Asus Zephyrus G14 vs G16 vs 2023 G14 - Which Laptop is Best in 2024?
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Three of the best Zephyrus laptops from Asus go head to head! Which one do you think is best? I wanted to give my take on how I felt about these gaming laptops, especially the 2024 Zephyrus G14, which this can be considered the official review for. We're looking at specs, availability, design, display, performance, battery life, and much more!
Link to buy the 2024 ROG Zephyrus G16 from Asus: tidd.ly/4dREcks
Link to buy the 2024 ROG Zephyrus G14 from Asus: tidd.ly/3xF4FkQ
Link to buy the 2023 ROG Zephyrus G14 from Asus: tidd.ly/462L7Ut
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
4:40 Displays
6:06 G14 Display Nitpick
9:25 Overall Design
12:11 Speakers and Fan Noise
17:07 Thermals and Wattage
22:58 Software - Quick Overview
25:13 Battery - They're all GOOD
26:34 For Creators
28:16 Gaming Benchmarks
32:20 Final Thoughts - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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My g16 4090 is my favorite laptop I've ever owned, huge fan of the older g15, and the scars, had them all, but this G16 has ticked every box. Trackpad, speakers, screen, battery life (holy shit), gaming performance, portability, I mean damn. This is it. 🎉
@@jesf570 it’s a beast!
G14 4080 2023 with Mini LED is the unicorn but unfortunately just as rare
@@exar8355 yeah I don’t even know where you can get that model if you’re in the US
regarding the prices, i'd rather get the oled instead😅
I think it's available in India, oddly, but possibly nowhere else. (And a wonderful video, as always!)
We got it here in Canada for $3699 LOL
@@exar8355 That's the thing it didn't make sense here for most buyers since there are more moderate gamers and the price was too high.
Couldn't agree more on the RAM options! At this price point, they should come with 32GB, or at least unconventional 24GB. (Damn that laptop speaker music is such a bop!)
Perfect timing. Want to pull for either(except for the 2024 g14) this week
You helped me finally settle on getting a G14 for college. Thanks for the amazing review!
Hell yeah man another video from you is another great day! I can't wait to see more reviews and videos! Also I know you probably think it's lame but if you could review the Asus Scar Strix 2024 I would appreciate it I really wanna buy it but you're the only reviewer I really trust with my purchases
Thank you!! I've considered the Scar. They aren't my favorite laptop, but if I find one on sale much cheaper or something I might scoop it up.
Man, I started watching laptop reviews when I had to buy a laptop in February. I bought a g14 2023 4060 then (for a grand on bestbuy). But didn’t stop watching reviews since then for some reason :) Just Josh, canucks, dave2d, Jarrod (sometimes) and you. Gradually I got bored with this topic, but man, I was waiting for your g14 2024 review so bad. There is something both entertaining and inspiring in the videos you do, keep it up, bro. Wish you will start doing it fulltime. P.S. I plan to upgrade to either g14 2024 4070 or the new px13 (hope to see your take on it).
That makes me happy to hear that you find the reviews entertaining. Definitely something I'm trying to do is differentiate myself from your average laptop/tech reviewer so that means a lot! I will definitely try to get my hands on a px13 as well. Thank you!
Amazing video as always thanks again!
Best review btw keep it up thank you
@@ReviewThisTestThat thank you!’
Nice video
Would you mind review HP omen transcend 14 🙏🏼
Love your videos man
@@nishomzawan5196 thanks!!
I watched your G16 video and it helped me pull the trigger on an open box 2024 G14 1TB yesterday. However, I'm coming from a MBP from 2012 and have gotten really used to the Macbook feel. I travel a lot and would game occasionally on it since I have a 3080 desktop at home. Do you have any experience running games on the newer MBP via Crossover, Whiskey, etc?
Your reviews are so well done! I can see your channel growing to 100k+ subscribers in no time!
New MBP uses ARM CPUs, very different if you care about gaming.
Macbook displays shows ghost effects though, if you're sensitive to that.
Awesome review as usual Josh! I feel the G16 4090 is better than 2023 g14 in almost everything:
- Thinner laptop
- Bigger screen while weight increase by only 200 grams !!!
- Fan noise and thermals
- Better battery
- Oled screen
- Better chasis and design
- Larger touchpad
the 2023 is better for the RAM and a negligible fraction of FPS, and smaller chassis in XY dimensions naturally.
I feel kinda bad I didn't wait for the 2024 G16.
It’s so beautiful. The g16. Hope next year they do miniled but not sure if they r on the oled wagon already
Yeah I'm genuinely curious where they'll go with this now. For the first year with this design they knocked it out of the park. Very excited for what 2025 holds!
This is, for me, the new gold standard for laptop reviews. Brilliant video
I have the G16 and the screen wobble is totally fine, some reviewers defo showed a bad wobble but i have none. Great review mate
@@Corko11 agreed! Thank you 🙂
Love your video man, Its great.
I am stuck between G16 and the strix scar 16 2024 model in terms of display, The new scar has over 2000 dimming zones.
Is there a visible image quality difference between an oled and a mini led ?
What do you recommend overall bro, I really need to make a decision.
Thanks.
