ASUS launches AMD Ryzen AI 300 series laptops: VivoBook starts at $1100, ZenBook from $1800

ASUS has launched its fleet of AMD Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" APU-powered laptops, introducing the VivoBook Pro 16, ZenBook 16 Air, ProArt 13, and ProArt 16 laptops.

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The company is rolling out new designs and powerful specs inside of its new laptops, which are aimed at virtually everyone: consumers, office laptops, gaming laptops, and more... all aimed at the growing "AI PC" family of laptops on the market this year.

ASUS has its new ZenBook 16 Air with a 16-inch 2.8K resolution and smooth 120Hz refresh rate on a gorgeous OLED panel, with a 1.1cm thin design and weighing just 1.49kg. ASUS has designed a new body material called Ceraluminum, which uses an aluminum shell with a ceramic compound for a beautiful new look.

Inside, the new ASUS ZenBook 16 Air features the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU with 12 cores and 24 threads of Zen 5 CPU power, clocking at up to 5.1GHz. There's also 32GB of LPDDR5X-7500 memory, 1TB of Gen4 SSD storage, a Radeon 890M integrated GPU with RDNA 3.5 compute units clocking at up to 2.9GHz, and an upgraded XDNA 2-based NPU for up to 50 TOPS of AI workload power.

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ASUS uses a dual exhaust fan design with a thermal solution that uses copper fins, heatpipes, and a vapor chamber that is placed onto the Strix Point APU itself. There's a large 7.1-inch touchpad with a 240Hz refresh rate, a fingerprint sensor, an IR camera for Windows Hello, and Dolby Atmos (Harman Kardon) certified surround sound audio.

The ZenBook 16 Air laptop also has a full-speed HDMI 2.1 port, two USB4 (40Gbps) ports, a single USB-A (10Gbps) port, an SD card reader, and an audio jack. It also has Wi-Fi 7 and a 78WHr (4-cell Li-ion) battery, and its starting price is $1800.

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Next up, we've got the ASUS VivoBook Pro 16 with a 16-inch 3.2K display (3200 x 2000) 120Hz Lumina OLED (TrueBlack 600 HDR) panel. It's just 13.9mm thick and weighs in at 1.5kg, with 180-degree hinde support, and powered by AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 "Strix Point" APU with 10 cores and 20 threads boosting up to 5.0GHz.

A beefed-up Radoen 880M integrated GPU with 15% more performance than the Radeon 780M, with an upgraded XDNA 2-based NPU for up to 50 TOPS of AI performance from the NPU alone.

There are also two USB-A (2.5Gbps ports), a USB-C (5Gbps) port, USB4 (40Gbps) port, microSD card reader, HDMI 2.1 output, and a 75WHr battery that is designed for 50% charging in just 30 minutes from the USB-C 5-20V port. Pricing on the ASUS VivoBook Pro 16 laptops starts at $1100.

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ASUS also launched its new ProArt laptops in both 16-inch and 13-inch models, with the ProArt 16 featuring an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU and 16-inch 4K OLED display, with a 14.9mm thick chassis weighing in at just 1.8kg. Inside, you've got up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, up to 64GB of LPDDR5X-7500 memory, 2TB of Gen4 SSD, and a thermal solution with multiple copper heatpipes, triple fans, and a liquid metal TIM interface.

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There's also a ProArt 16 with the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU, GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, 32GB of LPDDR5X memory, and 1TB of Gen4 SSD.

Connectivity-wise, the new ProArt 16 laptop features USB4 with 100W PD, HDMI 2.1 port, and USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C (100W PD), USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A, an SD Express 7.0 (UHS-II), 3.5mm audio jack, and even a port that lets you monitor temperatures and power in real-time through a diagnostic device. There's also Wi-Fi 7 connectivity, and a bigger 90WHr battery. The RTX 4060 version of the ProArt 16 starts at $2200, while the more powerful RTX 4070 version of the ProArt 16 starting from $2500.

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ASUS also has the ProArt 13 with the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU with up top the GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, 32GB of LPDDR5X memory, and a 1TB Gen4 SSD. It features a 13-inch 2.8K OLED panel, with ASUS debuting a new heatsink and multiple heatpipes, dual-fan coolers, and a cooling capacity of up to 115W.

There's up to 32GB of LPDDR5X-7500 memory, and up to 1TB Gen4 SSD storage, with two USB4 Type-C ports, HDMI 2.1 connectivity, USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A, a microSD card reader, a headphone jack and monitoring port. Wi-Fi 7 for wireless connectivity and a 78WHr battery, with a price starting at $2100.