Lenovo ThinkBook 15 Gen 3 (AMD) vs ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401
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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 ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401
- Higher screen refresh rate: 144 versus 60 Hz
- Around 2.3x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 100 grams less (around 0.22 lbs)
- Features a much bigger (~69%) battery – 76 against 45 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Much smaller footprint: 15% more compact case (110.5 vs 130 square inches)
- Provides 7% higher max. screen brightness: 320 vs 300 nits
Value for money
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 1.7 kg (3.75 lbs) | 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs) |
Dimensions | 357 x 235 x 18.9 mm 14.06 x 9.25 x 0.74 inches |
324 x 220 x 19.9 mm 12.76 x 8.66 x 0.78 inches |
Area | 839 cm2 (130.1 inches2) | 713 cm2 (110.5 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~73.9% | ~75.8% |
Side bezels | 12.4 mm | 7.1 mm |
Colors | Gray | Black, Silver |
Material | Top: Aluminum Middle: Aluminum |
Aluminum |
Transformer | No | No |
Opening angle | 180° | 145° |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Active |
Vapor chamber | No | No |
Liquid metal | No | - |
Number of fans | 1 | 2 |
Noise level (max. load) | 45.6 dB | 52.7 dB |
Display
Size | 15 inches | 14 inches |
Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 144 Hz |
PPI | 147 ppi | 157 ppi |
Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
Sync technology | No | G-Sync |
Touchscreen | No | No |
Coating | Matte | Matte |
Ambient light sensor | No | Yes |
Contrast | 1200:1 | 845:1 |
sRGB color space | 65% | 92.4% |
Adobe RGB profile | 45% | 67.7% |
DCI-P3 color gamut | 44% | 68.1% |
Response time | - | 31 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
Replaceable | No | No |
Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
Charging port position | Left | Left |
Charge power | 65 W | 180 W |
Weight of AC adapter | 361 grams | 545 grams |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 2.6 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 3.8 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
Cores | 4 | 8 |
Threads | 8 | 16 |
L3 Cache | 4 MB | 16 MB |
Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 6 | 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 | 15 W | 50 W |
Nvidia Optimus | - | Yes |
Type | Integrated | Dedicated |
Fabrication process | 7 nm | 12 nm |
GPU base clock | 0 MHz | 1455 MHz |
GPU boost clock | 1500 MHz | 1590 MHz |
FLOPS | - | 4.884 TFLOPS |
Memory size | System Shared | 6 GB |
Memory type | DDR4 | GDDR6 |
Memory bus | - | 192 bit |
Memory speed | 3.2 Gbps | ~12 Gbps |
Shading units (cores) | 384 | 1536 |
Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 24 | 96 |
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 8 | 48 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
Channels | 2x4 GB | 1x8 GB |
Clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | 2 |
Max. ram size | 40 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 | 1x128 GB | 1x512 GB |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | 1 |
NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
Audio chip | Realtek ALC3287 | - |
Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Power | 2x2W | 2x2.5W |
Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Loudness | 81.7 dB | 77.2 dB |
Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.1 |
Fingerprint | Yes | Optional |
Infrared sensor | No | No |
Optical drive | No | No |
Webcam | Above the display | - |
Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | - |
USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
Thunderbolt | No | No |
HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
DisplayPort | No | No |
VGA | No | No |
Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | No |
SD card reader | Yes | No |
Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
Keyboard type | Island | Island |
Numpad | Yes | No |
Backlight | Yes | Yes |
Key travel | 1.5 mm | - |
Size | 10.5 x 7.0 cm | 10.4 x 6.0 cm |
Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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