Yeah that's a tough one! Those are two VERY different laptops in terms of performance and thickness/battery. The mini-LED will of course be brighter and I've heard the 2,000 dimming zones has made blooming even more hard to notice. Some people have told me they don't really see it at all. So for brightness the Scar wins. The OLED will still always have more "perfect" contrast in comparison, but just won't be nearly as bright. And of course the G16 is a much thinner and lighter laptop with good battery life, while the Scar is a thicc powerhouse with lower battery life.
Appreciate it man,
going with G16 on this one.
Again thanks a lot for your genuine reviews.
What are your thoughts on the upcoming AMD variant of the G16 that’s dropping soon? What use case could you see that being a good choice over the G14 or G16 Intel variant?
If it has better battery life then it may be worthwhile, or significantly improved performance. I personally think it'll be maybe 10-15% more powerful than the Intel Core Ultra and I'm not sure how it's going to do with battery life. It might even be worse with it having more cores now, but we'll see! It's supposed to release around July 15th.
Hi
Great review. But I'm sensitive to screen flicker. I've heard the OLED has PWM under 60%.
But uses DC dimming above 60%. I'm unfamiliar with that technology, could you plesase explain, it would be a big help.
Thank you
Oh shoot I keep forgetting to mention DC dimming. Thanks to G-Helper, you can use DC dimming all the way to 0%! It uses software brightness/gamma settings to reduce the brightness of the display instead of relying on PWM. So the only downside is that below 60% you might not get the most "accurate" gamma, but the tradeoff is probably worth it to not experience PWM.
I would recommend that anyone looking to buy one go to a store and get some hands on time. I was convinced I'd want one (Zeph G16) from all the reviews, however, I found the build quality, the touch and feel of the device very 'consumer grade', if I can put it that way. Coming from a Dell Precision 7740 and a Surface 5 Pro, I found it very cheap feeling compared to those, let alone a Macbook. Not saying its a technically bad device, but it doesn't feel as premium as it looks in the review videos. Maybe that's not important to you at that price point, but for some it is, so do yourself a favour and go have a look in person 🙂
Been waiting for this, I'm about to buy one G14 2024 4060 but worry so much about thermal and OLED burn in. Any suggestion?
@@directorz236 I think as long as you take precautions for basic OLED care then you can probably go through the whole life of the laptop without experiencing burn-in. They use an S-stripe subpixel layout, which is the best for preventing burn-in. Obviously I can’t guarantee it won’t happen, but it’s certainly one of the better panels.
Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 seem to be absolute home runs, I can't remember the last time I saw so much positivity across the board surround windows laptops.
13:01 😂😂😂😂😂the track😂😂
Amazing video!
@@calvinn866 thank you!
A great comparison!
What about quality control issues? Some reviewers pointed out wobbly touchpad with unsatisfying clicks on G16.
In these thin high-performance laptops, I would also like to see the battery temperature under load, which decreases the longevity of the battery, and the SSD temperature under load, which may cause throttling.
I will consider adding those things in the future! But yes, qc issues seem to be sort of rare, but the most common one is definitely the trackpad on the G16. I have seen quite a few people now with the weird click like what mine had :(
Amazing videos man!
Hey question here - i'm using g16 2024 with 4090 with Ghelper:
Can I use my laptop connected to a 32" monitor whilst it being closed without damaging the screen long term?
@@thomasbitsch5488 most of the exhaust comes out the back of the laptop so it should be fine. Personally I would leave it open just because I’m paranoid though 🤣
Yeah i thought so too lol! Im also paranoid! I Actually bought a really cool laptop stand where its suppose to hold my pc vertical with the lid closed - and on this specefic stand i can open the lid too, making room for that extra bit of suction that the pc needs from the keyboard.
@@JoshCravesTech Thanks a lot for the answer.
@@thomasbitsch5488 Yep, better safe than sorry! Lol
I bought the Lenovo Legion 5 Slim OLED because it was half the price in my location as the G14 with a 4060. Next year, I’ll definitely get a G16 with a 5090 (whenever it’s released in these laptops), but now I’m extremely satisfied with the Legion.
Nice! That is also a great laptop. G16 with a 5090 is gonna go crazy though 100%.
That 1800p is needed for perfect scaling of 200%....Rather than fractional scaling of 150% or 175% which cause images or text to blur in some apps.So The Choice of display is good actually.
Wouldn't 200% need to be 4K? Or am I missing something? 1080 * 2 = 2160p. Also idk if it's just me but I haven't experienced scaling issues on Windows in years personally. Not something I look into much so maybe it's still a thing.
In this display's case the efective resolution we are getting is 1440x900 but multiplied by 2=2880*1800...this achieves perfect scaling without blurring/missing pixel edges,kinda like how apple does to it's retina displays. It's much more clearer than fractional scaling. We can always play in lower resolution to increase FPS,but this is just more important for productivity apps.
I have the 2023 G14 with the 4070. I found that enabling dGPU only mode through nvidia control panel gave me way more power (sustained) to the gpu, while lowering cpu a tad. I got 13,000 on time spy for graphics and 11,402 for cpu
That laptop speakers test song had me cracking up
What do you mean? Are they bad?
bro, there is an actual difference between these marketing review and yours.... BIG UPP
Thanks!
