ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED Review: Unique Design, Powerful Performance for Creative Work

To meet the flexible and efficient work needs for graphic tasks, ASUS has introduced the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED. This laptop not only boasts powerful performance but also is optimized for creative work. So, what's new with ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED? How powerful is ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED's performance? How long does ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED's battery last? Let's review ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED to learn more about the device!

Note: This article references content and images from NotebookCheck and the YouTube channel Teoh on Tech.

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ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED: Exquisite Design, Optimized for All Tasks

Inheriting the essence of the Zenbook series, our ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED boasts a design inspired by ASUS's 'Zen' philosophy. Its concentric circles meticulously carved using CNC technology create a matte back surface, enhancing resistance to fingerprint and sweat stains that can adversely affect the device's appearance. Moreover, the device looks youthful and masculine with its sleek edges, combined with the familiar ASUS 'A' logo integrated with RGB LED lighting, making it visually appealing and increasing brand recognition.

At the edges of the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X Pro, reinforced by extremely durable metal, lie the connectivity hubs, including: 1 USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 port, 2 Thunderbolt 4-supported USB-C ports, 1 HDMI 2.0 port, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a MicroSD card reader. Whether you're a multimedia creative, a gamer, or simply handling regular office tasks, the number of connectivity ports on this laptop can suffice well. Alternatively, if you prefer the utmost convenience, specialized USB hubs are also available for support.

Not only the edges, but the entire chassis of the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is crafted from aluminum alloy, providing the device with a sturdy, durable exterior to mitigate unwanted damages during usage. Furthermore, weighing approximately 2.40 kg, although relatively heavy compared to Zenbook's tradition, the device is relatively slim with a thickness of only around 1.78 cm, making it quite easy to carry around in a bag for work or entertainment purposes.

In this new Zenbook generation, ASUS brings a unique design approach to the machine's keyboard system. Specifically, when opening the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED, the keyboard system and screen will be raised about 2 cm at the back. According to ASUS, this is the 'AAS Ultra Cooling' system, increasing airflow by 30%, ensuring better hardware cooling and providing users with a more ergonomic typing position.

As stated by the author of the article on NotebookCheck, the plus point of this new design style of the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is that despite its complex folding mechanism, users can easily open it with just one hand, and the screen gives a floating feeling when the stand is only a few millimeters away when opened. However, this unique new mechanism also comes with drawbacks, as screen wobbling often occurs, and the raised keyboard may sometimes attract dust, which could gradually affect the cooling performance and lifespan of internal components.

Regarding input systems, the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED features a tenkeyless keyboard with a fairly deep key travel and good feedback, while also causing less wrist fatigue during long typing sessions due to the raised keyboard. Moreover, the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is equipped with RGB backlighting on each key, allowing users to operate easily in low-light environments and enhancing the workspace aesthetically.

As for the touchpad, the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED retains the traditional touchpad design of the Zenbook series with a sufficiently large size and smooth surface, providing comfortable use even for users with large hands. Additionally, the touchpad of the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is equipped with a numeric keypad, extremely convenient for those who frequently work with numerical data.

Furthermore, the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is equipped with a rotating knob called ASUS Dial, refined into a touch-sensitive button, making it relatively easy to use, enhancing user productivity in common input applications or graphic design on Adobe software such as Photoshop, Lightroom, thanks to a radial menu with customizable settings or specialized tools. However, since the ASUS Dial has been refined into a touch-sensitive form, sometimes it can be troublesome during input, so when not needed, users can disable this dial in the ProArt Creator Hub application.

ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED delivers sharp display, efficient graphics work

In terms of display capability, our ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is equipped with a 16-inch screen with 4K resolution (3,840 x 2,400 pixels), using an OLED panel to deliver highly detailed images, excellent contrast, and vibrant color reproduction. Additionally, the 16-inch display of the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is designed in a NanoEdge borderless form, making the overall device visually appealing and compact despite its large display area.

Moreover, the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED utilizes OLED panel which can not only deliver vibrant colors but also high brightness. To provide specific color and brightness specifications, NotebookCheck's reviewer used the X-Rite i1Pro 2 device and the results were highly impressive. Specifically, the OLED display of the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED achieves 99.84% DCI-P3 color coverage and 99.99% sRGB color coverage, ensuring accurate color reproduction and efficient support for graphic design, 3D design, and more.

