro V 15 (ANV15-52)
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-13620H
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 15.6"
Matching configuration: Intel Core i7-13620H · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 · 16 GB · 1 TB · 15.6" Full HD IPS 165Hz
Specs and configurations Acer Gaming laptop
Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 AI (PHN14-71)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 14.5"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 · 32 GB · 1 TB · 14.5" 2.5K 165Hz
Full specs Acer Gaming laptop 3 configurations
Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI (PHN16-I71)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 · 16 GB · 1 TB · 16" 2.5K IPS
Specs and configurations Acer Gaming laptop
Acer Predator Triton 14 (PT14-51)
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-13700H
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 14"
Matching configuration: Intel Core i7-13700H · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop · 16 GB · 1 TB · 14" 2.5K IPS
Full specs Acer Creator laptop
Acer Swift X 14 (SFX14-73G)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 14"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 · 16 GB · 1 TB · 14" 3K OLED
Full specs Alienware Gaming laptop 3 configurations
Alienware 16X Aurora (AC16251)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 · 16 GB · 1 TB · 16" 2.5K OLED 240Hz
Specs and configurations Alienware Gaming laptop
Alienware 18 Area-51 (AA18250)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 18"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti · 32 GB · 1 TB · 18" WQXGA 300Hz
Full specs ASUS Gaming laptop
ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2025), AMD
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 · 16 GB · 1 TB · 16" 2.5K 165Hz
Full specs ASUS Gaming laptop
ASUS ROG Strix G18 (2025)
- Processor
- Intel Core i9-14900HX
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 18"
Matching configuration: Intel Core i9-14900HX · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 · 32 GB · 1 TB · 18" Full HD+ 144Hz
Full specs ASUS Gaming laptop 3 configurations
ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 16 (2025)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 · 32 GB · 1 TB · 16" 2.5K IPS
Specs and configurations ASUS Gaming laptop
ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 18"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 · 32 GB · 1 TB · 18" 4K Mini-LED 240Hz
Full specs ASUS Gaming laptop 2 configurations
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2025)
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen 9 270
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 14"
Matching configuration: AMD Ryzen 9 270 · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 · 16 GB · 1 TB · 14" 3K OLED 120Hz
Specs and configurations Dell Everyday laptop
Dell Precision 7680
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-13850HX
- Memory
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: Intel Core i7-13850HX · NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Laptop · 64 GB · 1 TB · 16" Full HD+
Full specs Dell Everyday laptop 4 configurations
Dell Pro Max 14 Premium (MA14250)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 14"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 7 265H · NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Laptop · 32 GB · 1 TB · 14" Full HD+
Specs and configurations GIGABYTE Everyday laptop
GIGABYTE AERO X16 (2025)
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen AI 7 350
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 · 32 GB · 1 TB · 16" 2.5K IPS 165Hz
Full specs GIGABYTE Gaming laptop
GIGABYTE GAMING A16 (2025)
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-13620H
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: Intel Core i7-13620H · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 · 32 GB · 1 TB · 16" Full HD+ IPS 165Hz
Full specs HP Gaming laptop
HP OMEN Transcend 14 (14-fb0)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2 TB
- Screen
- 14"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 9 185H · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop · 32 GB · 2 TB · 14" 3K OLED 120Hz
Full specs HP Gaming laptop
HP OMEN Transcend 14 (14-fb1)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 14"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 · 16 GB · 1 TB · 14" 3K OLED 120Hz
Full specs HP Gaming laptop
HP OMEN Transcend 16 (16-u1)
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-14700HX
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: Intel Core i7-14700HX · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop · 32 GB · 1 TB · 16" 2.5K IPS 240Hz
Full specs Lenovo Everyday laptop
Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 16 (16AKP10)
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen AI 7 350
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 · 16 GB · 1 TB · 16" 3K OLED 120Hz
Full specs Lenovo Gaming laptop
Lenovo Legion 5a 15 (2026)