@@JoshCravesTechDoes the g14 2023 feel like a premium and sturdy monolithic laptop when compared to the g14 2024?
Some wrote that the G14 2024 has a very soft lid and bottom, comparing it to the bottom of beer cans. And they concluded that it would be better to have a plastic bottom than such thin metal. The MacBook is much thicker and more durable.
By the way, if you have seen the G14 2022-2023 in gray and white - which one looks more premium, especially regarding the prismatic back? I don't have a chance to see them before purchasing. White looks nice, but it seems like it can be a big contrast and distracting when working. Thank you.
@@e0236 it’s definitely a somewhat thinner metal but it still feels very sturdy on the 2024 model. With how lightweight it is though, I’d almost say the 2023 is more “tanky”. Like I’d trust that one to take a fall pretty well because of how thick the magnesium alloy is. Hard to pick though because I really think both are plenty sturdy enough! To me the white looks better but the gray is more “business” if that’s your thing.
13:03 bro, amazing song for testing the laptop loudspeaker 😮 where do I get it?
Sure thing! Just saved it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1KmCq7bqXQ7Ge10znEAddZEWcD_7yPOSC/view?usp=sharing
@@JoshCravesTech oh bro... Thank you a lot ❤️
Yay new video
Waiting to see how the Strix Point G16 will be
@@McDowell666 same!
Hey Josh honest question: with the discount right now on best buy, would you go with the G14 4060 16gb or G14 4070 32gb? Without the consideration of open box discounts which one would you get and why? For context, I mainly would use it for Valorant and normal everyday use. Also, would the G14 be sufficient to use as my PC at home if I were to connect it to my monitor and keyboard?
@@user-lz9yc7qi8c I would go for G14 4070 32GB! More RAM, better GPU. Even at 90W, the 4070 will perform a little better. And it will do great as a home PC!
did they fix the 3rd fan then? i bought a g14 4070 model and that 3rd fans slightly higher frequency tone made me return it. thats how i ended up with the 4080 g14 2023 model as it was the same price at the time (i now swapped that for a 4090 model muwaha) but yeah that 3rd fan for me would continue to spin for 10 minutes after the other 2 main fans had turned off
Yeah that was fixed! But I don't blame you for getting the G14 4090. It's such a beast. Still loving mine
Hey man, great video, I bought a 4060 16gig g14 2024 model and I'm in love with it. I also installed G helper as per your video coz armoury create sucked.
I know this sounds like an absolute headache of a request but would it be possible for you to leave your G helper profile settings in comments? I could not find any guides online (not ones that made sense to me anyway) and I really just want 2 modes. 1) for ultra battery saving where it's just light office work. 2) for plugged in maximum gaming performance.
I'm asking because I've tried to fiddle with the settings more times than I can count and usually land up either not seeing any difference or I brick the damn thing.
Up
visual mode set between 70-50%, disable cpu boost or set it to enabled efficient, limit the cpu wattage to 28w, optimized in gpu options, auto in refresh rate, disable slash and keyboard lighting on battery, that will get you around 10 to 12 hours of battery life depending on how much you push it
Sort of a tough one to answer cause it's hard to give a "one-size-fits-all" profile for those, but I definitely suggest watching my G-Helper video to get a better understanding! However this is my basic suggestion, at least a starting point.
1. Battery saving:
- Silent/Eco mode
- CPU boost disabled
- 60Hz
- Brightness below half, keyboard lights off or low
- Leave CPU power limits checkbox UNCHECKED
- Leave fan checkbox UNCHECKED
on GPU tab, move GPU power slider and dynamic boost slider all the way down. Overclock set to 0 on both.
- Advanced tab - set an undervolt of around -15.
2. Max Performance
- Start with Turbo and make a new profile
- Leave CPU power limits checkbox UNCHECKED (unless you have a desired CPU level to reach)
- Check fans checkbox and set fans to max or a little higher than the stock turbo mode
- GPU tab: set overclock to +150 / +200
- Slide GPU power tab and dynamic boost all the way right
- Advanced tab - set undervolt of -15 again, or -20 and beyond if things don't crash
Don't touch core clock limit or temp limit unless you know what you're doing it for. Most people don't need to touch the CPU sliders either unless again you know what you're doing it for. I see a lot of people mess up a lot by clicking that "apply power limits" checkbox without knowing why they did it. Hope this helps!
@@camilopa372 holy moly 10 to 12 hours? okay so will definitely apply those settings to the battery saver option. Thanks so much!
wait.... quick question? on the 2024 g16 are you not able to disable turbo mode to lower the temps?
@@animenerd8633 so since Intel has a much lower base clock (like 1.5 GHz or something), disabling boost makes it run at a crawl. In some games that don’t rely on CPU that might be fine but in others you might experience some serious hangups. For Intel Core Ultra it’s much better to just limit your CPU to like 12-15W instead if you’re trying to lower temps. And for the HX chips around 25-30W is pretty okay.
@@JoshCravesTech sweet, thanks man!
Is it worth the upgrade?
Hey man, there's and autible difference from the sound quality from the g14 to g16. On the website it shows both the G14 and G16 have 6 speakers... is the eq just difference or can you hear a noticeable technicality + low end extension increase on sound from the g14 to g16?
