Samsung Galaxy Book 5 vs Asus Vivobook S 16 (S5608)
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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
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Samsung Galaxy Book 5
- Features a bigger (~22%) battery – 61.2 against 50 watt-hours
- Smaller footprint: 7% more compact case (126 vs 135.6 square inches)
Advantages of the Asus Vivobook S 16 (S5608)
- Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Around 24% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.55 kg (3.42 lbs) | 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 356.6 x 228 x 15.1 mm 14.04 x 8.98 x 0.59 inches |
352 x 248.7 x 14.9-16.9 mm 13.86 x 9.79 x 0.59-0.67 inches |
| Area | 813 cm2 (126.1 inches2) | 875 cm2 (135.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.5% | ~84.8% |
| Side bezels | 5.6 mm | 3.7 mm |
| Colors | Silver, Gray | Gray, Blue |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 130° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | - |
Display
| Size | 15.6 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 141 ppi | 142 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | No | - |
Screen space comparison
Vivobook S 16 (S5608)
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
Galaxy Book 5
15.6″ (16:9 ratio) = 104 in2
~10% more screen space
| Contrast | - | 1000000:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 100% |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 45 W | 68 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 158 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.5 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.8 GHz | - |
| Cores | 12 (2P + 10E) | 8 |
| Threads | 14 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 6 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 14 W | - |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 280 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2 TFLOPS | 1.9 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 8.4 Gbps | 8.45 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 768 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 48 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 24 |
| GPU performance | 2 TFLOPS | 1.9 TFLOPS |
| Solar Bay | - | 5308 |
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 8400 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 | 2 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | No |
| Infrared sensor | No | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| 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 | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | Yes |
| Backlight | Optional | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1.7 mm |
| Surface | Plastic | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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