As always though, the devil is in the details, and especially when it comes to the overall performance capabilities of this sort of an ultraportable design. Down below, in this review, we’re going through all these important details that you should be aware of if you’re considering buying a ZenBook S 13 as your next ultrabook. Specs – Asus Zenbook S 13 UM5302 WiFi 6E availability may vary by country and their specific regulations. Feature is only supported in Windows 11 or later. For AI accelerated workloads like Gigapixel AI, Intel processors are the way to go due to their AI acceleration hardware, which this generation of Zen does not include. The 1260P performs well without a discrete GPU, and as we saw last generation, adding a low power Nvidia GPU actually hurts performance unless you disable it. The 6800U doesn't perform horribly without AI acceleration, still beating the 1165G7, but performance is 24 percent slower than the 1260P. Bottom point, if you’re alright with this sort of minimalist port layout and glossy OLED panel, with all its particularities, the ZenBook S 13 UM5302 is definitely a recommendation in the 13-inch ultraportable space. Other options to keep an eye on are the Lenovo Yoga 7 convertible already announced with 6800U hardware, and a potential upgrade of the ultralight HP Pavilion Aero 13, with its matte screen options and sub-1-kilo weight.

and medium quality was still asking just a bit too much of the integrated Radeon 680M, but adjusting the resolution to 1600x900 should get most games into the 30 fps or higher range. These are also relatively demanding games, so lighter fare shouldn't be a problem. I don't know if its vastly bigger caches or software drivers that know how to use them in such a way that only the final render has to suffer from the relatively low bandwidth of their DDR4/5 frame buffers. Where 48EUs on a Gen8 NUC with the bigger Iris Plus only offered 50% uplift of performance vs. the 24EU NC Gen10 iGPU, the 96EU iGPU on the Gen11 NUC reached 4x the performance of the 24EU variant or linear uplift. On to more demanding loads, we start by testing the CPU’s performance in the Cinebench R15 loop test. It outscores the Intel Core i7-1260P or i5-1240P running at higher power (30W, 28W respectively) by about 20%, and outscores the Ryzen 7 5800U in the ZenBook 13 by about 20% as well, but that’s mostly a result of this generation running at 25W, while the previous only ran at sub-20W. At similar power, the generational gains between the two in this CPU-taxing load are at around 5-7%.ISO 22196:2011 specifies a method of evaluating the antibacterial activity of antibacterial-treated plastics, and other non-porous, surfaces of products (including intermediate products). For a game that's demanding on both the CPU and GPU, the 6800U holds up well in Age of Empires IV running using medium settings at 1080p. Once again it's faster than Intel H-series parts which present an ideal case for Alder Lake's Xe integrated graphics, and if you turn down the settings slightly the experience is very playable for this sort of title. But given this is a relatively modern title, it does suggest that quite a number of games will work on the 6800U with low settings at a native 1080p, or near native using upscaling tech like FSR. Battery Life The Zenbook S 13 is equipped with a 16:10 OLED screen that offers a high resolution of 2,880 x 1,800 on its 13.3-inch diagonal. The subjective picture quality, with its with vivid colors and sharp content, is very good.

