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Last year was a time for Asus to thoroughly revisit its designs, but 2025 is more about optimizing configurations. The 2024 Zephyrus G14 impressed us with its ability to pack significant power into a small chassis. How does the 2025 model, equipped with the new RTX 50 series, stack up? Let’s dive into our test.
Technical Specifications
| Model | Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 (GA403WR) |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 311 mm x 18.3 mm |
| Resolution | 2880 x 1800 pixels |
| Display Technology | OLED |
| Touch Screen | No |
| Processor (CPU) | Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 |
| Graphics Chip (GPU) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| RAM | 32 GB |
| Internal Memory | 1024 GB |
| Material | Plastic |
| Operating System (OS) | Microsoft Windows 11 |
| Weight | 1570 grams |
| Depth | 220 mm |
| Product Sheet |
Design
What has changed aesthetically in the 2025 Zephyrus G14 compared to the 2024 model? The answer is straightforward: nothing. Absolutely nothing. We still find the customizable LED strip on the lid, the thickness remains at 1.6 centimeters (1.83 at its thickest point), and it still weighs a noticeable 1.6 kilograms for a 14-inch laptop.
Of course, this is still a laptop capable of delivering substantial power. These “sacrifices” are thus perfectly natural. Even though the inspiration from Razer’s Mercury design is still noticeable, the Zephyrus G14 remains an attractive laptop that can be used both in a meeting or a LAN party, assuming people still attend LANs, but that’s another story.
Keyboard and Touchpad
No changes in the keyboard setup either. We still have the fairly standard chiclet switches, with a decent activation travel and a pleasing rebound. We wouldn’t expect a mechanical setup in this format, and Asus is not providing one, of course.
The touchpad again offers an immense area for the constrained size of the laptop, and its glass surface remains as pleasant to use as ever. In short: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Ports and Connectivity
On the left, there is the reversible proprietary power port, an HDMI 2.1 port, a USB-C 4.0 port (compatible with Thunderbolt 3), a USB A 3.2 Gen 2 port, and a combo jack. On the right, we find a USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 port, another USB A 3.2 Gen 2 port, and a microSD card reader.
The configuration remains the same, which is still as versatile and practical for this Zephyrus G14. This time, however, it includes Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4, which were previously missing.
Webcam and Audio
Again… no change here. The 1080p webcam is still quite effective, with good color and dynamic range management, though it’s nothing extraordinary.
The audio setup remains the same too, with speakers positioned on each side of the keyboard. The sound quality is quite good, with slightly more pronounced bass than average, although the treble could be better handled. We are still above average in the market.
Screen
Why change a winning team, really? Once again, we are in front of a 14-inch OLED panel supporting a resolution of 2880 x 1800 pixels at a 16:10 ratio. This screen again offers a refresh rate of 120 Hz, backed by NVIDIA G-Sync certification.
Under our probe and with the Portrait Displays Calman Color Calibration software, we find a coverage of 173% of the sRGB space and 116% of the DCI-P3 space. The maximum brightness in SDR is measured at 384 cd/m², which is actually lower than the 2024 model.
The average color temperature is measured at 6171K, slightly warmer than the NTSC norm of 6500K. The average delta e00 is measured at 3.11, close to perfection, with a maximum deviation measured at 4.36 in the blue tones.
In HDR mode, we find a very pleasant maximum brightness of 633 cd/m² in peak, but here’s the catch… The luminance isn’t particularly well adjusted. This results in an average delta e00 of 7.24 in HDR, which drops to 2.83 when errors in luminance are not considered. In HDR content, the situation worsens with an average delta e00 of 9.65, which goes back to 4.89 without the luminance errors.
Therefore, it’s hard to recommend HDR mode, which isn’t activated by default anyway. In any case, we are still dealing with an excellent OLED panel that unfortunately lost some brightness between generations in SDR and could use better calibration in HDR. This remains its biggest weakness.
Software
Once again, that dear McAfee is pre-installed, which really doesn’t hesitate to send pop-up notifications to scare the user for no reason. Uninstall it the minute you turn on your computer.
