Gigabyte Aero 15 OLED (Intel 11th Gen) vs ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 GA503
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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 Gigabyte Aero 15 OLED (Intel 11th Gen)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Can run popular games at about 30-41% higher FPS
- Around 14% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Features a a little bigger (~10%) battery – 99 against 90 watt-hours
- 100% sharper screen – 282 versus 141 pixels per inch (PPI)
Advantages of the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 GA503
- Higher screen refresh rate: 144 versus 60 Hz
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 100 grams less (around 0.22 lbs)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 2 kg (4.41 lbs) | 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs) |
Dimensions | 356 x 250 x 19.9 mm 14.02 x 9.84 x 0.78 inches |
355 x 243 x 19.9 mm 13.98 x 9.57 x 0.78 inches |
Area | 890 cm2 (138 inches2) | 863 cm2 (133.8 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~75.4% | ~77.8% |
Side bezels | 5.3 mm | 4.8 mm |
Colors | Black | White, Black |
Transformer | No | No |
Opening angle | - | 180° |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Active |
Vapor chamber | No | No |
Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
Noise level | 60 dB | 51 dB |
Display
Size | 15.6 inches | 15.6 inches |
Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 144 Hz |
PPI | 282 ppi | 141 ppi |
Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
Resolution | 3840 x 2160 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
Touchscreen | No | No |
Coating | Glossy (Antireflective) | Matte |
Contrast | 11000:1 | - |
sRGB color space | 100% | 62.3% |
Adobe RGB profile | 99.5% | 47.3% |
DCI-P3 color gamut | 99.9% | - |
Response time | 2 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
Voltage | 15.2 V | - |
Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
Replaceable | No | No |
Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
Charging port position | Right | Left |
Charge power | 230 W | 180 / 200 W |
Weigh of AC adapter | 720 gramm | 490 gramm |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 1.9-2.3 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 4.6 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Threads | 16 | 16 |
L3 Cache | 24 MB | 16 MB |
Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
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 | 105 W | 60-75 W |
Nvidia Optimus | Yes | Yes |
Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
Fabrication process | 8 nm | 8 nm |
GPU base clock | 1305 MHz | 1350 MHz |
GPU boost clock | 1642 MHz | 1598 MHz |
FLOPS | 12.6 TFLOPS | 8.2 TFLOPS |
Memory size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
Memory bus | 192 bit | 128 bit |
Memory speed | 14 Gbps | 12 Gbps |
Shading units (cores) | 3840 | 2560 |
Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 120 | 80 |
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 48 | 48 |
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 | 48 GB |
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 | 1x512 GB |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | 2 |
NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
Audio chip | Realtek ALC255 | Realtek ALC289 |
Speakers | 2.0 | 2.2 |
Power | 2x2W | 2x2W, 2x2W |
Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Loudness | 75 dB | 78 dB |
Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5.1 |
Fingerprint | Yes | Optional |
Optical drive | No | No |
Webcam | Below the display | - |
Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | - |
USB-A | 3x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
USB Type-C | 1x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 3.2 |
Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
DisplayPort | 1x v1.4 | No |
VGA | No | No |
Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | Yes |
SD card reader | Yes | Yes |
Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
Keyboard type | Island | Island |
Numpad | Yes | No |
Backlight | Yes | Yes |
Key travel | 1.6 mm | - |
Size | - | 13.0 x 8.5 cm |
Surface | - | Plastic |
Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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