Bezel-less laptops (and laptops with thin bezels) in 2020 – the complete list

This article is a detailed list of all the important laptops with small bezels available in stores these days. We’re constantly updating it and adding new units are they’re released.

By reducing the size of the bezels around the screens, manufacturers are able to create more compact notebooks, with an overall reduced footprint and increased screen-to-body ratio. That, however, makes designing such a computer more challenging, as the compact chassis translates into limited interior space for all the components, battery, and cooling, that’s why the list of truly bezel-less laptops has been rather exclusive over the last years, with only a handful of premium options.

That’s changing more and more, though, and these days most laptops get fairly thin bezels, and the list of options ranges from thin and light ultraportables and all the way up to full-size 17-inch performance notebooks.

However, some of these models are almost entirely bezel-less and some still get bigger chins underneath the display, that’s why in this article we’re gathering those ultra-compact options with the smallest of bezels, and tell you what to expect from each unit in terms of bezel size, screen-to-body ratio (abbreviated STB in the following lists), hardware specs, overall weight, and price.

We’ve also split the available options into a few categories: Ultraportable (classic clamshell thin-and-light notebook), Convertible (2-in-1 laptop with a touchscreen), Multimedia (all-round notebook), and Gaming (portable performance laptops with competent gaming abilities), and added links to our detailed articles and reviews for each option.

Just some of the bezel-less ultraportable laptops available these days

How we calculate STB (Screen to Body Ratio)

For this article, we’re calculating real STB by dividing the screen’s overall area to the laptop’s overall footprint (width x height). That’s the Real STB column in the following tables.

However, that’s not always the most accurate representation for these modern laptops, as many designs use this trick that hides the bottom part of the display’s chin behind the main-chassis, giving the impression of smaller bezels than the Real STB number might otherwise suggest. Asus, Acer, Dell or MSI are normally going with this sort of design, that’s why their advertised (and perceived) STB numbers differ from our real-life measurements, which is something to keep in mind going forward.540

Keep in mind that we’re only going to include recent-generation laptops in here with a measured Real Screen to Body Ratio (STB) of 80% or higher. That aside, there are also some older models out there that have been taken out of these lists, in order to keep them as succinct as possible.

This first section of the article covers the ultra-compact versions with screens up to 14-inch in diagonal, and in the next section, we’ll cover full-size options with 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch screens.

And here’s a complete list of full-size notebooks with narrow screen bezels. In this case, we’ve only included recent launches with a measured STB of 79% or higher.

Anyway, that’s about it for now with this list of portable and full-size laptops with small bezels and screen-to-body ratios above 80%.

Like already mentioned earlier, we’re constantly working on improving our articles, so if you have anything to add, spot any mistakes, or know any laptops that should be in here and are not, please tell get in touch with us in the comments section below.

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