Asus Zenbook S 16 (2024) - The Rise of Zen 5

[@andrewmarcdavid]

**CORRECTION** six speakers not quad

[@omonighoprogressoghenetejiri]

Damn, six speakers on an Asus laptop still not as good as four speakers on MacBook air, I've watched alot of videos and most don't come even close to MacBooks in terms of speakers

[@handlemonium]

Bass and depth could still be worked on on Asus. Maybe in thicker models with the 54W TDP version of the HX 370/375?

[@josephle2381]

@@omonighoprogressoghenetejiriIt’s better than the 15” air watch Matthew tonic video

[@RR-zq3mk]

@@omonighoprogressoghenetejiriyou must have missed out on the Lenova yoga pro 9i. Its speakers command attention and puts the apple fanboys in their place.

[@omonighoprogressoghenetejiri]

@@RR-zq3mk yeah, not sure I watched that one, the only one I've seen come close(tho not as good) is the zephyrus g16

[@Techtablets]

Great review the best on YT! Odd how we don't get the touchscreen and pen support with the EU model.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Thanks! I was wondering about that when I watched your video and saw no touch screen

[@jerome_morrow]

My UK model has a touchscreen.

[@PlatinAviation]

Wow, what a simply gorgeous laptop! I love how the standards are rising and it’s starting at 24GB of RAM. It really is a shame that Asus laptops cost often over 500$ more here in Europe, compared to US prices..

[@ezechiele.6001]

Completely agree with you !

[@RodrigoFerreira-bs6hd]

yeah... preordering here in Portugal for 2000 euros. Fucking unfair

[@keyboard_g]

Wow I didn't know these were available already. Will be tuning in if I can!

[@andrewmarcdavid]

It’s a premiere so you can watch anytime

[@deanthompson4381]

Thank you for the review and all of your work, Andrew. This will be a contender for my next laptop, as my current laptop is being repaired. This laptop checks almost all of my requirements. Have a good rest of the weekend.

[@aneebaba06]

Preordered mine. Arrives Wednesday but since I'm traveling and they need a signature sent it to mom's, so I'll see next week. Thanks for the review.

[@TechWizz]

How have you found it so far?

[@radlink14]

How are you liking it?

[@rafaelperez9652]

There's a lot of potential here with the Asus Zenbook S 16 (2024) and I basically love the fact that there are no compatibility issues with your apps, beautiful design, thin and light, good port selection, great 1080p webcam, clear internal mics, good battery life although not the best we've seen lately from the Snapdragon series of laptops, and nice internal quality from the 6 speakers as well. It's a great start from the AMD camp which will probably get even better as time goes on I'm assuming. Regarding the internal speaker quality, it's great for a Windows machine but still not a match for the MacBook Air. All and all and for only $1399.99 it's a terrific value and $300 less than the comparable MacBook Air at $1699.99. Great video once again Andrew!! 👍😁

[@isbestlizard]

The webcam is not 'great'. It's shit. My $100 phone from 10 years ago had a better quality selfie cam.

[@Irvin_Wright]

Oh nice! I'm looking at this laptop!

[@Hyp33rX]

like always best review for sure. i love that you give a look to the internals...thats a very big plus over other channels / reviewers. keep going!

[@andrewmarcdavid]

I appreciate that!

[@unpausegame]

That snapdragon elitelooks good now

[@Snarkyafterthoughts]

Thank you for an in-depth review on the Best Buy option. This will definitely be my next laptop I'm waiting til September to see if it's the Intel version or the AMD.

[@MrKar18]

Thanks for the review. I would rather stick with Snapdragon X elite based SL7 for the battery life or others as the only downside on SL7 seems to be GPU which for my use case not much.

[@MrJohnGroot]

Very good review, as usual. Thanks

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Thanks 🙏

[@JunglejoExperience-jb8fy]

the reason why i follow this review is because of one important thing, sir Andrew always teardown the units and show it to world what is inside the machine and what its capability, which to me, able to know if the units is upgradable or not, that buyers like me, have knowledge before I buy a certain laptop.....

