This is my detailed review of the 2025 generation of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14.
The Zephyrus G14 is a highly popular series of thin-and-light laptops with serious performance capabilities, and we’ve discussed and tested all variants launched over the years.
This most recent iteration is a refresh of the 2024 G14, a little thicker and heavier, but otherwise a similar chassis with similar features and functionality.
The most notable changes are on the inside, with this series being built on AMD Ryzen AI Strix Point hardware with Nvidia Blackwell RTX 5000 graphics, up to an RTX 5080 on the highest-tier model. These are paired with improved cooling over the previous generation, and make the 2025 variants notably more powerful in sustained workloads and games.
My review unit is the mid-level AMD Ryzen AI 9 + Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070Ti configuration, but we’ll discuss the 5070 and 5080 versions as well in this review article.
2025 ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14
2025 ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403 – official page
Display 14 inch, 16:10, non-touch, glossy,OLED, Nebula 2.8K 120Hz 0.2ms VRR , 400-nits SDR, 100% DCI-P3
Processor AMD Strix Point Zen5,
Video Radeon 890M + Nvidia RTX 5070Ti (up to 110W with Dyn Boost) on the GA403WR configuration
Memory 32 GB LPDDR5x-8000 (onboard)
Storage 1TB SSD (SK Hynix HFS001) – 1x PCIe 4.0, M.2 2280 slot
Connectivity WiFi 7 2×2 with Bluetooth 5.4 (Mediatek MT7925)
Ports left: DC-in, HDMI 2.1 FRL, 1x USB-C 4.0 , 1x USB-A 3.2, audio jack
Battery 73 Wh , up to 180 W power adapter , USB-C charging up to 100W
Size 311 mm or 12.26” (w) x 220 mm or 8.66 (d) x 15.9 – 18.3 mm or .63” – 0.72″ (h)
Weight 1.57 kg (3.45 lbs) + .57 kg (1.25 lbs) for the charger and cables, EU version
Extras clamshell format with 130-degree hinges,
Design and ergonomics As mentioned already, the 2025 Zephyrus G14 is a slightly thicker iteration of the 2024 chassis, otherwise similar in aesthetics, ergonomics, and functionality. It’s thicker by about 2 mm and heavier by 70 grams or so, both insignificant differences. These changes, however, allowed Asus to implement higher power hardware, as we’ll discuss further down.
I’ll link to my previous review of the G14 for my in-depth thoughts on this lineup’s design and ergonomics.
In fewer words, this is a premium mid-sized 14-inch laptop, with a sturdy feel to it and premium metals used for the entire case. It’s not quite MacBook Pro quality, but it is close.
Asus sells it in either gray or silver variants. The darker gray model smudges easily, but I prefer it overall, for its better keyboard contrast and the more subtle lightbar on the lid. Speaking of, I still find that “Slash Lighting” lightbar superfluous and useless, and would have much preferred a clean, simple lid instead – hopefully that’s coming on the 2026 G14 refresh.
Ergonomics are mostly fine with this series, with grippy rubbery feet, smooth hinges, a spacious armrest with blunted edges and corners, and no annoying LEDs in the line of sight.
The screen back angle of only about 130 degrees is limiting for a device of this sort, though; it’s similar to the angle on the MacBook Air, which I find darn annoying when using the device on the lap. Perhaps it won’t matter that much to you, but I would have much preferred a 180 angle. Asus claim that it would have interfered with the rear-placed hot-air exhaust, but I guess they could have designed the hinges differently to accommodate proper cooling and a 180-screen if they had wanted. Not to mention that the existing cooling capacity, as it is, is greatly limited with the laptop flat on the desk, as we’ll discuss in the performance section.
As far as the IO goes, there’s a fair selection of ports on the sides, most of them on the left edge. This laptop still charges via a proprietary square plug, with a straight cable that’s difficult to hide behind the display, and only gets a micro SD card reader, not a full-size reader. But for a laptop of this size, the IO is plenty generous here.
Keyboard and touchpad – excellent The inputs on this ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403 series are still among the best available on a compact Windows laptop today, with a comfortable keyboard and a spacious glass touchpad.
The keyboard layout is mostly standard for an Asus laptop, but with larger keycaps than on the older G14 models and a somewhat rugged finish. Overall, the typing experience is excellent here, with proper feedback and quiet actuations.
The keys are RGB backlit, with bright LEDs and good lighting uniformity. There’s only single-zone RGB control over these LEDs, not per-key, but I can live with that.
The keyboard on the lighter color version of the G14 doesn’t have quite the same contrast, and overall, I prefer the design of this gray model.
The touchpad is glass and huge, centered on the chassis. It worked fine with taps and swipes and gestures, and even the physical clicks in the corners are smooth and not that clunky.
However, designs like this one, where the touchpad nearly touches on the space key and goes all the way to the front of the chassis, can lead to unexpected false swipes. That’s particularly happening when using the device on the lap or leaned on the legs while lying back on the sofa, where clothes can accidentally come in contact with the glass surface and cause unwanted inputs.