And AMD then has jumped the gun on Intel two times, a) by offering APUs that did offer much better iGPU performance at similr prices (e.g. Kaveri) and b) by allocating iGPU silicon real-estate to CPU cores instead, doubling core vs. Intel at the same process size and price point (Zen 1/2/3). Asus are still implementing an Ergolift hinge that lifts the main chassis on small rubber feet placed at the bottom of the screen, allowing for improved airflow into the fans. It works well and the laptop sits stably on the desk even when leaning on those tiny screen feet. AMD Ryzen 7 7736U platform exclusive to the HP Dragonfly Pro, which is identical to the Ryzen 7 7735U, with the sole exception being the fact that it can ramp up to 4.75 GHz Max Turbo (vs 4.7 GHz on the regular 7735U).The average 6800U in our database easily shoulders its way towards the best of the best, trading blows with the Core i7-1270P, the Core i7-11850H and the Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. Throw everything you can at this little guy. He'll take it all and ask for more. reviewed here– 2022 model; premium metal build; ThinkPad keyboard, haptic touchpad; 16-inch 16:10 screen, with touch/matte IPS or touch 4K OLED panels; AMD Advantage design with Ryzen and RX specs, soldered memory, single M.2 NVME storage slot; 72 Wh battery and 135W USB-C charger; dual up-firing speakers Please note that all versions of NumberPad only work with the Microsoft Windows operating system. The Refined White version is not available with NumberPad. Then, in 2022, AMD launched the Rembrandt Ryzen 6000 mobile hardware built on the revised Zen3+ architecture and TSMC’s 6 nm process node. On the other, there are the Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T and Ryzen 5 7530U 6C/12T processors, part of the Barcelo-R platform, built on Zen3 Cores and Vega graphics. These are rebadged versions of the 2022 Ryzen 7 5825U/ Ryzen 5 5635U processors.

Radeon RX 6600S – designed for 1080p gaming in budget ultraportable products, with a design power of up to 80W. CineBench R23: CPU 9434 cb (best run), CPU 9350 (10 min loop test), CPU Single Core 1439 CB (best run); Radeon RX 6700M – designed for 1440p and 1080 gaming, with a design power of up to 135W, a more affordable mid-range chip; For integrated graphics gaming, the clear winner is AMD and the Ryzen 7 6800U. In Gears 5 running at 1080p using medium settings, the 6800U is significantly faster than other processors, managing to deliver 87% of the performance of the Ryzen 9 6900HS.Stay put for updates, and in the meantime, follow this link for updated prices and configurations in your region. Final thoughts- Asus ZenBook S13 UM5302

For starters, we need to analyze the impact of the sub-25W power limit applied on the AMD hardware with this design, and for that, we compare these scores with our review of the iGPU-only variant of the ROG Flow X13 that allows a 45+W Ryzen 9 6900HS implementation. The keyboard on this ZenBook S13 is identical to what Asus offers with their 14-inch ZenBook in this generation, and it’s overall a good layout and a good typer in this class. The new Zenbook S 13 is a very good subnotebook that does not make any major blunders and offers a lot of performance. The new AMD Ryzen 7 6800U also makes a very good impression and works much more efficiently than comparable Intel Alder-Lake CPUs, making it better choice for compact laptops at the moment.

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The charging speed of a Power Delivery charger will match the connected adapter’s power output, up to a maximum of 100 watts. USB-C ® Easy Charge provides 4.5 watt charging when connected to a non-Power Delivery charger, including most portable and USB Type-A to USB-C ® chargers. Some portable chargers may not support such features, depending on the configuration. According to overall laptop weight including battery, as of January 17, 2022 based on internal ASUS market analysis comparing Zenbook S 13 OLED (UM5302) with competing products in its class (laptops with an OLED screen measuring 13.3 inches diagonal) from vendors including Acer, Apple, HP, Huawei, Lenovo, Microsoft and Samsung. In comparison, the Ryzen 7 5700U (8C/16T), Ryzen 5 5500U (6C/12T), and Ryzen 3 5300U (4C/8T) are part of the Lucienne platform and get Zen2+ based processors, with only a handful of smaller optimizations over the Renoir Zen2 processors from 2020. The Lucienne architecture is better explained in this detailed article from Anandtech. W (12+ h of use) – 1080p fullscreen video on Youtube in Edge, Whisper Mode, screen at 60%, Wi-Fi ON; Intel is the clear winner in the broader PCMark 10 Applications workload, which tests the Microsoft Office suite. There was no performance gain for the 6800U vs 5800U, while the 1260P was able to outperform the 1165G7 by 9 percent. This gave Intel an overall 12 percent performance lead. Not a massive result, but large enough that it may matter for some buyers.