ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 Review: Equipped with Core Ultra 9 185H+RTX4060, which greatly improves work efficiency

With the advent of the mobile office era, people’s requirements for notebooks are increasingly becoming both extreme thinness and lightness as well as extreme performance and productivity. The Intrepid series of RTX all-round AI thin and light notebooks launched by ASUS in 2021 are products created to meet this demand trend in the market. This series has high-quality OLED screens, excellent performance and ultra-high purchase value. Since its launch, That is, it is loved by students and working people, especially creative workers.

At 20:30 on January 29, the latest ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 was officially released. This is also the first Core Ultra9 RTX4060 all-round AI thin and light notebook. This site also got this product for the first time. Let’s take a look at the experience of this product that combines thin and light performance with AI creative productivity through evaluation today.

1. Appearance design

Thinness and lightness have always been an important selling point of the ASUS Fearless Pro series, and this generation of the Fearless Pro15 is no exception, with its thin body to 19.5mm, and weighs only 1.8kg. You won’t feel any obvious weight when carrying it on daily business trips or commuting.

In terms of design, the new ASUS Fearless Pro15 also continues the consistent minimalist style of the series. The elegant and delicate silver sandblasting coating covers the entire body and the A side of the notebook. There is only one line of "ASUS VIVOBOOK" bright silver diamond-cut Logo text for decoration, and compared with the previous generation, the embossed decoration has been removed, making it more concise.

Sides A and B support one-handed opening and closing, and the maximum opening and closing angle can reach 180 degrees. After unfolding, side B is a 15.6-inch 2.8K 120Hz OLED ASUS Good screen.

There are various sensors, cameras and stereo microphones above the screen. The camera can be blocked by adjusting the paddle, and below the screen is " ASUS VIVOBOOK Pro".

The C side of the notebook is the keyboard and trackpad area. The new ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is equipped with an ErgoSense ergonomic backlit keyboard. Different functional areas of the keyboard are also color-coded, which looks very high-quality. The keys have 1.4mm long key travel and 0.2mm concave curved keycaps, which fit the fingertips better.

The area of ​​the touchpad is also large enough, and there is an ASUS knob on the upper right, which supports a variety of Adobe creation software. You can adjust multiple settings with one finger. parameters.

Looking at the D side of the notebook, the overall design is sloped. There are horizontal soft rubber feet at the four corners, and there are also Large area heat dissipation grille. Allowing the whole machine to have better heat dissipation effect, thus bringing higher performance.

As a 15.6-inch RTX all-round AI thin and light notebook, the side interfaces are also very rich. The whole machine has 2 USB Type-A 3.2 5Gbps interfaces and 1 full-function interface. USB-C 3.2 10Gbps (supports PD charging video output), 1 full-featured Thunderbolt 4 USB-C interface, 1 HDMI2.1 TMDS interface, 1 UHS-II high-speed SD card reader, 1 headphone jack, 1 RJ -45 Gigabit network port and power interface.

Overall, the new ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 still continues the core design language of this series of products such as youthfulness, coolness, personality, and versatility, but has made adjustments to the detailed design elements. At the same time, it is still as thin and portable as ever, and the overall appearance The value is absolutely top-notch.

2. Hardware performance

The important aspect of ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is that it is the first batch to be equipped with the 1st generation Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor. This processor uses Intel 4 process, and Compared with the Intel 7 process, the energy efficiency is improved by 20%. It has a separated module architecture, a new Meteor Lake platform, 16 cores and 22 threads (6P 8E 2LPE), a maximum main frequency of up to 5.1GHz, and an integrated artificial intelligence acceleration engine (NPU).

At the same time, the new Fearless Pro15 is also equipped with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 laptop GPU, built with Ada Lovelace architecture, 8GB GDDR6 video memory, supports DLSS 3, ray tracing technology, pre-installed NVIDIA Studio driver supports AV1 encoding format, independent display direct connection mode, dual display four modes (independent display direct connection, mixed output, pure core display, automatic switching), which can achieve 110W performance release.

As an RTX all-round AI thin and light notebook, the configuration provided by ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is quite outstanding, and in order to match such configuration, ASUS has also added it Glacier Pro cooling architecture, upgraded dual 12V gaming-grade super-large fans, 3 air outlets, 2×103 ice blades, unprecedentedly strong wind power, 5 heat pipes for efficient heat conduction, and efficient heat removal.

In order to test the effect of Glacier Pro’s cooling architecture, this site conducted a baking test. During the roasting test, the editor adjusted the notebook to the direct-connect mode with independent graphics, the performance output was in full-speed mode, and the Windows system power management was also set to "Best Performance." Then first bake the FPU alone. After 10 minutes, the CPU can stabilize at 65W. At this time, the temperature of the CPU is stable at about 77°C, and the performance release and heat dissipation performance are excellent.

After baking the GPU alone for 10 minutes, the GPU can stabilize at around 110W and the temperature is 84°C. It can be seen that the performance release of RTX 4060 on this notebook is still very radical. .

When performing the most stressful double baking, the CPU can be stabilized at 30W and the temperature is 76℃, while the GPU can be stabilized at 95W and the temperature is 79℃. The power consumption can be stabilized at 125W, which also takes into account radical performance release and heat dissipation effect.

