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ASUS launches 2022 ROG Zephyrus G14, G15 with AMD Ryzen 9 & RTX 3080Ti

Sudhanshu — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:36:30 +0000

The popular ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 along with the Zephyrus G15 were well-received due to their solid performance for gaming and creative work at an aggressive price point. Now, the Taiwanese PC maker has unveiled the updated 2022 versions of these laptops, so let us take a closer look at these devices and see what new they have to offer.

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 2022 specs and features

The Zephyrus G14 2022 offers two display options both of which offer a 16:10 aspect ratio and 91% screen-to-body ratio. The more expensive choice is the 14-inch QHD 120Hz DCIP-3 IPS Nebula Display at 500nits with 3ms response time and Dolby Vision support. The second option is a 14-inch IPS FHD 144Hz 100% sRGB display at 400 nits with a 3ms response time. Additionally, a 720P HD IR Camera for Windows Hello is also present on the device.

The G14 features up to AMD’s new Ryzen 9 6900HS 8-core/16-thread processor, paired with a Radeon RX 6800S graphics card with 8GB GDDR6 VRAM. The GPU also features a Mux switch, which lets you manually toggle between integrated and dedicated graphics options. The device supports a maximum of 32GB RAM and comes with a 16GB DDR5 4800MHz RAM soldered onto the motherboard leaving one slot free. For storage, the device comes with up to 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD.

Other features include Wi-Fi 6E(802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.2 (Dual-band), two USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 ports with DisplayPort 1.4 video output and PD charging at up to 100W, USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 ports, an HDMI 2.0b port, a UHS-II microSD card reader, and a headphone combo jack.

ASUS Zephyrus G14 has a 76Wh battery pack and measures 31.2 x 22.7 x 1.95 cm with a weight of up to 1.72 Kg.

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 2022 specs and features

The Zephyrus G15 comes with a 15.6-inch WQHD (2560 x 1440) panel with a 240Hz refresh rate, 300 nits of peak brightness, 3ms response time, and 100 percent coverage of the DCI-P3 color space. The screen carries a 16:9 aspect ratio and supports Dolby Vision and adaptive sync.

The G15 features the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS 8-core/16-thread processor, paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU with 8GB GDDR6 VRAM. Similar to the G14, the device also features a Mux switch, which lets you manually toggle between integrated and dedicated graphics options to save on battery life.

The laptop is cooled with the help of liquid metal, an 84-blade fan, and 4 fan outlets. In the sound department, the G15 features a 2x 2W dual-force woofer with Smart Amp Technology, 2x 2W tweeter, Dolby Atmos, and AI noise-canceling technology. Additionally, a 720P HD IR Camera for Windows Hello is also present on the device.

ASUS has not provided any pricing info about these laptops yet however, they have stated that these new ROG Zephyrus G14 and G15 will not start shipping until mid to late 2022.

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13, ThinkPad Z16 laptops with latest AMD Ryzen CPUs launched, will hit the markets in May 2022

Sudhanshu — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:18:42 +0000

Ahead of CES 2022, the Chinese laptop manufacturer Lenovo launched their new notebook models dubbed the ThinkPad Z13 and ThinkPad Z16. These new ThinkPad models come packing the latest AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 series processors with the ThinkPad Z13 getting an optional exclusive AMD CPU, so let’s take a closer look at their specs and features.

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 specifications

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The ThinkPad Z13 comes with a 13.5-inch IPS OLED 2K+ (2,880 x 1,620pixels) display with 400 nits of peak brightness, a 91.6 percent screen-to-body ratio, and a 16:10 aspect ratio. The device also has a low blue light emission mode and supports Dolby vision. The speaker system present on the device comes with Dolby Atmos support.

The hardware on this machine consists of an AMD Ryzen Pro U-Series processor or an exclusive AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z processor, coupled with up to 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 1TB of PCIe Gen 4 SSD storage.