[@realCriminalLawyer]

Excellent Video once again! I am torn between the Zenbook S16 and the Lenovo Slim 7x... Can't decide

[@GBOriginalCre8ors]

Great content as always Andrew! 😊👍🏿 I'd love to see a review of the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7.

[@leonardwise5807]

I hope we will see the Pro Art P16. Mine arrived today it's a fantastic machine so far.

[@TaariqClarke]

What is the battery life like ?

[@gosman949]

Heavy machine.

[@berntlie6799]

Very good video sound and color. Somewhat pixelated video. Looks inconvenient to use pen on the screen that doesn't fold back flat?? I'm curious about the ProArt PX13...

[@PomuLeafEveryday]

It's an AES pen display anyway, same as the Surface line up, which are known for producing wonky lines. Best if you just need to take some quick notes and annotations. You might want something with a EMR display for drawing like some of the Samsung Galaxy laptops.

[@ismaelrivera1999]

Thanks for the review . Love the comparison with other laptop. Overall I think is a great laptop to purchase . Love performance vs battery life vs cost.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Thanks

[@raifenez]

Hi, hope you’re well. Would you recommend this laptop for beginner video editing? Thank you!

[@vmpgsc]

Great review.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@BBBZ123]

I love it. Likely be my next choice.

[@samvieten_official]

Something nearly all the reviewers missing: It's a 28W APU, which can go up to 54 (in other systems), asus has restricted it here to 28 watts (sadly), because they wanted to go slim. But this thing has actually a loooot more performance if a manufacturer would use it the right way. Asus offers the lower priced new vivobook 14, 15 and 16 with a full 54w Ryzen 9 AI HX 370. So, that would be interesting.

[@RobloxianX]

I suggest doing a comparison of this, the first Ryzen AI Laptop with the first Core Ultra laptop, the ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED (32GB 1TB). So, we can see both products in their absolute first gen and compare that way

[@Lonesome-Warrior]

This guy is the most enjoyable reviewer to watch😂 first time I actually waited for the premier lol

[@mariopenulli1395]

Finally someone got the AI 9 365 reviewed!

[@thespiff]

Looks like a great laptop. Any idea whether this comes out as a 14 inch version?

[@aleksandardjurovic4773]

Thank you for the great video. Also thank you for mentioning OLED display PWM sensitive people. I'm one of them. But I just bought a flicker free ASUS OLED monitor and my eyes do not hurt. Kudos to ASUS.

[@kennethz3366]

What's the model for the Asus monitor?

[@aleksandardjurovic4773]

@@kennethz3366 ASUS MQ16AH. (They marketed it as flicker-free OLED.)

[@reddirama]

Great video! Debating between S14 or S16

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Both!

[@Ubikhoraaa]

Plz make a review of screen wooble of it 😊

[@smkaz81]

Awesome content 👏 👌 Are there going to be any 2-in1 with this new zen 5🤔 Thanks for your content 👍👍

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Next, video is the Asus ProArt PX13 2-in-1 Convertible with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and RTX 4050

[@arnulforamirez4836]

another good review andrew i was debating on this or the new proart p16 but i went with the proart p16 due to slighty bigger processor

[@WDWBuzz]

I got one. There was no pen in the box and no dongle thing either but it was a touch screen, kinda useless without the pen. The screen blinked out and didn't come back for over 5 minutes - no HDMI output either but it was beeping away. The power limitations that are placed on the processor also give me pause. The processor is not really being allowed to get up and run. So it is going back. No doubt it looks great and is super portable but that comes at a cost.

[@Wha2les]

Do you know how often Asus eShop restock in the past? I was waiting for reviews and hoping to find the 370 chip in the white body... But doesn't look like they will be doing that. Been hoping for a laptop like this

[@norbertsangano1529]

Oled displays are the best of the best. Like them. The camera and sound are good as well.

[@iambunnyyyyy]

superb video boss

[@aras_aras_aras_aras]

Finally a review of a laptop with a Ryzen AI processor! I wonder how it performs in balanced/quiet mode in terms of performance and fan noise. Also, how do the speakers compare with the Zephyrus G16?

