If there’s one model of ROG gaming laptops that we’ve always wanted to have on our desks, it’s the ROG Zephyrus G14. We’ve covered the development of this small but incredible gaming laptop through the years, and now we have this year’s version on our desk. Is the ROG Zephyrus G14 still a marvel this 2025 or did it go bust? Let’s find out in this review.
| Operating System | Windows 11 Pro |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 Processor 2.0GHz (36MB Cache, up to 5.1GHz, 12 cores, 24 Threads); AMD XDNA™ NPU up to 50TOPS |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Laptop GPU Turbo mode: 1595MHz at 90W(1545MHz Boost Clock+50MHz OC, 75W+15W Dynamic Boost) 8GB GDDR7 |
| Neural Processor | AMD XDNA™ NPU up to 50TOPS |
| Display | ROG Nebula Display 14-inch 3K (2880 x 1800) OLED 16:10 aspect ratio OLED Glossy display DCI-P3: 100% Refresh Rate: 120Hz G-Sync / Adaptive-Sync Pantone Validated MUX Switch + NVIDIA® Advanced Optimus Support Dolby Vision HDR : Yes |
| Memory | 32GB LPDDR5X 7500 on board(Actual memory speeds may vary by CPU configuration.) Max Capacity: 32GB Support dual channel memory technology |
| Storage | 2TB PCIe® 4.0 NVMe™ M.2 SSD |
| Expansion Slots (includes used) | 1x M.2 PCIe |
| I/O Ports | 1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack 1x HDMI 2.1 FRL 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (data speed up to 10Gbps) 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C with support for DisplayPort™ / power delivery / G-SYNC (data speed up to 10Gbps) 1x Type-C USB 4 with support for DisplayPort™ / power delivery (data speed up to 40Gbps) 1x card reader (microSD) (UHS-II) |
| Keyboard and Touchpad | Backlit Chiclet Keyboard 1-Zone RGB Touchpad With Copilot key |
| Camera | 1080P FHD IR Camera for Windows Hello |
| Audio | Smart Amp Technology Dolby Atmos AI noise-canceling technology Hi-Res certification (for headphone) Built-in 3-microphone array 4-speaker (dual force woofer) system with Smart Amplifier Technology, 2 Tweeters |
| Network and Communication | Wi-Fi 7(802.11be) (Triple band) 2*2 + Bluetooth® 5.4 Wireless Card (*Bluetooth® version may change with OS version different.) |
| Battery | 73WHrs, 4S1P, 4-cell Li-ion |
| Power Supply | Rectangle Conn, 200W AC Adapter, Output: 20V DC, 10A, 200W, Input: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz universal TYPE-C, 100W AC Adapter, Output: 20V DC, 5A, 100W, Input: 100~240V AC 50/60Hz universal |
| AURA SYNC | Yes |
| Device Lighting | Slash Lighting |
| Weight | 1.50 Kg (3.31 lbs) |
| Dimensions (W x D x H) | 31.1 x 22.0 x 1.59 ~ 1.63 cm (12.24″ x 8.66″ x 0.63″ ~ 0.64″) |
| Microsoft Office | 1-month trial for new Microsoft 365 customers. Credit card required. |
| Xbox Game Pass | Xbox Game Pass for PC_3 months (*Terms and exclusions apply. Offer only available in eligible markets for Xbox Game Pass for PC. Eligible markets are determined at activation. Game catalog varies by region, device, and time.) |
| Security | BIOS Administrator Password and User Password Protection Pluton Security Processor Secured-core PC (Level 3) McAfee® 30 days free trial |
| Included in the Box | ROG Zephyrus G14 Sleeve (2024) ROG Impact Gaming Mouse TYPE-C, 100W AC Adapter, Output: 20V DC, 5A, 100W, Input: 100~240V AC 50/60Hz universal |
The ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 is available in different versions. The main difference between each version are the CPU and the GPU. Depending on the model, you can have the humble NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 up to the more powerful (and expensive) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080. Note that not all models may be available locally.
