Microsoft Surface Laptop Go vs Asus ZenBook 13 OLED UM325
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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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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
- Display has support for touch input
- Smaller footprint: 7% more compact case (88.7 vs 95.8 square inches)
Advantages of the Asus ZenBook 13 OLED UM325
- Can run popular games at about 121-165% higher FPS
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Around 73% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a much bigger (~72%) battery – 67 against 39 watt-hours
- Backlit keyboard
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.11 kg (2.45 lbs) | 1.14 kg (2.51 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 278.18 x 205.67 x 15.69 mm 10.95 x 8.1 x 0.62 inches |
304.2 x 203 x 13.9 mm 11.98 x 7.99 x 0.55 inches |
| Area | 572 cm2 (88.7 inches2) | 618 cm2 (95.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~80% | ~78.9% |
| Side bezels | 8 mm | 4.9 mm |
| Colors | Silver, Gold, Blue | Silver, Pink |
| Material | Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 140° | 150° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 44.2 dB | 39 dB |
Display
| Size | 12.4 inches | 13.3 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 149 ppi | 166 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1536 x 1024 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
| Sync technology | No | FreeSync |
| Touchscreen | Yes | No |
| Coating | Glossy | Glossy |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Screen space comparison
ZenBook 13 OLED UM325
13.3″ (16:9 ratio) = 75.6 in2
Surface Laptop Go
12.4″ (3:2 ratio) = 71 in2
~6% more screen space
| Contrast | 1222:1 | 7400:1 |
| sRGB color space | 94.4% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 65.7% | 99.7% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 64.4% | 99.5% |
| Response time | 35 ms | 4 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:10 hr | 2:00 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Right | Left |
| Charge power | 39 W | 65 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 218 grams | 216 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.0 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 3.6 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 6 |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics G1 | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 7 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1050 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| FLOPS | 0.5 TFLOPS | 1.6 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory speed | 1.87 Gbps | 3.73 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 256 | 448 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 16 | 28 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 8 | 8 |
| GPU performance | 0.5 TFLOPS | 1.6 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x2 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 1866 MHz | 3733 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Upgradable | No | No |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (2x) |
| Storage type | eMMC | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x64 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Loudness | ~81.5 dB | ~65.2 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5 | v5 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | No |
| Infrared sensor | No | Yes |
| 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 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 3 |
| HDMI | No | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | No | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1.4 mm |
| Size | 10.0 x 6.6 cm | 13.0 x 6.5 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
Further details
Notes on Surface Laptop Go:
- The device has slow eMMC type of storage.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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