ASUS ZenBook 14 UX435 vs ZenBook 13 OLED UM325
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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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Key Differences
Advantages of the ASUS ZenBook 14 UX435
- Can run popular games at about 85-116% higher FPS
- Thinner bezels and 8% higher screen-to-body ratio
Advantages of the ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325
- Around 40% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Features a a little bigger (~6%) battery – 67 against 63 watt-hours
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
Value for money
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 1.19 kg (2.62 lbs) | 1.14 kg (2.51 lbs) |
Dimensions | 319 x 199 x 16.9 mm 12.56 x 7.83 x 0.67 inches |
304.2 x 203 x 13.9 mm 11.98 x 7.99 x 0.55 inches |
Area | 635 cm2 (98.3 inches2) | 618 cm2 (95.7 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~85.1% | ~78.9% |
Side bezels | 4.6 mm | 4.9 mm |
Colors | White, Gray | Silver, Pink |
Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
Transformer | No | No |
Opening angle | 150° | 150° |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Active |
Vapor chamber | No | No |
Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
Noise level (max. load) | 41.6 dB | 39 dB |
Display
Size | 14 inches | 13.3 inches |
Type | IPS LCD | OLED |
Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
PPI | 157 ppi | 166 ppi |
Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
Sync technology | No | FreeSync |
Touchscreen | No | No |
Coating | Matte | Glossy |
Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Contrast | 897:1 | 7400:1 |
sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
Adobe RGB profile | - | 99.7% |
DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 99.5% |
Response time | 33 ms | 4 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
Voltage | 11.6 V | - |
Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 2:00 hr |
Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
Replaceable | No | No |
Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
Charging port position | Left | Left |
Charge power | 65 W | 65 W |
Weight of AC adapter | 215 grams | 216 grams |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 0.9-2.4 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4 GHz |
Cores | 4 | 6 |
Threads | 8 | 12 |
L3 Cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
Fabrication process | 10 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 | 12 W | 10-45 W |
Nvidia Optimus | Yes | - |
Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
Fabrication process | 12 nm | 7 nm |
GPU base clock | - | 300 MHz |
GPU boost clock | - | 1600 MHz |
FLOPS | 2.822 TFLOPS | 1.108 TFLOPS |
Memory size | 2 GB | System Shared |
Memory type | GDDR6 | LPDDR4X |
Memory bus | 64 bit | - |
Memory speed | ~8-10 Gbps | 3.73 Gbps |
Shading units (cores) | 896 | 448 |
Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 56 | 28 |
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 7 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
Channels | 2x4 GB | 1x8 GB |
Clock | 3733 MHz | 3733 MHz |
Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
Upgradable | No | No |
Total slots | - | 2 |
Storage
Storage size
Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (2x) |
Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x512 GB |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 1 | 1 |
NVMe | Yes | No |
Sound
Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Loudness | 58 dB | 65.2 dB |
Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
Bluetooth | v5 | v5 |
Fingerprint | No | No |
Infrared sensor | Yes | 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 | 1x USB 3.2 |
USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 3 |
HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
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 | No |
Input
Keyboard type | Island | Island |
Numpad | No | No |
Backlight | Yes | Yes |
Key travel | 1.35 mm | 1.4 mm |
Size | - | 13.0 x 6.5 cm |
Surface | Glass | Glass |
Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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