As for biometrics, the main camera supports IR with Windows Hello, but there’s no finger sensor in the power button.
Screen – Nebula OLED panel, glossy The screen on this 2025 Zephyrus G14 is a 14-inch 16:10 glossy OLED, the exact same panel offered on the 2024 models as well.
Unlike past G14 models that offered matte IPS or mini LED displays, these latest G403 models switched to a glossy non-touch OLED, a decision that comes with both pros and cons.
The image quality on these OLEDs is beautiful to say the least, with punchy colors and deep blacks, and excellent contrast. So, for general use and multimedia content, this OLED is a splendid panel, and it is an excellent option for games as well, with the 240Hz refresh rate and nearly instantaneous response time. Furthermore, as a non-touch implementation, it doesn’t suffer from any of the graininess experienced on touch OLEDs of this generation, so the image quality is fine even on light backgrounds when editing texts or browsing.
On the other hand, this OLED panel isn’t very bright, at only about 400-nits peak, and comes with a glossy finishing that adds plenty of glare, both an issue when using this laptop in bright-light environments. The screens on the MacBooks, for what is worth, are similarly glossy, but the mini LED panel on the MBP is brighter and somewhat compensates for the glare.
Furthermore, there are other technological particularities that you need to be aware of when choosing an OLED laptop panel, discussed in-depth in this article , such as potential burn-in and flickering at low brightness settings, which can be inconvenient if you plan on using the laptop at night in a dim room. You do get a flicker-free dimming setting on this G14, much like on all other Asus OLED notebooks, but that means you have to adjust the screen’s brightness from Armoury Crate, and not through the standard Windows controls.
Anyway, here are the technical specs of this OLED panel:
Panel HardwareID: Samsung SDC419C (ATNA40CU05-0);
Coverage: 100% sRGB, 96.1% AdobeRGB, 100% DCI-P3;
Measured gamma: 2.22;
Max brightness in the middle of the screen: 418.34 cd/m2 on power;
Min brightness in the middle of the screen: <5 cd/m2 on power;
Contrast at max brightness: 1:1;
White point: 6500 K;
Black on max brightness: 0 cd/m2;
PWM: Yes (discussed above).
The panel is properly calibrated out of the box, and uniform in lighting and color coverage.
Overall, I expect most of you to appreciate having an OLED display on this laptop. It sure looks beautiful with regular use, but make sure you understand its particularities and use it smartly to prevent any long-term image retention.
Hardware and performance My review unit is the mid-specced configuration of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 in this article, code name GA403WR, built on an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070Ti 12GB dGPU, 32 GB of LPDDR5x-8000 memory, and 1 TB of SSD storage.
However, we’ll also discuss the performance of the 5070 and 5080 configurations, with the same AMD Ryzen 9 AI processor and up to 64 GB of RAM.
Disclaimer: This review unit was provided by Asus and runs on the software available as of mid-May 2025 (BIOS 304, Armoury Crate 6.1.14, GeForce Studio 576.02 or Game Ready 576.40 drivers). I don’t expect much to change with later software at this point.
Spec-wise, this 2025 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403W lineup is built on the latest AMD and Nvidia hardware available to date.
The Ryzen 9 AI 370 is the latest Strix Point performance mobile processor, a hybrid design built on powerful AMD Zen5 cores and efficient Zen5c cores. The design and thermal module allow the processor to run at 70-80W of sustained power in demanding CPU loads in this G14 series.
For what is worth, some configurations of this 2025 G14 ship with the AMD Ryzen 9 270 processor. This is nowhere near as capable as the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, as it’s only a refreshed Hawk Point processor with 8x Zen4 cores. So it will perform on par with the Ryzen 9 8945HS in the 2024 G14 models.
For graphics, the 2025 G14 is available with Nvidia Blackwell GeForce RTX 5000 chips: 5060, 5070, 5070Ti, and a 5080 for the top configuration, all Max-Q implementations running at up to 110W TGP with Dynamic Boost. For comparison, the 2024 generation topped at a 90W 4070, so the 2025 generation comes with newer hardware that runs at higher power.
There’s still a MUX on this design and GSync support, for some of the best gaming performance, as well as a choice of either regular or Advanced Optimus.
For RAM, the laptop comes with soldered memory. 32 or 64 GB configurations are available, with LPDDR5x 7500 or 8000 memory, faster than on the 2024 series.
For storage, our configuration is a pretty fast SK Hynix drive. There’s a standard M.2 2280 slot inside the laptop, and from what I understand, it supports double-stacked 2/4 TB SSDs if you’re looking for that sort of upgrade.
You need to take out the back panel to get inside to the components, by removing a couple of Torx screw. Two of these screws are hidden behind rubber caps on the back of the laptop, and be aware that these screws are of different lengths, so make sure you put them back the right way. There’s no pop-up screw in the corner as on other ROG devices, so you’ll need a prying tool to get the parts to separate.
Inside, the SSD and the Wi-Fi module are both M.2 formats and user-replaceable, while everything else is onboard. The cooling module has been beefed up to support the updated hardware settings.
