ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED (UX7602) – Top 5 Pros and Cons

The Zenbook Pro 16X OLED’s got it all. The device is beautifully crafted, offering striking visuals. It also uses some of the most powerful hardware that’s available, with two Alder Lake H-series SKUs, the Core i7-12700H and  Core i9-12900H. It’s also a beacon of innovation, which we’ll mention when we talk about the design. Since the device is already close to perfect, ASUS is looking to just toss in the 13th Gen Raptor Lake chips as well as the RTX 40-series graphics from NVIDIA when these become available. For now, we have the Core i7-12700H and a 95W RTX 3060, which is still perfect for a Creator machine, taking that the user itself can utilize all the power.

Today we present you with LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED (UX7602).

ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED (UX7602): Full Specs / In-depth Review


4 reasons to BUY the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED (UX7602)

1. Design and build quality

On the outside, the Zenbook looks like a regular clamshell laptop. The aluminum that’s used for its construction gives it a smooth finish and military-grade durability, passing the MIL-STD-810H certification tests. The device does have plenty of heft to it, weighing 2.40 kg and having a profile of 17.8 mm. Opening the lid is possible with one hand. The hinge mechanism props up the keyboard, which detaches from the base, opening space below it for air to enter the cooling setup.

The keyboard is flanked by two speaker grills. While the panel that houses it is pretty thin, the key travel is plenty long, and the feedback is clicky. The touchpad has the NumberPad 2.0 feature, which gives you a NumPad whenever you need it, along with shortcuts to the calculator app. The pad itself isn’t clickable, instead using a haptic motor to mimic clicks. This leads to the entire surface being clickable and uniform. Next to the pad, you get an ASUS Dial, a circular touch-sensitive surface that doesn’t have any moving parts, however, it still spices up your workflow.


2. Display quality

With a 4K UHD+ OLED panel, you get super crispy visuals. The viewing angles are excellent and the panel reaches 383 nits of peak brightness. It fully covers both the sRGB and the DCI-P3 gamuts. The MyASUS app is also able to emulate both gamuts, depending on what work you need to do.

The panel comes calibrated out of the factory, with a dE value of 1.3 in the DCI-P3 gamut and 1.2 in the sRGB gamut.

DCI-P3
sRGB

While there is some PWM usage below 94 nits, the MyASUS app has a Flicker Free dimming option, which eliminates the issue. However, it affects the accuracy, giving it a dE value of 2.2.


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Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.

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3. Cooling

ASUS uses a vapor chamber with two fans for its ZenBook Pro 16X OLED. There are some heatsinks and one heat pipe for additional support.


Max CPU load

Intel Core i9-12900H (45W TDP)0:02 – 0:10 sec0:15 – 0:30 sec10:00 – 15:00 min
ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED (UX7602)3.43 GHz @ 2.70 GHz @ 90°C @ 99W3.32 GHz @ 2.61 GHz @ 90°C @ 85W3.46 GHz @ 2.68 GHz @ 89°C @ 94W
ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED (UX8402)3.10 GHz @ 2.50 GHz @ 88°C @ 74W2.92 GHz @ 2.40 GHz @ 88°C @ 65W2.74 GHz @ 2.27 GHz @ 82°C @ 56W
Dell Precision 15 35712.95 GHz @ 2.37 GHz @ 74°C @ 80W3.00 GHz @ 2.37 GHz @ 80°C @ 80W2.37 GHz @ 1.88 GHz @ 71°C @ 52W
ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 15 G533 (2022)4.00 GHz @ 3.06 GHz @ 77°C @ 126W3.97 GHz @ 3.04 GHz @ 85°C @ 125W3.93 GHz @ 2.96 GHz @ 86°C @ 121W
ASUS ROG Flow Z13 (GZ301)3.54 GHz @ 2.68 GHz @ 64°C @ 95W3.04 GHz @ 2.48 GHz @ 70°C @ 83W2.45 GHz @ 2.07 GHz @ 67°C @ 50W

In the CPU stress test, the laptop showed some of the best long-run performance that we’ve seen from the Core i9-12900H, only behind the Strix SCAR 15 G533 from last year.

Real-life gaming

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060GPU frequency/ Core temp (after 2 min)GPU frequency/ Core temp (after 30 min)Max Fans
ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED (UX7602)1698 MHz @ 69°C @ 95W1696 MHz @ 70°C @ 94W
HP Envy 16 (16-h0000)1565 MHz @ 77°C @ 94W1573 MHz @ 78°C @ 95W
HP Omen 16 (16-k0000)1833 MHz @ 79°C @ 140W1825 MHz @ 82°C @ 139W
Lenovo Legion 5i Pro (16″, 2022)1941 MHz @ 83°C @ 139W1920 MHz @ 86°C @ 138W
Lenovo Legion 5 (15″, 2022)1875 MHz @ 80°C @ 130W1863 MHz @ 82°C @ 130W
MSI Pulse GL76 (12Ux)1620 MHz @ 77°C @ 105W1608 MHz @ 81°C @ 105W1650 MHz @ 70°C @ 105W
ASUS ROG Strix G17 G713R (2022)1827 MHz @ 83°C @ 139W1825 MHz @ 85°C @ 139W
ASUS ROG Strix G15 G513R (2022)1844 MHz @ 81°C @ 139W1723 MHz @ 74°C @ 118W
ASUS TUF Gaming F17 (FX706, 2021)1548 MHz @ 80°C @ 95W1540 MHz @ 81°C @ 95W
HP Omen 17 (2021, 17-ck0000)1861 MHz @ 72°C @ 129W1857 MHz @ 73°C @ 130W
Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 21535 MHz @ 69°C @ 75W1517 MHz @ 76°C @ 75W
Lenovo Legion 5i (17″ Intel, 2021)1886 MHz @ 75°C @ 127W1879 MHz @ 76°C @ 127W
Lenovo Legion 7 (16″, 2021)1867 MHz @ 70°C @ 126W1858 MHz @ 74°C @ 127W
Lenovo Legion 5 (15″ AMD, 2021)1831 MHz @ 75°C @ 129W1815 MHz @ 80°C @ 129W
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro (16″)1803 MHz @ 76°C @ 129W1787 MHz @ 81°C @ 129W
MSI GP66 Leopard1863 MHz @ 72°C @ 124W1852 MHz @ 75°C @ 125W1849 MHz @ 69°C @ 127W
MSI GP76 Leopard1860 MHz @ 71°C @ 129W1857 MHz @ 73°C @ 128W1869 MHz @ 67°C @ 128W

It’s also able to squeeze out the max 95W power limit while running cool and running at respectable speeds, even surpassing some gaming devices, like the ASUS TUF Gaming F17 from 2021 and the MSI Pulse GL76 (12Ux).

Comfort during full load

While the fans definitely get loud at full load, the base is really cool, with a hotspot of only 37°C.


4. I/O

The port selection of the device includes one USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 2) port, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a power plug for a 200W power adapter, an SD card reader, an audio jack, and an HDMI 2.1 FRL port, which means less compression when delivering the signal.


1 reason NOT to buy the ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED (UX7602)

1. Upgradeability

One area where you can fault the laptop is its upgradeability. Despite the larger chassis, it comes with soldered LPDDR5 memory, but you can get up to 32GB of it, which we definitely recommend. For storage, there’s only one M.2 slot that supports Gen 4 SSDs.

Here is our detailed teardown video, which shows how to access the insides of the laptop for repairs and upgrades.


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