ASUS - Zenbook A14 14” OLED 2K Display - Snapdragon X2 Elite 2026 - 16GB Memory - 512GB Storage - Copilot+ PC - Zabriskie Beige

I've been using the ASUS Zenbook A14 with the new Snapdragon X2 Elite CPU and Adreno GPU, and it feels like the laptop Windows on ARM was supposed to become. The 14-inch 2K OLED panel is the first thing you notice: sharp text, deep blacks, great contrast, and enough brightness (500 nits) for coffee shop work without washing out. The one drawback is the refresh rate is only 60 Hz. The chassis is light but doesn't feel flimsy, and the keyboard has a clean, premium snap that makes long typing sessions easy. The trackpad has a premium feel and is one of the very best I’ve used on the Windows side. Performance has been excellent for everyday productivity, browser-heavy work, streaming, photo edits, and multitasking across a pile of apps. The X2 Elite is quiet, fast, and impressively efficient; battery life is the best part if you travel or hate being tied to an outlet as this laptop boasts a whopping claimed 33 hours of battery life. In my everyday use I came very close to that stated ceiling, maxing out at 31.5 hours. 16GB of memory feels right for this class, though I wish ASUS offered 1TB storage as standard because 512GB fills up quickly. App compatibility is much better than older ARM laptops, but a few niche utilities still need checking before you buy. However, note that most AAA games will not run on an ARM CPU like the Snapdragon X2. I was able to install Call of Duty Black Ops 6 but could not get it to launch. Overall, this is a sleek, modern laptop with a gorgeous screen, strong battery life, and enough speed for users who value portability over gaming power.

The ASUS Zenbook A14 is a stylish, capable lightweight laptop with a gorgeous OLED screen and many fine design appointments. ASUS did a lot to make this PC a joy to use, and it largely works. The key benefits of this laptop are its incredible battery life, ultra light weight, and display. Yes, it is not a touchscreen, but it looks amazing. The speakers and camera are also surprisingly good. The thoughtful touches start with the feel of the very lightly textured “Ceraluminum” coating on the back of the screen and the laptop deck, and the plastic material that makes up the bottom panel feels nearly as good. The screen opens flawlessly with one finger when the laptop is resting on a table or on your other palm, and closes just as easily. The track pad is rather huge and a joy to use, with smooth action and a satisfying click. The keyboard also feels quite spacious for a small laptop, which is of course accomplished by getting rid of extraneous keys like Home, End, PgUp and PgDn. However, the implementation of a workaround in this case is quite useful and easy to get used to, with a press on the “Fn” key and the arrows to perform those four functions, and Ctrl+Fn+Arrow to accomplish Ctrl+PgUp, etc. The laptop is extraordinarily lightweight at just 2.4 lbs and very easy to carry and use. The included power brick is also quite compact and easy to carry, and charges the laptop through either of the two left-side Thunderbolt ports in under an hour. The extended battery life is down to the ultra-efficient Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite, which performs everyday tasks with aplomb and barely requires the laptop’s two bottom fans to spin up at all to keep cool. The X2 Elite actually bests some of the top competing processors from AMD and Intel in single-thread performance, and does it all while giving you 20 hours of battery life in standard mode. And speaking of the fans, they are essentially inaudible in all but the most demanding tasks. While the 16 GB of LPDDR5X Ram is soldered to the board, the laptop has an easily replaceable NVME solid state drive and a nearly-as-easily-replaceable battery hidden behind just 10 M4 screws on the bottom. The A14 is, of course, not a gaming laptop, and the on-SOC GPU benchmarks somewhere around a GeForce GTX 1070 in standard mode and an RTX 3070 in performance mode, which is to say, 3 to 10 years behind the curve. That shouldn’t be a problem for the laptop’s intended audience, but it is something to be aware of. If you’d like a PC your kid can use to play Minecraft or Roblox when you’re not working or surfing the web, this might not make the grade. The bottom line is this: if you’re looking for a stylish Windows laptop that looks better and weighs less than a (smaller) Macbook Air and can compete with Apple on performance and battery life while coming in significantly less expensive, this is an excellent choice. Highly recommended.

