ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025
Apple MacBook Air 15.3" M4 Silver 2025
What Buyers Say
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025
The 2025 ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 is widely praised for its exceptional build quality, stunning OLED display, and impressive performance from the RTX 5080 and integrated 890M GPU. Users highlight excellent battery life when tuned with G-Helper, powerful speakers, and a lightweight design. The main drawback is fan noise during gaming, but overall it's considered the best ultraportable gaming laptop available.
Pros
- Excellent build quality
- Stunning OLED display
- Impressive gaming performance
- Great battery life with tuning
- Powerful speakers
Cons
- Fan noise during gaming
- Trackpad could be better
- Requires tuning for optimal battery
- Armoury Crate software bloat
Apple MacBook Air 15.3" M4 Silver 2025
The MacBook Air M4 15-inch receives overwhelmingly positive feedback for its blazing-fast performance, stunning display, and all-day battery life. Users consistently praise its lightweight, fanless design and the seamless multitasking experience, especially with 16GB of memory. A few minor concerns include the limited port selection and the need for dongles, but overall satisfaction is extremely high.
Pros
- Blazing-fast M4 performance
- Stunning 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display
- All-day battery life
- Lightweight and portable design
- Silent fanless operation
Cons
- Limited port selection (needs dongles)
- No HDMI or SD card reader
- Only 256GB base storage
- Small screen ding reported on used unit
Scores
Specifications
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 | Apple MacBook Air 15.3" M4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | ||
| CPU* | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370★ | Apple M4 |
| CPU Multi-Core Score | ||
| Cores | 12★ | 10 |
| Frequency | 2.0 GHz★ | — |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB★ | — |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU* | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080★ | Apple M4 10-core |
| GPU Benchmark Score | ||
| Type | discrete | integrated★ |
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | — |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 | Unified |
| Memory & Storage | ||
| RAM | 32 GB★ | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Storage 1 | 2 TB★ | 256 GB |
| Storage 1 Type | SSD | SSD |
| Display | ||
| Size | 14" | 15.3" |
| Resolution | 2880 px | 2880 px |
| Panel | OLED★ | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 120 Hz★ | 60 Hz |
| Brightness | 500 nits | 500 nits |
| Color Gamut | 100 percent | Wide color (P3) |
| Connectivity | ||
| USB-C Ports | 2 | 2 |
| USB Ports | 2★ | 0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | HDMI 2.1 | — |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7★ | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3★ |
| Ethernet | 1 x HDMI 2.1 | No |
| Physical | ||
| Weight | 1.57 kg | 1.51 kg★ |
| Battery | — | 66 Wh★ |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS |
Pros & Cons
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025
- Strong user sentiment (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong social proof (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong screen (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong gpu (94th percentile)94th %ile
Apple MacBook Air 15.3" M4 Silver 2025
- Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong reliability (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong screen (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Below average storage (16th percentile)16th %ile
Pricing
Verdict
Scores 88 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 14 of 30 specs.