[@mediatrix1111]

Excellent review. About the screen flickering. Is there screen flickering even after using the Asus OLED flicker-free dimming? Is it the same with all the Asus Limina OLED displays? Thks.

[@alexs.5107]

The Zen 5 is great, which makes me realise just how very impressive the X Elite is for a first generation chip. Great review!!

[@iikatinggangsengii2471]

true, but shouldve been cheaper, but its snapdragon best effort adreno perform well and should do most work no prob like 370hx

[@МихаилБадаев-э5ф]

Thank you very much for your review. Looks like Asus created a great laptop. After watching, I only had one question. What is the difference between Zenbook and Vivobook with almost identical components? Is it really different in the touchscreen of the Zenbook?

[@samvieten_official]

Please test the software & TDP performance, can it be changed?. The chip can be put up to 50+ Watts tdp by design but it's capped at 28w in this model. It's wasted potential in my opinion but we'll... Thin and light is what they are going for. Also really would love a comparison between the 365 and 370, to see if there is any real difference. Is the track pad a normal one or a haptic one?

[@mzeeshanch]

Thank you for the lovely review as always... Really appreciate it... Windows has had standby battery issues on previous x86 laptops... Which seemed to be resolved on the ARM Qualcom processors... What about the standby battery on these new processors??? Has windows addressed that???

[@vjd222]

Love my 16" Book4 Edge (80), but this one has me contemplating swapping out. Windows Hello, better speakers, more RAM and storage.. battery life is a big priority for me, though, so not sure how it compares to the 80 model of the Edge. Seems like the Asus might take the lead there, but you laid out their battery life completely different so it's hard to tell

[@CursedAmbition]

Pretty t'd off that I bought the 2022 Lenovo slim 7 pro x 6 months ago with all of these gems dropping now.... 😅

[@yippeeki-yey]

Damn, this is a monster, looking forward this laptop instead of macbook

[@LordAbe679]

I do not wan to get my hopes too high, but man AMD's Zen 5 looks promising, and Asus' ZenBook S 16 is quite gorgeous. Excellent review sir.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Thanks

[@JanNiklasBenn]

Would you pick a m1 max macbook pro or the zenbook s16 for software development and cs studies? They are the same price...

[@plavi23]

Zenbook any day, just compare the processors and other specifications, of course it depends if you like MacOS over the Windows.

[@thehorizon5791]

WOW amazing

[@Never-ending-guy]

Ideapad pro 5 14inch without dedicated graphic card review pls

[@Jisooee]

Is there a second slot of the SSD? If so, up to hoe much storage more? & how much storage is the stock SSD upgradable?

[@flyingcheesecake3725]

When we are comparing something like benchmark score on a laptop, especially thin ultrabooks, I want to see the power drain as well.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

I am actually adding that info in my graphs. Stay tuned.

[@flyingcheesecake3725]

@@andrewmarcdavid cool

[@themadears]

how good is it for 4k video editing?

[@mariussm7797]

Are you gonna test the Vivobook S14 with this new CPUs?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Planning on it.

[@CatHarington]

If there were a 14 inch version, I might have bought one

[@mariusgabrielciocarlan2447]

Hello, very good review as usual. AMD came very close to Apple in terms of battery life.

[@sholmes_ttyy]

I don’t know why anyone think MacBook is good for that price, asus has a 120hz oled panel. MacBook eat dust there

[@haorantao612]

I saw many people on Reddit saying they suffer from severe overheating issues while charging... Just want to see if you have an update on that

[@j_dogs_channel]

Hello Andrew! Great review as always! Just a quick question, between this computer vs the Lenovo slim 7x, which would be a better buy for a student?? Something with great battery value, fast and also lightweight! Thanks! 😀

[@andrewmarcdavid]

It depends. With the Zenbook S 16 you will not have any issues with compatibility and everything will just work. It gets good battery life and very good performance. That being said, the Yoga is a great choice especially for the battery life and the smaller form factor for portability. You just have to make sure the applications that you use on a daily basis will work. Hope this helps.

