HP only has one all-new laptop in its Omen gaming line to show off at CES 2025, but it looks like a doozy because the company claims it’s the most powerful 16-inch notebook it has ever made. The Omen Max 16 looks like HP took a standard Omen 16 (which is retaining the same design but getting refreshed with new components for 2025) and then crammed in as many high-end components as it could.

Each time CES rolls around, it's fair to say that big laptop makers like HP don't exactly hold back – this is the perfect opportunity to throw a whole heap of laptops out into the world. It can also be a little challenging to sift through for devices that haven't actually been mentioned before, which is exactly what I've been doing.

Razer is unveiling a thinner, smaller Blade 16 than we've ever seen. At just 0.59 inches thick, the Blade 16 (2025) is thinner than the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (M4 Pro, 2024).

The OMEN lineup has been HP's gaming go-to for years, and it incorporates several tiers of PCs to accommodate all types of users. Last year's high-end OMEN Transcend laptops came at us with more premium features and a sleeker design than its standard OMEN siblings,

Today at CES, Lenovo unveiled a slew of new Legion gaming laptops that are set to release in 2025, most of which feature the latest and greatest hardware as well as bigger vents for better cooling. In addition to offering Nvidia’s 50-series graphics cards and the latest AMD and Intel processors,

HP has launched its most powerful gaming laptop, Omen MAX 16, at CES 2025, featuring advanced Intel and AMD processors, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 Series

HP is sprucing up its Omen gaming brand with new iterations of its flagship Omen 16 laptop—featuring fresh silicon from AMD, Intel, and Nvidia—plus an appealing compact tower, the Omen 16L.

CES 2025 announcements are rolling in fast and furious this week, and HP joins in the frenzy of new high-end gaming laptops with the HP Omen 16 Max. The name alone hints that this gaming laptop is big on performance.