@@joshuakosloski6873 just different EQ is what it sounds like, plus the difference in size of the chassis of each laptop will of course produce different tonal characteristics. But no, both have an awesome amount of bass for a laptop, it’s hard to say that one has a noticeable amount more than the other.
What about the Zephyrus duo 16 2023 model ?
@@Parky-pm2sg the Duo is also good, it’s just in a different class of laptop. It’s quite a bit thicker and heavier than these. I think it only comes with a Ryzen HX CPU as well and those have some of the worst battery life of all laptops out there, lol 😂
But performance is out of this world on that thing!
I got the 4070 g16 . I really wanted 32gb of ram but wasn’t willing to pay the up charge in the us .
I can 100% understand that
I was strongly considering the Yoga Pro 9i before, but after seeing so many reports and real-life reviews stating its battery life still leaves much to be desired with the same specs, I started to strongly consider something else. I haven't had a gaming laptop since an MSI GS with a 970 back in the day, and am still leery about OLED, but I think this laptop will really fit all of my needs: battery life for schooling, multi-tasking specs for how I use computers, and gaming specs for on-the-go gaming (and as a temporary stand-in if my desktop keels over before I can build a new one.)
I do wish it was able to be optioned up to 64GB of RAM since it's soldered, it's quite odd that they aren't able to offer that when others of the same size can, and hiding 32GB behind an upgraded GPU many may not want is not the play (that's more of a Razer or Apple thing to do.)
It's a very Razer/Apple move to make people upgrade their GPU to get more RAM. And I love that they only did it in some regions like the US. Unless you're cool with waiting for the AMD model to release in a couple weeks. But yeah I'm glad someone understands my sentiment with the Yoga. I was even strongly considering it for myself until I did (way too much) research on what actual users were experiencing and saw the same stuff. Even chatted with a couple owners who ended up returning theirs. It's just really hard to beat the G16 right now. One thing I recommend is sticking to the Asus-provided drivers, at least for the Intel graphics for best battery life. Newer drivers seem to all affect battery in some way.
@JoshCravesTech I'll be honest, the AMD model G16 draws no interest for me. I'm honestly not even happy to be getting the Core Ultra chips with their NPUs, but at least they're not completely all in on AI/Co-Pilot Recall BS yet, unlike the AMD AI 9 HX 370 almost certainly will be. It's the same reason I have absolutely 0 personal interest in buying any of the new SnapDragon Elite X laptops and their Microsoft-sponsored spyware. They could be absolutely perfect laptops in every way for my needs and I still wouldn't.
I was excited for the new Yoga, which did make some much needed improvements in terms of the port selection (last years Slim Pro 9i 16" was a joke, considering the 14" had better ports, which is why they killed it off), but has been a disappointment otherwise. It has a great screen and webcam, but nothing else really on offer. As expensive as the G16 will be here in Canada, if it fits almost all of my checkboxes, it's worth the cost.
@@sjewkes1 Yeah this AI marketing fluff is getting out of hand, lol. I'm also not super interested in the AMD model. I have a hard time believing that it's going to be a huge improvement anyways. More cores/threads is great to see for AMD on laptops, but I don't think it's gonna be a game changer.
@@JoshCravesTechIt is deeply concerning how much of it is making its way into desktop hardware as well, but we'll have to see how long that bid lasts given the average users feelings on or usage of AI.
I'm honestly shocked with how well-rounded the Intel version is, given how badly Intel has been doing in the last 10 years, but their Core Ultra lineup is surprisingly competent thus far for laptops. I'll probably end up snagging an AMD model of something smaller with mini-LED for maximum portability, longevity, and battery life as a travel device, but based on reviews the G16 is shaping up to be what I'd hoped the Yoga was, albeit with an OLED. Its webcam and screen brightness seem to leave something to be desired but these are minor items really.
Given the choice between these or the new px13, it's either the 4090 G14 or the px13.
For speaker tests, it would be nice to have a control like a Macbook.
@@imnotdavidxnsx true, I only have my wife’s 2020 MacBook Pro 13”, so not the best comparison although I suppose not a bad one either
@@JoshCravesTech just something the audience knows sounds good so they can hear a relative difference despite potential issues like microphone quality.
Still struggling to decide between g16 or g14 2024 4070 both with 32gb ram, dont know which is better, help would be appreciated
@@mobeen369 depends, do you want 14” or 16”? That’s really the only major difference if both have the same specs
appreciate that tyy, it really does simplify it when u put it like that, i think i was overcomplicating it loll
should i wait for the g16 with the new amd cpu and 4070 gpu or just get the g16 with intel cpu and 4080 gpu
4080 all day. I personally don't think the new AMD G16 will be all that impressive. I will be genuinely surprised if it excels in battery or performance, but I think it'll be around the same as the Intel Core Ultra.
Can you change the 73 wh battery for the G14 (2024) to a 99wh battery? Does silent mode increase the battery longlife? I always play in Performance or Balance Mode because I hate Fan noise. Can you actually change the Fans for better ones or shouldn't you do it?
