ASUS Lingyao 14 2024 experience: the first Core Ultra AI ultra-thin notebook

ASUS Lingyao series thin and light notebooks stand out in the market with their unique characteristics, including stylish appearance, thin and light body, excellent battery life and other features, which have attracted widespread attention from the public. On December 15, 2023, Intel launched the new Core Ultra processor, Intel 4 process, 3D Foveros packaging technology, artificial intelligence NPU, sharp core display... A series of new features have inspired the public to pay attention to the Core Ultra processor Strong expectations for the device. Following Intel's footsteps, ASUS immediately launched the first AI ultra-thin and light notebook with Core Ultra processor - ASUS ZenBook 14 2024. So how does this thin and light notebook equipped with a new processor perform?

Product parameters

Operating system: Windows 11 Home (64-bit)

Main screen: 14-inch OLED ASUS good screen (2880×1800, 120Hz, 600nits peak brightness)

Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (16 cores, 22 threads, maximum turbo frequency 4.8GHz)

Memory: Onboard 32GB LPDDR5x 7467 dual-channel memory

Hard drive: 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD

Graphics card: Intel Sharp Graphics (8 cores, 2.25GHz)

Battery: 75Wh

Size: 312mm×220mm×13.9mm

Weight: about 1.19kg (excluding power adapter)

Reference price: 6999 yuan

The new Intel Core Ultra first generation processor is coming

On December 15, 2023, Intel officially launched a processor based on the Meteor Lake architecture on the mobile platform. The Meteor Lake processor was named the new Core Ultra series, so what we are currently seeing is the first generation, which is the Core Ultra series. generation processor.

The first-generation Core Ultra family mainly covers two series, H and U, with a total of 11 processors. The H series currently only has two categories: Ultra 7 and Ultra 5. The top Ultra 9 will not be available until the first quarter of 2024. . In the same way, the two higher-spec processors in the U series will not be available until the first quarter of 2024.

The biggest change in the Core Ultra series processors is the upgrade to the Intel 4 process and the adoption of 3D Foveros packaging technology, which further improves the processor's energy efficiency and scalability. At the same time, Intel has for the first time integrated an NPU specifically designed to handle AI load and reasoning in all Core Ultra processors, AI Boost, which can bring a better AI experience to Core Ultra notebooks. Intel said that its NPU has better energy efficiency and AI performance. In video conferencing software, letting the NPU perform background elimination can save about 38% of the power consumption of notebooks.

In addition, the integrated graphics of Core Ultra H series processors have also been enhanced, and they all have built-in new sharp integrated graphics. Intel said that the performance of Ruixuan integrated graphics is nearly twice that of Ruixuan Xe integrated display, and Ruixuan integrated graphics also supports ray tracing, AV1 codec and more powerful XeSS super sampling technology, which can bring better performance in games. for higher frame rates.

As the world’s first Core Ultra model, Lingyao 14 2024 launches the Core Ultra 7 155H processor, which uses Intel 4 process and 3D Foveros packaging technology. The processor has 6 built-in performance cores, 8 energy efficiency cores and 2 low-power energy-efficiency cores form 16 cores and 22 threads, among which the maximum core frequency of the performance core reaches 4.8GHz. This processor has a base power consumption of 28W and is equipped with a 24MB smart cache. It has a built-in NPU called AI Boost and the maximum NPU frequency is 1.4GHz. The Core Ultra 7 155H processor also integrates 8 Xe core sharp graphics cards, which supports ray tracing and AV1 codec.

The Core Ultra processor brings support for high-frequency memory, up to LPDDR5x 7467 memory, so Lingyao 14 2024 is also equipped with 32GB LPDDR5x 7467 dual-channel memory specifications in one step. From the test point of view, this machine The memory read speed is 86189MB/s and the write speed is 74596MB/s, which is good performance. The 140.4ns delay may be caused by the compatibility of AIDA64 software.

Lingyao 14 2024 also uses a Western Digital SN560 PCIe 4.0 1TB SSD. Judging from the test results of CrystalDiskMark 8.0.4 software, the performance of this SSD is not bad, with a sequential read speed of nearly 5000MB/s and a sequential write speed of nearly 5000MB/s. The speed reaches 3418.59MB/s.

Core Ultra processor performance test and AI application experience

Lingyao 14 2024 itself is a thin and light notebook. How does the Core Ultra 7 155H it is equipped with perform in terms of performance? In the "high efficiency mode" of system cooling, this machine achieved single-threaded 1758pts and multi-threaded 14602pts in CINEBENCH R23.

