ASUS ZenBook 14 UM425 vs Asus Vivobook Pro 14 OLED (M3401)
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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
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the ASUS ZenBook 14 UM425
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 180 grams less (around 0.4 lbs)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Features a a little bigger (~6%) battery – 67 against 63 watt-hours
- Smaller footprint: 8% more compact case (103.8 vs 112.4 square inches)
Advantages of the Asus Vivobook Pro 14 OLED (M3401)
- Higher screen refresh rate: 90 versus 60 Hz
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Can run popular games at about 29-40% higher FPS
- Around 48% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- 55% sharper screen – 243 versus 157 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Provides 50% higher max. screen brightness: 600 vs 400 nits
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 1.22 kg (2.69 lbs) | 1.4 kg (3.09 lbs) |
Dimensions | 319 x 210 x 15.8 mm 12.56 x 8.27 x 0.62 inches |
317.4 x 228.5 x 18.9-19.2 mm 12.5 x 9 x 0.74-0.76 inches |
Area | 670 cm2 (103.9 inches2) | 725 cm2 (112.5 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~80.6% | ~78.4% |
Side bezels | 4.6 mm | 7.9 mm |
Colors | Silver, Gray | Silver, Blue |
Transformer | No | No |
Opening angle | - | 130° |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Active |
Vapor chamber | No | No |
Number of fans | 1 | 2 |
Noise level (max. load) | 47 dB | 56 dB |
Display
Size | 14 inches | 14 inches |
Type | OLED | OLED |
Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 90 Hz |
PPI | 157 ppi | 243 ppi |
Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:10 |
Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 2880 x 1800 pixels |
HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
Touchscreen | No | No |
Coating | Matte | Matte |
Contrast | 1195:1 | 5486:1 |
sRGB color space | 96.1% | 99.9% |
Adobe RGB profile | 65.9% | 94.7% |
DCI-P3 color gamut | 63.8% | 99.4% |
Response time | 24 ms | 3 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
Replaceable | No | No |
Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
USB Power Delivery | Yes | No |
Charging port position | Left | Right |
Charge power | 65 / 100 W | 90 / 120 W |
Weigh of AC adapter | 214 grams | 480 grams |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 2.1 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 4 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
Cores | 6 | 6 |
Threads | 12 | 12 |
L3 Cache | 8 MB | 16 MB |
Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 7 | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
Fabrication process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
TGP | - | 35 W |
Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
Fabrication process | 12 nm | 8 nm |
GPU base clock | - | 712 MHz |
GPU boost clock | - | 1057 MHz |
FLOPS | 2.822 TFLOPS | 4.32 TFLOPS |
Memory size | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
Memory bus | 64 bit | 128 bit |
Memory speed | ~8-10 Gbps | 12 Gbps |
Shading units (cores) | 896 | 2048 |
Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 56 | 64 |
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 40 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
Channels | 2x4 GB | 2x4 GB |
Clock | 3733 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Type | LPDDR4X | DDR4 |
Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) |
Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 1 | 1 |
NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
Audio chip | Realtek ALC294 | - |
Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Loudness | 83 dB | 75.3 dB |
Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
Bluetooth | v5 | v5 |
Fingerprint | No | Yes |
Optical drive | No | No |
Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1280 x 720 |
USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | 3x USB 3.2 |
USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
Thunderbolt | No | No |
HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 1x HDMI 1.4 |
DisplayPort | No | No |
VGA | No | No |
Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
SD card reader | Yes | Yes |
Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
Keyboard type | Island | Island |
Numpad | No | No |
Backlight | Yes | Yes |
Key travel | 1.4 mm | 1.35 mm |
Surface | Glass | Plastic |
Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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