| Resolution | 2560×1600 | Frame Rates | |||
| Games | Preset | Average | 1% | 0.1% | Notes (Score, etc.) |
| Assassin’s Creed Shadows | Ultra High | 42 | 31 | 21 | 100% Render Scaling |
| Dota 2 | Best Looking | 95 | 52 | 44 | 100% Render Scaling |
| Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition | Extreme | 29 | 21 | 20 | Ray Trace Ultra, DLSS Off |
| Rainbow Six: Siege | Ultra | 78 | 54 | 45 | 100% Render Scaling |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | Highest | 112 | 87 | 42 | DLSS Quality |
| Black Myth: Wukong | Cinematic | 42 | 25 | 22 | DLSS On, 100% Super Resolution, Full Ray Tracing Off |
| Total War: Warhammer 3 | Ultra | 52 | 39 | 25 | – |
| Resolution | 1920×1200 | Frame Rates | |||
| Games | Preset | Average | 1% | 0.1% | Notes (Score, etc.) |
| Assassin’s Creed Shadows | Ultra High | 58 | 45 | 15 | 100% Render Scaling |
| Dota 2 | Best Looking | 78 | 45 | 36 | 100% Render Scaling |
| Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition | Extreme | 46 | 31 | 27 | Ray Trace Ultra, DLSS Off |
| Rainbow Six: Siege X | Ultra | 148 | 92 | 62 | 100% Render Scaling |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | Highest | 145 | 88 | 43 | DLSS Quality |
| Black Myth: Wukong | Cinematic | 50 | 41 | 34 | DLSS On, 100% Super Resolution, Full Ray Tracing Off |
| Total War: Warhammer 3 | Ultra | 97 | 76 | 72 | – |
Although the ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 comes with a 3K OLED display complete with a 120Hz refresh rate, some games might force you not to take full advantage of the display. Capable as it may seem, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile GPU may require you to adjust a good number of settings to get more than 60 FPS in some games.
In the tests, turning off Ray Tracing significantly adds more frames. As obvious as it may sound, the difference can even be double the frames in some cases (tested in Black Myth Wukong)! So, if you want to get more frames and pump up numbers, best turn off Ray Tracing if possible.
These benchmarks are meant to measure the device’s performance relative to other peoples’ machines. We plugged in a mix of CPU & GPU-intensive tests and other ones that measure the performance of both at the same time.
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme is designed for multi-GPU systems and future hardware generations. In addition to raising the rendering resolution, additional visual quality improvements increase the rendering load to ensure accurate performance measurements for truly extreme hardware setups.
3DMark Firestrike Extreme but more demanding. Incredibly taxing to the system as the benchmark tests how your PC can render in 4K (3840 x 2160).
3DMark Time Spy is a DirectX 12 benchmark test for Windows 10 gaming PCs. Time Spy is one of the first DirectX 12 apps to be built the right way from the ground up to fully realize the performance gains that the new API offers.
3DMark Port Royal is the world’s first real-time ray tracing benchmark for gamers. It shows you how well your PC handles ray tracing effects in real-time.
3DMark Steel Nomad is a cross-platform, non-raytraced benchmark for high-end gaming PCs and Macs. It uses the DirectX 12 API on Windows.
Benchmark Score: 8,562
Cinebench leverages the same powerful 3D engine found in the award-winning animation software Cinema 4D Release 20 to accurately evaluate CPU rendering performance capabilities across various systems and platforms.
Extreme performance and stability test for PC hardware: video card, power supply, cooling system.
The Blender benchmark Score is a measure of how quickly Cycles can render path tracing samples on one CPU or GPU device. The higher the number, the better. In particular, it’s the estimated number of samples per minute, summed for all benchmark scenes.
wPrime is a leading multi-threaded benchmark for x86 processors that tests your processor performance by calculating square roots with a recursive call of Newton’s method for estimating functions. It then uses an iterative calling of the estimation method a set amount of times to increase the accuracy of the results.
PassMark measures CPU, 2D & 3D GPU, Memory, and Disk speeds. It gives you an aggregate score, giving you an idea on how your PC performs and how it ranks when compared to other computers around the world.