In comparison, the processor multi-threading performance of this machine is about 42% ahead of the Core i7-1360P model (10272pts), which is an excellent performance. However, in terms of single thread, the processor performance of this machine is slightly behind the Core i7-1360P model (1781pts). The big reason is that the maximum Turbo frequency of Core Ultra is only 4.8GHz, while the Core i7-1360P The maximum turbo frequency is as high as 5.0GHz.

In the 7-Zip compression/decompression software test, Lingyao 14 2024 obtained a total score of 88.875GIPS. This score is close to the level of most high-performance standard pressure gaming laptops, and is very good for a thin and light product with integrated graphics. Excellent means that this machine can complete the corresponding compression/decompression tasks in less time.

In PCMark 10, a comprehensive performance test for office machines, Lingyao 14 2024 received a total score of 6879, of which the score for "commonly used basic functions" was more than 10,000, and the "digital content creation" project related to creative design Got 9212 points. This overall performance is close to the level of most 45W H-series standard-voltage integrated graphics thin and light notebooks, while the Lingyao 14 2024's overall performance release is only 28W.

The Core Ultra processor brings a new NPU-AI Boost, which is specially used to handle AI loads and reasoning, so Intel also calls the Core Ultra notebook an AI PC. So how is the AI ​​experience of Core Ultra notebooks at this stage? The answer is interesting and worth looking forward to.

The NPU integrated into the Core Ultra processor can be recognized by the task manager. When we open the task manager, we can see whether it is loaded and working, which is very intuitive. In addition, we can also see the NPU in the device manager. From these two perspectives, this is the biggest difference between the Core Ultra processor and other Core processors.

It is worth mentioning that Intel and Microsoft have cooperated to bring NPU-driven Windows Studio effects to Core Ultra notebooks. We can directly turn on the Windows Studio effect in the system's camera settings. After turning it on, the system camera will have its own video effects such as "automatic framing", "eye contact" and "background blur". Since this is supported by the underlying system, turning on this After the function, we can also use these effects directly in other third-party video software. In addition, as you can see from the picture, after turning on this function, the NPU load in the task manager increases, indicating that the NPU is working in the background at this time.

In fact, the CPU and GPU in notebooks can also complete similar AI computing work, and the GPU is even more efficient. But handing over these marginal tasks to the NPU can reduce the burden on the CPU or GPU. From this perspective, the AI ​​PC proposed by Intel actually refers to the more powerful AI reasoning capabilities that Core Ultra notebooks can bring with the combination of CPU, GPU and NPU. But at this stage, there are not many AI applications that purely support NPU. Except for the Windows Studio effect, I have not found any other applications that support NPU. Even the currently popular Stable Diffusion does not support NPU. It can only be used on Core. The OpenVINO toolkit is called on the laptop for acceleration. However, with the arrival of Core Ultra notebooks such as Lingyao 14 2024, I believe that more and more applications will support NPU in the future.

Finally, the Intel OpenVINO project that passed the UL Procyon AI test conducted separate running tests on the GPU, CPU, and NPU of Lingyao 14 2024. Their scores in FT32 accuracy were 410 points, 76 points, and 278 points respectively. . This shows that the GPU has the strongest computing power in the Core Ultra 7 155H processor, followed by the NPU, and the CPU has the lowest computing power.

Upgrade to the more powerful Ruixuan integrated display

Lingyao 14 2024 uses the Core Ultra 7 155H processor’s integrated Ruixuan graphics card. The graphics card is equipped with 8 Xe cores and its performance has been enhanced.

In 3DMark Time Spy, Lingyao 14 2024 got a graphics card score of 3462. For comparison, the Time Spy graphics card score of the Iris Xe (96EU) integrated display built into the Core i7-1360P processor is 1276 points, and the new Ruixuan integrated display leads by about 171%. It can be seen that the new Ruixuan integrated graphics has indeed brought about a leap in graphics performance. Its performance has even surpassed the GTX 1650 Max-Q independent graphics, with a lead of about 15%.

In 3DMark Fire Strike based on DX11, the integrated graphics of this machine scored 8941, which is about 125% ahead of the Iris Xe (96EU) integrated graphics and about 14% ahead of the GTX 1650 Max-Q independent graphics. The performance Equally excellent.

In 1080p resolution, Lingyao 14 2024 can even taste 3A masterpieces with the help of XeSS technology - this machine achieved average results in "Shadow of the Tomb Raider" 1080p low quality, XeSS balanced settings 60fps frame rate. For competitive games such as "Overwatch Returns" and "F1 22", Lingyao 14 2024 can also easily handle them. It achieved an average frame rate of 73.49fps and 64fps respectively in the 1080p high image quality of these two games.