[@j_dogs_channel]

@@andrewmarcdavid Thanks! I have some choices to go off of 😎

[@cynicist8114]

I am a student with the Slim 7x. It's incredible. I even run Visual Studio for my coding classes with no issues. It is fast, quality, with an amazing battery, and very light. It's also beautiful in person. It even charges extremely quickly. I couldn't ask for a better laptop.

[@j_dogs_channel]

@@cynicist8114 WOAH! Thanks again! I think I'll be getting the slim 7x! Thanks for your feedback! 😎

[@robertskett8164]

Hoping we get a Zenbook 14 with these that comes under 1.1Kg , if huawei matebook x pro 2024 can come under 1KG, hoping other brands can follow.

[@1BadVan]

6 am? damn

[@andrewmarcdavid]

It’s when the embargo lifts

[@andrewmarcdavid]

It’s a premiere not a live stream

[@1BadVan]

@@andrewmarcdavid oh i see

[@mariussm7797]

​@@andrewmarcdavidfor this CPU or for this ASUS laptop?

[@MrAlpots1]

is the touchscreen on this laptop available in the uk as i have been looking and everything says non touch screen ?

[@Mr.NothingM]

My rtx 3050 laptop literally give just few more FPS compared to 890m Impressive work amd

[@ohwhatworld5851]

I have the same laptop and I'm not getting those numbers at all. I'm getting much lower, and I have it set to 60hz, battery save eco mode, and the resolution set to 1600p instead of 1800p, 60% brightness..... I'm getting about 6 hours when I have Adobe XD and some Edge tabs open. KZbin playback I'm getting about 9 hours. Web browsing I'm getting about 10 hours. I would be getting even less if I was using the higher settings you were using. Not sure what is going on. I don't have any heavy processes in the background.

[@rob672]

This or the hp spectre x360 14-inch? Is the upgrade in cpu worth it? I’m a software engineering student

[@brentc.6690]

Andrew, I respectfully disagree with your conclusion that the Ryzen 9 AI 365 in the ASUS Zenbook S 16 laptop is slower than the Snapdragon Elite X in Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Edge. First, your benchmark testing suggests that the Ryzen 9 AI 365 is roughly equivalent to the Snapdragon Elite X. I went back to your review of the Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Edge. The Samsung laptop posts scores of 2712 (single core) and 14756 (multi-core) in Geekbench 6. The ASUS Zenbook S 16 posts scores of 2786 (single core) and 13070 (multi core). Thus, Geekbench 6 suggests that the Ryzen 9 AI 365 is faster in single core than the Snapdragon Elite X and slower in multi-core. The opposite is true in Cinebench 2024. The Samsung laptop posts scores of 120 (single core) and 709 (multi-core) in Cinebench 2024, and the ASUS laptop posts scores of 111 (single core) and 787 (multi-core). In other words, your benchmarks suggest a wash. However, I note that the Ryzen 9 AI 365 beats the Snapdragon Elite X quite handily in Cinebench 2023, whether single-core or multi-core. It seems to me that Qualcomm had some undue influence in the coding of the newer benchmarks. Second, the Ryzen 9 AI 365 is more power efficient than the Snapdragon Elite X. A laptop with the Snapdragon Elite X consumes above 55 W to generate the benchmarks you posted. In contrast, the ASUS Zenbook S 16 consumes only about 33 W, which is significantly lower. Thus, if the Ryzen 9 AI 365 were allowed to pull slightly more power (e.g., 40 W), it would outperform the Snapdragon Elite X. This higher power efficiency has important implications. Laptops are intended to be used on battery power, and when doing so, limit the power available to their CPUs. Thus, the performance on battery power is usually lower than when plugged in. Your testing of the Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Edge shows that switching to battery power drops its single- and multi-core performance to, respectively, 2696 and 12819 in Geekbench. So what are the scores of the ASUS Zenbook 5 when on battery power? I believe both will be higher than the Snapdragon Elite X - which would contradict your conclusion. If a comparison is going to be made with the Snapdragon Elite X, I believe “plugged in” and “on battery” benchmarks need to be presented. I know that you will be getting other laptops for review with Ryzen AI 300 series processors in them (e.g., ASUS, HP, and Lenovo). Hopefully, you can find the time to complete both types of benchmarks.

