ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 Unveils with AMD Ryzen 9 Hawk Point and RTX 40 Potential

The forthcoming ROG Zephyrus G14 laptop from ASUS has been seen in Geekbench with AMD's top Hawk Point APU, the Ryzen 9 8945HS.

ASUS Incorporates an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS ‘Hawk Point’ APU

AMD's Ryzen 8040 "Hawk Point" APUs were revealed earlier this month, with a February 2024 release date. These laptops will have the same specs as the existing Ryzen 7040 "Phoenix" APUs but will have an updated XDNA "Ryzen AI" NPU with up to 16 TOPs computing capability.

In terms of ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 laptop characteristics, this model is a straight replacement to the existing model and is designated as "GA403UV_00093645C." The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS APU in the laptop has 8 cores based on the Zen 4 core architecture, 16 threads, a clock speed of up to 5.2 GHz, and 16 MB of L3 cache.

Because ASUS's ROG Zephyrus laptops are high-end designs with enhanced cooling technologies, we may expect the highest TDP on these laptops. The Radeon 780M "RDNA 3" iGPU with 12 compute units clocked at 2800 MHz is also included in the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS APU.

Blend of Power with AMD's Ryzen 9 and Potential RTX 40 Series

While this iGPU rivals Intel's Arc Xe-LPG iGPU in terms of performance, ASUS will offer the ROG Zephyrus G14 with a discrete graphics solution as its primary GPU solution. Some high-end systems, such as NVIDIA's RTX 40 series, are likely. The laptop was outfitted with 32 GB of DDR5 RAM, which was most likely clocked at 5600 MT/s.

In terms of performance, the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 laptop with AMD's Ryzen 9 8945HS "Hawk Point" APU performs as expected. The multi-core score compares favorably to the Ryzen 7 7745HX and 14-core Core Ultra 7 155H CPUs, according to WCCFTech.

The single-core score is a little low, but with proper firmware, this can be improved in the final retail device. Expect the G14 to cost somewhere between $1500-$2000 USD, with higher-end RTX options costing more.

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