Asus releases 14″ Zephyrus laptop with 7nm Ryzen and RTX 2060
Asus will show two Zephyrus laptops with Ryzen 7 4800HS CPUs with 8 cores and 16 threads at CES. The manufacturer comes with a 14″ and 15″ model. The larger model also comes with an optional 240Hz screen. The smaller one has LEDs on the back.
The Asus Zephyrus G14 and G15 both contain a Ryzen 7 4800HS, which has 8 cores and 16 threads and is made on a 7nm process. This CPU is based on the Zen 2 architecture, which is also used in Ryzen 3000 desktop CPUs. At the time of writing, the clock speeds of the 4800HS are not yet known. Both laptops contain a maximum of 32GB of DDR4 RAM at a speed of 3200MHz. The G14 includes an RTX 2060 with 6GB of gddr6 memory as standard, while the G15 offers a choice of an RTX 2060 and a GTX 1660 Ti, both of which also have 6GB of gddr6 vram. Furthermore, both laptops have a maximum of 1TB NVME SSD
The Asus Zephyrus G14
The Zephyrus G14 is 17.9 mm thick, weighs 1.6 kilograms and contains a 14″ screen with a choice of a full HD panel with a refresh rate of 60 Hz or 120 Hz, or a 1440p screen at 60 Hz. variant both support FreeSync, which is supported on Nvidia graphics cards thanks to the integrated Radeon GPU in the Ryzen 7 4800HS, and the screens can also display 100 percent of the sRGB color space.
The G15 is 19.9 mm thick and weighs 2.1 kilograms. The 15″ screen can be supplied with a 144Hz panel with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels, or a 240Hz variant with the same resolution. Both screens support FreeSync. The 240Hz is also validated for Pantone color reproduction, and can display 100 percent of the sRGB resolution. display color spectrum.
The Asus Zephyrus G15
Both laptops can charge via USB-C with 65W, or with an included AC adapter with 180W of power. The former is primarily intended for light workloads; when the separate GPU is used, the 180W charger is needed. Both laptops also support Wi-Fi 6 thanks to the presence of an 802.11ax radio. The G14 has two USB connections with a throughput of 5Gbit/s of type A, while the G15 has three. The G15 also has USB connections that can transport data at 1 Gbit/s via a USB-c port. The G14 has one extra connection, which also supports DisplayPort alt mode. Furthermore, both laptops have an HDMI 2.0b connection and a 3.5mm jack for audio. The G15 has an RJ-45 Ethernet port; the G14 does not have this.
The housing of the G14 contains 1215 small LEDs that can be used to display your own images. The LEDs can also display audio visualizations or animated gifs. Asus calls this an AniMe Matrix. The G15 does not have this. It is not yet known what the laptops will cost. The release dates are also unknown.
Asus’ AniMe Matrix LED Display
Asus Zephyrus G14 | Asus Zephyrus G15 | |
cpu | Ryzen 7 4800HS | Ryzen 7 4800HS |
Memory (maximum) | 32GB ddr4 3200MHz | 32GB ddr4 3200MHz |
Storage | up to 1TB NVME SSD | 1TB / 512GB nvme ssd |
Screen |
14″, 1920×1080, ips, 120Hz, 100% sRGB |
15.6″, 1920×1080, ips, 240Hz, 100% sRGB |
video card | Nvidia RTX 2060 (1292MHz boost) |
Nvidia RTX 2060 (1292MHz boost) |
Connections |
1x usb 3.2 gen 2 type-c with DisplayPort and usb-pd |
1x RJ-45 Ethernet |
Battery | nnb | 76Wh 4-cell lithium-ion |
Modem | 802.11ax | 802.11ax |
Thickness | 1.79 centimeters | 1.99 centimeters |
Length | 22.2 centimeters | 25.2 centimeters |
Width | 32.4 centimeters | 36.0 centimeters |
Weight | 1.6 kilograms | 2.1 kilograms |