THE CRUNCH
Dell's Pro 5 16 (AMD) is a midrange business laptop that trades thinness for performance and modularity. It is powered by AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 470 processor, a chip with 12 cores and a clock speed up to 5.2GHz. The laptop features a 16-inch 2560x1600 120Hz display, 64GB of DDR5 memory, and a 1TB SSD. It also includes a fingerprint reader and a full numeric keypad, but it lacks a discrete graphics card.
The laptop has a classic, tapered design that thickens toward the rear, reaching 18.95mm at its thickest point. It weighs 1.82kg and comes in Dell's magnetite gray finish over an aluminum body. The keyboard includes a full numeric keypad, a fingerprint reader embedded in the power button, and a multi-touch trackpad. The laptop also includes Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4, as well as a variety of ports including two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports, an HDMI 2.1 port, and an RJ45 Ethernet port.
The laptop is positioned as Dell's mainstream system offering, sitting between budget and premium laptops. It offers high-end features like the Ryzen AI 400 chips and fast SSDs, but it is neither the thinnest offering nor does it get discrete video cards. The laptop is aimed at business users who need a desktop-replacement machine that can go toe-to-toe with its Intel counterpart.