During the double baking, the editor also measured the temperature of the C side of the notebook. The highest temperature was in the left-center area above the keyboard, which was 44.8°C. The highest temperature in the keyboard area was near the JK key, which was about At 42.3℃, the temperature is not too high.

At the same time, the noise of the fan running at full speed is about 53.6dB, which is not disturbing.

Generally speaking, the performance release of the new Fearless Pro15 is very sufficient, and it should not be a problem to cope with daily office production, gaming and entertainment, etc. The focus is the Glacier Pro cooling architecture It is also relatively powerful and can quickly discharge the heat generated by high-performance release from the fuselage.

After baking the machine, the editor conducted a separate performance test on the notebook. The first was the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor. During the test, the editor set the notebook to mixed output mode. In the CPU- In the BenchMark that comes with the Z, the single-core score reached 790.4 points and the multi-core score reached 9150 points.

In terms of CPU theoretical performance in CineBench R20, the Intrepid Pro15 scored 747 points in single-core and 7869 points in multi-core, which is also very powerful.

#R23 here has a single-core score of 1934 points and a multi-core score of 20612 points. This performance is quite outstanding.

There is also a test on the theoretical performance of the CPU in 3D Mark. In the CPU Profile, the new Fearless Pro15 scored 1038 points in single thread and 8838 points in maximum thread.

The next step is the graphics card test. The editor adjusted the notebook to the direct connection mode of the independent graphics card. First, in the Time Spy project, the overall score of the Fearless Pro15 was 10966 points, of which The GPU score is 10669 points.

In the Fire Strike Extreme test project, the Dauntless Pro15 scored an overall score of 12,261 points, including 12,856 points for the GPU.

In terms of hard disk read and write performance, using "Crystal DiskMark" measured the SEQ1M Q8T1 of ASUS Intrepid Pro15 2024 with a read score of 4777.4 MB/s and a write score of 3402.71 MB. /s, the read and write performance is still very strong.

After measuring the performance scores, the editor also tested several games with the Fearless Pro15 2024. Although the Fearless Pro15 is not a gaming laptop, it has such an excellent configuration. and performance output, so that it can also meet consumers' gaming and entertainment needs.

During the test, this website set the notebooks to direct-connect mode. The first test was "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds". Under the high resolution of 1920*1080, the average frame rate can reach 194fps. It runs very smoothly and can meet the needs of regular e-sports competitions.

Then the editor tested "Shadow of the Tomb Raider". At the highest resolution of 1920*1080, the benchmark test of running the game reached an average frame rate of Even with 149fps, the game can still be played very smoothly.

Then the editor also challenged the relatively stressful "Cyberpunk 2077". For this game, DLSS 3 technology is needed. It can be seen that after turning on DLSS 3, the frame rate can reach an average of 77.61 frames, and the gaming experience is very good.

3. Screen experience

As an RTX all-round AI thin and light notebook that focuses on creative production, another highlight of the Fearless Pro15 2024 is that it is equipped with This is a 2.8K 120Hz cinema-grade high-brush OLED Asus screen. It supports 100% P3 wide color gamut and can support four professional color gamut switching.

This website first tested the color gamut of this screen through instruments, and we can see that it can indeed cover 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut.

In terms of actual experience, the following group is the sRGB color gamut and DisPlay P3 color gamut versions of the same photo. By switching between the two photos, it can be clearly seen that the Fearless Pro15 2024 can present the significantly richer and more delicate color changes of the DisPlay P3 color gamut version, which is reflected in the video. During the switching process, you can clearly see the change in the screen display color. At the same time, the editor also found another notebook equipped with an IPS screen and does not support the DCI-P3 color gamut to perform the same operation. It can be seen that the display effect of the comparison model has almost no change when switching between two photos, because it The richer colors of DisPlay P3 color gamut version photos cannot be displayed.

In terms of color accuracy, this site also conducted tests. In the DisPlay P3 color gamut display mode, the average color deviation value of this screen was measured to be only 0.96, indicating that its color display The accuracy is very high.

The screen contrast of ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 can reach 1000000:1, the peak brightness can reach 600 nits, DisplayHDR True Black 600 certification, and supports Windows HDR and Dolby Vision .

This site also tested its peak brightness when displaying HDR content, which can reach 617.52 nits.

In terms of actual display of HDR content, the following webpage has two photos displayed on the same screen in the same scene. The left is an SDR photo and the right is an HDR photo. The editor uses the Fearless Pro15 2024 and the notebook mentioned above for comparison. Show both photos simultaneously.

At the same time, this website uses the camera to take pictures of the display effect. When taking the picture, the petal area of ​​the SDR photo on the left side of the Asus Fearless Pro15 2024 screen display was used as the focus meter. It can be seen that the HDR photo on the right has slight There is a tendency of overexposure. This is because the highlight area of ​​the HDR photo shows a higher brightness, which is close to the camera's tolerance. The human eye does not see overexposure. On the contrary, the highlight part of the petals can be displayed brighter and more transparent. . The screen of the comparison model does not support HDR display, so when it displays SDR photos and HDR photos, there is only a slight difference. You can also see it from the photos taken by the camera. The look and feel of the two photos on the screen are basically the same. .