As mentioned before, Core Ultra’s GPU has powerful AI computing power, coupled with powerful graphics performance and Intel OpenVINO’s acceleration of most AI applications, enabling Lingyao 14 2024 to be used in popular AI applications such as Stable Diffusion. Zhongyi shows off his skills.

In the Stable Diffusion WebUI of AUTOMATIC1111, we accelerated the GPU and turned on OpenVINO support. Lingyao 14 2024 completed the generation task of 512×512 resolution, single image and single batch in only 13 seconds. For a compact and light laptop, the speed of this image is very impressive.

The body is smaller, lighter and thinner

Lingyao 14 2024 adopts contemporary art style design aesthetics, and overall continues the high-end and exquisite appearance design style of the Lingyao series. The all-metal body not only improves the texture of the entire machine, but also brings better sturdiness. More importantly, the slim and light body design of this machine is more sophisticated. Although the screen size is still 14 inches, the overall size has been reduced to 312mm × 220mm × 13.9mm. Compared with the previous generation product, Lingyao 14 The body of 2024 is smaller, lighter and thinner. The weight of the fuselage has been reduced from 1.3kg to the current 1.19kg, and the thickness has been reduced from 15.9mm to the current 13.9mm. Such data makes the Lingyao 14 2024 successfully enter the ranks of ultra-thin notebooks.

Lingyao 14 2024 comes in two colors: night sky blue and glacier silver, which can meet the aesthetic preferences of different user groups. No matter which color version it is, the A side of this machine adopts the same geometric line design, showing a simple and elegant style, supplemented by the high-gloss "ASUS Zenbook" Logo in the lower left corner as an embellishment. Lingyao 14 2024 reveals a unique A high-end fashion atmosphere.

Using 14-inch OLED ASUS good screen

Lingyao 14 2024 uses a 14-inch OLED Asus good screen, which can be said to be the ceiling among notebook OLED screens. It covers the common advantages of all notebook OLED screens, in terms of color number, brightness, color gamut, contrast, color accuracy, There are quite high specifications in parameters such as response speed. For example, 0.2ms extremely fast response time, 100% P3 wide color gamut, 10bit color depth, 1000000:1 high contrast ratio, 600nits peak brightness, etc. have become standard features of ASUS's good screens.

The 14-inch 2880×1800 resolution ASUS screen used in Lingyao 14 2024 not only has all the above features, this machine has also been accurately calibrated when leaving the factory, and has passed DisplayHDR True Black 600 certification, and is equipped with Exclusive ICC profile means users can enjoy high-quality screen color performance right out of the box. In addition, after turning on HDR mode, the screen of this machine also supports full brightness DC dimming, and has German Rheinland hardware-level low blue light and SGS dual eye protection certification, which can reduce 70% of harmful blue light without color cast.

The Lingyao 14 2024 system has built-in four professional color gamut modes, including native color gamut, sRGB color gamut, Display P3 color gamut and DCI-P3 color gamut, for users to switch, whether they are browsing the web or doing design, Watching movies can meet the needs of different users. In addition, this machine also supports ASUS's "worry-free replacement" policy for good screens, which means that if a bright spot appears on the screen within a month of purchasing the product, the user can replace the screen for free through official designated channels. If the machine is used normally within 2 years of purchase, If image retention occurs, you can also enjoy the service of replacing the screen with a new one.

Let’s actually take a look at the color gamut performance of this machine in the screen’s native color gamut mode. We switched the screen color profile to the ASUS native color gamut mode and tested the color gamut through the SpyderX color calibrator. It can be seen that the screen color gamut coverage of this machine is 100% sRGB, 92.8% Adobe RGB, 99.9% DCI-P3, and the color gamut volume reaches 167.8%, 115.6%, and 118.9% respectively. This is a very good result, showing that the Lingyao 14 2024 screen has an extremely wide color gamut range in the native color gamut mode, can display vivid colors, and can obtain more realistic vision when watching photos, videos or playing games. experience.

Next, let’s take a look at the color accuracy of Lingyao 14 2024 in Display P3 mode. From the test results, we can see that the average color accuracy of this machine in Display P3 mode is ΔE 0.76. We know that the parameter to measure color accuracy is ΔE. The smaller the value, the smaller the color deviation of the screen. Generally speaking, color accuracy Screens with an accuracy less than 1.5 (△E ≤ 1.5) have excellent color accuracy, no color deviation, and are capable of professional creative tasks. The average color accuracy of Lingyao 14 2024 is as low as △E 0.76, indicating that its screen color accuracy is very Reliable, displays various colors without distortion.