Otherwise, we find the usual duo of Armoury Crate and MyAsus. The former is still great for quickly controlling the behavior of your setup, and has been slightly refined by splitting its Aura tools onto a different platform.
The latter remains effective for updating your setup, though the existence of both seems somewhat superfluous: why not merge them?
Performance
Here’s the major change of this year! The 2025 Zephyrus G14 is powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 SoC, which previously propelled the second version of the 2024 Zephyrus G16. This is a 12-core, 24-thread SoC capable of turboing up to 5.1 GHz. Here, it is paired with 32 GB of LPDDR5X RAM at 7500 MHz and 1 TB of PCIe 4.0 storage.
But more importantly, we see the integration of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti mobile, a higher performance profile than the 2024 model, which was limited to the RTX 4070 at most. This year, however, the TGP is 110W, which is within the maximum allowed by NVIDIA for this chip. No power sacrifice to maintain this limited size! This is one of the best features of the Blackwell generation on mobile: optimization of consumption.
Note that the RTX 5080 model limits its TGP to 110W, whose maximum consumption is normally 150W.
Benchmarks
On Cinebench 2024, we find scores of 926 points in multi-core and 117 points in single-core. Let it be said: the evolution isn’t particularly remarkable on the CPU side, where the power scores are similar to the previous generation, especially in multi-core. Nothing surprising considering the limited chassis format.
On 3DMark, the evolution is much more significant. Scores of 3965 points on Speed Way and 3493 points on Steel Nomad are a substantial increase compared to the Zephyrus G14 of 2024, not only thanks to this more powerful GPU but also the unlocked TGP. A good thing. We are here close to the scores of a desktop RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB.
Finally, on storage, we simply find the good performances of an SSD in PCIe gen 4.
In Game
| Native Resolution (1800p) | Black Myth Wukong | Cyberpunk 2077 |
| PT ON, DLSS4 Balanced, FG x4 | 99 FPS | 93 FPS |
| PT ON, DLSS4 Balanced, FG x0 | 31 FPS | 29 FPS |
| PT ON, DLSS OFF | 13 FPS | 11 FPS |
| RT OFF, DLSS4 Balanced, FG x4 | 124 FPS | 180 FPS |
| RT OFF, DLSS4 Balanced, FG x0 | 41 FPS | 72 FPS |
| RT OFF, DLSS OFF | 26 FPS | 50 FPS |
We find performance roughly equivalent to a mobile RTX 5090 on 4K resolution with the mobile RTX 5070 Ti on a 1800p resolution, or “3K”. While the performance profile is excellent, gamers are still advised to opt for a 1080p resolution, which on a 14-inch diagonal will be more than adequate and allow the RTX 5070 Ti mobile to deliver much more optimized frame rates, even without DLSS.
For Creatives
In photo performance, we find a score of 77956 points. In video performance, we reach 48662 points. We are once again in a performance profile close to the desktop RTX 5060 Ti, although photo performance is slightly lagging here.
The same goes for Blender, the 3D creation tool.
Cooling and Noise
No surprises with this chassis: the 2025 Zephyrus G14 quickly becomes very hot. The shell reaches temperatures of 51°C at multiple points, but it’s particularly notable that the fans run so fast that you can feel the ventilation through the keyboard. When pushed to its limits, the laptop is a little furnace… as expected. There are no miracles here: such a configuration must necessarily deliver a lot of ventilation to maintain itself. And it does: its maximum performance does not fluctuate from session to session.
Battery Life
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 includes a 73 Wh battery, which is charged using a 200W power brick. While the battery size remains the same, the charger itself gains an extra 20W.
Under typical office use, with the screen set to 50% brightness, we find a battery life of 9 to 10 hours. We are essentially in the same range as the previous model, although the latter had a slight edge with an extra hour of use. For a laptop of this kind, the optimization is still quite impressive.
Price and Availability
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 is available in France starting at 3599 euros.
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Maya Singh is a senior editor covering tablets and hybrid devices. Her work explores how these tools reshape digital productivity and learning. She also contributes to feature editorials on emerging tech.
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