Acutally the Asus Zephyrus G14 is very similar to the Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra. The Asus is a little bit louder, but the Samsung has higher temperature in the middle. Good video 😄but I wish you would show us the color gamput because for example Lenovo Laptops are bad in these cases. I recommend to use the Laptop between 20-80% battery and 60-80% birghtness. Good displays btw. have good color gambut, high refresh rate, oled and high brightness. The G14 is the price-performance king if you want to play on battery up to 1hour.
@@friendlyavatar3358 you cannot swap the battery. Silent mode increases battery life but doesn’t affect longevity. I don’t think you can physically swap out the fans, nor do I think it would affect anything. You can always change the fan speed manually using G-Helper. And yeah I actually forgot to put my screenshots in for color gamut. Measured 100% DCI-P3 and 100% sRGB and 94% of Adobe RGB
I have the 2024 i9 4090 g16 and i keep having the light for the strip light keeps crashing and disappearing from armory crate when i try to use the sonic effect to work with audio anyone have this issue i dont see the sonic option in ghelp
@@ReviewThisTestThat that’s weird! Might be a good idea to start a discussion on the G-Helper GitHub page
Also anyone have a way to get a proper recover iso for this the web site for these is very confusing.
@@JoshCravesTech i did a cloud restore from bio works perfectly now.
@@ReviewThisTestThat Great to hear!!
Hi Josh i just bought myself the 2024 zephyrus g14 with the 4070 gpu its currently on sale at best buy and i set everything up downloaded all the drivers and updated everything I started gaming and the speakers are at 80% and they sound really low, everyone on TH-cam is saying how good these speakers are but for me they sound really low is there anything i should do in the settings to fix this?
@@edwincuret2289 open Dolby Access and configure the sound settings to your desired level. There are a ton of options in there including a custom EQ option
@@JoshCravesTech ok I will give it a try thanks
I have g14 with ryzen 7735hs, nvidia 3050
It has average temperature around 80-90 c, while gaming it get high as 94-95c , no option for undervolting , not happy with the purchase
I have the g16 4090
And the g14 4070 both 2024 models (wanted to try them out)
Honest to goodness they’re both such amazing laptops. I love them both. I do favor my G14 just because of the form factor for travel and I don’t notice a huge drop off in games that I play like hell divers or Jedi Survivor. However, of course, the G16 display size mix with the 4090 is unbeatable , I do find for me personally with G helper settings both battery life are improved greatly but my G 14 always seems to out perform my G 6 battery life.
I’m a g14 guy because I travel but if you are gonna be at home then you can’t go wrong.
They are gorgeous either way and worth the upgrade imo
Also thanks so much Josh! This was so helpful!
Nice! And yeah for travel, the G14 is just crazy lightweight and easy to take anywhere.
These things are sexy.
I would have absolutely picked up a Zephyris G16 4090 by now if my country actually priced these the same as what you guys get in North America.
Here it's approximately 5800$ 💀
@@aninfinitemindofmusicandreams that is insane pricing. Like who even is gonna buy that??
When do you think we should expect G16 with 50xx Nvidia's?
@@RomixV I’d guess March 2025 at the earliest
I am following you from Iraq, from the capital, Baghdad ..
I am confused between
Zephyrus G14 2024
with Ryzen 9-8945HS,
4060 RTX, 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD for $1533 ..
and between
Zephyrus G16 2024
with Intel Core Ultra 9 185H,
4060 RTX, 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD for $2166 ..
What do you think of both deals and which one do you recommend to me ?
Just for the record, I don't play games
I want it for programming, video editing, design, and productivity in general.
i’d go with G14 since it’s significantly cheaper for similar performance.
G14
G14 if between these two
Does g16 just have a much bigger battery than g14 for Intel cpu to match amd cpu battery life? I would think amd still is more efficient by watt
@@NinjaKirikoJedi AMD still comes out ahead slightly, but yes the G16 has a 90Whr battery vs 73 Whr on the G14. But the Core Ultra chip is almost just as efficient as the 7940HS which is just incredible to see from Intel
Should I buy MacBook Air m2 256gb or Asus zephrus g14 ?
The single most important question is - do you plan on gaming on it? G14 will dominate in games and is stronger in performance overall. Macbook Air for absolute silent fans (does that one even have fans? lol) and battery life.
I think they didn't give any config options this time because it is last year's GPU. Hoping they have better plans for 2025.
2023 Model of G 14 was actually really good but then again because of Nvidia they didn't get the pricing right in some regions. Now will they choose AMD again for next year? Let's see.
In the US the maxed out version of G 14 (2024) costs $ 2000. In my country a 16GB RTX 4060 G 14 (2024) costs $ 2100. That's just something most people will not spend on.
Wow, yeah that pricing is crazy! And I agree, I think 2025 will be a different story, and I'm very excited for it.
Hey, man! I just wondered if you had a last year’s G16?
I didn't get last year's G16. It made no sense unfortunately with the M16 being available, which was a way better laptop. Last year's G16 is basically a 2022 M16 with different CPU/GPU and in the US it has a much worse display too. I know in some regions though it's one of the only decently cheap Asus options available. It's not a bad laptop by any means, there's just much better out there in that price range. At least here in the US.
2014 G14 4060 is on sale for 1299 at Best Buy and the g14 4070 is 1750 at Best Buy right now which would be the better buy?
Tough choice! It's about 10-15% more performance between the 4060 and 4070. However, you can get an open box excellent 4060 for just a little over $900 and that is just an insane deal.