If we divide the colors displayed by the test color software into different color blocks and take a closer look, it is not difficult to find that this machine can guarantee a very low △E value when displaying most colors, and all the results are within Within 2, the test software also showed a green color, which shows that the screen color accuracy of Lingyao 14 2024 deserves recognition.

In addition to the excellent screen color performance, the Lingyao 14 2024 screen has also passed DisplayHDR True Black 600 certification, with a peak brightness of 600nits, supports the playback of HDR content, and can well demonstrate the charm of HDR content. In fact, this is indeed the case. We used Lingyao 14 2024 to play HDR videos to compare with another notebook that does not support HDR video playback. We can see that the OLED screen of Lingyao 14 2024 (right) can perfectly present HDR video content. Because the OLED screen can display true black, the entire picture looks more realistic and transparent, with higher contrast. Laptops that do not support HDR video playback cannot fully display true black when displaying a black background. The picture always gives people a gray feeling, and the picture quality will be distorted when playing HDR video, resulting in a poor visual experience. So if you usually like to watch movies, especially high-quality HDR content, then the ASUS screen used in Lingyao 14 2024 can fully meet your requirements.

In addition, the screen of this machine also supports 48Hz~120Hz VRR variable refresh rate, which can reduce screen smear, faults and other phenomena at high refresh rates, bringing a smoother visual experience. The last point is the commonplace OLED screen protection issue - in order to prevent "screen burn" to the greatest extent, ASUS has launched the OLED Care function, through which users can set pixel refresh, pixel offset or automatically hide the taskbar to protect the OLED The screen functions, so everyone can rest assured.

Equipped with dual Thunderbolt 4 interfaces

Support power bank charging

As an AI ultra-thin and light notebook, Lingyao 14 2024 also has a relatively complete interface design. The machine is equipped with two full-featured Thunderbolt 4 interfaces on the right side of the fuselage. Users can use it to connect external 8K displays and high-speed SSDs. , graphics card dock, expansion dock and other equipment. More importantly, Lingyao 14 2024 also supports 5~20V wide charging. We can power this machine through most power banks, which makes it much more convenient for everyone to take their laptops out for use.

In addition, Lingyao 14 2024 is also equipped with an HDMI 2.1 TMDS interface, a 3.5mm audio interface and a USB-A 3.2 Gen2 interface. This interface configuration can meet the needs of most thin and light users, even if an external mouse is connected at the same time , power adapter and monitor are also no problem.

The keyboard of Lingyao 14 2024 has been further optimized. This machine uses a quieter ErgoSense ergonomic keyboard, which can eliminate up to 90% of input noise. The keyboard supports white backlight and can automatically adjust the backlight brightness according to the ambient light. Based on the previous generation product, the concave surface of the keyboard keycap of Lingyao 14 2024 has been increased from 0.2mm to 0.3mm, so it fits the fingers better and makes typing more comfortable.

Endurance test

ASUS ZenBook 14 2024 uses a 75Wh large-capacity battery. How is its battery life? Under the settings of 2880×1800 resolution, 50% screen brightness, 20% speaker volume, airplane mode, quiet mode, and optimal energy efficiency, we tested the battery life performance of this machine through PCMark 10’s “Modern Office” scenario.

In the end, this machine achieved a battery life of 13 hours and 6 minutes. This kind of battery life performance is excellent, because PCMark 10's "Modern Office" battery life test includes Office software office scenarios, video conferencing and web browsing scenarios, which is closer to the actual usage of most thin and light notebook users, and we are During the test, the "power saving mode" was not turned on, nor were alternative settings such as turning off the keyboard lighting effect or adjusting the screen brightness to the minimum that would affect actual use. Therefore, the 13 hours and 6 minutes achieved by the Lingyao 14 2024 is closer to the user's daily life. Performance in use is good. In addition, Lingyao 14 2024 not only supports PD charging, but also supports USB-C 5~20V wide voltage charging, which is also very convenient for daily charging when going out.

Summarize

As the first AI ultra-thin notebook with Core Ultra processor, ASUS ZenBook 14 2024 has distinctive characteristics. The first Core Ultra processor not only brings better energy efficiency and more powerful integrated graphics, but also provides NPU for The foundation has been laid for the AI ​​era, which is the inherent charm of ASUS ZenBook 14 2024. The 14-inch high-specification OLED ASUS good screen, slimmer body and stylish design form the overflowing external appeal of ASUS Lingyao 14 2024, especially in terms of screen specifications and visual expression. The machine is unmatched in its price range. For those who pursue thinness, fashion, and user experience, ASUS ZenBook 14 2024 is worth a look.

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