Asus ZenBook 14 Ultralight UX435 initial review (UX435EAL model – Tiger Lake i7, Iris Xe)

 

Price : 95,840/-

THE GOOD

• compact, lightweight and premium feeling
• sturdier and less-prone to smudges than the regular ZenBooks
• good quality IPS 1W matte screen
• well-balanced Tiger Lake implementation (to be further tested)
• very quiet fan, fair thermals
• 63 Wh battery, long battery life and quick USB-C charging

THE BED

• mushier keyboard and smaller clickpad than on the regular ZenBook 14s
• no finger-sensor or touchscreen option

ASUS ZenBooks available in stores these days, the ZenBook 14 Ultralight UX435 series steps-out of the crowd with its sub-one-kilo lightweight magnesium construction, good-quality matte screen, uncompromised IO, and long battery life.

Most lightweight ultrabooks sacrifice on some of those aspects, though, but not this one. Furthermore, the series is also a reasonably capable implementation of Intel’s 11th-gen Tiger Lake hardware platform, with an optional Nvidia MX450 dGPU on some configurations. However, be prepared to pay extra for the lighter construction, and somewhat sacrifice on inputs over the regular 14-inch ZenBook 14 UX425 of this generation.

Over the last few weeks, we’ve spent time with an early version of this ZenBook 14 Ultralight series. Our unit is the UX435EGL variant with the included MX450 dGPU, but given the early BIOS and drivers only available at this point, we’re not going to discuss the Nvidia chip in this article. In fact, I’ve disabled the Nvidia chip for all our tests, in order to look at what Asus sells as the ZenBook 14 Ultralight UX435EAL model, exclusively powered by the Intel i7-1165G7 chip with Irix Xe graphics. We’ll follow-up on the UX435EGL model in a separate article, and compare how the two face against each other in terms of performance, thermals, and noise levels.

Update: We were informed that the current software available for this sample significantly skewed our initial benchmark results, so we decided to retract them, as they were not accurate for the retail versions of this laptop. We’ll update the performance section as soon as we get a new finalized sample from Asus. Thanks for understanding.

Specs as reviewed – ZenBook

14 Ultralight UX435EAL

Asus ZenBook 14 Ultralight UX435EAL
Screen	14 inch, 1920 x 1080 px, 16:9 aspect ratio, IPS, matte, non-touch, AU Optronics B140HAN06.B panel
Processor	Intel Tiger Lake, up to Core i7-1165G7, 4C/8T
Video	Intel Iris Xe graphics (optional MX450 on UX435EGL models)
Memory	16 GB LPDDR4x 4266 MHz (soldered, dual-channel)
Storage	1x M.2 PCIe x4 SSD (1 TB Intel 660p SSDPEKNW010T8)
Connectivity	Wireless 6 (Intel AX201), Bluetooth 5.0, Ethernet with adapter
Ports	1x USB-A 3.2 gen1, 2x USB-C 3.2 with Thunderbolt 4 (data, video, and power), HDMI, microSD card reader, 3.5 mm jack
Battery	63 Wh, 65W USB-C charger with quick-charging
Size	319 mm or 12.57” (w) x 201 mm or 7.94” (d) x 14.9 mm or 0.61” (h)
Weight	from 2.09 lbs (.95 kg)+ .45 lbs (.21 kg) charger, US version
Extras	white backlit keyboard with compact layout, glass NumberPad, HD+IR webcam with Hello, stereo bottom speakers

Asus offers the ZenBook 14 Ultralight UX435EAL in a couple of configurations, with various amounts of memory and storage, as well as either Intel i5-1135G7 or Intel i7-1165G7 hardware platforms.

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