@@JoshCravesTech Forsure just no open box ones in my area unfortunately only brand new :/
I have the G14 4090 (2023) version and I think it's the best choice out of the 3.
Still rocking mine as well! The bright screen, how light and small it is, but with that insane performance - it's just too good. I love it.
@@JoshCravesTech even better as I purchased it brand new in April for 2299. It was a steal of a deal. You actually helped me with my decision with your reviews. Since then I was a follower and the G-helper is the best!
@@CommonTrip 2299 is absolutely insane, I'm jealous!! That's incredible. And thanks for following the channel!
how come our g14's with 175w bios get an time spy Graphics Score 21 482 beating the 16" razer and legion pro 4090's @ 175w nah thats mad - arguably they'd sustain it better but still lol
great comparison btw mate nicely done
(edit - realised probably stock no overclock)
Your edit is correct, there was an overclock! But yeah it's insane to see it match those big boys
You forgot to add the 2022 version
Best laptop reviewer hands down
Thank you 🙌🙌
If you're going for 4080 i think it's better to get last year's m16. Unless you want something lighter and an OLED
The m16 doesn't have a good battery life though
@@Savi159 yeah last year’s M16 is still a dope laptop! I think going for the G16 is for those who just want a little more luxury. Speakers, battery, thinness, OLED, aluminum.
@mcslender2965 you could solve that with a few tweaks
@JoshCravesTech yep but for performence m16 is a beast. I went for the 2023 g16 though cause i didn't have 4080 money
Hey Josh, I have a question for you, I just cannot figure out what is going on. I have a 4090 G16 and whenever I use the Optimized display setting and Nvidia GPU only mode in Nvidia, I get a ton of weird input and screen lag. Especially when I am scrolling. I have noticed that setting to Optimus mode with Optimized is fine and same with just choosing Ultimate mode. Am I missing something? Do your laptops act the same? Cheers.
@@andreibelittchenko5956 never experienced that. Try DDU to uninstall your Nvidia drivers and install a different version (clean install)
I definitely like this video as far as the in depth review on the g14 and g16, but i have to say where you lost me is with the battery life of the g14 2024. At best in silent mode only playing a TH-cam video [DGPU DISABLED], I’m using 15w and the laptop at best gives about 5-6hrs and nowhere near the 9-10hr mark.
If you’re open to having a discussion about this specific stance on the battery situation on the g14 I’m available to have this discussion at a platform of your choosing.
Currently as it stands, there has been no way possible to get this g14 laptop to last anything past 6hrs unfortunately and to leave the laptop just on without any activity so it can get 7hrs at best just makes Zero sense.
@@AJ-FL that’s super weird! I think I even have screenshots where I had it at -6W or so on the g14 while browsing on Edge! I know others are hitting that mark too. I’m thinking… which AMD drivers are you on? Maybe try bouncing between the Asus-provided ones and the latest from AMD and see if it makes a difference. Disable all startup tasks. Disable all unnecessary background services. Use G-Helper and use it to stop all Asus services. If it’s still around -15W then there’s another issue, maybe a program, driver, or Windows bug that is sipping your power.
@@JoshCravesTech ive tried all the above youve mentioned including ghelper and have also tried running laptop with factory drivers and settings but to no avail, i must also mention ive also gone as far as exchanging the laptop to see if it was a hardware defect, but still the same result persist
id also like to point out ive used both the asus drivers and also the latest amd drivers 24.5.1 and 24.6.1 but still the same result exist.
im more than willing have a meeting about this via any platform, (most people tend to use discord) to explain my findings in further detail if it helps
@@AJ-FL If you exchanged it and even the second unit also was getting high discharge then it would have to be something on the software side and not hardware. Did you test it on a clean windows install or after you had already installed several programs? My hunch is that maybe something that was installed is sipping away at your power. My Discord is modernjosh (or TheModernJosh, I'm not sure which username it uses anymore lol) if you want to share screenshots and stuff.
Intel tweaked the idle and light power consumption on the new chips. It can last longer than older gens at very light tasks ... But that's efficiency under only one workload and doesn't speak to efficiency as a whole. I've benchmarked both of these units extensively and Intel performance falls off a cliff below 20w. We found the AMD chips have more low power performance when on battery. This means that as you do more complex tasks than just watching a TH-cam video, you'll see the Intel needing more power to accomplish the same task. Also, the G16 has a larger battery ... So the fact that it has the same battery life as the smaller unit, even in your very light test, indicates it needs more juice, even if some of that is the larger panel (but lower res).
I have the 2024 G16 with a 4070
I love it, but I wish it had 16 gb ram. Oh well.
On my g helper 15 w silent profile with the gpu off and minimum brightness I’m only getting like 6.5 hrs, so idk what I am doing wrong
The Intel cpu is just really powrr hungry compared to the g14 amd cpu
The Intel CPU is not power hungry. Remember that simply even checking the "apply power limits" or "apply fans" checkbox in G-Helper will decrease battery life because now the laptop reads it as Manual mode. So you just want Silent/Eco, 60Hz, brightness below half, keyboard lights off or low, checkboxes UNCHECKED. Everything else doesn't really need to be touched. Disable most/all startup tasks, disable Asus services in G-Helper, disable any other unnecessary services, and maybe try using the Asus-provided Intel drivers or some other ones. The Intel driver versions seem to have an effect on battery life.