Asus offer their standard power profiles in the Armoury Crate control app: Silent, Performance, Turbo, and Manual, with various power settings and fan profiles between them, summarized in the following table.
Silent Performance Turbo Manual
CPU only, SPL/SPPT TDP
35/45W
45/65W
80/80W
80/80W
GPU only, max TGP
D-Notify – 50W
90W
100W
110W
Crossload
~70W, 20+ 50W
~85W, 30 + 55W
~120W, 20 + 100W
~125W, 15 + 110W
Noise at head-level, tested
<35 dBA
~42 dBA
~48-49 dBA
50+ dBA
Asus refreshed the power settings for some of these modes over the 2024 configurations, with higher power levels and increased fan RPMs and noise levels.
Before we jump to the performance section, here’s how this laptop handles everyday use and multitasking on the Silent profile, unplugged from the wall.
In theory, at least, Silent mode supports the 0Db technology that should idle the fans with light use, but that never happens even when the CPU and GPU drop under 50 °C; instead, the fans keep active all the time, albeit they spin very quietly and are only noticeable in a silent environment. On the other hand, I haven’t noticed any erratic pulsating fan behaviour or any coil whining or electronic noises.
Productivity Performance and Benchmarks – Ryzen 9 AI On to more demanding loads, we start by testing the CPU’s performance in the Cinebench R15 loop test.
It’s important to understand that you can’t run sustained loads on this laptop with the device flat on the desk, as the internals overheat in this case, and the performance is thermally throttled. You have to raise the back of the laptop by at least a few cm to improve airflow underneath the chassis and into the fans, or place the laptop on some sort of stand.
So, on Turbo mode with the laptop flat on the desk, the Ryzen 9 AI processor stabilizes at only around 65W of power, due to being thermally limited at 95 °C. Instead, placing the laptop on a stand allows for 72-75W of sustained power, still power limited at 95 °C, but at a higher sustained power level. Temperatures end up in the mid-90s Celsius in both cases, with fan-noise levels of ~48-49 dBA. That’s louder than the previous-gen G14 on the same profile.
Opting for Manual mode with max fans allows the CPU to work closer to its maximum setting of 80W sustained power, but with even louder fans at 52-53 dBA at head level.
The Performance mode keeps the fans slightly quieter, at around 45 dBA. I’ve only tested with the laptop on the stand. The CPU starts at 65W for a few loops, and then gradually drops to 45W, with temperatures in the mid-70s °C. The CPU is power-limited by design in this mode, and no longer thermally limited.
I’ve also tested Performance on PD power, in which case the processor runs at 60W sustained with fan levels of 40 dBA. Somehow, this mode performs better than the Performance profile on the main charger.
Silent mode keeps the fans at sub 35 dBA, with the power stabilizing at around 35W sustained. The scores are about 3000 points, 80% of the Turbo performance, which is excellent for such a profile. The Ryzen AI hardware performs excellently at lower power.
All these are illustrated in the graph below.
To put these in perspective, here’s how this Ryzen 9 AI implementation fares against other hardware platforms available in current and past-generation thin and light laptops .
This scores a little faster than the same Ryzen 9 AI implementation in the larger Zephyrus G16, despite that one being better cooled, probably due to the improved drivers on this G14, as the G16 was tested a while ago with more immature drivers.
At the same time, we’re looking at a notable increase in performance over the 2024 Zephyrus G14 built on the Hawk Point Ryzen 9 processor, as well as over Meteor Lake Core Ultra 9 implementations available in other powerful 14-inchers. I haven’t yet tested the Arrow Lake Ultra 9 285H in a similar format, but that should come close to the Ryzen 9 AI hardware. Overall, though, gen-over-gen, the 2025 Zephyrus G14 scores roughly 30% higher than the 2024 G14 in this sustained CPU load.
We then went ahead and further verified our findings with the more taxing Cinebench R23 loop test and in Blender. The power limits stabilize a little lower on some of these profiles (~77W Manual raised, ~70W Turbo raised, sub 65W Turbo on desk, 45W Performance raised, 35W Silent raised), but with similar fan noise levels and internal temperatures as described above.
We then ran the 3DMark CPU profile test.
Finally, we ran our combined CPU+GPU stress tests on this notebook, on the Turbo profile. 3DMark stress runs the same test for 20 times in a loop and looks for performance variation and degradation over time. This laptop fails the test while flat on the desk, due to heat impacting power settings, and passes it with the laptop raised up on a stand, for better airflow. More on that in the gaming section further down.
Benchmark results and performance analysis Next, we ran the entire suite of tests and benchmarks, on the Turbo profile with the GPU set on Standard mode (Advanced Optimus), with Studio Drivers , and with the screen set at the native 2880 x 1800 px resolution.
An important mention is that I’ve also placed the laptop on a stand while running these tests, to help with internal cooling and limit the thermal limitations that would occur when keeping this flat on a desk.
