TechRadar Verdict
Theres a lot to like about the latest Asus Zenbook Duo.
Its a very different laptop design, then, and one that brings some major caveats with it.
Still, pricing isnt entirely unreasonable.
For that, youll need to look at the Asus Zenbook Pro instead.
The biggest selling point, though, has to be those twin OLED displays.
Asus Zenbook Duo (2024): Design
Okay, let me be clear here.
The Zenbook Duo, from a purely physical perspective, is an absolutely outstanding notebook.
Theyre bright, colorful, and gorgeous to behold.
The Duos not short on ports either, certainly not for a slim laptop.
The internal hardware is a little bit on the curious side, however.
Ill talk a little bit more about that later.
Asus has really done an incredible job of making this feel and act like a premium rig.
you could use the Zenbook Duo in all manner of configurations.
Clearly the bulk of the manufacturing cost is spent on the displays.
The Core Ultra 9 185H is a hot and hungry CPU by its very design.
In Cinebench 2024 the Zenbook Duo scored a paltry 429 in the multi-core test.
Then theres the storage.
Top-line sequential figures generally come out fairly well here.
Where it falls apart a little is in the random4Kwrites.
Random 4K benchmarking reflects Windows and game-loading performance, so thats not so great to see here.
For AI testing I used UL Procyons AI Computer Vision benchmark with Float16 accuracy.
For day-to-day work then, the Zenbook Duo is a good pick.
Its crisp displays and smooth desktop experience are beautiful to behold.
Its rapid enough to charge up, although not the fastest by any means.
I also benchmarked it utilizing a mixture of tests in PCMark 10.
Still, in both scenarios those are solid numbers, certainly for laptops with x86 chips.
Should you buy the Asus Zenbook Duo (2024)?
These screens themselves make the Zenbook Duo a tempting proposition.
Don’t buy it if…
Youre a creative with longer, more demanding, workloadsRendering video?
Working with large datasets?
This isnt the laptop for you.
Thermal throttling seriously hinders its overall performance by no small margin.
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