Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401 vs Apple MacBook Air 13 (M2, 2022)
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Review
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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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Features a much bigger (~44%) battery – 76 against 52.6 watt-hours
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 32GB) and an SSD
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air 13 (M2, 2022)
- Easier to carry: weighs 360 grams less (around 0.79 lbs)
- MacBook with the Apple M2 chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Thinner bezels and 8% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Provides 67% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 300 nits
- 43% sharper screen – 225 versus 157 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Smaller footprint: 8% more compact case (101.4 vs 110.5 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs) | 1.24 kg (2.73 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 324 x 220 x 19.9 mm 12.76 x 8.66 x 0.78 inches |
304.1 x 215 x 11.3 mm 11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 inches |
| Area | 713 cm2 (110.5 inches2) | 654 cm2 (101.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~75.8% | ~82% |
| Side bezels | 7.1 mm | 5.6 mm |
| Colors | Black, Silver | Silver, Gold, Gray, Blue |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 145° | 130° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Passive |
| Vapor chamber | No | - |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | - |
| Noise level (max. load) | 52.7 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 13.6 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 157 ppi | 225 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 2560 x 1664 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | Adaptive Sync | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
| Contrast | - | 1384:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 99.9% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 87.6% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 98.4% |
| Response time | - | 29 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 2:30 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes, 65 W |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 180 W | 30 / 35 / 67 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 545 grams | 174 / 189 / 250 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.8 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.4 GHz | - |
| Cores | 8 | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 8 | Apple M2 GPU |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 5 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 50 W | 15 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | Yes | - |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 12 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | 1380 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1560 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | 3.2 TFLOPS | 2.9 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 4 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | ~12 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1024 | 1024 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 3.2 TFLOPS | 2.9 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 366 | 270 |
| Solar Bay | - | 6237 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | LPDDR5 |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 1 | - |
| Max. ram size | 32 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | Custom |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 1 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) |
| Power | 2x2.5W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | ~77.2 dB | ~82.7 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | No | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | - | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | - | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 3 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1 mm |
| Size | 10.4 x 6.0 cm | - |
| Surface | Plastic | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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