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    Asus ROG Zephyrus G14: Ryzen 4000 makes this thin, light laptop a winner

    May 05, 2020 6 minutes
    BY GORDON MAH UNG

    We’ve tested the new ROG Zephyrus G14, which debuts with AMD’s stellar Ryzen 9 4900HS CPU, and we can safely say: Just give Asus your money. This laptop packs a stupid amount of performance into a stupidly small and stupidly light frame.

    To give you an idea of just how impressive this 3.5-pound, Ryzen 4000-based laptop is, you’re talking about a weight class that typically gives you lower-power CPUs and GPUs. Yet the G14 can hang in CPU performance with laptops that weigh 10 pounds.

    Obviously the star of the show is the Ryzen 9 4900HS CPU, which we review in detail separately. But the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 as a whole package is nearly as impressive, so keep reading to find out more.

    SPECS AND FEATURES

    The ROG Zephyrus G14 model we reviewed ($1,450 from Bestbuy.com) has the following configuration:

    CPU: 8-core AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS

    GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q

    RAM: 16GB DDR4/3200 in dual-channel mode

    SSD: 1TB Intel 660P NVMe SSD

    Intel AX600

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