Asus ZenBook S13 OLED UX5304MA
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Average of 6 scores (from 6 reviews)
Reviews for the Asus ZenBook S13 OLED UX5304MA
Source: Make Use Of
The ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED is a compelling ultraportable laptop that excels in design and display. It boasts a sleek, lightweight build and a striking 13.3-inch 3K OLED screen that supports Dolby Vision and covers 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, which makes it ideal for high-quality content consumption. However, its ultra-slim design comes with compromises, notably in thermal management. The laptop can become noticeably loud when handling more demanding applications, as the thin chassis struggles to dissipate heat effectively. Additionally, while it offers solid performance for everyday use with its Intel Core Ultra 7 processor and ample RAM, it may not sustain peak performance under continuous heavy loads.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/14/2024
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Digital Trends
If we weren’t going through one of the most significant transitions in the Windows laptop era ever, the Zenbook S 13 OLED would be a very compelling laptop. It’s a bit too expensive even by those previous standards, given its lesser performance and just decent battery life. But it’s also going to have a bunch of new competition reasonably soon. Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC initiative will start with laptops running Qualcomm’s hyper-efficient chipsets and will end up with much faster (for on-device AI) and more efficient chipsets from Intel and AMD. The Zenbook S 14, for example, has already been announced, which is a full redesign that supports Intel’s next-gen chips — and looks gorgeous. The Zenbook S 13 OLED is a good laptop today and will remain competitive for a few months given potential compatibility issues with Windows on ARM. But anyone who can wait a while to buy a laptop likely should do so.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/13/2024
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: 91mobiles
The ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED’s price tag of Rs 1,31,990 weighs down this lightweight machine I think. There’s enough competition to contend with too, though that 1kg weight could be hard to beat. Otherwise, you could get hold of devices that offer more versatility, such as the HP Envy 14 x360 (review), which is similarly configured, and while it can’t match the Zenbook S 13 OLED’s battery life, it does offer a 120Hz OLED display which is touch enabled and comes with a stylus too. The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i 2024 (review) can offer better performance, but at the cost of battery life. All in all, the ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED has a lot going for it. I just wish it had a touchscreen.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/01/2024
Rating: Total score: 75%
Source: Slashgear
With the Zenbook S13 OLED, Asus is offering an ultrabook that is also functionally rewarding. The build quality is top-notch, the keyboard is amazing, and there is a welcome diversity of I/O ports. It also serves a beautiful OLED screen that is married to perks like 65W fast charging, both of which put the latest MacBook Air to shame. But this machine is not all about slim looks and barely-there heft. The Intel Core Ultra 7 processor holds its own against Apple's venerable M-series processors even at AI workflows. If you are in the market shopping for a slim and light machine, the performance of this Asus laptop won't leave you wanting for more. But there are a few pitfalls to keep in mind, all of which are unfortunately inevitable for Windows-based ultrabooks. When pushed, this sleek laptop runs hot and throttling becomes evident if you're trying to be frugal on the battery. But having tested a healthy bunch of laptops in this segment, I feel the Zenbook S13 OLED (2024) hit the limits of PC engineering finesse.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/26/2024
Rating: Total score: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Tweakers
NL→ENUser Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/05/2024
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: Les Numeriques
FR→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/24/2024
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 60% display: 80% mobility: 100% workmanship: 100%
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Intel Graphics 4-Core: Integrated graphics card based on the Xe LPG architecture (similar to the dedicated Arc GPUs, but with a focus on efficiency). Provides 4 Xe cores (64 Xe vector engines) and 4 ray tracing units.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Ultra 7 155U: A mid-range Meteor Lake chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra processor has come to replace 13th generation Core processors; it has 12 cores (2 + 8 + 2) and 14 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 2, run at up to 4.8 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.8 GHz. The 4-core Intel Arc Graphics, just out of the oven, serves as the integrated graphics adapter - this runs at up to 1.95 GHz - and there is a bevy of other brand-new technologies on offer as well including the integrated AI Boost NPU with two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. This laptop processor's Base power consumption is 15 W, with 57 W being its maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