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen 7 250
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 15.3"
Matching configuration: AMD Ryzen 7 250 · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 · 32 GB · 1 TB · 15.3" 2.5K OLED 165Hz
Full specs Lenovo Gaming laptop 4 configurations
Lenovo Legion Pro 5i (Gen 10, 16IAX10)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti · 16 GB · 1 TB · 16" 2.5K OLED 165Hz
Specs and configurations Lenovo Gaming laptop 2 configurations
Lenovo Legion Pro 5i (Gen 10, 16IRX10)
- Processor
- Intel Core i9-14900HX
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: Intel Core i9-14900HX · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 · 16 GB · 1 TB · 16" 2.5K IPS 240Hz
Specs and configurations Lenovo Gaming laptop 3 configurations
Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (Gen 10)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 · 32 GB · 1 TB · 16" 2.5K OLED 240Hz
Specs and configurations Lenovo Gaming laptop
Lenovo LOQ 15 (15IRX10)
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-13650HX
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 15.6"
Matching configuration: Intel Core i7-13650HX · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 · 16 GB · 1 TB · 15.6" Full HD IPS 144Hz
Full specs MSI Gaming laptop
MSI Crosshair 18 HX AI
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2 TB
- Screen
- 18"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 · 32 GB · 2 TB · 18" 2.5K IPS 240Hz
Full specs MSI Gaming laptop
MSI Cyborg 17
- Processor
- Intel Core 7 240H
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 17.3"
Matching configuration: Intel Core 7 240H · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 · 16 GB · 1 TB · 17.3" Full HD 144Hz
Full specs MSI Gaming laptop
MSI Katana 15 HX
- Processor
- Intel Core i9-14900HX
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 15.6"
Matching configuration: Intel Core i9-14900HX · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 · 32 GB · 1 TB · 15.6" 2.5K 165Hz
Full specs Razer Gaming laptop 5 configurations
Razer Blade 18 (2026)
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 18"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti · 32 GB · 1 TB · 18" 4K 240Hz
Specs and configurations Samsung Creator laptop 2 configurations
Samsung Galaxy Book6 Ultra
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Screen
- 16"
Matching configuration: Intel Core Ultra 9 386H · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 · 32 GB · 1 TB · 16" 3K OLED
Specs and configurationsChoosing a laptop for video editing
Editing video is one of the heaviest jobs you can give a laptop, so this page sets a firm floor. Every laptop here has a dedicated graphics card, at least 16 GB of memory and at least 1 TB of storage. Below that, previews stutter and exports drag.
The graphics card does more than you’d think. Modern editors hand playback, effects, color work and H.264/HEVC exports to the GPU. An RTX 4050 or 5050 handles 1080p projects; an RTX 5070 or above makes 4K timelines with effects feel responsive. NVIDIA cards also run the AI tools in Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve faster.
Memory scales with resolution. 16 GB is enough for 1080p work. Move to 32 GB for 4K, multicam edits or After Effects compositions, and to 64 GB for 8K or heavy motion graphics.
Storage is your working space. An hour of 4K footage can run to hundreds of gigabytes. A 1 TB SSD is the minimum for projects you keep on the laptop; 2 TB or a fast external drive over Thunderbolt or USB4 gives you room to breathe.
Check the screen if you grade color. Many laptops here are gaming machines with fast but narrower-gamut panels. If color matters to your clients, look for an OLED or DCI-P3 screen, or plan to grade on an external monitor.
Prefer macOS and Final Cut Pro? MacBook Pros are on our laptops for creators page. Need the same graphics power for 3D? See laptops for CAD.
Frequently asked questions
What specs do I need for video editing?
For 1080p: a recent mid-range processor, 16 GB of memory and a dedicated graphics card. For 4K: a fast processor, 32 GB of memory and an RTX 4060 or better. In both cases, 1 TB of fast storage keeps footage on the laptop instead of on a slow external drive.
Does video editing need a graphics card?
It helps a lot. Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and most editors use the graphics card for playback, effects, color grading and exporting. An NVIDIA RTX card also speeds up AI features like noise reduction and auto-reframing.
Why aren't MacBooks on this page?
This page lists laptops with a separate graphics card, and MacBooks use Apple's built-in graphics instead. A MacBook Pro with an M5 Pro or M5 Max chip is a strong editing laptop, especially for Final Cut Pro; you'll find it on our creators page.
Is a gaming laptop good for video editing?
Yes, often. Gaming laptops have the same RTX cards editors want, plus good cooling. The trade-offs are weight, fan noise and screens tuned for speed rather than color accuracy.