ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025
Apple MacBook Pro 16.2" M4 Max Space Black 2024
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 Pro 16.2" M4 Max Space Black 2024
The MacBook Pro M4 Max receives overwhelmingly positive feedback for its build quality, display, and battery life. Users praise its speed for tasks like music production and video editing, though one reviewer found the performance upgrade from M1 Max underwhelming for color grading with h.265 files. Overall, it is seen as a powerful and reliable machine.
Pros
- Excellent build quality
- Long battery life
- Fast performance for most tasks
- Great display with accurate colors
- Smooth trackpad and keyboard
Cons
- Underwhelming upgrade from M1 Max for color grading
- Struggles with h.265 files in color grading
- Crashes during export with certain plugins
Scores
Specifications
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 | Apple MacBook Pro 16.2" M4 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | ||
| CPU* | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Apple M4 Max★ |
| CPU Multi-Core Score | ||
| Cores | 12 | 16★ |
| Frequency | 2.0 GHz★ | — |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB★ | — |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU* | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080★ | Apple (40-Core) |
| GPU Benchmark Score | ||
| Type | discrete | integrated★ |
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | — |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 | System Shared |
| Memory & Storage | ||
| RAM | 32 GB | 64 GB★ |
| RAM Generation | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Storage 1 | 2 TB★ | 1 TB |
| Storage 1 Type | SSD | NVMe SSD★ |
| Display | ||
| Size | 14" | 16.2" |
| Resolution | 2880 px | 3456 px★ |
| Panel | OLED★ | Mini-LED |
| Refresh Rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Brightness | 500 nits | 1600 nits★ |
| Color Gamut | 100 percent | 100% DCI-P3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| USB-C Ports | 2 | 3★ |
| USB Ports | 2★ | 0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 5 |
| HDMI | HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI Output |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7★ | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3★ |
| Ethernet | 1 x HDMI 2.1 | — |
| Physical | ||
| Weight | 1.57 kg★ | 2.20 kg |
| Battery | — | 100 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 Pro 16.2" M4 Max Space Black 2024
- Strong screen (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong reliability (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong ram (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong cpu (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Below average portability (11th percentile)11th %ile
Verdict
Scores 88 overall, wins 6 of 8 usage categories and 10 of 30 specs.