I'm annoyed there are no 48/64GB (or more) options. Not only in G14/G16 but even in their so-called creator's ProArt series.
It's an extremely weird move that makes no sense to me.
I thought you returned the g16
@@Drivenby filmed all of this a couple months ago! 2023 G14 is still my daily driver
Bro I own a g15 ga503 from 2020
Specs are 5900hs and rtx 3060
I reposted cpu and gpu with thermal grizzly kryonaut like a month ago.
Iam barely getting 100 fps on performance mode on fortnite
And the funny thing is all the other games seem to do better .
It's just fortnite, and I looked through all over the internet for fixes and couldn't find it.
I thought it was thermal issues
My cpu runs at 40watts at 97°c with gpu at 100 watts at 86°c and yes I swapped my gpu bios.
All my other games perform well
I get 60fps in rdr2 with all high settings,
120 to 144 fps in doom eternal high settings,
90 to 100 fps in uncharted 4,
45 to 60 fps in ratchet and clank,
60 to 90 fps in cyberpunk high settings,
All these results are done in 1440p with dlss balanced.
The only issue is forntite, and I really need help with this issue,
Here's what I can conclude tho
I think the igpu must be the issue because everything else seems fine,
No form of throttling in gpu and cpu,
The ram is working good and ssd has a wear of 96%.
I can't find the issue with my laptop bro.
I would really like some assistance pls
Thanks in advance
Is there any difference between drivers? Have you tried newer AMD drivers? Newer Nvidia drivers? Did you disable CPU turbo boost? Fortnite can be pretty CPU heavy. Try to use G-Helper to push your CPU further and undervolt it.
Will there ever be g18 model?
That would be sick. They used to have a Zephyrus S17 which was one of the coolest laptops around. I'm still upset that they ditched it.
@@JoshCravesTech yea! Tell me about it
PHURST! hehe
I rather have a 4080 Oled
G14 2024 4090 is the best. End of conversion.
Je déconseille asus j’ai acheté un ordinateur et impossible de faire une mise a niveau je l ai retourné deux fois et après enquêtes il m est revenu obsolète
u need AI for 480hz refres rate
I love my g16, but man the Asus software bundle to control stuff suuuuuuuuuuucks. And windows makes it worse.
@@LeakyWaders G-Helper is 1000% better. Idk what I’d do without it
the 2024 4090 G16 is the ultimate superportable AI image rendering workstation, the ram, gpu, video memory, it's perfect for it, (especially @ 175watt) the npu's on the other hand.... useless
Yeah I really need to get myself educated on NPU's because I'm so confused by all that stuff lol.
Frustrating when you spend 2500 and beyond to get Ram or SSD bottlenecked 😢
@@fractalarbitrage yeah they really need more options to buy
i want to buy g14 2024 but its not in the middle east
@@clipssfunny126 ah no! sometimes you can find international shipping through eBay, but you might have to buy it used to get it.
@@JoshCravesTech my parents dont trust those websites so i need to find another option
@@clipssfunny126 yeah, I get that. So weird how things are with regional availability.
@@JoshCravesTech yeah
CPU ai cores aren’t gonna do squat for you, all marketing fluff. If you want real AI power you need a beefy ass GPU, nvidia only too.
Good to know! This NPU stuff seems to be pretty gimmicky. I guess maybe it makes more sense for laptops without a GPU.
I am hesitant between the white version and the black version of the G14 2024 ..
I read some people’s comments on Reddit in which they mentioned that the white version became bad over time because the color of the white version changed and It became yellow, and some of them mentioned that the letters and numbers on the keyboard in the white version are less clear compared to the black version, and that the buttons on the keyboard in the white version get dirty quickly compared to the black version ..
As a user of the white version of the G14 for a long time,
what do you think of the above-mentioned words about The white version is it true or not ?
Do you advise me to buy the white version ?
because I intended to buy it
but changed my mind after reading what was written about it and decided to buy the black version.@@JoshCravesTech
@@abdullah7_rz Yes if your hands sweat easily or they aren't clean then it will leave some stains over time. I use 70% isopropyl alcohol mixed with water and lightly wipe the keyboard deck of my G14 every month or so and it looks new still, even after more than a year of using it almost every day. However, if you want to play it safe I absolutely don't blame you for going with the gray one.
I really hope Asus sends the 2024 G14 chassis back to the gym for 2025 so we get the premium new design AND the decent thermal headroom from the 2023 vapour chamber. The OLED display is wasted on the slower GPUs. The obsession with thickness hurt the laptop too much IMO.
g16 looks like a MacBook Pro
G16 is good, but unless you spend an absurd amount and get a 4090rtx and essentially get ripped off, youre way better off the Legion 7i (not the pro) or Yoga 9i as its far more upgradable up to 64gb+ of ram and 8TB SSD and upgradable Wifi card for less than half the price of the G16 4090rtx. For that price you can also get a specced up Macbook Pro M3 and when it comes out...M4
Until Asus SIGNIFICANTLY reduce their prices, these laptops will not be competitive in the market in which Lenovo just dominates
@@JT11111 the Legion 7i is the same price, or a little more here in the U.S. and has worse battery life, is heavier and thicker, worse speakers, worse display, and cpu runs hotter without hardly any more performance. Same with the Yoga. The Yoga Pro 9i hardly has any power customization, battery discharges when gaming, doesn’t have HDMI 2.1, display is unnecessarily high resolution, has pretty weirdly tuned power profiles, only goes up to 4070c and a lot more cons if you watch my full G16 review at the end that I cover.