[@shaonbhuiyan77]

An amazing machine but would've preferred with a snapdragon X elite higher tire. Also they could have make it a little bit thicker and make the battery 90-99 Wh

[@quentinwhite4702]

Off-topic question but being someone who has reviewed the laptop, do you think that the HP spectre x360 16 is too big for college note-taking with it lying flat on the table in tablet mode? I'm looking at the lenovo Yoga 9i 14" as an alternative.

[@andreafruelda]

is there a unit with the same specs but in a smaller size?

[@RR-zq3mk]

How is ASUS customer support/service these days? Heard it was or maybe still is kinda crappy. Are their products and their OLED screen worth it for multimedia applications such as photo editing, videos etc ? I’m trying to decide on this ASUS 32 ram model or maybe a snapdragon computer or wait to see what lunar lake does.

[@jhophoto5721]

Hello, I specialize in photography and photo editing. I recently found an ASUS ZenBook S 16 OLED while looking at several models as I needed a 16-inch laptop. I would appreciate it if you could rate this model to fit my needs. I'm mainly working on high resolution images using Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. So display quality and performance are very important factors. I was wondering if this laptop could meet my requirements.

[@dmf30]

want to upgreade my older Yoga laptop with 16GB to a new PC. Considering Zenbook 14 or even this 16, Asus ROC Zephyrus (2024) or Lenovo Yoga 9i. Should have 32 GB Ram and preferably 120 refresh rate, 1TB storage adn separate graphics card. Also either Ultra 9 or Ryzen 9. Do you have a comparison chart or thoughts:? Thx. david

[@yousseffilali4635]

Zenbook s16 AMD with 32GB or should I go for G16 Ultra 9, 4070 with 16gb? both are the same price

[@HDRPC]

I want to see how OLED X Elite againt amd ryzen ai.

[@horseman1956]

Beautiful laptop, but a 16" device with no numeric keypad? Seems a bit odd. I seem to remember HP doing the same thing on their 16" Spectre offering... no numeric keypad. Are we seeing a trend? Is the numeric keypad going the way of the dinosaur?

[@mr.mustaqeem6939]

Can you tell me What SD Card that did you use ? SD Card Specs ?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Prograde SD 128GB SDXC v60 II

[@mr.mustaqeem6939]

@@andrewmarcdavid Thanks David ❤️

[@karikaru]

A version with a 4060 would be a buy for me even if a but thicker

[@kevinlee8248]

how about trying the Asus TUF Gaming A16 or A14 2024 Which has up to AMD Ryzen™AI 9 HX 370 Processor, and up to the NVIDIA® GeForce RTX ™ 4060 Laptop GPU.

[@parkermon1470]

Is the back plate plastic? how does it compares to the acer swift edge 16 when it comes to overall feel

[@andrewmarcdavid]

all metal

[@Cleisthenes607]

This looks really good but I saw on the ASUS china website there's a vivobook 16 pro coming out with the same processor so presumably at a better price. I'll wait to see what the review on that is before pulling the trigger but I think my next laptop will either be that or this but I'll swap out the SSD for a higher capacity samsung 990.

[@joosthebly]

would this be good enough for insta 360 4x 8k 360 editing?

[@davidtuel4444]

Will this laptop (the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 With Radeon 890M Model) be able to handle architecture and design 3d modelling and 3d rendering software such as AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, Lumion? Has anyone tried and how were the results?

[@VladdyDaddy369]

Hi Andrew, wondering if you could help me out real quickly... I received mine yesterday and really like it for the most part. Having two issues. First, if I set the display at 120hz and then click on dynamic, it automatically defaults back to 60hz and no longer let's me make any changes unless I restart the laptop and then it's the same cycle, choose either 60 or 120hz and if I click again on dynamic same things happen again. Second, regarding build. With if I squeeze the front center below the touchpad, it makes a lied popping/clicking sound as the bottom cover caves in under pressure and literally leaves a gap big enough that I can slide my fingernail between the keyboard body and the bottom plate... I'm hoping you can look into that on your unit so I can determine whether there is a flaw with mine or if something else is at stake. Thanks a lot!

