Looking for a laptop can be overwhelming enough, but it can get even more complicated if you’re after a specific feature, like a touchscreen. So we’ve made this list to make it easier for you to find the best touchscreen laptop.
We review new laptops every month, from traditional clamshell devices to 2-in-1 convertibles, so it’s safe to say that our team has a lot of experience testing laptops. And since we have so much collective knowledge, we thought it was high time that we curated a dedicated list of all the best touchscreen laptops on the market.
While having a touchscreen may seem superfluous at first, it actually has a lot more uses than you may think. Touchscreens that support a stylus allow users to doodle and draw on their device. And even if you’re only using your laptop for productivity work, the ability to zoom into photos, quickly scroll through documents and easily navigate spreadsheets with quick swipes and prods can be incredibly helpful.
Each device has been thoroughly reviewed and tested by our team. We benchmark every laptop and use them for at least a week so we can give you real-world advice on how each device feels to use during day-to-day work.
If nothing on this list is catching your eye right now, make sure to bookmark this page and come back soon, as we will be updating it every time a new fantastic touchscreen laptop comes through our doors.
And if you’re not tied down to having a touchscreen laptop, make sure you check out some of our other best lists; we have dedicated lists for the Best Overall Laptop, Best Budget Laptop, Best Student Laptop, Best Gaming Laptop and Best Chromebook guides.
- Best overall: Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16 – check price
- Best dual-screen laptop: Asus Zenbook Duo (2024) – check price
- Best chromebook style laptop: Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2022) – check price
- Best touchscreen laptop for sketching: Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 – check price
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Learn more about how we test laptops
Every laptop we review goes through a series of uniform checks designed to gauge key things including build quality, performance, screen quality and battery life.
These include formal synthetic benchmarks and scripted tests, plus a series of real-world checks, such as how well it runs the most frequently used apps.
We also make sure to use every laptop we review as our primary device for at least a week to ensure our review is as accurate as possible.

Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16
Pros
- Bright Mini LED touch-enabled 165Hz IPS display
- Powerful sound system
- Easy to add more storage
- Strong creative and gaming performance
Cons
- Poor battery life
- Only one USB-C port

Asus Zenbook Duo (2024)
Pros
- Fantastic, flexible dual-screen design
- Impressive clarity, contrast and colour on both OLED screens
- Excellent clip-in, clip-out keyboard
- Decent all-round performance from Core Ultra 9 CPU
Cons
- GPU performance seems constrained
- Mediocre battery life
- Audio grows harsh at higher volumes

Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2022)
Pros
- Sturdy and well-made
- Decent display and touchscreen
- Good battery life
Cons
- Port selection is a bit stingy
- Patchy keyboard backlight

Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2
Pros
- Solid creator capabilities
- Impressive battery life
- Bright and detailed 3:2 display
- Top-tier design and portability
Cons
- Can get hot and loud
- Performance falls short of rivals
- High starting price

Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16
Best overallPros
- Bright Mini LED touch-enabled 165Hz IPS display
- Powerful sound system
- Easy to add more storage
- Strong creative and gaming performance
Cons
- Poor battery life
- Only one USB-C port
Lenovo has been championing the touchscreen for years now, so it’s no surprise to see that it currently offers the best touchscreen laptop you can buy: the Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16.
The 16-inch touchscreen is fantastic, and looks great too thanks to the Mini LED screen technology that can be cranked up to a searing 1048-nits brightness with HDR activated. That’s roughly 3x brighter than your average laptop. You even get a 165Hz refresh rate here, ensuring scrolling feels smooth and slick.
We were really impressed with the performance on offer here too, with the CPU speeds not too far away from matching the MacBook Pro (M2 Pro) laptop in our benchmark tests. Thanks to the inclusion of a discrete RTX 4070 GPU, this laptop is also capable of graphics-intensive workloads such as gaming and video editing, making it a versatile beast.
Weighing just over 2kg , this is a rather hefty laptop, but that’s to be expected with a laptop with this level of specs. So if you want a touchscreen laptop with creative chops, our top recommendation is the Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16.

