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This “tablet” is more of a flexible laptop in my opinion. It’s beastly powerful and runs full windows. It runs Steam games that many desktops struggle with. The screen is gorgeous and colors pop. The keyboard is detachable if you want to use like a tablet, but it’s a bit on the heavy side for one hand reading. This machine is top of the line in quality and performance and can’t be recommended enough. There is a reason it’s always sold out.
There are 3 downsides I would mention.
1). Beastly power comes at a beastly price. This thing ain’t cheap…
2). Beastly power comes at battery price. This only lasts a couple hours on battery and the charging brick is significant at weight and a mighty 180 watts.
3). Beastly power comes at cooling price. When on performance mode, the fans spin up and this machine will be heard and warm air can be felt from the top vents.
Overall, I’d buy this machine again.
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Perfect for gaming! Screen is great and perfect for a portable gaming laptop. Heat comes out the top so none comes out the keyboard like many gaming laptops. Would highly recommend, only downside is the cost and just ok battery life.
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I've long been a fan of the "tablet" form factor for PCs (aka the detachable 2-in-1 or any other name that it goes by) having previously owned a Surface Pro and found it highly flexible for use on the go. But while there were several options for devices in this category for business / office use, they tended to lack the umph needed for gaming or even serious computation. The prior iterations of the Z13 series from Asus tried to fix that, adding a discrete gaming GPU but they were underpowered and impacted battery life signficantly even when not gaming.
Today all that changes with this model, the 2025 ASUS ROG Flow Z13. With the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 CPU you get powerful compute capabilities (16 cores and 32 threads), super fast RAM (this model has 64GB at up to 8000 MT/s and QUAD channel for lots of bandwidth) and integrated graphics that actually do rival (and in some cases best) actual gaming GPUs like the RTX 4060. All that in a slick package that can go anywhere (even if the cooling needed makes it a BIT heavier than competitors) and has a battery that's actually capable of 6-7+ hours without any special consideration - and 8+ hours if you configure it correctly.
The tablet is an amazing performer. On SILENT mode when unplugged, you can get over 6,000 points in timespy which blows away (nearly double) handheld gaming PCs like the ROG Ally X. Plugged in and in turbo, you're about 10,000 points which is 4060 territory. Better yet, with the fast RAM and plenty of it, you can set an allocation of 8GB, 16GB or more to the iGPU. This not only improves gaming performance, but also lets you load large AI models directly into the graphics memory for much better performance in things like local LLMs. (I can get 13tok/sec in Qwens 14B coder model when unplugged and on silent which is outstanding.)
Build quality and cooling is superb - I love that it exhausts the hot air out of the top of the tablet which would nearly always be pointing out, up and away from you. The keyboard and touchpad are really nice to work on and the whole package just feels well sorted. It is a bit heavier than recent Surface Pros, but is packing a lot more puch.
On thing to note - and this applies to all PCs of this type - it is hard to truly use them on your laps due to how they balance. The Flow Z13 is a bit better in that regard but not much - the kickstand and keyboard cover just take more space on a lap or desk than a clamshell type laptop. But with a bit of planning, it's not a big deal and you do get extra portability here.
So if you're looking for a road warrior type device that can game or run large scale AI models, look no further, this is a great PC to have around for those use cases and more!
Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Yes the price can make you question it. I was on the same boat but it’s a beast of equipment. Runs games excellent. For work it’s more than enough and feels very portable than expected. A bit on a heavy side but for what you have running in the system is worth it. WORTH EVERY DOLLAR.
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Just what I wanted in a portable gaming laptop, although this is more of a tablet than notebook which is awesome. Insane integrated GPU, you can allocate more of your ddr5 memory to your vram if you want. Gaming is extremely impressive on this little guy, a little noisy when max power but that’s to be expected.
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This device is insane. I run it connected to a dock with multiple monitors and this dosent even flinch. Runs everything I play at 70+ fps while being able to be a completely silent tablet that performs when needed. it runs:
Cyberpunk at 100fps high settings, raytracing off fsr+frame gen on
Oblivion remake at 120fps+ in dungeons and 70+ open world on high
Tekken 8 high settings, 4k 60fps and never drops below 58fps during play.
In. A. Tablet. Its insane. There are a few caveats:
1 the drivers need some work. Certain things glitch here and there. Its nothing major but definitely there.
2 its heavy for a tablet. It weighs a tad bit more than a 14in macbook pro. Makes it a bit unwieldly as a tablet but still usable with a little practice.
Overall, this is probably the best mobile device thats coming out this year.
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Yes, this device is expensive. Yes, it targets a very specific use case. And yes, you can get better gaming performance for less money if you buy a traditional laptop.