Here’s what we got:
3DMark 13 – CPU profile: max – 10513, 16 – 9843, 8 – 7207, 4 – 4406, 2 – 2330, 1 – 1177;3DMark 13 – Fire Strike (DX11): 32518 (Graphics – 40132, Physics – 33613, Combined – 13156);3DMark 13 – Port Royal (RTX): 10045;3DMark 13 – Time Spy (DX12): 13860 (Graphics – 14866, CPU – 10020);3DMark 13 – Speed Way (DX12 Ultimate): 4026;3DMark 13 – Steel Nomad (DX12 Ultimate): 3499;3DMark 13 – DLSS: 21.53 fps DLSS Off, 84.16 fps DLSS On;
Uniengine Superposition – 1080p Extreme: 8799;Uniengine Superposition – 1080p Medium: 25073;
Aida64 Extreme, memory test – ;PCMark 10: 8480 (Essentials – 10500, Productivity – 10222, Digital Content Creation – 15421);GeekBench 6.2.2 64-bit: Multi-core: 15765, Single-Core: 2949;CineBench R15 (best run): CPU 3606 cb, CPU Single Core 315 cb;CineBench R20 (best run): CPU 9339 cb, CPU Single Core 801 cb;CineBench R23: CPU 23639 cb (best single run), CPU 23625 cb (10 min run), CPU Single Core 2036 cb;CineBench 2024: GPU – pts, CPU 1249 pts (loop run), CPU Single Core 118 pts.
And here are some workstation benchmarks, on the same Turbo profile:
Blender 3.6.5 – BMW scene – CPU Compute: 1m 38s;Blender 3.6.5 – BMW scene – GPU Compute: 13.96s (CUDA), 6.76 (Optix);Blender 3.5.6 – Classroom scene – CPU Compute: 3m 52s;Blender 3.6.5 – Classroom scene – GPU Compute: 26.41s (CUDA), 14.22s (Optix);Blender 4.3.2 – BMW scene – CPU Compute: 1m 41s;Blender 4.3.2 – BMW scene – GPU Compute: 14.64s (CUDA), 7.13 (Optix);Blender 4.3.2 – Classroom scene – CPU Compute: 3m 54s;Blender 4.3.2 – Classroom scene – GPU Compute: 28.03s (CUDA), 16.06s (Optix);
Puget Benchmark – Adobe Photoshop (26.1) – tba;Puget Benchmark – Adobe Premiere (25.1.0) – tba;Puget Benchmark – Davinci Resolve (19.1) – tba;
SPECviewperf 2020 – 3DSMax: 153.70;SPECviewperf 2020 – Catia: 86.06;SPECviewperf 2020 – Creo: 121.81;SPECviewperf 2020 – Energy: 48.20;SPECviewperf 2020 – Maya: 499.50;SPECviewperf 2020 – Medical: 48.54;SPECviewperf 2020 – SNX: 31.58;SPECviewperf 2020 – SW: 385.93;V-Ray Benchmark: 16274 – CPU, 2116 – CUDA, 2951 – RTX.
These are solid results for a laptop of this size and weight.
Compared to last year’s Zephyrus G14 Ryzen 9 + RTX 4070 configuration, this model scores about 20% higher in single-core CPU tests, 25-30% higher in sustained multi-threaded CPU tests, and 25-30% higher in graphics loads. Furthermore, results in real-life workloads vary as much as 50% for the 2025 model.
And don’t forget this isn’t even the top configuration. The RTX 5080 model scores 8-12% extra in the GPU tests, at around 16800 points in 3DMark Time Spy Graphics.
Here’s what to expect for the Ryzen AI 9 + RTX 5080 configuration on Turbo:
3DMark 13 – Fire Strike (DX11): 34404 (Graphics – 44025, Physics – 34075, Combined – 13112);3DMark 13 – Port Royal (RTX): 10961;3DMark 13 – Time Spy (DX12): 15218 (Graphics – 16866, CPU – 9796);3DMark 13 – Speed Way (DX12 Ultimate): 4495.
I’m still testing a 5070 configuration in a similar device and will update the article when possible.
At the same time, it’s worth noting that the RTX 4090 version of the Zephyrus G14 GA402 from 2023 scored almost 18000 points in 3DMark Time Spy Graphics, so none of these GA403 models are there yet. Sure, that was a larger chassis, but nonetheless.
All in all, the gen-over-gen performance capabilities of the 2025 Zephyrus G14 are impressive, making these configurations some of the fastest you can get today in this sort of thin-and-lightweight format.
Manual Mode – max power, 50+ dBA noise Manual mode allows for a multitude of CPU/GPU power customizations and fan settings. What I did is max the CPU SPL, SPPT, and FPPT limits at 80W, and overclocked the GPU at +100 MHz Core and +150 MHz Memory. I also set all three fans to their max RPMs and placed the laptop on a stand to improve airflow into the fans and underneath the chassis. At max, the fan noise reaches 53 dBA at head level, and 55+ dBA next to the fans.
Here’s what we got.
