Lenovo ThinkPad 16" E16 Gen 3 Eclipse Black 2024
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025
What Buyers Say
Lenovo ThinkPad 16" E16 Gen 3 Eclipse Black 2024
The Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 AMD is widely praised for its solid build quality, comfortable keyboard, and strong performance for business and development tasks. Many users highlight the large matte display, good battery life, and upgradeability as key strengths. However, several verified reviews report issues with the trackpoint recalibration, fingerprint sensor reliability, and occasional software bugs. Customer service complaints about return labels and support responsiveness are also a recurring negative theme.
Pros
- Solid build quality
- Comfortable keyboard
- Large matte display
- Good performance for business tasks
- Upgradeable RAM and storage
Cons
- Trackpoint recalibration issues
- Fingerprint sensor unreliable
- Customer service unresponsive
- Pre-installed bloatware (McAfee)
- Occasional software bugs
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
Scores
Specifications
| Lenovo ThinkPad 16" E16 Gen 3 | ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | ||
| CPU* | AMD Ryzen 7 250 | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370★ |
| CPU Multi-Core Score | ||
| Cores | 8 | 12★ |
| Frequency | 3.3 GHz★ | 2.0 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 24 MB★ |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU* | Integrated AMD Radeon 780M | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080★ |
| GPU Benchmark Score | ||
| Type | integrated★ | discrete |
| VRAM | — | 16 GB★ |
| VRAM Type | Shared | GDDR7 |
| Memory & Storage | ||
| RAM | 16 GB | 32 GB★ |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Storage 1 | 1 TB | 2 TB★ |
| Storage 1 Type | NVMe SSD★ | SSD |
| Display | ||
| Size | 16" | 14" |
| Resolution | 1920 px | 2880 px★ |
| Panel | IPS | OLED★ |
| Refresh Rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz★ |
| Brightness | 300 nits | 500 nits★ |
| Color Gamut | 45% NTSC | 100 percent |
| Connectivity | ||
| USB-C Ports | 2 | 2 |
| USB Ports | 2 | 2 |
| Thunderbolt | USB 4 40Gbps | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | HDMI 2.1 | HDMI 2.1 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6 | Wi-Fi 7★ |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.1★ | Bluetooth |
| Ethernet | Ethernet (RJ45) | 1 x HDMI 2.1 |
| Physical | ||
| Weight | 1.71 kg | 1.57 kg★ |
| Battery | 48 Wh★ | — |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home |
Pros & Cons
Lenovo ThinkPad 16" E16 Gen 3 Eclipse Black 2024
- Strong social proof (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong port selection (84th percentile)84th %ile
- Strong reliability (81st percentile)81st %ile
- Strong storage (80th percentile)80th %ile
- Below average portability (31st percentile)
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
Pricing
Lenovo ThinkPad 16" E16 Gen 3 Eclipse Black 2024 offers 1.8x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 88 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 15 of 30 specs.
