Samsung’s updated Galaxy Book5 Pro lineup gets an Intel Arrow Lake boost

Samsung is launching an updated line of Galaxy Books on CES 2025. The new Galaxy Book5 Pro (available in 16-inch and 14-inch screens) and Book5 360 (15-inch display) are equipped with Intel’s latest Arrow Lake Core Ultra processors. Since these laptop chips are built for AI tasks, it’s no surprise that Samsung is advertising the long list of laptops with AI features on the device, including the equivalent of The Google Search Circle.

AI Select is Samsung’s brand for its Circle to Search equivalent. Much like Google’s AI trick for mobileallows you to select an area of ​​your screen and “instantly retrieve search results” for it. The Galaxy Book line also has a photo upgrade feature on the device that can sharpen details and clean up blurry photos using Intel’s speedy NPU. (It can handle AI tasks at up to 47 trillion operations per second.)

Both variants of the Galaxy Book5 Pro have a 2880 x 1800 AMOLED touchscreen with up to 120Hz variable refresh rate. (Although that means the smaller model has a higher pixel density.) The 16-inch model is slim at 0.49 inches (12.5 mm) thick and weighs 3.44 pounds. Expected for 25 hours of video playback.

Its 14-inch counterpart is slightly thinner at 0.46 inches (11.7 mm), but is 21 percent lighter at 2.71 pounds. Its expected battery life is significantly less at 21 hours of video playback.

The Galaxy Book5 360, meanwhile, has a 15.6-inch AMOLED touchscreen display with just 1920 x 1080 resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate. (Samsung launched “Pro” variant (late last year with a sharper and smoother 3K / 120Hz screen.) The company says its new foldable 2-in-1 model is good for 31 hours of video playback.

All three devices can be equipped with Intel Core Ultra 7 “Evo” processors, but this is only standard on the 16-inch Galaxy Book5 Pro. The 14-inch model and the Galaxy Book5 360 use a Core Ultra 5 “Evo” chip in their cheapest configurations. Both variants of the Galaxy Book5 Pro offer 16GB and 32GB memory options and 256GB, 512GB and 1TB storage tiers. The Galaxy Book5 360 is limited to 16GB of storage and 256GB or 512GB of storage.

Samsung says pricing and retail partner information will be coming soon. All three Galaxy Book5 models will be available in February in the US, Canada, UK, Germany and France.