I get if upgradeability is your main concern but if you’re fine with the ram and SSD options that it comes with then the G16 is a much better buy for a more balanced package. You don’t have to get the 4090 model. The 4080 is also a good option. Or even the 4070 AMD model with 32GB RAM.
@@JoshCravesTech Thats an absurd thing you just replied with, I cant believe that, here we go:
In the US: G16 $3000 vs Legion 7i $2000
In the UK: G16 £4000 vs Legion 7i £1800
Only someone thats been sponsored or paid by ASUS would reply with something this outlandish, not to mention every other point you said for things such as "CPU is a little more powerful" which is untrue as it tis MUCH, MUCH more powerful than the one on G16 and Yoga 9i, but there is no need to address those points as the first thing you wrote is just ridiculous.
@@JT11111 huh??? The 4070 G16 is $2000 in the U.S. and it was just on sale for $1699 like last week. The UK prices are crazy though. I would absolutely recommend the Legion in the UK unless you really wanted the luxury features on the G16.
The “sponsored” comment is completely uncalled for though. I spend dozens of hours of my time testing and researching these laptops so that I can provide the most accurate information possible.
And again that is incorrect about the CPU. It typically scores a little over 20k in Cinebench R23 while the Intel Core Ultra 9 scores about 20k. Yes in a single run that 14900HX CPU is actually crazy and can score over 30k, but it just doesn’t hit the power limits necessary in the Legion 7i’s chassis to sustain that at all. Cinebench scores seem to drop up to about 10k once it’s in a sustained performance level. Jarrod’s Tech and other users have also pointed out that the battery discharges while gaming. The display options in the U.S. are also a bit weird. Nowhere near on par with the G16’s unless you get the mini-LED model, but even that one is stuck with a 3.2k display which has no real benefit in a 16” laptop and will decrease fps drastically if you’re gaming.
The pros of the Legion 7i is that it has 140W PD, more ports, that CPU which in short bursts is very powerful, and per-key RGB keyboard. But it’s almost a whole pound heavier, bigger, thicker, the 14900HX is terrible for battery life (same with the 14700HX), lower color gamut display depending on which one you get, worse speakers, CPU hits 100C+ in some games/loads as shown in some reviews like Tech Guy Beau, higher fan noise in Turbo (51+ dB) with CPU running at 60W, but on an HX CPU that’s the equivalent of like 35/40W on the Intel Core Ultra since it’s not super efficient, slower response times, no Windows Hello, and much less customization over your power limits, fans, and thermals. Honestly they’re just very different laptops and I’m not trying to attack you or anything. This is not a personal matter, I’m just giving comparisons. There is absolutely still a market for the Legion for those who don’t mind the trade offs, and for some people it definitely is the better option.
@@JoshCravesTech come one man, I specifically said that in order to get the best laptop out of these 3 you would need the 4090rtx which is absurdly expensive as i showed.
You will get the same performance on the g16 4080rtx as you will on Legion 7i 4070, since my comment on your G16 review, I tried G16 4080, Legion 7i and Yoga 9i, and i can comfortably say that because of how loud the G16 is, because of the so called great battery life not being anything crazy and getting beaten by the Yoga 9i, no one should get anywhere near the 4070 version and anyone who wants to spend macbook money on a windows laptop should get the 4090, not mention theres people upgrading the 7i to a 96gb ram and so on which only adds to a laptops longevity, there has to be a hard line drawn on how much is acceptable for a windows laptop, and no one should be ripped off by the asus pricing given how competitive Lenovo products are.
@@JT11111 that makes absolutely no sense. Like not even a little bit. The 4070 G16 performs the same as the 4070 Legion. The 4080 gives like 30-40% more performance than the 4070. You’re comparing two completely different GPUs. I have consulted with many G16 owners, from 4060 to 4090. Basically everyone can achieve at least 9 hours of battery life, even up to 12-13 hours doing basic tasks so I don’t know what to tell you. The Yoga for some reason cannot get as high of battery life (I believe this is due to Lenovo’s factory tuning), plus it has a lot of tradeoffs as well. The Legion of course doesn’t even come close in battery.
Like I said, if upgradability is a major priority for you then definitely go with the Legion. I’m not arguing against that, lol. I’m just saying that doesn’t automatically make it a “better” laptop. Just better for people who need that.
great review but dude PLEASE dial it down with the fake laugh thing. It's way too much and distracting
Trying to decide between the G14 and the Legion Slim for travel 🫠
G14 all the way
The slim isnt slim idk why they named it that.
G14 2024 in USA = $1600
UK : $3036 ….
Make it make sense. 🥲
@@chrischan3448 that’s actually insane 💀
The UK is no longer the UK, but the land of jihad.