Asus Zenbook S 16 (2024) 16" AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 2GHz / 24GB RAM / 1TB SSD

This productivity laptop measures 353 mm wide, 243 mm deep, and just 11 mm thick, with a total volume of approximately 943.6 cm³ and a weight of 1,500 g. It features a backlit keyboard for use in low-light environments, but does not use a fanless design and is not weather-sealed or splashproof.

The 16-inch OLED/AMOLED panel runs at a resolution of 2880 x 1800 pixels with a pixel density of 212 ppi, delivering sharp detail across the screen. It operates at a 120Hz refresh rate with a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 and a typical brightness of 400 nits, though it does not include an anti-reflection coating and is not a touch screen. The display configuration supports up to four simultaneous external displays, extending its usefulness for multi-monitor productivity setups.

The system is driven by a 10-core, 20-thread 64-bit processor built on a 4 nm process node, with a base clock speed of 2 GHz per core and a turbo frequency reaching up to 5 GHz. It is paired with 24GB of DDR5 RAM — the maximum supported — across a single memory slot, running at speeds of up to 7,500 MHz via dual memory channels. Storage is handled by a 1,024GB NVMe SSD connected over PCIe 4.0, ensuring fast read and write throughput. The integrated GPU runs at a base clock of 800 MHz and boosts up to 2,900 MHz, with DirectX 12 support and multithreading enabled across the platform.

In standardized testing, the processor achieved a Geekbench 6 multi-core score of 12,581 and a single-core score of 2,533, reflecting the capability of its 10-core, 20-thread configuration across both sustained and single-threaded workloads. PassMark results follow a similar pattern, with an overall score of 29,482 and a single-core PassMark result of 3,841.

The port selection centers on two USB 4 40Gbps Type-C ports and one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port, while Thunderbolt 3 and 4, DisplayPort, mini DisplayPort, and wired Ethernet via RJ45 are all absent. Video output is available through a single HDMI 2.1 port, and an external memory slot adds convenient storage expansion. Wireless connectivity is handled by Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) with backward compatibility down to Wi-Fi 4, alongside Bluetooth 5.4, and AirPlay is also supported for wireless streaming to compatible displays.

The laptop is equipped with a 78 Wh battery and supports sleep-and-charge via its USB ports, allowing connected devices to be charged even when the laptop is in sleep mode. A MagSafe power adapter is not included.

The laptop includes stereo speakers, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a dual-microphone setup for audio input, though Dolby Atmos and S/PDIF output are not supported. A front camera is present and paired with 3D facial recognition for biometric login, while a fingerprint scanner is not included. Voice commands are not available, and there is no stylus bundled with the device. Sensors such as a gyroscope, accelerometer, GPS, and compass are all absent, and the laptop does not have an optical disc drive.

The processor carries a clock multiplier of 20 and an unlocked multiplier, with a maximum junction temperature of 100 °C and a TDP of 28W. It operates across dual memory channels with a maximum RAM speed of 7,500 MHz and does not support ECC memory. Cache configuration includes 24 MB of L3 cache at 2.4 MB per core and 10 MB of L2 cache at 1 MB per core. The CPU supports a broad set of instruction sets including MMX, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, F16C, SSE 4.1, and SSE 4.2, along with NX bit for hardware-level security, but does not use big.LITTLE heterogeneous core architecture. Integrated graphics are handled by the Radeon 780M, which features 12 GPU execution units and 768 shading units.