Samsung’s 2-in-1 laptop may not be made for gaming, but you can get some modern titles running after tweaking some settings. On Geekbench 5, which we run to gauge overall performance, Samsung’s laptop turned in a strong multi-core score of 9,485 - that’s one of the best results we’ve seen on this test, toppling other Windows laptops like the Surface Laptop 5, Dell XPS 13 and even the MacBook Air M2 while falling only to the higher-end MacBook Pro 14-inch and its beastly M2 Pro processor.
The Galaxy Book’s strong everyday speeds are all the more impressive when you see how it stacks up on our benchmark tests. I never ran into any major moments of slowdown, nor did I notice the laptop get hot or loud - even as I juggled more than a dozen apps and even more memory-hungry Chrome tabs. I always appreciate when a laptop includes a USB-A connection for my older peripherals, and I give Samsung props for cramming one into a notebook this slim.Īrmed with the latest 13th Gen Intel Core i7 processor and 16GB of RAM, the Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 got me through my usual workload just fine. On top of the usual Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports (for most modern accessories, chargers and displays), you get a microSD card slot, an HDMI 1.4 port for TVs and older monitors, a headphone jack and a USB-A port - the latter of which was missing from last year’s Book 2 Pro 360. At a time when most modern laptop makers are happy to slap on two USB-C ports and call it a day, the Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 is refreshingly generous when it comes to connectivity. While you may want to keep a cloth handy when taking this thing on the road, you can at least leave your adapters at home. My review unit looked nice enough in grayish Graphite (there’s also a more alluring Beige model), but be warned - this thing is a fingerprint magnet. The Book 3 Pro 360 is an impressive 0.5 inches thin and feels very light at 3.7 pounds despite its wide frame, I had no issues carrying it from room to room as I went about my day. Morphing Samsung’s laptop to suit my needs always felt smooth and intuitive, and while there are plenty of other 2-in-1 notebooks that do the same thing, they’re rarely this sleek - especially for a 16-inch machine.
Its rotating hinge allows you to use it as a traditional laptop, prop it up as a stand-alone display for watching movies or fold it up into a giant tablet that you can sketch on with the included S Pen. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN accountĪs the long-winded name suggests, the Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 is the convertible member of Samsung’s laptop lineup.
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