Samsung's latest Galaxy Book 6 series pairs Intel's latest Panther Lake with RTX 50 series GPUs

Samsung kicked off Day 0 of the CES 2026 with bumper upgrades to its TV lineup, including a massive 130-inch TV with new ultra-premium Micro RGB display tech. It is following up on Day 1, announcing new notebooks in the Galaxy Book 6 series.

The lineup includes the usuals, such as the base Galaxy Book 6 and the more powerful Galaxy Book 6 Pro, both available in 14-inch and 16-inch variants. While Samsung skipped the premium Ultra variant from the Book 5 series in 2025, it is returning with the Book 6 series, and brings an NVIDIA RTX 50 series dedicated GPU. Meanwhile, a dedicated “360” variant, named after its hinge that supports 360º rotation, is missing from the current lineup.

Among other physical changes, Samsung has adjusted the logo on the lid and refrained from using a number pad on any of the models.

All three Galaxy Book 6 variants come with the freshly released Intel Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” chipsets. While the base Galaxy Book 6 lets you choose between Core Ultra 7 and Ultra 5 processors, the Pro variant also extends the option to pick the Ultra X7. Meanwhile, the Galaxy Book 6 Ultra takes it up a notch and can be stocked with an Ultra 9 or Ultra X9 chip.

Intel’s Panther Lake marks a significant upgrade over the previous generation of Lunar Lake chips, bringing 50% better CPU performance, thanks to its most advanced, 18A, process yet.

Although the Galaxy Book 6’s standard and Pro variants come only with the integrated Intel Arc graphics, you get the option to choose between a variant with NVIDIA RTX 5060 and RTX 5070 as dedicated graphics on the Galaxy Book 6 Ultra — though if you don’t want one, you can still opt for a model with just integrated Intel Arc graphics. The Ultra also offers up to 64GB of memory, a seemingly strong rebuttal to the looming memory crisis. In comparison, the others only support 16GB or 32GB options. The Ultra also has up to 2TB of storage on offer, while the regular variants only get 512GB or 1TB.

In terms of displays, the Galaxy Book 6 Pro and Book 6 Ultra get Samsung’s second-generation Dynamic AMOLED with a WQXGA+ (2880 x 1800 pixels) resolution, with touch support and an anti-reflective coating. The display also supports a dynamic refresh rate up to 120Hz and up to 1000 nits. Meanwhile, the standard variant gets a 350 nits IPS display at 1200p, with an option for touch or non-touch, of which only the touch model gets an anti-glare screen.

You’ll get a fair amount of battery life as well, with the Ultra and the Pro offering up to 30 hours of video playback. The video playback hours drop to 21 hours for the base model, but that’s still plenty of battery life for most.

Along with these features, the Galaxy Book 6 inherits Samsung’s suite of AI features on top of Windows 11. These include features such as AI Select, Live Translation, Note Assist, etc.

Samsung Galaxy Book 6 specifications

Price and availability

At the time of writing, Samsung hasn’t revealed the prices for the Galaxy Book 6 series. It has, however, revealed that the various models will be available starting later in the month in select markets. For the US, availability is expected to start in the spring.

If you think you’ll be interested, Samsung is already accepting reservations. If you register now, and then complete your Galaxy Book purchase by the end of April, you’ll receive a $30 Samsung credit that can be applied towards additional devices or accessories.

We’ll be sure to update you with any additional information that Samsung shares over the coming days and weeks.