Dell 14 Premium vs Asus Zenbook A14 (UX3407)

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Review

Evaluation of Dell 14 Premium and Asus Zenbook A14 (UX3407) important characteristics
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)

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61.2
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Value Index
53.7
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Dell 14 Premium
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
  • Can run popular games at about 174-237% higher FPS
  • Around 78% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
  • Features a much bigger (~46%) battery – 70 against 48 watt-hours
  • Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
Advantages of the Asus Zenbook A14 (UX3407)
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port
  • Significantly easier to carry: weighs 760 grams less (around 1.68 lbs)

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 1.66 kg (3.66 lbs) 0.9 kg (1.98 lbs)
Dimensions 320 x 215.97 x 18 mm
12.6 x 8.5 x 0.71 inches
310.7 x 213.9 x 13.4-15.9 mm
12.23 x 8.42 x 0.53-0.63 inches
Area 691 cm2 (107.1 inches2) 665 cm2 (103 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~88.2% ~85.5%
Side bezels 3.8 mm 4.6 mm
Colors Silver, Gray Gray
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Transformer No No
Opening angle - 180°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber Yes No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans - 2
Noise level (max. load) - 42.7 dB

Display

Size 14.5 inches 14 inches
Type IPS LCD OLED
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) No
PPI 156 ppi 162 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support - Yes, HDR10
Sync technology - No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Glossy
Ambient light sensor - Yes
Screen space comparison
14 Premium
14.5″ (16:10 ratio) = 94.5 in2
Zenbook A14 (UX3407)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~7% more screen space
Display tests
Contrast 2000:1 1000000:1
sRGB color space 100% 100%
Adobe RGB profile - 89.6%
DCI-P3 color gamut - 100%
Response time 24 ms 1 ms
Max. brightness
500 nits

Battery

Capacity
Voltage 11.7 V -
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes
Charging port position Left, Right Left
Charge power 60 / 100 W 65 / 90 / 100 W
Weight of AC adapter - 190 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.0 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo frequency 5.1 GHz -
Cores 16 (6P + 10E) 8
Threads 16 8
L3 Cache 24 MB 6 MB
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
Fabrication process 3 nm 4 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14 Premium +49%
15171
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 30 W -
Type Dedicated Integrated
Fabrication process 5 nm 4 nm
GPU base clock - 280 MHz
GPU boost clock - 1250 MHz
FLOPS 7.9 TFLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS
Memory size 6 GB System Shared
Memory type GDDR6 LPDDR5X
Memory bus 96 bit -
Memory speed ~16 Gbps 8.45 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2560 768
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 48
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 24
GPU performance 7.9 TFLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 1930 -
Solar Bay 25091 5375
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x4 GB
Clock 6400 MHz 8448 MHz
Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Upgradable No No

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 1 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip CirrusLogic CS42L43 -
Speakers 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) 2.0
Power 2x2W, 2x2W -
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Loudness - ~82.9 dB
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v7 v7
Bluetooth v5.4 v5.4
Fingerprint Yes No
Infrared sensor Yes Yes
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Ports
USB-A No 1x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 3x USB 4.0 2x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 Thunderbolt 4
HDMI No 1x HDMI 2.1
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 No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel - 1.3 mm
Touchpad
Size 14.9 x 7.4 cm 12.7 x 7.9 cm
Surface Glass Glass
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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