Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 GU605CW
Specifications
Primary Camera: 2 MPix
Price comparison
Reviews for the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 GU605CW
Source: Tom's Guide
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 (2025) has all the makings of a stylish, powerful gaming laptop that's worth a second glance, combining the power of Intel Core Ultra 2 with an RTX 5080 in a super sleek, lightweight design with a gorgeous OLED display. But its performance surprisingly falls short, which makes its high price all the more puzzling.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/31/2025
Foreign Reviews
Source: Donga
KO→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/09/2025
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop: A fast graphics card from the Blackwell family for laptops that is based on the GB203 chip and uses 8,192 shaders and 16 GB GDDR7 graphics memory (256-bit graphics bus).
These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Ultra 9 285H: High-end mobile processor based on the Arrow Lake architecture with 16 cores divided into 3 clusters. The 6 fast P-cores clock at up to 5.4 GHz. There are also 8 smaller E-cores with up to 4.5 GHz and 2 small low power cores (same architecture) with up to 2.5 GHz. The SoC integrates a small NPU with 13 TOPS peak performance and supports vPro Enterprise.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
16.00":
15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Asus: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. is a major Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer based in Taipei, founded in 1989. Under the Asus brand name, the company manufactures a wide range of products, including laptops, desktops, motherboards, graphics cards, monitors, smartphones and networking equipment, complete systems and PC components for end users.
Under the ROG (Republic of Gamers) brand name, ASUS manufactures gaming laptops known by gamers for their powerful specifications, dedicated graphics cards, high refresh rate displays and advanced cooling systems.
Beyond gaming, a wide range of notebooks are offered for different needs and budgets, from ultra-slim and lightweight ultrabooks to versatile 2-in-1 convertibles and budget-friendly options. In 2023, Asus had a 7% global market share of the PC market.
Customer satisfaction with ASUS notebooks concerns performance, the features, and the good price-performance ratio of ASUS notebooks. However, as with any brand, there are occasional reports of problems such as overheating, driver compatibility, or build quality issues.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
