Asus Zenbook Pro 15 OLED (UM535) vs Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (M3500)
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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 Pro 15 OLED (UM535)
- Features a much bigger (~52%) battery – 96 against 63 watt-hours
- Around 30% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Can run popular games at about 13-18% higher FPS
- Display has support for touch input
Advantages of the Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (M3500)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Easier to carry: weighs 350 grams less (around 0.77 lbs)
- Supports next-generation Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Provides 9% higher max. screen brightness: 600 vs 550 nits
Value for money
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 2 kg (4.41 lbs) | 1.65 kg (3.64 lbs) |
Dimensions | 354 x 238 x 18.0 mm 13.94 x 9.37 x 0.71 inches |
359.8 x 235.3 x 18.9-19.9 mm 14.17 x 9.26 x 0.74-0.78 inches |
Area | 843 cm2 (130.6 inches2) | 847 cm2 (131.2 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~79.7% | ~79.3% |
Side bezels | 4.3 mm | 7.2 mm |
Colors | Gray | Blue |
Material | Aluminum | Plastic |
Transformer | No | No |
Opening angle | 150° | 135° |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Active |
Vapor chamber | No | No |
Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
Noise level (max. load) | 52.8 dB | 48.3 dB |
Display
Size | 15.6 inches | 15.6 inches |
Type | OLED | OLED |
Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
PPI | 141 ppi | 141 ppi |
Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10 |
Sync technology | No | No |
Touchscreen | Yes | No |
Coating | Glossy | Glossy |
Ambient light sensor | No | No |
Contrast | 1000000:1 | 1000000:1 |
sRGB color space | 95.6% | 99.9% |
Adobe RGB profile | 87.3% | 95.8% |
DCI-P3 color gamut | 79.3% | 99.9% |
Response time | 1 ms | 3 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 1:30 hr |
Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
Replaceable | No | No |
Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
USB Power Delivery | No | No |
Charging port position | Right | Right |
Charge power | 150 W | 120 W |
Weight of AC adapter | 408 grams | 450 grams |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 3.2 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 4.4 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
Cores | 8 | 6 |
Threads | 16 | 12 |
L3 Cache | 16 MB | 16 MB |
Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 8 | 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 | 35-50 W | 35-50 W |
Nvidia Optimus | Yes | Yes |
Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
Fabrication process | 8 nm | 8 nm |
GPU base clock | 1140 MHz | 1185 MHz |
GPU boost clock | 1410 MHz | 1417 MHz |
FLOPS | 7.2 TFLOPS | 5.8 TFLOPS |
Memory size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
Memory bus | 128 bit | 128 bit |
Memory speed | 12 Gbps | 12 Gbps |
Shading units (cores) | 2560 | 2048 |
Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 80 | 64 |
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 48 | 40 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
Clock | 4267 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
Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Loudness | 81.1 dB | 79.3 dB |
Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v5 | v6 |
Bluetooth | v5 | v5 |
Fingerprint | No | Optional |
Infrared sensor | Yes | No |
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 | 1x 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 | Yes | Yes |
Input
Keyboard type | Island | Island |
Numpad | Yes | Yes |
Backlight | Yes | Yes |
Key travel | 1.35 mm | 1.35 mm |
Size | 10.5 x 7.3 cm | 13.0 x 7.5 cm |
Surface | - | 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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