AMD has conquered the notebook market in recent years, whether it is a thin and light notebook, an all-round notebook or a gaming notebook, you can see the presence of Ryzen processors, but in the field of high-end creative design PCs, it is still Intel's world.
Recently, the first batch of notebooks equipped with AMD AI 300 series processors have been released, all of which are positioned as high-end, including a creative design PC: ASUS ProArt Genesis 16 2024.
So how does it perform overall?
Today we will briefly analyze:
ASUS ProArt Gen 16 2024
Left side of the fuselage
The right side of the fuselage
It is configured as follows:
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor
RTX 4070 8GB 独立显卡（105W）
64GB LPDDR5x 7500MHz 内存
2TB SSD
16-inch 3840×2400 resolution, 100% P3 color gamut, 60Hz refresh rate, OLED touch screen
The battery capacity is 90Wh
厚度 14.9~17.5mm
Weight 1.82kg
The adapter weighs 574g
The reference price is 17999 yuan
Its advantages and disadvantages are as follows:
Merit!
1. CNC body, good texture
2. Six speakers, better sound quality
3. In the same size, the fuselage is thinner
Shortcoming!
1. The screen refresh rate is only 60Hz, and the brightness is lower in SDR mode2, the price is higher3, and the battery life is average
【Upgrade Suggestions】
It is not difficult to disassemble this laptop, remove all the screws on the bottom surface to remove the back cover, and you need to pay attention to the fact that there are two screws hidden under the upper foot pad.
The dual-channel 64GB LPDDR5x 7500MHz memory is designed to meet the needs of most applications, and the memory is onboard and cannot be replaced. The SSD has a capacity of 2TB, the model Samsung PM9A1a, supports PCIe 4.0×4 and NVMe, and the machine also has a 2280 M.2 slot, which can be added if necessary.
【Purchase Suggestion】
1. There are high requirements for the performance of external sound quality
2. A relatively thin and light body is required
3. As a product of the ASUS ProArt series, the ProArt 16 2024 not only has excellent texture and thickness and weight control, but also is optimized for creative design work, it is equipped with a 4K resolution wide color gamut OLED screen and the iconic ASUS virtual knob of the ProArt series. In terms of screen, the measured color gamut volume is 172.2% and 121.9%sRGB, and the color gamut covers 100.0%sRGB and 99.9%DCI P3. The display supports color gamut switching: DCI P3 as a reference, the average ΔE is 0.78, the maximum ΔE is 2.13, and the sRGB is used as a reference, the average ΔE is 0.84, and the maximum ΔE is 2.24. The maximum brightness of the measured screen is 366nits, and the maximum brightness is 616nits in HDR mode. In terms of interfaces, there are power interfaces, HDMI2.1 (independent display output), USB4 40Gbps (support DP core display output and 100W PD charging) interface, USB-A 10Gbps interface and 3.5mm audio interface on the left side of the fuselage, and USB-C 10Gbps (support DP independent display output and 100W PD charging), USB-A 10Gbps and SD card reader (UHS-II) on the right side of the fuselage.
In terms of noise, it has a decibel level of 54.0dB at full load and 55.6dB for strong cooling. (32.8dB ambient noise)
In terms of battery life, the test score of daily application simulation script is 6 hours and 40 minutes. The ASUS ProArt Chuang16 2024 in our hands is priced at 17999 yuan, in addition, there are also 32G+1T+4060 configurations to choose from, and the initial price is 15999 yuan. So if you're on a high budget and want a smart, thin, and creative design PC, then this laptop is something to consider.
But if you don't have a lot of budget, or have a lot of gaming needs, then this PC may not be for you.
【Heat Analysis】
The picture above is a real picture of the disassembly of the ASUS ProArt Genesis 16 2024, a combination of four heat pipes and 3 fans, and the CPU uses liquid metal thermal conductivity. Room temperature 25 °C
Reflectivity 1.0
BIOS版本：H7606WI.306
In the full load state, the CPU temperature is stable at 83.5°C, the power consumption is 35W, the frequency of the large core is about 2.9GHz, the frequency of the small core is about 2.2GHz, the temperature of the graphics card is 78.4°C, the power consumption is 85W, and the frequency is 1695MHz.