We have always been fans of the ROG Nebula display screens on ROG laptops. It’s a display that you need to actually see to convince you of that it is of very high quality. It’s also mind-boggling for us that these things keep on improving year after year. In the case of the ROG Zephyrus G14 2025, the ROG Nebula display here is an OLED display that boasts a maximum 3K resolution (2880 x 1800) with a 120Hz refresh rate and a 0.2ms response time. Furthermore, the display is also DCI-P3 100% and Pantone Validated, making it a good mobile workstation for artists and editors. Or for school. Yeah, for school.
Opposite to the power stored within its shell, the ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 weighs only a measly 1.5kg without its included charger. It’s also small and thing, making it easy to pack inside inconspicuous backpacks and laptop bags. Being both small and light makes this device easy to carry around and travel with. This also means that you can be more productive knowing that you can whip this out anytime to do work or study.
There is one fact that continues to be proven true even after decades: the smaller the gaming laptop, the lesser power that it can pack. One of the more significant reasons for this is due to the limitations of cooling solutions. The smaller the laptop, the more compact cooling has to be. This leads to less efficient heat transfers, making your laptop’s chips susceptible to thermal throttling. Thermal throttling is a chip’s built-in feature to preserve itself from getting burnt due to excessive heat and power. This results in lower performance when the chip becomes hot for extended periods of time.
The ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 can be hot but still usable for long hours. While it does become scalding hot near the display when running intense applications or games, it does only feel warm near the touchpad. Just be wary not to touch any of the panels near the screen as it really does get too hot for comfort.
To make this aluminum slab more eye-catching, ASUS ROG included the Slash Lighting. Already available in its previous incarnations, the Slash Lighting, as the name already implies, adds a bit of personality to the ROG Zephyrus G14 2025. You can program the lighting’s behavior using the ASUS Armoury Crate app to your liking.
Unfortunately, not is as perfect as it seems. In this review, we had the ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 that carried the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 laptop GPU. Sounds fine, right? The VRAM allocation says otherwise. With only a measly 8GB, this gaming laptop cannot handle the demands and requirements of modern titles, even if scaled to 1080p. This is quite sad given that the ROG Nebula display can really be enough to convince you to get this device but the hardware itself limits what this amazing machine can output. If you do plan on playing games above 1080p at its highest settings, you’re out of luck if you get versions that have 8GB (God forbid, less than) of VRAM.
The ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 remains true to its goal of providing a solid gaming laptop in a compact shell. ASUS ROG really refined and improved every iteration of this gaming laptop. Although nothing major has changed compared to its 2024 version, we still did get a sleek with brimming with power and style. It’s a laptop designed to handle even the more power-hungry apps and games. Not only that but the ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 is packaged with a 3K OLED Display and a great deal of ports.
However, despite being loaded with the latest tech, the ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 is handicapped by the graphics chip that it carries. In the model that we reviewed, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 carried only a minuscule 8GB of VRAM. That amount of VRAM is not even enough for the screen that the model carries. This means that you are forced to run games at 1080p (1920×1200 if you want to keep the 16:10 aspect ratio) if you want to get the best graphics in mobile form. If you’re looking to at least maximize the whole package, get the GeForce RTX 5070Ti model and above for more VRAM.
With all that said, the ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 is still a gaming laptop to admire and have as your own personal computing buddy. It has most, if not all, the things that you need for a compact and light gaming laptop. It’s a small slab filled with hopes and dreams that can also be your mobile battle station or workstation. In terms of looks, pulling this out of your bag and playing in a public place wouldn’t be a bad idea. You’ll definitely get some stares due to its premium look, and probably some admirers too (if you’re a great player).
Even after all these years, we can still definitely say: 2025 is another good year for the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14.
We are currently following up on ASUS to check on the official availability and price list of the different variants of the ROG Zephyrus G14 2025. We’ll update this part once we get confirmation.
If small and compact gaming laptops are not your thing, maybe the ROG Strix G16 is a good fit for you.
For more info, check out the official ROG Zephyrus G14 2025 page.
