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Asus Zenbook S 16 review: a stellar, all-rounder of a laptop

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71% Informative

The Zenbook S 16 is one of the first laptops to feature AMD ’s flagship AMD processor.

AMD 's flagship chip is supposed to be faster than Intel and Qualcomm at gaming, content creation, and AI .

It balances day-to-day tasks and power-user features much better than most productivity laptops.

The display has vivid colors and deep contrasts, and it makes this laptop even more stunning.

For creative tasks, like rendering 3D images in Blender , the Zenbook S 16 is faster than every Snapdragon laptop I’ve tested.

AMD ’s top-tier AMD chip is actually slower than the MacBook Pro by several whole minutes in a real-world Blender test.

The Zenbook is unusually bad at estimating its own battery life.

It gets only 11 hours with a large, 78Wh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge was the best Qualcomm machine I tested this summer for its battery life and size.

Despite AMD ’s bold claims, the 15-inch MacBook Air beat the Zenbook on both performance and battery life in my tests.

VR Score

65

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60

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31

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informal

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English

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37

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long-living

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