Eluktronics MECH 15 G3 vs Asus ROG Strix G17 Advantage Edition
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Performance
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Gaming
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Display
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Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
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Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Eluktronics MECH 15 G3
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 900 grams less (around 1.98 lbs)
- Features a a little bigger (~4%) battery – 94 against 90 watt-hours
- Much smaller footprint: 18% more compact case (142 vs 172.7 square inches)
Advantages of the Asus ROG Strix G17 Advantage Edition
- Around 8% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) | 3 kg (6.62 lbs) |
Dimensions | 359.6 x 254.7 x 23.8 mm 14.16 x 10.03 x 0.94 inches |
395 x 282 x 23.4 mm 15.55 x 11.1 x 0.92 inches |
Area | 916 cm2 (142 inches2) | 1114 cm2 (172.6 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~73.3% | ~74.1% |
Side bezels | 7.1 mm | 6 mm |
Colors | Black | Black |
Transformer | No | No |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Active |
Vapor chamber | No | Yes |
Number of fans | 2 | 3 |
Noise level | 52.7 dB | - |
Display
Size | 15.6 inches | 17.3 inches |
Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 165 Hz |
PPI | 188 ppi | 170 ppi |
Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
Resolution | 2560 x 1440 pixels | 2560 x 1440 pixels |
HDR support | No | No |
Touchscreen | No | No |
Coating | Matte | Matte |
sRGB color space | 100% | - |
Adobe RGB profile | 77% | - |
DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 100% |
Response time | 7 ms | 3 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
Replaceable | No | No |
Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
USB Power Delivery | - | Yes |
Charging port position | Bottom | Bottom |
Charge power | 230 W | 280 W |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 3.2 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 4.4 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Threads | 16 | 16 |
L3 Cache | 16 MB | 16 MB |
Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 8 | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
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 | 140 W | 145 W |
Nvidia Optimus | MUX | AMD Switchable Graphics |
Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
Fabrication process | 8 nm | 7 nm |
GPU base clock | 1310 MHz | 2116 MHz |
GPU boost clock | 1725 MHz | 2390 MHz |
FLOPS | 17.5 TFLOPS | 16.4 TFLOPS |
Memory size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
Memory bus | 256 bit | 192 bit |
Memory speed | 14 Gbps | ~16 Gbps |
Shading units (cores) | 5120 | 2560 |
Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 160 | 160 |
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 80 | 64 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
Channels | 1x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
Clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | 2 |
Max. ram size | 64 GB | 32 GB |
Storage
Storage size
Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) |
Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x512 GB |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | 2 |
NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Loudness | 89 dB | - |
Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.1 |
Fingerprint | No | No |
Optical drive | No | No |
Webcam | Above the display | - |
Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | - |
USB-A | 3x USB 3.1 | 3x USB 3.2 |
USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.1 | 1x USB 3.2 |
Thunderbolt | No | No |
HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
DisplayPort | No | No |
VGA | No | No |
Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | Yes |
SD card reader | Yes | No |
Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
Keyboard type | Mechanical | Island |
Numpad | Yes | Yes |
Backlight | Yes | Yes |
Key travel | 2 mm | - |
Surface | - | Plastic |
Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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