3DMark 13 –CPU profile: max – 10089, 16 – 10086, 8 – 7270, 4 – 4456, 2 – 2333, 1 – 1184;3DMark 13 – Fire Strike: 31986 (Graphics – 39493, Physics – 33858, Combined – 12751);3DMark 13 – Port Royal (RTX): 10532;3DMark 13 – Time Spy: 14617 (Graphics – 15914, CPU – 10001);3DMark 13 – Speed Way (DX12 Ultimate): 4187;Uniengine Superposition – 1080p Extreme: 9424;CineBench R23 (10 min loop): CPU 24017 cb, CPU Single Core 2035 cb;Blender 3.6.5 – Classroom scene – CPU Compute: 3m 48s.SPECviewperf 2020 – 3DSMax: 167.83;SPECviewperf 2020 – Catia: 92.41;SPECviewperf 2020 – Maya: 612.45;SPECviewperf 2020 – SNX: 32.47;SPECviewperf 2020 – SW: 403.56.
These results are within 3-7% of Turbo mode, with more notable gains on the GPU side, due to the overclocking and slightly higher power allocation. Even so, opting for this kind of maxed-out Manual mode doesn’t make much sense, given the noticeable increase in fan noise and still limited performance gains.
Performance Mode – mid power, 45 dBA noise Performance mode is usually a mid-level balanced profile on Asus laptops, but for this generation, Asus raised the noise limit to ~45 dBA, which is rather loud for this sort of profile. Other ROG laptops are set at ~42 dBA for this profile, including the previous G14, but on this 2025 G14 they had to raise the noise bar to keep thermals at bay.
Here’s what we got in this case:
3DMark 13 – CPU profile: max – 10123, 16 – 9751, 8 – 6979, 4 – 4228, 2 – 2269, 1 – 1159;3DMark 13 – Fire Strike: 30532 (Graphics – 36707, Physics – 33167, Combined – 12824);3DMark 13 – Port Royal (RTX): 9069;3DMark 13 – Time Spy: 12974 (Graphics – 13723, CPU – 9913);3DMark 13 – Speed Way (DX12 Ultimate): 3661;Uniengine Superposition – 1080p Extreme: 8230;CineBench R23 (10 min loop): CPU 21669 cb, CPU Single Core 2024 cb;Blender 3.6.5 – Classroom scene – CPU Compute: 4m 01s.SPECviewperf 2020 – 3DSMax: 257.40;SPECviewperf 2020 – Catia: 84.45;SPECviewperf 2020 – Maya: 536.92;SPECviewperf 2020 – SNX: 31.20;SPECviewperf 2020 – SW: 362.26.
These results are within 5-10% of Turbo mode in CPU and GPU loads, but the overall experience between the two modes isn’t that different. For me, a mid-level profile makes more sense at 40-42 dBA and lower power settings. You’d have to create a Custom profile in Manual mode to get that experience here.
Silent Mode – still plenty fast at <35 dBA noise Silent mode limits the CPU/GPU power more aggressively to keep noise levels at sub-35 dBA and temperatures in check.
Here’s what we got:
3DMark 13 – CPU profile: max – 9831, 16 – 9164, 8 – 6558, 4 – 3921, 2 – 2126, 1 – 1122;3DMark 13 – Fire Strike: 19994 (Graphics – 22109, Physics – 32049, Combined – 8763);3DMark 13 – Port Royal (RTX): 4327;3DMark 13 – Time Spy: 7468 (Graphics – 7189, CPU – 9577);3DMark 13 – Speed Way (DX12 Ultimate): 2793;Uniengine Superposition – 1080p Extreme: 5485;CineBench R23 (10 min loop): CPU 19995 cb, CPU Single Core 2043 cb;Blender 3.6.5 – Classroom scene – CPU Compute: 4m 21s.SPECviewperf 2020 – 3DSMax: 106.04;SPECviewperf 2020 – Catia: 59.32;SPECviewperf 2020 – Maya: 371.82;SPECviewperf 2020 – SNX: 29.27;SPECviewperf 2020 – SW: 214.90.
The CPU is still a solid performer in this mode, at around 80% of what it can do on Turbo. But on the GPU side, the 45-55W limit in actual loads and games caps the performance to about 50-60% of Turbo mode. Nonetheless, this is a pretty good profile for what it is, even if you could perhaps squeeze better performance with still acceptable thermals at sub 35 dBA with a custom profile in Manual mode.
Performance Mode on PD power This ROG generation still supports only up to 100W of power via PD, and that means the laptop performs fairly similarly to Silent mode discussed above on PD power. It also pulls power out of the battery in combined sustained loads, both in benchmarks such as Specviewperf and in games.
That means that even if Silent, Performance, and Turbo modes are available with a 100W ROG PD charger connected, in reality, there’s no performance difference between modes, but only a slight difference in fan speeds, fan noise, and internal temperatures. And since the laptop only supports up to 100W of PD power, connecting a 140W PD charger doesn’t change things in any way.
Here’s what we got on Performance mode with 100W PD power.
