Gigabyte Aero/Aorus/G5/G6 series guide

Where the Aero/Aorus/G5/G6 line stands in 2026

Gigabyte's gaming roster in our catalog covers 27 models released between 2021 and 2026, priced from $470 to $1,800 with a median of $922. The family spans three distinct sublines: the Aorus machines as the performance flagships, the Aero 14/16 OLED as the creator-leaning tier, and the plain G5/G6/G7 as the budget workhorses. Twenty-four of the 27 are gaming-class; the three G5 rows are typed as general laptops but carry the same RTX hardware underneath.

The configuration spread

The CPU mix leans mid-range: Core i7 leads with 16 configurations, Core i5 follows with 14, and Core i9 with 11, while the 2025–2026 models move to Core Ultra 9 and Ryzen AI chips. The GPU story is the opposite — it climbs high: the RTX 4060 8GB appears twelve times, the RTX 4050 8GB-class eight times, the RTX 3060 seven, the RTX 4070 six, and the newest RTX 5060/5070 Ti/5080 hardware sits on top. RAM ceilings run 64 to 128 GB, screens span 14 to 18 inches, and weights from 1.49 to 3.5 kg — the Aero 14 OLED at one end, the 18-inch Aorus Master at the other.

Price versus age

The ladder has a useful dip in the middle. The 2021 G5 asks $590; the 2022 cohort runs $470–737 with the G5 at $470 as the roster floor; 2023 is the biggest year with nine models from $553 to a flat $922; 2024 steps to $650–1,152; 2025 is a flat $1,440; and the two 2026 machines ask $1,800. The practical takeaway: the jump from the flat $922 tier of 2023 to the $1,152 tier of 2024 buys you one GPU generation, while everything below $922 is where the budget value concentrates.

Which one to buy

For pure value, the Aorus 15X (2023, $922, Core i7 13700HX + RTX 4060 8GB) and Aorus 17X (2023, $922, Core i7 13700HX + RTX 3070 Ti 8GB) put HX-class processors at the flat tier price. The Aero 16 OLED (2023, $922, Core i7 13700H + RTX 4060) is the same silicon in the creator-oriented body. On a budget, the G5 (2023, $553, Core i5 12450H + RTX 3050 6GB) is the cheapest way into a current-enough GPU, and the G5 (2024, $650, Core i5 13500H + RTX 4050 6GB) is the cheapest 40-series option. At the top, the Aorus Master 18 (2025, $1,440, Core Ultra 9 275HX + RTX 5080 16GB, with a 128 GB RAM ceiling) is the roster's flagship ask.

Bottom line

Across the roster the GPU side is genuinely strong — best GPU score median 82.8, gaming index 76, performance index 75.8, and 49 games clearing recommended settings at the median configuration. The honest weakness is the CPU: a best-CPU median of 59 reflects how many i5-based G-series units fill out the list, so if you lean on CPU-heavy workloads, target the HX-equipped Aorus X-models specifically. Portability median is 28 and reliability 69 — typical gaming-series trade-offs. USComp Score lands at 74, making this one of the better price-to-performance pools among the smaller gaming brands in the catalog.