Asus Zenbook Duo (2024)
Best dual-screen laptopPros
- Fantastic, flexible dual-screen design
- Impressive clarity, contrast and colour on both OLED screens
- Excellent clip-in, clip-out keyboard
- Decent all-round performance from Core Ultra 9 CPU
Cons
- GPU performance seems constrained
- Mediocre battery life
- Audio grows harsh at higher volumes
Why settle for one touchscreen when you can have two? That’s the key feature of Asus Zenbook Duo (2024), opening up a number of possibilities to make this a wickedly versatile PC.
A built-in kickstand allows you to either stack these screens vertically or horizontally, while simple taps and swipes on the screen allows you to easily move each browser and app into the perfect alignment. The bundled Bluetooth keyboard can either be sat on your desk in front of the laptop, or can rest on top of the second screen to take the form of a classic clamshell laptop.
The Zenbook Duo excels in other areas too, with the Intel Core Ultra proving to be a speedy chip, while the OLED technology behind the screens ensures a colourful and vibrant picture. There’s no discrete GPU here though, so this is more of a productivity device than one suited to creators.
You will need to pay a premium for the Asus Zenbook Duo due to the secondary touchscreen, but if you feel that it will help to boost your productivity, then it should be worth every penny.

Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2022)
Best chromebook style laptopPros
- Sturdy and well-made
- Decent display and touchscreen
- Good battery life
Cons
- Port selection is a bit stingy
- Patchy keyboard backlight
Anyone who’s looking for a reliable touchscreen laptop that runs on ChromeOS will want to take a look at the Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2022). One of the biggest advantages of using a Chromebook is that they run on a very simple UI and come with access to the Google Play Store, giving you access to the majority of Android apps out there.
The Chromebook Spin 514 is not the most powerful laptop in the world, but it does offer a decent grunt for a Chromebook. Our model came with an Intel Core i3-1110G4 processor and it proved nippy enough for the lighter demands of ChromeOS. The 8GB of RAM it comes with allowed our reviewer to open up a shed-load of Chrome tabs without anything faltering. While it won’t be able to sustain the same amount of apps and tabs as most Windows devices, it will be able to serve you through day-to-day productivity tasks.
Our battery benchmarks showed that the Chromebook Spin 514 could last 10 hours and 11 minutes, which will be able to last you through the workday if you happen to forget your charger. The 1.37kg weight is a little heftier than you may expect for a Chromebook, but our reviewer was still able to throw it into a backpack and take it out on the go.
The screen sits at 14 inches and packs a Full HD (1920×1080) resolution, which proved to be a great choice for day-to-day browsing and watching media content. The touchscreen combined with the 2-in-1 design means that you can use the Chromebook Spin 514 like a makeshift tablet.
Our reviewer claimed that this is one of the best Chromebooks they’ve tested in the last few years. It boasts a very sleek design and the processor is powerful enough for day-to-day productivity tasks, and comes with a very reasonable £497 asking price.

Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2
Best touchscreen laptop for sketchingPros
- Solid creator capabilities
- Impressive battery life
- Bright and detailed 3:2 display
- Top-tier design and portability
Cons
- Can get hot and loud
- Performance falls short of rivals
- High starting price
The Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 has a fairly unique design, allowing you to pull the screen forward at a diagonal angle so it leans over the keyboard. This makes it easier to sketch and doodle on the touchscreen – although it’s worth bearing in mind that the Surface Pen stylus is sold separately.
You can also fold the keyboard down flat atop of the keyboard, taking the form of a tablet. However, with a weight of 1.89kg, this is no iPad replacement, as its best off thought as a Wacom-esque graphics tablet substitute instead.
The combo of an Intel Core i7-13700H processor and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 GPU make it a competent performer, but our benchmarks show that the likes of the MacBook Pro offer a lot more power. The Studio 2 should be good for basic creative tasks such as making sketches, but it can’t be pushed too hard.
The Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 has a lot of drawbacks, such as a limited performance, loud fans and lack of an OLED screen. But if you really love the unique design, and are craving a touchscreen, then this laptop is still worth considering.
Test Data
Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16 | Asus Zenbook Duo (2024) | Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2022) | Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 | |
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PCMark 10 | 7501 | – | – | 8252 |
PugetBench for Premiere Pro | – | – | – | 476 |
Cinebench R23 multi core | 18203 | 10549 | – | 10894 |
Cinebench R23 single core | 1719 | 1786 | – | 1088 |
Geekbench 5 single core | 1601 | – | 1102 | 1181 |
Geekbench 5 multi core | 13685 | – | 1974 | 9475 |
Geekbench 6 single core | 2220 | 2303 | – | 1676 |
Geekbench 6 multi core | 13580 | 12073 | – | 9795 |
3DMark Time Spy | 11808 | 3057 | – | 5492 |
CrystalDiskMark Read speed | 7045 MB/s | 5077.17 MB/s | – | 7007.33 MB/s |
CrystalDiskMark Write Speed | 4262 MB/s | 4436.25 MB/s | – | 5597.53 MB/s |
Brightness (SDR) | 594 nits | 398.3 nits | – | 487.6 nits |
Brightness (HDR) | 1048 nits | – | – | – |
Black level | 0 nits | 0 nits | – | 0.28 nits |
Contrast ratio | Infinite | Infinity:1 | – | 1770 |
White Visual Colour Temperature | 6151 K | 6439 K | – | 5800 K |
sRGB | 99.6 % | 100 % | – | 100 % |
Adobe RGB | 95.2 % | 94.6 % | – | 83 % |
DCI-P3 | 97.2 % | 100 % | – | 87 % |
PCMark Battery (office) | 6.2 hrs | 8 hrs | – | 11 hrs |
Battery Life | – | – | 10 hrs | – |
Battery discharge after 60 minutes of online Netflix playback | – | 9 % | – | – |
Battery recharge time | – | – | – | 1 hrs |
Horizon Zero Dawn frame rate (Quad HD) | 89 fps | – | – | – |
Horizon Zero Dawn frame rate (Full HD) | 114 fps | – | – | – |
Cyberpunk 2077 (Quad HD) | 54 fps | 8.21 fps | – | 38.97 fps |
Cyberpunk 2077 (Full HD) | 97 fps | 11.72 fps | – | 62.7 fps |
Cyberpunk 2077 (Full HD + RT) | 37.5 fps | – | – | 23.73 fps |
Cyberpunk 2077 (Full HD + Supersampling) | 140 fps | – | – | 114 fps |
Returnal (Quad HD) | 63 fps | 12 fps | – | – |
Returnal (Full HD) | 84 fps | 20 fps | – | 67 fps |
Rainbow Six Extraction (Quad HD) | 118 fps | – | – | 70 fps |
Rainbow Six Extraction (Full HD) | 137 fps | – | – | 96 fps |
F1 22 (Quad HD) | 118 fps | – | – | – |
F1 22 (Full HD) | 185 fps | – | – | – |
Fan noise under stress | 62 dB | – | – | – |
Temperature under stress | 34 °C | – | – | – |
Full Specs
Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16 Review | Asus Zenbook Duo (2024) Review | Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2022) Review | Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 Review | |
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UK RRP | £2299 | £1999 | £497 | £3369 |
USA RRP | – | $1499 | – | $3299 |
EU RRP | – | €1599 | – | €3819 |
CPU | Intel Core i9-13905H | Intel Core Ultra 9 185H | Intel Core i3-1110G4 | Intel Core i7-13700H |
Manufacturer | Lenovo | Asus | Acer | Microsoft |
Screen Size | 16 inches | 14 inches | 14 inches | 14.4 inches |
Storage Capacity | 1TB | 512GB | 128GB | 1TB |
Front Camera | 1440p | 1080p | 720p | 1080p |
Battery | 75 Whr | 75 Whr | – | 56 mAh |
Battery Hours | 6 11 | 8 | 10 11 | – |
Size (Dimensions) | 362.4 x 244.8 x 17.9 MM | 313.5 x 217.9 x 19 MM | x x INCHES | 230 x 323 x 22 MM |
Weight | 2.23 KG | 1.35 KG | 1.37 KG | 1.89 KG |
ASIN | – | – | B0BL3SZF4G | B0CF22ZJZB |
Operating System | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | ChromeOS | Windows 11 Home |
Release Date | 2021 | 2024 | 2022 | 2023 |
First Reviewed Date | 17/10/2023 | 22/02/2024 | 03/03/2023 | – |
Model Number | Yoga Pro 9i Gen 8 | UX8406MA | – | – |
Resolution | 3200 x 2000 | 2880 x 1800 | 1920 x 1079 | 2400 x 1600 |
HDR | Yes | Yes | – | Yes |
Refresh Rate | 165 Hz | 120 Hz | 56 Hz | 120 Hz |
Ports | Thunderbolt 4 x 1, USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 x 2, HDMI 1.4 x 1, 3.5mm audio jack | 2x Thunderbolt 4/USB-C, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A, 1x HDMI 2.1, 3.5mm audio | 2x USB-C, 1x USB-A, HDMI out, headphone jack | 2 x Thunderbolt 4, 1 x USB-A 3.1, 1 x MicroSDXC card reader, 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack, 1 x Surface Connect port |
Audio (Power output) | 10 W | – | – | – |
GPU | Nvidia RTX 4070 | – | – | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 |
RAM | 64GB | 32GB | 8GB | 64GB |
Connectivity | Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.1 | Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 | – | Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 |
Colours | Tidal Teal, Storm Grey | Inkwell Grey | Silver | Silver |
Display Technology | Mini LED | OLED | LCD | LCD |
Screen Technology | IPS | – | IPS | IPS |
Touch Screen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Convertible? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |