Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
Specifications
Primary Camera: 2 MPix
Price comparison
Average of 5 scores (from 19 reviews)
Reviews for the Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
Source: NDTV Gadgets
I'll keep the verdict simple. If you're looking for a compact, lightweight, and powerful laptop that you can game on, the Asus TUF Gaming A14 is very tough not to recommend. It's got a nice display, the battery life is excellent, you can play AAA games on it without any worry, there's plenty of RAM and storage, plenty of ports, and it's super portable.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/09/2024
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 90% workmanship: 80%
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Short, Date: 09/25/2024
Source: Tom's Guide
The Asus TUF Gaming A14 is easily the best 14-inch gaming laptop you can buy, and a solid mid-ranger that makes strategic compromises in all the right places to reduce cost without making it feel any less premium. Throw in the huge CPU bump in power and stamina courtesy of AMD’s new Ryzen AI 9 chipset, and it’s easy to gloss over the small gripes and fall in love with this machine.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/21/2024
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: The Indian Express
The ASUS TUF A14 gaming laptop has been developed to cater to a wide array of needs, making it a great choice for gamers as well as content creators, students, and working professionals. The Taiwanese tech giant has done well in packing the processing capabilities of the Zephyrus lineup into a slightly more affordable 14-inch laptop, thus maintaining portability and hitting the mark in terms of performance. The TUF A14 also stands ready for when those AI updates start being rolled out by developers.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/17/2024
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Hardware Canucks
The new TUF A14 is everything we could possibly want in a gaming laptop but in a smaller form factor. A lot of people might think that the Zephyrus G14 is the best 14" gaming laptop but somehow ASUS has created something even better because when you take the TUF A14 price into account, the value is almost too good to be true. The only question is which version to buy, the Ryzen Ai 9 HX 370 or Ryzen 7 8845HS?
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/14/2024
Source: 91mobiles
The TUF Gaming A14 is a solid alternative to the higher-end ROG Zephyrus G14, offering many of the same features at a lower price point. Although it lacks some premium elements like a metal keyboard deck, RGB lighting, and OLED display options, it compensates with a variety of ports, a comfortable keyboard, and a lightweight build. This makes it ideal for users looking for a subcompact gaming laptop that can also function well for productivity tasks, such as classroom or office work. Having said that, compact gaming laptops continue to be fairly expensive, especially in India. The base model of the TUF Gaming A14 is priced at Rs 1,29,990 (with the older Ryzen 8000 series CPU) while the one I reviewed goes for Rs 1,69,990. Considering it is TUF branded laptop, the price seems on the higher side.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/13/2024
Rating: Total score: 75% performance: 75% display: 65% mobility: 80% workmanship: 75%
Source: Matthew Moniz
Comparison, online available, Medium, Date: 08/10/2024
Source: Tom's Guide
Asus’ 14-inch gaming ambitions get TUF and I think it’s love at first sight — a solid mid-ranger that has more CPU power than the ROG Zephyrus G14, packs a keyboard and touchpad that feel just as good as its more expensive sibling, and makes strategic compromises to reduce cost that don’t make the laptop feel any less premium.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/09/2024
Source: Techradar
The Asus TUF Gaming A16 and A14 are my biggest surprises on the gaming laptop front. As someone who's used TUF laptops for years, seeing a far more aesthetically pleasing redesign is a real treat. And the A14 version, brand new to the series, is particularly impressive. Both have great specs, displays, keyboard and touchpads, and port selections as well, making them well-rounded gaming machines.
Comparison, online available, Medium, Date: 06/05/2024
Source: Unbox
The ASUS TUF A14 and TUF A16 are solid refreshes of the brand’s A-series of gaming laptops, though I’m not entirely sure if the addition of AI will help the brand sell more of these units once they go on sale. No local pricing has been set for either laptop, but expect them to retail lower than the brand’s ROG offerings.
Comparison, online available, Short, Date: 06/05/2024
Foreign Reviews
Source: Tweakers
NL→ENUser Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/19/2024
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: Cowcotland
FR→ENPositive: Beautiful display; decent processor; high performance; good battery life; good cooling and silent system. Negative: Non-expandable RAM; mediocre GPU.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 02/06/2025
Source: Cell Phones
VN→ENPositive: Compact size; light weight; tough device; great display; high performance; long battery life.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/03/2025
Source: Zing
VN→ENPositive: Powerful hardware; great dedicated graphics card; high performance; smart AI features; elegant design; impressive battery life; excellent display.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/24/2024
Source: Cell Phones
VN→ENPositive: Light weight; slim size; powerful hardware; high gaming performance; good cooling system. Negative: Mediocre design; high price.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/05/2024
Source: The Gioididong
VN→ENPositive: Modern design; powerful processor; high performance; beautiful display.
Hands-On, online available, Short, Date: 08/21/2024
Source: Cell Phones
VN→ENPositive: Slim size; light weight; good cooling system; powerful processor; high gaming performance; long battery life.
Hands-On, online available, Medium, Date: 08/20/2024
Source: Jagat Review
ID→ENPositive: Powerful processor; high gaming performance; 32GB RAM; beautiful display; compact size; light weight; long battery life; affordable price. Negative: Overheats while using; small screen.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/27/2024
Source: Laptopmedia CN
zh-CN→ENPositive: Excellent performance; compact size; light weight; powerful CPU Zen 5; great GPU; good connectivity; nice display; comfortable backlit keys; large battery capacity; silent system; solid workmanship; fast SSD storage. Negative: Non-expandable RAM; overheats while using; high price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/25/2024
Comment
NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU: High-end graphics card for laptops based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. Offers 8 GB GDDR6 (128 Bit) and is configurable with a TGP of 35 - 115W (+ Dynamic Boost).
With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370: A powerful Strix Point family processor that debuted in June 2024. The Ryzen AI 9 series APU comes with 12 CPU cores, the 16 CU RDNA 3+ Radeon 890M graphics adapter and the 50 TOPS XDNA 2 neural engine. There is still no PCIe 5 support here and 8 of the CPU cores are slower than the other 4.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
14.00":
There are hardly any tablets in this display size range anymore. For subnotebooks, on the other hand, it is the standard format.
The advantage of subnotebooks is that the entire laptop can be small and therefore easily portable. The smaller display also has the advantage of requiring less power, which further improves battery life and thus mobility. The disadvantage is that reading texts is more strenuous on the eyes. High resolutions are more likely to be found in standard laptops.
» 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.
85%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
