1. The list in brief
2. Best overall
3. Best for work
4. Best unique form factor
5. Best thin and light
6. Best for creative work
7. Best large 2-in-1
8. Best convertible
The best laptops with 32GB of RAM range from thin and light Ultrabooks to durable business laptops to gaming PCs with high-end hardware. Not everyone needs 32GB of RAM in their laptop, but if you're focusing on apps for design, editing, or modelling, or you're just a heavy multitasking that doesn't want to close your apps and tabs, 32GB RAM will no doubt make a big difference.
This is especially true if you're often working with large file sizes. The same goes for gaming, as modern titles eat up RAM without remorse. If you're looking for some of the best Windows laptops out there that can be configured with 32GB of RAM, we've rounded them up right here.
Right now, the latest laptops available to buy are ones from 2023, as 2024 has not long started and all the new laptops that have been announced aren't actually shipping yet. We will be sure to update this post with the latest devices once we've reviewed them and ensured they're as good as their predecessors!
With that said, last year's laptops are still excellent, and will be perfectly capable machines for years to come. It also means right now, you can find many of the devices in our list for big discounts, so maybe you should consider them.
The quick list
The XPS 13 Plus successfully pushes the boundaries in design for modern computing. Both functional and aesthetically pleasing, this laptop delivers a fantastic experience. But while it is undoubtedly powerful, battery life and heat under Max Performance are not as ideal as we'd like.
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 10) sits at the top of Lenovo's ThinkPad lineup. It's also our pick for best business laptop. This 14-inch laptop has beautiful display options, long battery life, solid performance, and a ton of extra security and privacy features. The thin design is durable in true ThinkPad performance, and the keyboard is one of the best around.
Surface Laptop Studio 2 delivers a powerful, flexible, workstation-style PC perfect for artists, engineers, and some light gaming. No other laptop currently does everything it can do at this level.
This LG gram SuperSlim laptop offers a gorgeous 15.6-inch OLED display that shows off colors and contrasts to a beautiful degree. With its number pad, it's perfectly suited to handling everyday office tasks like typing, video calls, and internet browsing.
The latest and greatest XPS 15 laptops offer a truly excellent experience with a gorgeous display, great battery life, and robust performance. It's a bit pricey, but that's what it takes to get the most powerful hardware.
Few convertible 16-inch laptops pack this amount of hardware making the HP Spectre x360 16 a unicorn of modern Windows PCs. The 16:10 UHD+ OLED display is a real treat, and HP's new design language is a welcomed improvement.
Lenovo knocks it out of the park with the outstanding Yoga 9i. With excellent performance, fantastic hardware, and a satisfying chassis design, the Yoga 9i showcases the best of Windows laptops.
Best overall
Dell is often at the top of our lists for good reason. The Dell XPS 13 Plus is an absolutely gorgeous laptop that's thin, light, and above all else, balances that with a great amount of power. Powered by Intel 13th-Gen P-series processors, Intel Iris Xe Graphics, and most importantly, configurable with 32GB RAM.
That RAM is LPDDR5 6000MHz RAM, which is super-fast. Alongside the internal specs, we also have a gorgeous edge-to-edge 13.4-inch display that can be configured in a number of different ways, including a 1080p panel, a 3.5K OLED panel, and a 4K LCD, along with touch!
The keyboard and trackpad on the Dell XPS 13 Plus are also special, being Dell's first laptop to ship with an "invisible" haptic trackpad and Dell's new "zero-lattice keyboard" design that allows the keyboard to extend all the way to the edges of the laptop to make for a full-size typing experience.
Best for work
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a top-of-the-line Windows laptop designed specifically for business use. It features Lenovo's iconic red track point with dedicated left and right arrow keys below the spacebar, as well as a full-sized trackpad with support for all of Windows 11's fluid gestures.
On the inside, we've got an Intel 13th-Gen i7-1370P processor, 32GB RAM and 512GB SSD storage, with the RAM and storage being configurable to fit your needs. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon also has a gorgeous 14-inch 2.8K (2800 x 1800) OLED display with colors that simply pop thanks to the great contrast made possible by OLED technology.
It also has a 1080p front facing webcam with IR built in for Windows Hello face unlock, as well as a fingerprint reader if that's more your thing. It also supports Wi-Fi 6E and is generally well positioned as an excellent laptop for work.
Best unique form factor
If you're looking for a laptop that balances portability with creative mobile workstation power, you can't go wrong with the Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2, which is powered by an Intel Core i7-13700H, up to an NVIDIA RTX 4060 GPU, and can be configured with up to 64GB RAM, with a 32GB RAM config available.
The Surface Laptop Studio 2 is the most unique device on our list. In fact, the Surface Laptop Studio 2 is in its own class of device, being a laptop 2-in-1 with a pull forward display that allows it to be used as a draft board for artists. You just won't find another laptop on the market currently with this kind of design.
Best thin and light
Looking for a big laptop that's also thin and light? The LG Gram Superslim was built for you. With Intel 13th-Gen P-series processors, 32GB RAM, and Iris Xe Graphics, this is an excellent mobile productivity machine designed for multitasking across apps like a web browser, email, Office, Slack, Teams, and more.
The wide OLED display is especially suited to handling work documents with tons of data and combined with the numeric keypad. It's a spreadsheet user's dream setup. LG Assistant makes it easy to adjust the settings to just how you want them, and the laptop runs relatively quiet overall so that it won't distract you or those around you.
Best for creatives
With its impressive all-purpose performance that utilizes the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card, the Dell XPS 15 once more proves to be a high-end all-purpose laptop with respectable gaming laptop abilities. It offers excellent battery life and handles most work and creative tasks, but it does have port limitations and a lacking camera.
Of course, this laptop can be configured with 32GB of RAM, and features Intel 13th-Gen processors and up to an NVIDIA RTX 4070 for graphics. In our review, we found the Dell XPS 15 to be "awe-inspiring," although we would have liked to see a better front-facing webcam and a few more ports.
Best large 2-in-1
This HP Spectre x360 is a stunning 16-inch laptop that offers an Intel Arc A370M GPU and a 3K OLED display lets you do everything from gaming, taking notes, drawing, editing photos, or just having fun. Of course, it can be configured with 32GB RAM, but also comes with the latest 13th Gen CPU from Intel.
That 16-inch display is the star of the show, with a high-resolution 3840 x 2400 OLED touch screen panel on offer. Colors are punchy, even with its anti-reflection coating. It's also a convertible, meaning the screen sits on a 360-degree hinge that allows the device to transform into a pretty big tablet.
Best convertible
If you like the idea of the HP Spectre x360, but don't want a 16-inch convertible 2-in-1, Lenovo has you covered with its 14-inch Yoga 9i, featuring Intel 13th-Gen processors, an outstanding 90Hz OLED panel, and of course, the ability to configure it with 32GB RAM.
In our review of last year's model, we said this laptop was one of the best for 2022. The new model for 2023 is much the same, but with updated specs to keep it current, so we know this thing is going to be absolutely fantastic.
How we test laptops with 32GB RAM
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