This ASUS Zenbook has so many bells and whistles! First of all, the finish on the case is amazing. When I first pulled it out of the box, I knew there was something unique about it. I looked into this material that ASUS patented called Ceraluminum. Which is a fusion of ceramic and aluminum. It makes the case strong but light, and also not cold to the touch, which is the norm for a regular aluminum case. The finish is matte but still smooth, so if you wanted to put vinyl stickers all over the top, you could without any problem. The color is called Zabriskie Beige, but to try and describe it, I would just say that it looks like a medium color of travertine. Which is stone, and is cold to the touch, but not this laptop. Another nice thing about the case is that the laptop is easy to open. I’ve had several laptops where it’s so difficult to do, like why don’t you make it easier for us to open the thing? Well, thank you ASUS. It’s super easy and there is a little lip so you know exactly which side is the front and which is the back. This laptop feels very light, and the specs say it’s 2.4 lbs. I weighed it on my food scale and I measured it to be 2.55 lbs., which I was shocked because it feels so light. This is a great laptop if you have to commute with it, take it to school, etc. The battery life is amazing as well. The cord is a bit bulky, but it comes with two Velcro straps to wrap it up and keep it tidy until you need it. The processor is Snapdragon X2 Elite, which is Qualcomm’s latest and most powerful flagship processor for Windows laptops and PCs. The backlit keyboard is great, I can’t really live without one anymore, so please don’t make any without it. The screen is not a touchscreen, but I can forgo that for the backlit keyboard. The camera (do we still call it a webcam?) works great, there’s no sliding cover though. I have an ASUS laptop with one, and I really like that feature. I didn’t talk too much about the general specs, because that’s all on the product page here. I highlighted what stood out to me. This laptop is great, I love how lightweight it is, it’s really fast, and I love how long the battery lasts.

I am constantly amazed by the quality of smaller laptops like this 14-inch Zenbook. While its exterior isn’t aluminum, the performance definitely gives you a premium experience. It has an amazing OLED screen and a comfortable keyboard to type on. The speakers also provide a great listening experience. The volume level is impressive, and I found myself only needing to keep it around 14-16 for comfortable listening. The setup is standard for a Windows laptop. I walked through the setup screens and waited for close to an hour while updates were finished. This was longer than I expected, but Windows updates usually take some time, so I wasn’t overly concerned. The laptop comes with a 100W power adapter with a USB-C connector on it. When I started setting up the laptop, I noticed how nice the keyboard on it is. It doesn’t include the 10-key number pad, but the keys are nicely spaced out, and when I completed a typing test, I got a score of 86 WPM with 99% accuracy. This is much higher than my usual 73-75 WPM. After I walked through the setup and general use cases of the laptop, I moved on to some benchmarking tests. Geekbench 6 Single-Core Score: 3653 / Multi-Core Score: 18445 / OpenCL Score: 39475 Geekbench 6 shows strong overall performance across the board, with excellent single-core speed that translates to snappy everyday responsiveness. Apps open quickly, the system feels fluid during general use, and light tasks are handled effortlessly. The multi-core result also points to plenty of headroom for heavier workloads like video editing, multitasking, and creative work. The GPU compute score rounds things out by showing capable performance for acceleration-based tasks such as photo and video processing, making this a well-balanced system for productivity-focused users. Geekbench AI Single Precision Score: 1779 / Half Precision Score: 3042 / Quantized Score: 6594 Geekbench AI highlights how well the system handles modern machine learning and inference-style workloads. The scores that were returned after the tests were completed show performance is solid across different precision levels. This suggests it can comfortably support AI-assisted features in productivity apps and Windows tools. The quantized result, in particular, shows efficiency in optimized AI tasks, pointing toward good readiness for newer AI-driven workflows without relying on dedicated hardware. FurMark Benchmark Score: 2404 points FurMark pushes the GPU under extreme stress to test sustained performance and stability. The results show the system is able to maintain consistent output under heavy load, even if this type of workload is far beyond normal day-to-day use. While not reflective of real gaming performance, it does provide a useful look at thermal behavior and sustained GPU capability when the system is pushed hard for extended periods. Overall, this 14-inch Zenbook is a really well-rounded small laptop that feels great to use day to day. The OLED display looks excellent, the keyboard is comfortable, and the speakers are better than you would expect at this size. Performance is strong for everyday work and even holds up well in heavier tasks based on the benchmark results. It ends up being a solid all-around option for productivity, media, and light creative work.

Bought for my wife’s work and the arm chip handles it perfectly, I got it for the full power off charger and incredible battery life. The OLED screen looks amazing as well as the overall esthetic of the computer. We’ve had zero issues running everyday office programs and most are made for ARM now. I’ve even been playing games like cs2 on 1440 with low/medium settings with 120+ fps displayed to a 27in monitor via usbc. I would recommend getting 32gb ram and 1tb+ ssd if you want to casually play games or heavier graphic apps but this does the job. It’s not the purpose we bought it for so I’m happy it works. Only minor con i could see for some would be running anything that pushes the laptop hard, like games, will need a stand with fans to help cool it. Being so slim the cooling doesn’t compare to a larger laptop. When doing its intended job like 10-20 web tabs and office programs it’s not needed and fans aren’t audible.