Furthermore, the display of the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED reaches a maximum brightness of up to 360 nits, a very convenient figure for users to use in certain lighting conditions. However, if the environmental light source is too strong, reflections may still occur, sometimes significantly affecting the user experience.

To effectively serve creative work, the screen of the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED also supports multi-touch functionality, allowing users to easily use the device with various stylus touch pens for graphic design. Additionally, the OLED screen of this laptop is certified by TÜV Rheinland for reducing up to 70% of blue light, helping prevent eye fatigue and minimizing macular damage from prolonged computer screen usage.

The ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED delivers powerful performance to meet all tasks.

Before diving into the hardware review, let's quickly go over some hardware specs of the ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 OLED for your reference!

• Main Display: 16-inch size, OLED panel, 4K resolution (3,840 x 2,400 pixels).
• CPU: Intel Core i9-12900H, up to 5.0 GHz max turbo frequency.
• GPU: Intel Xe Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060.
• RAM: 32 GB LPDDR5 onboard.
• Storage Capacity: 1 TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD.
• Operating System: Windows 11 Home.
• Battery: 4-cell Li-ion, 96 Wh.

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Being a premium laptop model tailored for creative work, the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is equipped with cutting-edge hardware, featuring the Core i9-12900H processor from Intel's Blue team. This is one of the most powerful chips available today with 14 processing cores, including 6 high-performance cores and 8 power-efficient cores, capable of reaching a maximum turbo frequency of 5.0 GHz, ensuring optimal and flexible performance for various tasks, heavy or light, to deliver the smoothest experiences.

Moreover, the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is also equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graphics chip, providing outstanding graphics processing performance, allowing the device to handle tasks such as graphic design, high-quality video rendering, or efficient 3D design. Additionally, the RTX 3060 of the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is equipped with Max-Q technology to achieve optimal performance, delivering top-notch gaming experiences to users.

To assess the performance of the Intel Core i9-12900H chip and the RTX 3060 graphics chip in the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED, the reviewer at NotebookCheck conducted performance tests using software such as PCMark 10 and the 3DMark software suite. The results are as follows:

In addition to synthetic tests, the author used the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED for 3D video rendering with Blender software and also played some AAA titles with varying graphics settings.

When rendering with Blender, using the OPTIX/RTX setting for 3D modeling with Ray Tracing simulation, the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED can handle rendering in 37 seconds, which is 4 seconds longer compared to a laptop with a dedicated GPU for graphics like the MSI Creator Z16P. Meanwhile, with rendering settings relying on the CUDA cores of the graphics card, rendering time can extend up to 62 seconds.

In gaming tasks, the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED can deliver up to 111 FPS for The Witcher 3 at high graphics quality and Full HD+ resolution, while at ultra graphics quality, the device can only achieve an average of 70 FPS. Additionally, other popular titles such as Dota 2 Reborn and GTA V also show relatively impressive frame rates even though the author set the graphics level to the highest for each game.

ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED battery can provide over 12 hours of usage

Apart from the new design and powerful configuration, battery life is also a factor that many users consider when choosing a laptop, especially for a high-performance device with a sleek design like the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED. According to the manufacturer's specifications, the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is equipped with a battery capacity of up to 96 Wh, a quite impressive figure in today's market. With this battery capacity, how long can our laptop last?

According to the assessment by NotebookCheck's reviewer, when ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is in standby mode with the lowest brightness and Wi-Fi turned off, the device can last approximately 12 hours and 43 minutes. For web browsing tasks, with the screen brightness set to medium, the device can continuously operate for about 8 hours and 52 minutes, and this number decreases to 6 hours and 28 minutes when web browsing with maximum screen brightness. Finally, for heavy file downloading tasks with maximum screen brightness, ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED can only last about 2 hours and 33 minutes.

The reason why ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED consumes maximum power for file downloading tasks is quite understandable. At this time, the system will push the performance of the Intel Core i9-12900H chip to high levels to meet connections and smooth transmission. Moreover, being equipped with a discrete graphics card also consumes a significant amount of power even when the device is idle or in standby mode. Therefore, I recommend using a charger when running heavy tasks to ensure the device operates for long periods, stably, and optimally.

Conclusion

In the Vietnamese market, ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is priced at a suggested retail price starting from 79.99 million VND for the lowest storage capacity version. Personally, I find this price to be quite high but very deserving for a laptop with flexible design, powerful performance, and a promising OLED screen that will serve well for graphic needs or even satisfy the gaming passion of some users.

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