ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025
HP 17 17.3" 17t Silver 2022
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
HP 17 17.3" 17t Silver 2022
This HP laptop has received glowing feedback from buyers, with many praising its large screen, clear picture, backlit keyboard, and numeric keypad. Most users found it easy to set up and are happy with the performance and battery life, though one noted the display is somewhat dull on the brightest setting and another had a minor hiccup finding the keyboard lighting button. A few caution that it's early days, but overall sentiment is very positive, with several saying they'd buy it again.
Pros
- Large clear display
- Backlit keyboard
- Numeric keypad
- Good battery life
- Easy setup
Cons
- Display somewhat dull at max brightness
- Old data transfer to Windows 11 was hard
- Keyboard lighting button not obvious
Scores
Specifications
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 | HP 17 17.3" 17t | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | ||
| CPU* | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370★ | Intel Core i7 1255U |
| CPU Multi-Core Score | ||
| Cores | 12★ | 10 |
| Frequency | 2.0 GHz | 2.8 GHz★ |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB★ | 12 MB |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU* | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080★ | Intel Iris Xe Graphics |
| GPU Benchmark Score | ||
| Type | discrete | integrated★ |
| VRAM | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 | Shared |
| Memory & Storage | ||
| RAM | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| RAM Generation | LPDDR5X★ | DDR4 |
| Storage 1 | 2 TB★ | 1 TB |
| Storage 1 Type | SSD | NVMe SSD★ |
| Display | ||
| Size | 14" | 17.3" |
| Resolution | 2880 px★ | 1600 px |
| Panel | OLED★ | — |
| Refresh Rate | 120 Hz★ | — |
| Brightness | 500 nits★ | — |
| Color Gamut | 100 percent | — |
| Connectivity | ||
| USB-C Ports | 2★ | 1 |
| USB Ports | 2 | 2 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | — |
| HDMI | HDMI 2.1 | HDMI 1.4b |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7★ | Wi-Fi 6 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.2★ |
| Ethernet | 1 x HDMI 2.1 | — |
| Physical | ||
| Weight | 1.57 kg★ | 2.38 kg |
| Battery | — | 41 Wh★ |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
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
HP 17 17.3" 17t Silver 2022
- Strong social proof (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong user sentiment (81st percentile)81st %ile
- Strong storage (80th percentile)80th %ile
- Strong ram (68th percentile)
- Below average portability (4th percentile)4th %ile
- Below average screen (9th percentile)9th %ile
- Below average reliability (33rd percentile)
Pricing
HP 17 17.3" 17t Silver 2022 offers 1.9x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 88 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 15 of 30 specs.