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Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 has integrated Lenovo’s match-on-chip fingerprint reader into the keyboard and uses a Microsoft Pluton security processor. The device comes with a full-HD infrared webcam integrated into the device with an aperture of f/2.0 and eShutter functionality. It also has dual-array microphones for audio input.

Other features of the laptop include Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth v5.2, LTE 4G, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It sports a backlit keyboard and two USB 4.0 Type-C ports. Double-tapping the TrackPoint icon gives quick access to Communication QuickMenu for access to common camera and microphone settings.

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 contains a 50Wh battery with Rapid Charge fast charging support. In terms of dimensions, it measures 294.4×199.6×13.99mm and weighs 1.25kg.

Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 specifications

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The Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 features a 16-inch IPS OLED 4K (3,840×2,160 pixels) display with a 16:10 aspect ratio, a 92.3 percent screen-to-body ratio, and 400 nits of peak brightness. Similar to the ThinkPad Z13 model, the ThinkPad Z16 also features Dolby Vision support and a low blue light emission mode.

The ThinkPad Z16 features an AMD Ryzen Pro H-series processor with integrated AMD radion graphics or an optional discrete AMD Radeon RX 6500M GPU. The device comes with up to 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 2TB of PCIe SSD. For security, the device includes a Microsoft Pluton security processor and comes with a match-on-chip fingerprint reader integrated into the keyboard.

Other features of the ThinkPad Z16 include a Dolby Atmos speaker system with Dolby Voice AI noise cancellation technology, a backlit keyboard, Wi-Fi 6E, LTE 4G, Bluetooth 5.2, three USB 4.0 Type-C ports, an SD card reader, and a 3.5mm audio jack.

The Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 comes with a 70Wh battery pack and measures 354.4×237.4x 15.8mm with a weight of 1.97kg.

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13, ThinkPad Z16 price, and availability

The ThinkPad Z13 will have a starting price of $1,549 while the ThinkPad Z16 will begin at $2,099. Lenovo has announced that both of these models will go on sale starting May 2022 and will be available in two color variants, namely Arctic Grey and Bronze.

AMD officially announces Ryzen 6000 Mobile CPUs for laptops at CES 2022

Jeet — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 03:28:22 +0000

As expected, AMD has officially announced its new Ryzen 6000 CPUs at CES 2022. The chips are launched as the successor of the Ryzen 5000 lineup of laptop chips that were made official last year at CES.

The newly announced laptop processors are claimed to offer up to 1.3 times faster processing, two times better gaming performance, and up to 24 hours of battery life.

The company is offering the new AMD Ryzen 6000 chips in H-series (with 35W and 45) for devices aimed at powerful tasks, gaming, or creative work, and U-series (15W to 28W) that are aimed at thin and light devices.

They use a new Zen 3+ CPU architecture and 6nm manufacturing process and the integrated graphics processors have been swapped from the years-old Vega architecture for the modern RDNA2 architecture used in Radeon 6000-series graphics cards.

The flagship offering in the lineup is Ryzen 9 6980HX which packs eight cores, 16 threads, 3.3GHz clock speed that can be boosted to 5.0GHz, and 12 GPU cores at 2.4GHz. All of the Ryzen 9 and Ryzen 7 models include Radeon 680M GPUs with 12 GPU cores, while the Ryzen 5 models use weaker Radeon 660M GPUs with 6 GPU cores.

It comes with support for PCI Express 4.0 for fast SSDs along with DDR5 RAM for more memory bandwidth. Also, all the chips in this lineup include a Microsoft Pluton security processor which is intended to make Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs more secure.

These new chips come with support for USB4 with data transfer rates at up to 40Gbps, HDMI 2.1 with support for high frame rates and VRR, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth LE 5.2. As for the battery life, the company is claiming a maximum of 24 hours of battery life.

Laptops powered by the new AMD Ryzen 6000 series chips are set to be announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 from brands like Acer, Asus, Alienware, Lenovo, Razer, and HP. The first set of devices is expected to go on sale from next month.