[@phonpheap8765]

Zenbook S 16 Oled 2024 is good for graphics design and videos creator or not? Thanks for your feedback to me.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

I would opt for the version with the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. But this one is good as well.

[@phonpheap8765]

@@andrewmarcdavid But in Cambodia only have AMD RyzenTM 7 8845HS / Ram 16GB LPDDR5X On Board / 1TB M.2 NVMeTM PCIe® 4.0 / 16.0-inch 3.2K (3200 x 2000) Lumina OLED 120Hz / Windows 11 Home License / RGB 1-Zone Keyboard/ AMD RadeonTM Graphics. 16Gb of RAM is good for graphics design or not? Thanks for your time🙏❤️

[@amigatommy7]

Soldered ram is typical in laptops now.

[@prg_rocks]

@andrewmarcdavid can this laptop run davinci resolve without any issues? i mean rendering is fine i saw in this review, but what about playback? does it lag?

[@adan2343]

I don't get it if it's not convertible how in the seven hells can you write on it?, I get It that the proart one has that feature however not having a dynamic refresh rate between 60-120 kills it for me.

[@nepaliman5716]

Haptic touch pad absence is big bummer. Otherwise fine product.

[@AlexaContentCreator]

Does it heat like the previous one... I bought zenbook ux3405ma ultra 7, it heats alot just for streaming and doing soft task...

[@inamulbhuyan]

yes to much heat generate Snapdragon X Elite 🔋🔋💪 best

[@AlexaContentCreator]

@@inamulbhuyan have you ever tried?

[@EduardLevesque]

most likey, set it on the couch or your bed and it will choke the fans and hit 100c like all x86.....

[@IvoPavlik]

​@@AlexaContentCreator no, he hasn't. He's a fanboy who adores Snapdragon X in every comment section around.

[@RikoFlex67]

Is this laptop better than Xps 16?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

It is different since this does not come with a discrete GPU

[@MrRedialplease]

Noise noise noise. I really don't need need 5000mhz frequency etc. just make it 10-20% slower but adjust good voltage on cpu/gpu and it will run better and not loud.

[@gregh2003]

Should I spend an extra $300 for the HX 370 or it's not worth it?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Depends on you what your needs are. I am perfectly fine with this version

[@KingFeraligator]

Great review as always! I wish you had more comparisons to Meteor Lake laptops though, especially in battery and performance.

[@danielmcdallyogowa1412]

The grill at the top is fake?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

No, it has very small perforated holes to allow for air flow

[@danielmcdallyogowa1412]

@@andrewmarcdavid ohhh! It's for air not sound. I get it now. Thanks

[@arastu1774]

SL7 still the better option for someone who doesnt need a stornk gpu on his laptop

[@iikatinggangsengii2471]

hm 880m variant, cheaper but same specs it seems same oled, looks different though

[@gaetanomarrone1991]

Someone used this laptop with lightroom and photoshop? Some experience?

[@simonm9964]

Aren't we over stickers being slapped on these? Talk about adding an ugly AF factor to a beautiful machine. The need to learn from Surface and Mac. Great review, Andrew, thank you!

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Agreed.

[@johnnykeener3727]

Not a CRAPbook, YAY!

[@stash6231]

Can anyone tell me which is better for high school STEM, this or Lenovo yoga pro 9i, , 16” , mini-led, 32gb, rtx 4060, 1tb? Thanks in advance.

[@mariussm7797]

GPD confirmed this CPU can run 95% of the games without a GPU card.

[@samvieten_official]

That's the 50+ TDP versión. This has a 28w TDP...

[@logancage3110]

​@@samvieten_officialWhich one is the black model with a higher processor

[@thespiff]

What is GPD?