Asus Zephyrus G14 GA401QM Laptop Review: AMD Still Rules The 14

Asus is doubling down on AMD again by going with its latest Zen 3 Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU instead of an Intel Tiger Lake-H part. This particular processor directly replaces the Ryzen 9 4900HS on last year's Zephyrus G14. The Blade 14 and even smaller ROG Flow X13 are using the slightly different unlocked Ryzen 9 5900HX and 5980HS instead, respectively.

GPU options appear to be fixed at the GeForce RTX 3060 with resizable BAR and no 3070 or 3080 options. The maximum TGP (including Dynamic Boost) is only 80 W compared to 100 W or more on laptops like the Blade 14 or Aorus 17 meaning performance will be slightly slower on our Zephyrus G14. The Max-Q moniker may be gone, but its legacy remains when dealing with these small form factor gaming laptops.

RAM is soldered at 8 GB or 16 GB of DDR4-3200 depending on the SKU with one SODIMM expansion slot.

Our unit was set to Turbo mode via Armoury Crate prior to running any performance benchmarks below for the highest possible scores. Owners should become accustomed with the Armoury Crate software as key features like fan control, lighting, and performance are all toggled here.

Asus has confirmed with us that the system utilizes liquid metal thermal paste for the CPU.