AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 powered ASUS Zenbook S 16 OLED Review

The Zenbook S 16 OLED from Asus is one of the first laptops in the world to use a Zen 5 processor from AMD. It’s sporting ‘on device’ AI processing thanks to the NPU found in the new tech from AMD. Alongside that is an updated RDNA 3.5 integrated graphics processor which should allow for gaming on the go – all while keeping the weight to 1.5KG and looking sleek and professional thanks to the 3K OLED screen and Ceraluminum finish. Can this new laptop from Asus prove to be a hit?

00:00 Start
00:55 Pricing and Details
01:55 Hardware specifications
03:45 SSD Performance
04:19 Screen and touch pen
05:38 Trackpad and keyboard
06:20 Design
07:07 Weight/Shape/IO ports
08:06 Build Quality / Flex
09:00 Performance AI testing
12:01 Software discussion
13:00 Power and clock speeds
14:55 Benchmarking
16:56 Battery Life
17:20 CPU temps, power draw and noise
18:14 Can you game on it? / VRAM
20:07 Closing Thoughts

Pros
Exceptional battery life
Vibrant, 3K OLED Screen
Premium ceramic and aluminium finish on the top lid
Good performance
On device AI processing

Cons
Poor quality trackpad
Average keyboard
Chassis flexes a little

Spec
Colour
Scandinavian White

Processor
AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 Processor 2.0GHz (34MB Cache, up to 5.0GHz, 10 cores, 20 Threads); AMD Ryzen™ AI 73 TOPs
AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 Processor 2.0GHz (36MB Cache, up to 5.1GHz, 12 cores, 24 Threads); AMD Ryzen™ AI up to 81 TOPs

Graphics
AMD Radeon™ 880M Graphics
AMD Radeon™ 890M Graphics
Neural Processor
XDNA up to 50TOPs

Display
16.0-inch, 3K (2880 x 1800) OLED 16:10 aspect ratio, 0.2ms response time, 120Hz refresh rate, 400nits, 500nits HDR peak brightness, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, 1,000,000:1, VESA CERTIFIED Display HDR True Black 500, 1.07 billion colors, PANTONE Validated, Glossy display, 70% less harmful blue light, TÜV Rheinland-certified, SGS Eye Care Display, Touch screen, - (Screen-to-body ratio)90%, With stylus support

Memory
24GB LPDDR5X on board
- Max total system memory up to: 24GB
32GB LPDDR5X on board
- Max total system memory up to: 32GB
Storage
1TB M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 4.0 SSD
I/O Ports
1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
2x USB 4.0 Gen 3 Type-C support display / power delivery
1x HDMI 2.1 TMDS
1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack
SD 4.0 card reader

#AMD #ryzen #asus #zenbook

[max_vloger_]

that battery life is what Qualcomm were claiming for ages - AMD kept this quiet. well done !

[canarychrome]

Well done AMD - means a lot of us now who want a windows laptop with decent performance and 12+ battery life have an option apart from Qualcomm ARM. This was a surprise for me today!

[VKGAMER-yhwd]

I dont know why people are complaining about the cost. most of these high end laptops with OLED from Intel are around 2k without discrete. this is decent value on todays market.

[SaturnusDK]

Hope it comes in a 14" version as 16" is just a tad too big for me.

[gaeljames]

Appreciate all the efforts with this one. AMD are continuing to impress me, year after year - didnt think they would be releasing a laptop CPU with a potential 14 hour battery life

[beppe]

First ASUS review I have seen you guys do in a long time - nice to see them back here. Lovely looking laptop

[oliverh]

Good price for what you get, was expecting 2 grand + - well done ASUS and AMD !

[leydguitarist]

I wasnt expecting this to be so good - extremely surprised AMD managed a 14 hour battery life and such low power draw

[DigiClever_]

14 hour battery life is brilliant, very close to Apples M Silicon - which I was not expecting

[sandraLopez-hg]

This is what AMD needed to do, I was unsure about buying ARM laptop, so this is my next system purchase

[BlaiseMiller]

Love the overall appearance - gaming results are as expected, but that battery life is next level, not far off my Macbook Air now, maybe a few hours less

[jamest]

This is a very good step in the right direction for AMD - they needed this kind of low power processor and this one has knocked it out of the park IMO, amazing

[fredericknewman]

Yeah this is further throwing the knife into Intels back - This has always been a real issue for Intel, low power mobile chips

[Linusfikfaps-ezqg]

Hi mat. Good review. Nice to see how passionate you are !

[nicolasjoseph]

Would have been nice to get a power reading from the wall with a reader - to get the overall power demand Mat

[maximilianRodriguez]

Why did Leo not do this one? Not complaining, was pretty good overall thanks

[mikepowell]

Mat, great job man - AMD are onto a winner with this - I was trying to shop for a Qualcomm but i might hang fire and see when these get released - sick of hot running laptops

[Austin]

Thanks Mat, was a good review - interesting overview. thanks

[jameyk]

ASUS know how to make good laptops - those OLED screens are amazing - although ive read some issues with some of them long term, mostly the dual screen version

[jameskane]

At least you tested with some games and other apps apart from AI stuff, I quite like that image maker tool, its quite good, but as an overall reason to buy, I am not sold yet