Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024) GA403 vs Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-42)
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Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024) GA403
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 1150 grams less (around 2.54 lbs)
- Can run popular games at about 84-115% higher FPS
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Performs significantly better (up to 92%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Thinner bezels and 13% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Around 24% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Better webcam recording quality
- 71% sharper screen – 243 versus 142 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 32% more compact case (106 vs 156.2 square inches)
Advantages of the Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-42)
- Higher screen refresh rate: 165 versus 120 Hz
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Features a bigger (~23%) battery – 90 against 73 watt-hours
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 32GB)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.5 kg (3.31 lbs) | 2.65 kg (5.84 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 311 x 220 x 15.9-16.3 mm 12.24 x 8.66 x 0.63-0.64 inches |
360.1 x 279.9 x 27.9 mm 14.18 x 11.02 x 1.1 inches |
| Area | 684 cm2 (106 inches2) | 1008 cm2 (156.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~83.1% | ~73.6% |
| Side bezels | 4.8 mm | 7.8 mm |
| Colors | White, Gray | Black |
| Material | Aluminum | Plastic |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 135° | 165° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | Yes | No |
| Liquid metal | Yes | Yes |
| Number of fans | 3 | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 46.2 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 165 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 243 ppi | 142 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2880 x 1800 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Sync technology | Adaptive Sync | G-Sync |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Glossy | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | No | No |
Screen space comparison
Nitro 16 (AN16-42)
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024) GA403
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~30% more screen space
| Contrast | 1000000:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 100% | - |
| Adobe RGB profile | 89.9% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 100% | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | 7 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:40 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Bottom |
| Charge power | 100 / 180 W | 230 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 559 / 578 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 4.0 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5.2 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 780M | Radeon 760M |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 90 W | - |
| Nvidia Optimus | MUX | Yes, Advanced Optimus |
| Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| GPU base clock | 1785 MHz | - |
| GPU boost clock | 2130 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | 10.9 TFLOPS | 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 96 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | ~16 Gbps | ~12 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 2560 | 2048 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 80 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 40 |
| GPU performance | 10.9 TFLOPS | 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 2314 | 867 |
| Solar Bay | 33697 | 17693 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 6400 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 32 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 2 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 2.0 |
| Power | 4x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Loudness | ~84.7 dB | - |
| Microphones | 3 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.2 |
| Fingerprint | No | No |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1280 x 720 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 4x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | No | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | Yes |
| SD card reader | Yes | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.7 mm | 1.4 mm |
| Size | 12.7 x 8.0 cm | - |
| Surface | Glass | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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