3DMark 13 –CPU profile: max – 9752, 16 – 8266, 8 – 5175, 4 – 3239, 2 – 1948, 1 – 1108;3DMark 13 – Fire Strike: 20684 (Graphics – 22004, Physics – 32973, Combined – 10296);3DMark 13 – Port Royal (RTX): 4198;3DMark 13 – Time Spy: 7504 (Graphics – 7219, CPU – 9671);3DMark 13 – Speed Way (DX12 Ultimate): 1508;Uniengine Superposition – 1080p Extreme: 4622;CineBench R23 (10 min loop): CPU 20176 cb, CPU Single Core 1934 cb;Blender 3.6.5 – Classroom scene – CPU Compute: 4m 03s.SPECviewperf 2020 – 3DSMax: 57.30;SPECviewperf 2020 – Catia: 56.05;SPECviewperf 2020 – Maya: 275.41;SPECviewperf 2020 – SNX: 21.10;SPECviewperf 2020 – SW: 214.30.
These results are close to Silent mode on the main charger, a little lower on the GPU side in some tests. Thermals are, however, better than on Silent, as the fans run at 40 dBA or so on this Performance PD profile, instead of 35 dBA on Silent mode.
Gaming performance – Ryzen AI 9 + GeForce RTX 5070Ti Max-Q With benchmarks out of the way, let’s see how this Zephyrus G14 handles modern games. For these tests, I switched to Game Ready Drivers.
We tested a couple of different games on the various available profiles at QHD+ and native 2.8K resolution, with the GPU set on Ultimate mode (the MUX is manually set on dGPU only). All modes are tested with the laptop on a stand to prevent thermal limitations. Manual mode includes a GPU overclock of +100 MHz Core and +150 MHz Memory, the fans set to max speeds, and the laptop placed on a stand to benefit cooling.
Here are the results:
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 RTX 5070Ti Laptop 150-175W 2.8K Turbo, QHD+ Turbo, QHD+ Manual OC, QHD+ Performance, QHD+ Silent,
Black Myth: Wukong –
44 fps (32 fps – 1% low)
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Black Myth: WukongMFG On 2x 52 fps (22 fps – 1% low)
56 fps (24 fps – 1% low)
58 fps (26 fps – 1% low)
51 fps (23 fps – 1% low)
24 fps (10 fps – 1% low)
Black Myth: WukongMFG On 4x 106 fps (24 fps – 1% low)
108 fps (22 fps – 1% low)
112 fps (24 fps – 1% low)
99 fps (22 fps – 1% low)
52 fps (12 fps – 1% low)
Cyberpunk 2077 46 fps (34 fps – 1% low)
62 fps (46 fps – 1% low)
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Cyberpunk 2077 –
24 fps (16 fps – 1% low)
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Cyberpunk 2077MFG On 2x , Ray Reconstruction On, 64 fps (26 fps – 1% low)
72 fps (30 fps – 1% low)
76 fps (31 fps – 1% low)
66 fps (28 fps – 1% low)
36 fps (14 fps – 1% low)
Cyberpunk 2077MFG On 4x , Ray Reconstruction On, 106 fps (24 fps – 1% low)
124 fps (28 fps – 1% low)
132 fps (32 fps – 1% low)
118 fps (26 fps – 1% low)
62 fps (14 fps – 1% low)
Far Cry 6 90 fps (68 fps – 1% low)
98 fps (72 fps – 1% low)
101 fps (74 fps – 1% low)
92 fps (68 fps – 1% low)
54 fps (42 fps – 1% low)
Horizon Forbidden West 56 fps (40 fps – 1% low)
62 fps (45 fps – 1% low)
64 fps (46 fps – 1% low)
57 fps (42 fps – 1% low)
30 fps (22 fps – 1% low)
Horizon Forbidden West 102 fps (88 fps – 1% low)
110 fps (88 fps – 1% low)
114 fps (90 fps – 1% low)
104 fps (84 fps – 1% low)
58 fps (48 fps – 1% low)
Red Dead Redemption 2 82 fps (48 fps – 1% low)
92 fps (54 fps – 1% low)
97 fps (56 fps – 1% low)
89 fps (52 fps – 1% low)
53 fps (43 fps – 1% low)
Resident Evil 4 –
-1 fps (1 fps – 1% low)
-1 fps (1 fps – 1% low)
-1 fps (1 fps – 1% low)
– fps (5 fps – 1% low)
Shadow of Tomb Raider 106 fps (82 fps – 1% low)
120 fps (92 fps – 1% low)
125 fps (94 fps – 1% low)
114 fps (88 fps – 1% low)
61 fps (46 fps – 1% low)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (v4.04) 110 fps (68 fps – 1% low)
124 fps (76 fps – 1% low)
128 fps (78 fps – 1% low)
120 fps (72 fps – 1% low)
66 fps (42 fps – 1% low)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (v4.04) 62 fps (36 fps – 1% low)
76 fps (62 fps – 1% low)
80 fps (64 fps – 1% low)
70 fps (56 fps – 1% low)
35 fps (22 fps – 1% low)
Cyberpunk, Horizon FW, Witcher 3, Resident Evil – recorded with MSI Afterburner fps counter in campaign mode;
Black Myth, Far Cry 6, Red Dead Redemption 2, Tomb Raider – recorded with the included Benchmark utilities;
Red Dead Redemption 2 Optimized profile based on these settings .
