ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED (UX7602) review – a truly magical device


    Temperatures and comfort, Battery Life

    Max CPU load

    In this test we use 100% on the CPU cores, monitoring their frequencies and chip temperature. The first column shows a computer’s reaction to a short load (2-10 seconds), the second column simulates a serious task (between 15 and 30 seconds), and the third column is a good indicator of how good the laptop is for long loads such as video rendering.

    Average P-core frequency; Average E-core frequency; CPU temp.; Package Power

    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

    We are positively surprised by Zenbook Pro 16X OLED (UX7602)’s vapor chamber cooling solution. It not only runs at high clocks on both its P-cores and E-cores, but it also manages to sustain these frequencies throughout the entire test.

    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

    When put side by side with one of its main competitors – the HP Envy 16 (16-h0000), the Zenbook Pro 16X OLED doesn’t even hesitate. It chews up and spits out its opponent with clock speeds more than 100MHz higher, and temperatures about 10°C lower. Long live the vapor chamber.

    Comfort during full load

    You should prepare yourself for some noise. With that said, the laptop is not nearly as loud as some of its direct competitors. And the lifted keyboard has one major advantage in terms of temperature – it doesn’t heat up whatsoever.

    Battery

    Now, we conduct the battery tests with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with. To fit it accordingly, this beast is fitted with a huge 96Wh battery pack. It lasts for 11 hours and 11 minutes of Web browsing, or 8 hours and 20 minutes of video playback.

    Brightness: 180 nits; Display Mode: SDR
    Time to Full Discharge: Higher is Better

    In order to simulate real-life conditions, we used our own script for automatic web browsing through over 70 websites.



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