Monthly brief - gaming laptop prices, United States
What gaming laptops cost in United States right now, and whether prices are rising or falling, from the real prices we track at retailers in United States. Every figure is in USD and is never converted.
Brief - September 2026, revision 1
Publication
- Region: United States. Currency: USD (never converted).
- Period: September 2026 (closed month), revision 1.
- Published 20 October 2026 at 03:04 UTC; source data cutoff 20 October 2026.
- Methodology version 3.0.0, mapping version 2.
- No earlier month was published. There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.
Headline findings
- No GPU tier has a published matched one-month change this month.
- NVIDIA RTX 4050 - 6GB: typical price not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability not published; sample 8 families / 9 configurations (matched 5 / 6); no earlier month was published.
- NVIDIA RTX 4060 - 8GB: typical price not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability not published; sample 0 families / 0 configurations (matched 0 / 0); no earlier month was published.
- NVIDIA RTX 5050 - 8GB: typical $1,234; matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 88.4%; sample 19 families / 29 configurations (matched 10 / 12); no earlier month was published.
- NVIDIA RTX 5060 - 8GB: typical $1,725; matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 81.5%; sample 39 families / 78 configurations (matched 22 / 25); no earlier month was published.
- NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti - 12GB: typical $2,969; matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 80.9%; sample 28 families / 40 configurations (matched 11 / 13); no earlier month was published.
- NVIDIA RTX 5070 - 12GB: typical price not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability not published; sample 6 families / 7 configurations (matched 2 / 3); no earlier month was published.
- NVIDIA RTX 5070 - 8GB: typical $1,995; matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 76.6%; sample 29 families / 44 configurations (matched 15 / 20); no earlier month was published.
- NVIDIA RTX 5080 - 16GB: typical $3,524; matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 84.0%; sample 32 families / 45 configurations (matched 14 / 17); no earlier month was published.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 - 24GB: typical $4,500; matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 65.6%; sample 17 families / 18 configurations (matched 5 / 5); no earlier month was published.
- All GPU tiers: typical $2,362; matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 81.2%; sample 104 families / 278 configurations (matched 62 / 104); no earlier month was published.
By brand
- The same laptops again, grouped by brand: each brand covers every GPU tier, so these figures do not add up to the tiers above.
- Acer: typical $2,180; matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 75.7%; sample 13 families / 33 configurations (matched 6 / 6); no earlier month was published.
- ASUS: typical $2,650; matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 70.9%; sample 19 families / 40 configurations (matched 12 / 15); no earlier month was published.
- Dell/Alienware: typical price not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 72.5%; sample 7 families / 22 configurations (matched 6 / 13); no earlier month was published.
- Gigabyte: typical $2,260; matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 86.4%; sample 9 families / 19 configurations (matched 6 / 15); no earlier month was published.
- HP: typical $1,822; matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 83.9%; sample 10 families / 37 configurations (matched 6 / 10); no earlier month was published.
- Lenovo: typical $1,917; matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 89.3%; sample 21 families / 73 configurations (matched 15 / 27); no earlier month was published.
- MSI: typical $2,850; matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 88.9%; sample 21 families / 45 configurations (matched 11 / 18); no earlier month was published.
- Razer: typical price not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); matched 1-month change not published (There is no earlier month to compare against, so no change can be shown.); availability 67.4%; sample 4 families / 9 configurations (matched 0 / 0); no earlier month was published.
Caveats
- Retailer regular prices are self-declared and unverified, so discount depth describes what retailers claim, not a verified saving.
- Amazon is excluded from every figure on this page.
- Prices are list prices before coupons and before pricing errors are removed.
Where the numbers came from
- Permanent page: /trends/2026-09/r1
- CSV: /trends/2026-09/r1/download.csv
- JSON: /trends/2026-09/r1/download.json
Cite this dataset
GamingLaptop.deals. "Gaming laptop price trends - United States", September 2026 (revision 1). Published 2026-10-20. Methodology version 3.0.0. https://gaminglaptop.deals/trends/2026-09/r1
- Publisher
- GamingLaptop.deals
- Dataset
- Gaming laptop price trends - United States
- Region
- United States
- Period
- 2026-09
- Revision
- 1
- Published
- 20 October 2026
- Methodology version
- 3.0.0
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Permanent URL
- https://gaminglaptop.deals/trends/2026-09/r1