Most of these games run smoothly at 2.5K and even 2.8K resolution, but if you’re looking for a quieter gaming experience or 100+ framerates in modern titles, activating DLSS 4.0 with the Multi Frame Generation setting set on 4x makes a huge difference.
The RTX 5080 model is going to deliver 10-15% higher framerates in these games. I’m still testing a 5070 configuration in a similar device and will update the article when possible.
Compared to last year’s 4070 version, this 5070Ti generation scores 25-40% higher in the tested games, without accounting for DLSS 4.0. At the same time, compared to the RTX 4090 model from 2022, this configuration trails behind by 2-10% between titles.
Let’s go over some performance and temperature logs.
First, here’s Turbo mode with the laptop flat on the desk. The CPU averages 90-95 °C and the GPU is thermally limited at 87 °C, so the system scales it down in speeds and power, averaging around 80-85 W TGP. I wouldn’t play games on this laptop without raising it off the desk to improve airflow into the fans.
Now, lifting the back of the laptop by at least a few cms makes a huge difference here. CPU temperatures drop to around 75-80 °C, and GPU averages under 80 °C as well. Furthermore, the GPU power averages 100-105W TGP, so 10-20% higher than when using the laptop flat on the desk, and a similar difference can be observed in actual GPU frequency and performance. The cooling module on this laptop is greatly choked with the device flat on the desk – we experienced similar behaviour on last year’s configurations, and things haven’t changed on this 2025 refresh either.
Then there’s Manual mode, with the higher GPU power and OC settings, as well as louder fans. We only tested this mode with the laptop on a stand. Temperatures end up a little lower than on Turbo mode, and the GPU runs at slightly higher power and clocks, but the resulting gains in framerates are minimal, somewhere around 2-5%.
Next is Performance mode, again with the laptop flat on the desk. The results aren’t much different from Turbo mode, given the power and fan settings are close between the two. The GPU still ends up thermally limited in this case, and the CPU runs in the high-80s and low-90s.
Placing the laptop on a desk makes a whole of a difference once more, especially don’t the GPU. This mode allows a TGP of 90-95W, which ensures 90-95% of the gaming framerates offered on Turbo mode.
And then there’s Silent mode. Framerates take a massive dip at 50-60% of Turbo mode, due to the GPU being limited around 45-50W TGP. Temperatures are fine, in the 70s on the CPU and 60s on the GPU, both with the laptop flat on the desk or raised up.
Here’s Silent mode with the laptop flat on the desk.
And Silent mode with it raised up.
I’ll also add some logs for Performance mode on PD power, which close to Silent mode, but with lower temperatures, as the fans are set to average about 40 dBA in this mode.
Finally, here’s Performance mode on battery power.
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Noise, Heat, Connectivity, speakers, and others The cooling module on this 2025 Zephyrus G14 generation has been slightly updated from the previous model. It’s now a dual-fan system with two heatsinks on the back edge, but the main heatpipe is thicker, there’s an extra heatpipe over the RAM, and a thermal plate is implemented over the components and VRMs.
Here’s the cooling on the 2025 generation.
And here’s the cooling on the 2024 model, for comparison.
Now, this cooling does well as long as you’re keeping the laptop on a stand or at least raised off the desk to allow for proper airflow into the fans and proper ventilation under the chassis. Flat on the desk, however, the fans are greatly choked and the laptop overheats and is thermally throttled, as shown in the previous section.
I’ll also mention that the hot air is blows to the back of the laptop and away from the user, so none of it is pushed into he display, as on some of the older G14 designs. That’s a much-welcome change.
For noise levels, expect 53 dBA on Manual with max-fans, 48-49 dBA on Turbo, 45 dBA on Performance, and sub-35 dBA on the Silent profile. Manual, Turbo, and Performance fan settings are higher than on the previous G14s.
As far as case-level temperatures go, here’s what we measured with light daily use: mid-20s across the board, and closer to mid-30s in the warmest spots. The fans are never idle, though, not even with the slightest of activity on Silent mode.
*Daily Use – streaming Netflix in EDGE for 30 minutes, Silent profile, fans at 0 dB
With sustained loads, I measured gaming on Performance with the laptop raised up, Turbo mode with the laptop raised up, and Turbo mode with the laptop flat on the desk.
Overall temperatures are crazy in this latter scenario, with hotspots in the 60s, and they’re still warm to hot for the other two scenarios, but within more acceptable limits. Like it or not, this is warm warm-running laptop, as expected when placing powerful hardware inside a compact metal chassis. For what is worth, the default Silent mode runs cooler, but I didn’t record it.
*Gaming – Performance – playing Cyberpunk for 30 minutes, fans at ~45 dB
For connectivity, there’s Wireless 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 on this generation, through a Mediatek module. I didn’t run into any issues with the wifi connection here, but Mediatek modules have been known for being buggy in the past. At least the WiFi module in a standard M.2 format, thus could be easily replaced if needed.
