Tuxedo has released the Stellaris 16 Gen 8 laptop, featuring a powerful 24-core Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor and optional GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU. Additionally, this workstation laptop supports up to 128GB of memory and offers a rich selection of ports.
Tuxedo is a fairly well-known brand in the FOSS community, especially for its Linux-based laptops.This German brand has now launched a new workstation/gaming laptop called the Stellaris 16 Gen 8. This model is equipped with truly high-end hardware, clearly targeting high-end professionals and gamers.
The Stellaris 16 gaming laptop, powered by the Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor, should perform within 8% of Apple's powerful M5 Max processor in multi-threaded benchmarks, while also outperforming AMD's Ryzen 9 9955HX "Fire Range" processor by about 10%.
In short, most CPU-intensive workloads should not pose much of a burden on the system.
RTX 5090 Laptop GPU delivers impressive graphical firepower
The Stellaris 16 Gen 8 laptop can be configured with RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, or RTX 5090 graphics cards. These three GPUs come with 12GB, 16GB, and 24GB of GDDR7 VRAM respectively, which is sufficient for most workloads. According to comprehensive benchmarks, the high-end RTX 5090 performs about 18% better than the RTX 5070 Ti version.
This workstation/gaming laptop can be equipped with standard IPS, mini LED, and OLED panels
This gaming laptop will also feature a 16-inch display, with Tuxedo offering the following three display options:
2560x1600 panel, 500 nits peak brightness, 100% P3 color gamut coverage, 300 Hz peak refresh rate
This mini-LED panel shares the same resolution, refresh rate, and color coverage as the IPS panel, but features 1000/750 nits HDR/SDR brightness and local dimming capabilities
The OLED panel offers the same resolution and color coverage, but with a 240 Hz refresh rate, HDR/SDR peak brightness of 1000/500 nits, and pixel-level dimming technology for optimal contrast performance.
Other notable features include up to 128 GB of DDR5-6400 memory, dual M.2 2280 slots (PCIe 5 and PCIe 4), WiFi 7, an all-aluminum chassis, a 99Wh battery, and water cooling enabled by the Tuxedo Aquaris system.
I/O port details are as follows:
Three USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports
Thunderbolt 4 Type-C, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
SD card reader UHS-II
HDMI 2.1, mini DisplayPort 2.1
2.5G Ethernet
The Tuxedo Stellaris 16 Gen 8 laptop is naturally not thin, measuring 35.7 x 26 x 2.8 cm (approximately 14 x 10.2 x 1.1 inches). The OLED, LED, and mini LED versions weigh 2.6 kg, 2.65 kg, and 2.8 kg respectively (approximately 5.7 lbs, 5.84 lbs, and 6.17 lbs).
The base model, equipped with an RTX 5070 Ti laptop GPU, 16GB DDR5 memory, a standard LED display, and a 500 GB SSD, is priced at 2795 Euros.