After the fuselage is padd, the power consumption remains the same, and the CPU temperature drops to 77.4°C, and the GPU temperature is 72.5°C.
单烤Stress FPU,CPU温度维持在90.5°C,功耗80W,大核频率约4.2GHz,小核频率约3.2GHz。
Single-baked Furmark, the graphics card temperature is maintained at 74.9°C, power consumption is 105W, and the frequency is 1860MHz.
Swipe left to see the temperature on the back of the oven
Oven back temperature
The surface temperature is shown in the graph above, with the keyboard keycaps up to 45.7°C on the "F6" key, around 31.9°C near the WASD key, and 34.8°C near the arrow key. The temperature of the left wrist rest is 31.6°C. The dorsal center point is 40.0°C. Overall, the ASUS ProArt Genesis 16 2024's cooling performance is good for a thin and high-spec notebook, with a well-controlled core temperature and an inward-blowing cooling design that works.
【CPU Performance Analysis】
This computer is powered by AMD's latest Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor, which belongs to the AI 300 series, and is positioned between the traditional H45 and HX55 for performance.
The AI 300 series, codenamed Strix Point (STX), is AMD's first processor with a "big and small" architecture, but unlike Intel, AMD uses "isomorphic" big and small cores, that is, the big core Zen 5 and the small core Zen 5c use the same architecture design.
Different from Intel's ring bus, AMD's large and small core architecture is closer to the concept of clusters, and the large and small cores have independent caches, including 4 large cores with a total of 4×1MB=4MB L2 cache and 16MB L3 cache, and small cores with a total of 8×1MB=8MB L2 cache and 8MB L3 cache.
Let's take a look at the actual running score:
(In order to facilitate reading and analysis, we have introduced the R23 energy consumption curve as the main reference object)
From the line chart, we can intuitively see that the HX 370 has an excellent energy consumption performance below 60W.
As a 12-core CPU, the performance of the 7845HX below 60W is better than that of the same 12-core CPU, second only to the 7945HX with 16 cores. Compared with Intel, below 80W is significantly stronger than i9-14900HX.
And if you only look at the 40W or less, this CPU is the strongest of all x86 CPUs we have tested, and the energy consumption performance is quite good.
In terms of single-core performance, the single-core frequency of this CPU is5.1GHz, which is stronger than the 5.4GHz7945HX single-core performance, and the R23 score is about 9% stronger, which to a certain extent shows that Zen5 has indeed achieved progress compared with Zen4 in terms of architecture, but there is still a certain gap compared with 14900HX.
Overall, this CPU is very suitable for power-sensitive thin and light gaming laptops, but the price seems to be a bit high for now, which should be the biggest problem for the promotion of the AI 300 series at the moment.
【The Pig King's Conscience Conclusion】
The ASUS ProArt Gen 16 2024 not only has excellent thickness and weight control and decent performance, but also features a 4K wide color gamut OLED display and the iconic ASUS virtual knob of the ProArt series, as well as a large 64GB RAM capacity, which is good for creative designers.
But on the other hand,
It has a screen refresh rate of only 60Hz and no direct connection to the GPU
, which may dissuade some consumers who want to take care of gaming use.
After testing, we found that the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor has excellent energy efficiency, which makes it ideal for use with ProArt
Tron 16 2024 is such a "light and thin performance two-handed" product.
(In terms of battery life, further tuning may be required to take advantage of the processor's energy efficiency)
As one of the first notebooks equipped with AI 300 series processors, the ASUS ProArt Genesis 16 2024 fills the gap in the AMD camp in the field of high-end creative design PCs, and is a key step in AMD's product layout.
I believe that both ASUS and AMD have high hopes for it.