ASUS Vivobook 16X (M1603) review – a product with a high value and low price


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 core frequency (base frequency + X); CPU temp.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (45W TDP)0:02 – 0:10 sec0:15 – 0:30 sec10:00 – 15:00 min
ASUS Vivobook 16X (M1603)3.26 GHz @ 74°C3.22 GHz @ 86°C3.02 GHz @ 83°C
MSI Delta 15 (A5Ex)3.24 GHz @ 72°C3.16 GHz @ 78°C3.19 GHz @ 84°C
ASUS ZenBook Pro 15 OLED (UM535)3.36 GHz (B+5%) @ 74°C3.32 GHz (B+4%) @ 74°C3.23 GHz (B+1%) @ 82°C
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro (16″)3.19 GHz @ 76°C3.07 GHz @ 79°C3.16 GHz @ 84°C
Dell G15 55153.29 GHz @ 74°C3.14 GHz @ 74°C3.21 GHz @ 82°C
HP Victus 16 (16-e0000)3.29 GHz @ 80°C3.20 GHz @ 80°C3.27 GHz @ 89°C
HP Omen 15 (2021, 15-en1000)3.33 GHz @ 78°C3.33 GHz @ 85°C3.42 GHz @ 88°C
ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 15 G5333.43 GHz @ 76°C3.35 GHz @ 80°C3.47 GHz @ 82°C
ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE (GX551)3.93 GHz @ 81°C3.82 GHz @ 86°C3.78 GHz @ 93°C
ASUS TUF A17 (FA706) 20213.42 GHz @ 74°C3.34 GHz @ 78°C3.35 GHz @ 84°C

Quite expectedly, the Vivobook 16X (M1603) sits in the shadow of proper gaming devices when it comes to cooling down the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H. On the bright side, it’s good to see that the performance is not too bad either, with the CPU being able to sustain 45W of TDP throughout the entirety of the test.

Comfort during full load

It is able to do that without producing too much noise from its single lonely fan. The heat is concentrated in the right part of the keyboard, right above the location of the CPU.

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. Here, you get a 50Wh battery pack. It lasts for 9 hours and 49 minutes of Web browsing, or 8 hours and 12 minutes of video playback.



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Vlad
Vlad
1 year ago

Driver from the Asus website does not fix the issue with WLAN! Wi-Fi still not working after installing Win 11 and official drivers

Carlos
Carlos
9 months ago
Reply to  Vlad

I put a new SSD and when formatting with Windows 10 the wifi did not work, so I put a USB to Ethernet adapter and with Windows updates the correct driver was installed, maybe with Win11 it is the same.

daniel fleming
daniel fleming
1 year ago

Cool review guys 🙂

With the display profiles you are selling. Do they expand the coverage of SRGB at all? As it doesn’t say exactly how they differ except the de

Last edited 1 year ago by daniel fleming
elenagen
elenagen
1 year ago
Reply to  daniel fleming

sRGB coverage is a limitation of the hardware. The only thing calibration can do is balance the display if it is skewed towards a certain colour.

Carlos
Carlos
9 months ago

why???

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arish
arish
8 months ago

why doesnt it has tuv flicker free certification