Asus Vivobook S 15 OLED (S5506 / M5506) vs Apple MacBook Air 15 M3 (2024)
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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 Vivobook S 15 OLED (S5506 / M5506)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- Features a bigger (~13%) battery – 75 against 66.5 watt-hours
- Provides 20% higher max. screen brightness: 600 vs 500 nits
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air 15 M3 (2024)
- MacBook with the Apple M3 chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Thinner bezels and 9% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Smaller footprint: 7% more compact case (125.4 vs 135.3 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.5 kg (3.31 lbs) | 1.51 kg (3.33 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 353.6 x 246.9 x 13.9-15.9 mm 13.92 x 9.72 x 0.55-0.63 inches |
340.4 x 237.6 x 11.5 mm 13.4 x 9.35 x 0.45 inches |
| Area | 873 cm2 (135.3 inches2) | 809 cm2 (125.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~76.9% | ~83.9% |
| Side bezels | 4.1 mm | 5.4 mm |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue | Black, Silver, Gold, Gray |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 130° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Passive |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | - |
Display
| Size | 15.6 inches | 15.3 inches |
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 212 ppi | 224 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2880 x 1620 pixels | 2880 x 1864 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Glossy | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | - | Yes |
| Contrast | 1000000:1 | 1422:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 99.9% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 95.2% | 87.8% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 100% | 98.7% |
| Response time | 1 ms | 25 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:05 hr | 2:50 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes, 70 W |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 65 / 90 W | 35 / 70 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 390 grams | 184 / 298 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.2 GHz | 4.05 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | - |
| Cores | 14 (4P + 10E) | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 18 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 18 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (7-Cores) | Apple M3 GPU |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 3 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 28 W | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2200 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| FLOPS | 3.9 TFLOPS | 3.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory bus | - | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 7.47 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 896 | 1280 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 56 | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 24 | 40 |
| GPU performance | 3.9 TFLOPS | 3.5 TFLOPS |
| Blender GPU | - | 148 |
| Solar Bay | - | 12242 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 7467 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (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 | 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~85.1 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | No | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 3 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.7 mm | 1 mm |
| Surface | - | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
Further details
Notes on Vivobook S 15 OLED (S5506 / M5506):
- No Thunderbolt 4 for the AMD version.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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