That said, if you are looking for a blazing fast device that’s more portable than a laptop, can be used on soft surfaces, has an amazing display without the need for OLED burn in mitigation, and can run pretty much any modern game without a hitch, this could be for you.
When using this pc for daily tasks it feels like the fastest device I have ever used. My only knocks would be on the 1TB storage - give us a 2280 slot or ship with 2TB.
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This device performs well no matter what task you are performing. In gaming you are able to compete between a RTX 4060 and RTX 4070, depending on the title. This is very impressive given the form factor.
The ability to distribute the RAM to the GPU provides a lot of flexibility which I believe will provide longer relevancy as games require higher and higher amount of VRAM, whereas the RTX based laptops will be a bit more limiting with static VRAM allocations.
The only downside is the tablet form factor leads to detachable keyboard, which doesn't always perform as well as the fully attached counterpart.
This device is an overall powerhouse with lots of versatility.
Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Powerful, compact, and very versatile. The display is incredibly smooth and sharp, and performance is excellent for both gaming and productivity. Great build quality and portability. Highly recommend if you want power in a small form factor.
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The Z13 Flow 2025 is an extremely portable and power computer. It is great for software developers and gamers on the go.
The additional RAM and AI MAX+ 395 CPU has makes it possible to run AI models locally.
Gaming performance has been excellent allow it to run the latest games at medium to high settings with the right configuration.
The battery life and efficacy had been greatly improved over the previous 2023 model.
There is no other package like it in this form factor.
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Albeit a very expensive stop gap, as a self professed tech junkie i love this overpriced Lap-tablet Apu monster. Would've gotten 5 stars if it were better priced and i didn't run in to little nagging issues so 4 it is. Silent on battery is like gaming on a handheld. 100-140w charger on performance is that stop gap. Using the included charger on turbo is closer to low-midrange discrete gpu laptop performance. Fills the gap... pause. Any who i enjoy it but its definitely a rather niche product for junkies like me or fringe Ai programmers who want early access 395+ portability, definitely wasn't made for the mass market but i still praise Asus for looking out for the real ROG heads
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Usually a tablet will come hamstrung with a CPU barely able to browse the internet without chugging. Not on this machine! You have a 16 core beast that is going to match any of the top of the line laptops out there. Then the APU is where the power efficiency shines though, scaling all the way from 8w up to 100w. The 64GB of ram really is the sugar on top, making sure you have enough for the most poorly optimized games or an overly-modded Minecraft. If I had to be critical only the battery capacity could have been bigger, if at the sacrifice of a slightly thicker chassis. But with the efficiency of the machine that is a mute point.
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This is truly a one of a kind device witg what it offers, it is so portable and really powerful, it plays all the games I want to play at good settings wherever I am. I like being able to detach the keyboard and use it propped up with a controller. It’s the ultimate couch gaming tool. And so much more powerful than a gaming handheld. It’s built really well and looks super dope. I can’t recommend it enough for how good it is. Truly my favorite piece of tech.
The Best Device on the Market - But do you need it
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This is an interesting device - maybe the best of all time (currently). The issue is not whether or not it should be purchased, but whether or not you specifically need it. For me, I returned mine because I primarily sit at my desk and found a major steal on a strix scar 18" which is a bit more powerful on the CPU side and much more powerful on the GPU side - but make no mistake this is the best technology on the market. It's BLAZING fast and the GPU is capable of high settings with almost any game. I did run into some APU issues, and ASUS has to sort out the usb c thing, but other than that i think we are in for a good next few years.
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This thing is a BEAST! The fastest APU (CPU/iGPU) combination on the market, I've been able to throw a vast majority of games, applications, and software tools at it without a hiccup. I was previously running on other laptops and Surface Pro devices with eGPUs, and this has been outpacing those dGPUs - Intel Arc B580, RTX 3080, and it showing results around an RTX 4070 Ti. Really pleased with the overall build, multiple levels of controls to tweak and adjust the tuning, great battery life, amazing display, and very quiet even under load. The only "con" of this device is its price-tag. But this truly is a scenario of you absolutely get what you pay for with quality and performance, one device to rule them all. I no longer need a desktop, laptop, or tablet, this does it all.
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This device is amazing. It is a workhorse for gaming and productivity tasks. It is extremely portable for traveling and with a controller, it makes this an amazing gaming on the device. Timespy puts it around a 4060m gpu with a score of around 10.5k.
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Excellent machine to cover all sorts of tasks, from gaming to locally hosted LLMs, you can control amount of RAM going to GPU, you can still carry this thing around, display is good and fast, overall - I'm very happy with the purchase