The audio quality is quite good here, with two main speakers (dual force woofers) firing top and bottom and two extra tweeters firing through the grills that flank the keyboard. The sound is rich, with good mids and even some oomph in the lower frequencies, and is loud enough at 80+ dBA at head level. This is still one of the better audio systems available on a compact Windows laptop, although not quite on par with the MacBook Pro 14. But close enough.
Finally, there’s a camera placed at the top of the screen and flanked by microphones. It’s FHD resolution and shoots decent quality images in good light. It comes with IR as well, with support for Windows Hello.
Battery life – poor runtimes There’s a 73Wh battery inside this Zephyrus G14, average-sized for a 14-inch device.
Here’s what we got on our review unit in terms of battery life, with the screen’s brightness set at around 120 nits (~60 brightness), on Standard dGPU mode and Best Battery Efficiency in Windows 11
12 W (~5-6 h of use) – idle, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;15 W (~4-5 h of use) – text editing in Google Drive, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;14 W (~5-6 h of use) – 1080p fullscreen video on Youtube in Edge, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;17 W (~4-5 h of use) – Netflix 4K HDR fullscreen in Edge, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;18 W (~4-5 h of use) – browsing in Edge, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;75 W (~1 h of use) – Gaming – Witcher 3, Performance Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON, no fps limit.
These aren’t stellar results, especially with YouTube and Netflix streaming, but still on par with the Ryzen AI 9 configuration of the Zephyrus G16 tested a few months ago.
I ran the tests a few times just to make sure there’s no error, as other reviews suggest better runtimes on the 2025 refresh than on the 2024 model. But it’s not the case on my unit.
For comparison, here’s what we got in the Ryzen 9 + RTX 4070 configuration of the 2024 G14:
10 W (~6-8 h of use) – idle, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;16.5 W (~4-6 h of use) – text editing in Google Drive, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;8 W (~8-9 h of use) – 1080p fullscreen video on Youtube in Edge, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;8 W (~8-9 h of use) – Netflix 4K HDR fullscreen in Edge, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;15 W (~4-6 h of use) – browsing in Edge, Silent Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON;75 W (~1 h of use) – Gaming – Witcher 3, Performance Mode, screen at 50%, WiFi ON, no fps limit.
Similar runtimes with daily use, but much better runtimes with video streaming.
The laptop ships with a 180W main-charger with a proprietary plug, and doesn’t primarily charge via USB-C. Last year, Asus argued they couldn’t get 180W of constant and reliable power on USB-C, and that’s why they went with a regular brick instead. Perhaps next year with a potential GA404 update, things might change.
Of course, USB-C charging is supported, but only up to 100W. At least for this generation, you can plug in the laptop on either side through the USB-C port – for the 2024 model, only the left-edge slot allowed for charging.
Performance is limited on USB-C PD power, though, and there’s no USB-C power passthrough, as this mode isn’t meant for sustained loads. It is fine for regular use and general multitasking, though.
Down below you can see the 180W charger (right) next to a 100W ROG PD charger, and you can actually get much more compact GaN options for PD power today – you’ll want to go with a ROG charger as much as possible, though, as 3rd party options might not even support 100W.
Price and availability- Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 This Asus Zephyrus G14 2025 generation is listed in some regions at the time of this article, though with still limited availability for some configurations.
The top-tier Zephyrus G14 GA403WW model, with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 dGPU, 32 GB of RAM, and 1-2 TB of SSD storage, goes for 3149 USD in the US, 3499 EUR here in Europe, and 3199 GBP in the UK.
The 5070Ti GA403WR model tested here is listed at $2399 in the US, and still north of 3K EUR in European countries.
The 5070 and 5060 versions should be more affordable, but aren’t widely available yet.
Follow this link for updated configurations and prices in your region at the time you’re reading this article.
Final thoughts on the 2025 Asus Zephyrus G14 This 2025 generation of the Zephyrus G14 is a highly capable compact performance laptop, notably faster than the previous iterations from 2024, due to the updated hardware and cooling module. You’ll still want to keep this on a stand for sustained workloads and games, and still have to accept warm to hot chassis temperatures under load and fairly loud fan noise, but that’s the reality of physics when squeezing powerful hardware inside a compact metal chassis.
As a daily driver, I still have my nits with this design, particularly with the limited screen angle and the oversized touchpad that can cause ghost swipes in some conditions. At the same time, this is a premium made laptop with a beautiful display, good keyboard, plenty of ports and punchy speakers, on top of its performance capabilities.
So, all things considered, there’s hardly any other device as capable as this one in this sort of form factor today.
This wraps-up my time with the ROG Zephyrus G14, but I’m looking forward to your thoughts and impressions and questions down below in the comments section.
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Review by: Andrei Girbea
Andrei Girbea is a Writer and Editor-in-Chief here at Ultrabookreview.com . I write about mobile technology, laptops and computers in general. I've been doing it for more than 15 years now. I'm a techie with a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering. I mostly write reviews and thorough guides here on the site, with some occasional columns and first-impression articles.
will blake
May 13, 2025 at 11:37 am
So "efficient" cores is not that efficient here, eh? Or is it 5xxx GPU issue?