In addition to the super display effect, the OLED screen of ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 also supports pixel-level compensation technology to prevent screen burn-in. At the same time, if the notebook has not been used for a period of time, It will automatically play a demonstration video of OLED ASUS's good screen to prevent screen burn-in when the screen is stationary for a long time.

4. AI creative productivity experience

ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is positioned as an RTX all-round AI thin and light notebook, so of course we also have to test its creative productivity performance. First, we tested PC Mark10, which represents comprehensive office performance. Its comprehensive score reached 6100 points and it can run all comprehensive office software smoothly.

In Blender BenchMark, a commonly used software for modeling and rendering, the running scores are as follows. It can be seen that the RTX 4060 can also handle some medium-scale modeling and rendering.

In terms of AI, the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor equipped with ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 not only has powerful basic processing performance, but also with the support of artificial intelligence NPU, it can also Bringing a better local-side AI acceleration experience, especially the now popular AIGC, if it can be fully applied on the terminal side, it can indeed greatly improve the efficiency of our production and creation.

Here, this site uses a large language model Demo created by Intel for testing. This Demo integrates three large language models, including ChatGLM2, LLaMA2 and StarCoder, with a parameter volume of up to 16 billion. Install it On ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024, during the test, the editor deliberately disconnected the laptop from the Internet and ran this large language model completely locally to see what the experience of ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is like when running AIGC,

The editor first asked it under the chat assistant function, "The boss at the wine table asked me to accompany the customer to drink, but I can't drink. How should I politely refuse?" The answer of this large model is very good, and the answer is so The response speed for a long paragraph is also very fast, and it only takes 551.53ms to complete the response.

Then the editor asked in the story creation mode, "The company's welcome party needs me to be the host. Please help me write an opening of about 500 words." It turned out to be true. I wrote the opening line quickly, and the copy read smoothly and appropriately. If you encounter this situation at work, it will take a long time to think and edit by yourself. Using the large AI model on ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024, you can get it done in minutes, with First Latency of only 524.62ms.

When writing the copy for the large language model, the editor took a look at the scheduling of notebook performance resources. The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor occupancy rate reached 100%. The memory usage reached 11.1GB (71%). It seems that this calculation process is indeed performed locally, which shows that the AI ​​acceleration capability of ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is satisfactory.

The editor below also did a test based on the scenarios that many migrant workers often encounter, which is to write an outline for activities or projects. For example, the company needs to hold a small product communication meeting in Zhongshan Park with a cost of 15,000 yuan. It needs to invite 50 users to attend, including product experience, communication and interaction, etc., and let the big model help come up with a process outline.

Regarding this very practical problem, ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 also quickly provided a more detailed outline. The editor took a look and found that the specific feasibility is still there. Yes, you can use it after changing it according to the actual situation, and the First Latency delay is only 1036.87 ms, which is much more efficient than searching for various templates online. It seems to be a function that PCs naturally have. This is real productivity. In the improvement.

In addition to this general large language model, we often have the need for drawing in daily work. For some Vincent diagram models, ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 can also run it easily. For example, the well-known open source image generation model Stable Diffusion was also tested locally. The editor asked it to generate a picture of a "puppy with black ears". ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 produced the picture in only 40.5 seconds, which is very fast. very fast.

Next, the editor tried to use the AI ​​video cutting function of "Cut Screening" to create a video. From copywriting to video generation, all was done by AI. , you can see that running this function on ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is very fast, and a "Dream" themed video with relatively good copywriting and video material was generated in less than 3 minutes.

In addition, this ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is also equipped with ASUS knobs, which can be said to be an artifact for creative workers. It can be adapted to third-party applications and supports a variety of Adobe creations. Software, such as Photoshop, you can directly call various commonly used tools with one click, and you can quickly adjust multiple parameters, such as brushes, etc. with one finger, which is very easy to use.

Finally, this site also tested the battery life performance of ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024. This notebook is equipped with a 75Wh large-capacity battery. During the test, this site tried to use This notebook plays local 1080P movies. During playback, the notebook screen brightness is set to 50%, the system volume is set to 50%, the initial power is 100%, the notebook is in hybrid connection mode, the fan speed is set to quiet mode, and the Windows system power management is changed to "Best energy efficiency", after playing a movie for about two hours, the remaining power of the system is 85%, and the overall battery life performance is satisfactory.

##Conclusion

After a period of experience, this site believes that the actual experience of ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 and its "RTX The title of "all-round AI thin and light notebook" is completely worthy of it. It has powerful configuration and performance output, as well as excellent heat dissipation performance. The screen is also the ceiling level among products in the same price range, and with the blessing of AI creative production capabilities, This makes it more attractive to professionals and school students. More importantly, its price is only 8,499 yuan. Compared with other thin and light notebooks equipped with RTX4060 on the market, it is also very competitive, enough to become the focus of the above groups. .

Currently, the ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is on the shelves, with an initial price of 8,499 yuan. Interested friends can pay attention.

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