Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025

Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025

Microsoft
63 Overall Score
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ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025

ASUS
88 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025

85 out of 100 low confidence 5 reviews

This laptop offers a solid balance of performance and portability with 32GB of memory and a 512GB SSD. The battery life is impressive, lasting up to 22 hours for video playback and 14 hours for web browsing. The touchscreen feature adds convenience, though the processor and graphics card details are not fully specified in user feedback.

Pros
  • Large 32GB memory
  • Fast 512GB SSD storage
  • Long battery life up to 22 hours
  • Convenient touchscreen feature
Cons
  • Processor details not specified
  • Graphics card details not specified
👍 Memory capacity 1
👍 Storage capacity 1
👍 Battery life 1
👍 Touchscreen 1
👎 Processor details 1
👎 Graphics card details 1

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025

95 out of 100 medium confidence 13 reviews

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
👍 Build quality 5
👍 Display quality 5
👍 Gaming performance 5
👍 Battery life 4
👍 Speaker quality 3
👎 Fan noise 3

Scores

Gaming
Microsoft
20
ASUS
100
Entertainment
Microsoft
65
ASUS
89
Creator
Microsoft
33
ASUS
88
Student
Microsoft
61
ASUS
86
Compact
Microsoft
62
ASUS
86
Developer
Microsoft
65
ASUS
85
Business
Microsoft
70
ASUS
84
Ai Llm
Microsoft
30
ASUS
75

Specifications

Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th EditionASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080
Processor
CPU*Intel Core Ultra 7 268VAMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370★
CPU Multi-Core Score
19,383
35,028
Cores812★
Frequency2.2 GHz★2.0 GHz
L3 Cache12 MB24 MB★
Graphics
GPU*Intel Arc GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080★
GPU Benchmark Score
5,484
35,666
Typeintegrated★discrete
VRAM16 GB16 GB
VRAM TypeSharedGDDR7
Memory & Storage
RAM32 GB32 GB
RAM GenerationDDR5LPDDR5X
Storage 1512 GB2 TB★
Storage 1 TypeNVMe SSD★SSD
Display
Size15"14"
Resolution2496 px2880 px★
PanelIPSOLED★
Refresh Rate120 Hz120 Hz
Brightness600 nits★500 nits
Color Gamut—100 percent
Connectivity
USB-C Ports22
USB Ports12★
ThunderboltThunderbolt 4Thunderbolt 4
HDMI—HDMI 2.1
Wi-FiWi-Fi 7Wi-Fi 7
BluetoothBluetooth 5.4★Bluetooth
Ethernet—1 x HDMI 2.1
Physical
Weight1.66 kg1.57 kg★
Battery66 Wh★—
OSWindows 11 ProWindows 11 Home

Pros & Cons

Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025

  • Strong screen (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong ram (81st percentile)81st %ile
  • Strong reliability (81st percentile)81st %ile
  • Strong user sentiment (79th percentile)
  • Below average social proof (9th percentile)9th %ile

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

Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025 is $450 cheaper (1.2x less).

Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025

Verdict

★ Winner: ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080

Scores 88 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 11 of 30 specs.

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Better at:

Ai LlmGamingCompactCreatorStudentBusinessDeveloperEntertainment

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