ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14, a flagship Ryzen laptop, available now

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Asus Rog Zephyrus G14 Hero (Image credit: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central)

What you need to know

  • The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 is now available for purchase"
  • Currently, only one model is listed on Best Buy's website
  • The model of the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 that's available costs $1,450.

ASUS' new ROG Zephyrus G14 is now available for purchase on Best Buy's website. The 14-inch gaming laptop has impressive internals for its size, including up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q and up to an AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS processor. The ROG Zephyrus G14 should have some more variants available in the future, but the only model that's available now from Best Buy costs $1,450.

The model available on Best Buy has an AMD Ryzen 9 processor and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q for graphics. It also has an FHD display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The listed model has 16GB of memory and 1TB of storage.

Here's the complete spec breakdown of the variants that should be available in the future.

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CategoryTKTK
OSWindows 10 Pro
Display14-inches1080p at 60Hz or 120Hz1440p at 60Hz
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 4600HSAMD Ryzen 7 4800HSAMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
SecurityFingerprint (single sign-on), power button
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 1650NVIDIA GTX 1650TiNVIDIA GTX 1660Ti Max-QNVIDIA RTX 2060 Max-Q
MemoryUp to 32GB DDR4 3200MHz
StorageUp to 1TB PCIe 3.0 SSD
SecurityBuilt in fingerprint scanner
WirelessWi-Fi 6
Ports1 x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 PD1 x USB-C 3.2 Gen 22 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 11 x HDMI 2.0b1 x 3.5mm headset jack
Audio2x 2.5W speakers with Smart AMP technologyDolby Atmos
Weight1.6 kg (3.52 lbs)

When our executive editor Daniel Rubino previewed the ASUS OG Zephyrus G14, he came away impressed, stating that based on benchmarks, the laptop is a "gamechanger." In his preview, he ran it through benchmark tests and stacked it up against the Dell XPS 15 7950 and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 2). A full review is on the way, so keep an eye out to see more of our impressions.

Sean Endicott
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