Monthly brief - gaming laptop prices, United States
What gaming laptops cost in the United States in October 2026, and whether prices were rising or falling, from the real prices we tracked at retailers. Every figure is in USD.
Brief - October 2026, revision 1
Publication
- Region: United States. Currency: USD (never converted).
- Period: October 2026 (closed month), revision 1.
- Published 1 November 2026 at 03:01 UTC; source data cutoff 1 November 2026.
- Methodology version 3.0.0, mapping version 2.
- Compared against September 2026 (revision 1).
Headline findings
- Of 6 GPU tiers with a published matched one-month change, 1 fell, 5 rose and 0 were unchanged.
- 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 (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); availability not published; sample 8 families / 9 configurations (matched 8 / 9); typical in September 2026 not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.).
- 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 (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); availability not published; sample 0 families / 0 configurations (matched 0 / 0); typical in September 2026 not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.).
- NVIDIA RTX 5050 - 8GB: typical $1,234; matched 1-month +5.3%; 4 of 28 matched configurations got cheaper, 12 got pricier and 12 stayed the same price; availability 91.1%; sample 21 families / 32 configurations (matched 18 / 28); typical in September 2026 $1,234.
- NVIDIA RTX 5060 - 8GB: typical $1,695; matched 1-month +3.6%; 18 of 71 matched configurations got cheaper, 32 got pricier and 21 stayed the same price; availability 82.8%; sample 39 families / 78 configurations (matched 38 / 71); typical in September 2026 $1,725.
- NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti - 12GB: typical $2,850; matched 1-month −0.3%; 8 of 34 matched configurations got cheaper, 12 got pricier and 14 stayed the same price; availability 84.8%; sample 27 families / 41 configurations (matched 23 / 34); typical in September 2026 $2,969.
- 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 (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); availability not published; sample 7 families / 10 configurations (matched 6 / 7); typical in September 2026 not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.).
- NVIDIA RTX 5070 - 8GB: typical $2,099; matched 1-month +2.9%; 8 of 39 matched configurations got cheaper, 19 got pricier and 12 stayed the same price; availability 79.4%; sample 33 families / 47 configurations (matched 28 / 39); typical in September 2026 $1,995.
- NVIDIA RTX 5080 - 16GB: typical $3,699; matched 1-month +2.0%; 8 of 41 matched configurations got cheaper, 11 got pricier and 22 stayed the same price; availability 88.9%; sample 30 families / 43 configurations (matched 30 / 41); typical in September 2026 $3,524.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 - 24GB: typical $4,500; matched 1-month +1.3%; 0 of 16 matched configurations got cheaper, 4 got pricier and 12 stayed the same price; availability 83.0%; sample 19 families / 22 configurations (matched 15 / 16); typical in September 2026 $4,500.
- All GPU tiers: typical $2,390; matched 1-month +2.5%; 50 of 253 matched configurations got cheaper, 99 got pricier and 104 stayed the same price; availability 85.4%; sample 105 families / 292 configurations (matched 101 / 253); typical in September 2026 $2,362.
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 $2,440; matched 1-month +1.0%; 2 of 26 matched configurations got cheaper, 7 got pricier and 17 stayed the same price; availability 71.9%; sample 12 families / 26 configurations (matched 12 / 26); typical in September 2026 $2,180.
- ASUS: typical $2,500; matched 1-month +1.4%; 8 of 38 matched configurations got cheaper, 10 got pricier and 20 stayed the same price; availability 81.1%; sample 21 families / 52 configurations (matched 19 / 38); typical in September 2026 $2,650.
- 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 (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); availability 84.3%; sample 6 families / 19 configurations (matched 6 / 17); typical in September 2026 not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.).
- Gigabyte: typical $2,099; matched 1-month +0.3%; 5 of 19 matched configurations got cheaper, 8 got pricier and 6 stayed the same price; availability 89.3%; sample 9 families / 21 configurations (matched 9 / 19); typical in September 2026 $2,260.
- HP: typical $1,957; matched 1-month +5.6%; 8 of 36 matched configurations got cheaper, 20 got pricier and 8 stayed the same price; availability 91.5%; sample 10 families / 36 configurations (matched 10 / 36); typical in September 2026 $1,822.
- Lenovo: typical $2,302; matched 1-month +7.5%; 16 of 69 matched configurations got cheaper, 36 got pricier and 17 stayed the same price; availability 90.1%; sample 22 families / 82 configurations (matched 21 / 69); typical in September 2026 $1,917.
- MSI: typical $2,699; matched 1-month −0.4%; 7 of 39 matched configurations got cheaper, 13 got pricier and 19 stayed the same price; availability 85.2%; sample 21 families / 45 configurations (matched 20 / 39); typical in September 2026 $2,850.
- 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 (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); availability 85.6%; sample 4 families / 11 configurations (matched 4 / 9); typical in September 2026 not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.).
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/2026-10/r1
- CSV: /trends/2026-10/r1/download.csv
- JSON: /trends/2026-10/r1/download.json
About this data
Cite this dataset
GamingLaptop.deals. "Gaming laptop price trends - United States", October 2026 (revision 1). Published 2026-11-01. Methodology version 3.0.0. https://gaminglaptop.deals/trends/2026-10/r1
- Publisher
- GamingLaptop.deals
- Dataset
- Gaming laptop price trends - United States
- Region
- United States
- Period
- 2026-10
- Revision
- 1
- Published
- 1 November 2026
- Methodology version
- 3.0.0
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Permanent URL
- https://gaminglaptop.deals/trends/2026-10/r1