AMD Ryzen 6000 series of new generation notebook processors, using Zen 3+ optimized architecture, upgraded RDNA 2 internal graphics and TSMC 6nm process technology, packaged the update of high-performance H and thin and light notebook U series. In addition, AMD’s integrated USB4 function is also quite interesting. This time, I will use the ASUS “Zenbook S 13 OLED” (UM5302) thin and light notebook to experience the real power of the Ryzen 7 6800U.
Zenbook S 13 OLED UM5302 Specifications
System: Windows 11 Home 21H2
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C16T 4.7GHz boost
Memory: Built-in 16GB LPDDR5
Graphics Chip: Internal AMD Radeon 680M, 12 CU, 2200MHz
Display: 13.3” 2.8K (2880 x 1800) OLED 16:10, 0.2ms response speed, 550nits brightness, 100% DCI-P3, VESA Display HDR True Black 500, PANTONE Validated, touch screen
Storage System: 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD
I/O Ports: 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (DP, PD), 1 x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack
Audio: Smart Amp, built-in speaker, built-in microphone, harman/kardon (Premium)
Network: Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax 2×2 + Bluetooth 5.2
Battery: 67WHrs, 4S1P, 4-cell Li-ion
Transformer: 65W AC Adapter, Type C, 20V DC, 3.25A, 65W
Dimensions: 29.67 x 21.05 x 1.49cm
Weight: 1.0 kg
AMD Ryzen 6000 laptop processor Zen 3+ optimization, RDNA 2 internal display, 6nm process
AMD’s Ryzen 6000 series notebook processors released earlier this year are mainly characterized by the use of Zen 3+ optimized architecture, upgraded RDNA 2 internal display and TSMC 6nm process, and optimized for the power plan and architecture of notebook SoCs, as well as new Power management framework and platform upgrades.
↑ AMD Ryzen 6000, Zen 3+, RDNA 2, 6nm, new platform.
↑ Multi-faceted optimization for platform power supply and power management.
The Ryzen 6000 series notebook processors include U series for thin and light notebooks, HX high performance and HS thin gaming for gaming notebooks, etc. The main difference lies in the preset TDP. This time, the test is the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C16T 15-28W thin and light notebook processor.
↑ Ryzen 6000 series laptop processor specifications.
For players, the biggest highlight of Ryzen 6000 is the RDNA 2 graphics core, built-in AMD Radeon 680M graphics chip, and divided into two specifications of 12CU used by Ryzen 9 / 7 and 6CU of Ryzen 5, both with a high clock of 2.4GHz , and brings full DirectX 12, FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR), Radeon Super Resolution (RSR) and other functions.
↑ AMD Radeon 680M graphics chip.
Ryzen 6000 SoC is AMD’s first new platform to use LPDDR5/DDR5 memory. It also has PCIe 4.0 specifications and is the first platform to integrate USB4 40Gbps transmission capability. In addition, it can also provide HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2 and AV1 8bpc/ 10bpc hardware decoding capability.
↑ AMD Ryzen 6000 SoC new platform.
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED UM5302 Ultra-long battery life
ASUS’s thin and light, business-style laptop Zenbook S 13 OLED UM5302, using AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C16T laptop processor, is only 1.49cm thick and weighs only 1.0kg in this compact 14-inch body. Excellent power management and 67WHrs lithium battery, so that general documents and business use can maintain long battery life.
↑ ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED UM5302。
Another thing that caught my eye is the 13-inch, 2880 × 1800 resolution, 16:10 ratio OLED panel, which can achieve an 89% screen-to-body ratio and a 4-sided narrow bezel design. It also verified the color gamut performance of Delta-E < 2 and 100% DCI-P3 through PANTONE Validated color calibration.
OLED has extremely high contrast and response speed, and has a maximum brightness of 550 nits and VESA Display HDR True Black 500 certification; I just don’t understand what it means to provide “touch” function on a 13-inch screen ? It is not a two-in-one laptop, and adding this touch function under the mirror screen is really not practical except for being covered with fingerprints.
↑ Magnesium-aluminum alloy body in blue.
↑ 13-inch OLED screen.
The Zenbook S 13 OLED UM5302 has a built-in memory of up to 16GB LPDDR5, and the storage system provides 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD; as for the notebook I/O, it supports 3 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C DP video output and PD charging function as well as 3.5mm headphone microphone.
(PS Because the USB4 function is currently not implemented and is still in the Preview stage, the specification is only listed as USB 3.2 Gen 2.)
↑ 1.4mm key travel, 0.2mm key cap slightly concave, 19.05mm key spacing, even small laptops can have an excellent typing feel.
↑ The top cover of the accessory box can also be used as a laptop support.
Stunning 13.3” OLED panel 2880 x 1800, 16:10 comfortable ratio
Zenbook S 13 OLED has a stunning 13.3-inch, 16:10, 2880 x 1800 resolution OLED panel that supports VESA Display HDR True Black 500 and Dolby Vision certification. The self-luminous characteristics of the OLED panel have a very high static contrast, which also makes the picture better.
At the same time, the screen has passed the PANTONE Validated color calibration verification, the color standard Delta-E < 2, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut performance. The screen is colorful, bright, and has a high contrast ratio of black and white. Generally, the experience of documents may not be great. As long as you turn on photos, HDR videos, and chasing dramas, you can feel the fatal charm of OLED.
↑ 2880 x 1800、10-bit、RGB、HDR。
↑ Screen remake.
↑ Screen remake.
↑ Screen remake.
↑ HDR effects.
For the protection mechanism of the OLED screen, users can find ASUS OLED Care protection in the MyASUS software, such as the screen will enter the protection screen when the screen is idle for 30 minutes, and the automatic Pixel Shift for the screen, generally the naked eye will not feel the pixel point shift , and turn on auto-hide Windows taskbar to protect the OLED screen through these mechanisms.
↑ ASUS OLED Care。
In the Splendid setting, you can adjust the color mode of the screen: native, sRGB, DCI-P3, Display P3, etc., as well as functions such as vivid, manual or blue light filter.
↑ Splendid setting.
USB4 40Gbps all-in-one Thunderbolt, USB, DP first test
Although the USB4 specification has been published for a while, there has been no product updates on the platform and device side, and this time AMD Ryzen 6000 is likely to be the first laptop platform to integrate USB4 functions. The Zenbook S 13 OLED UM5302 laptop with Ryzen 7 6800U can indeed unlock the USB4 connection capability after the Preview BIOS update provided by AMD.
To put it simply, the USB4 specification is based on Thunderbolt 4. After all, Intel has also licensed Thunderbolt technology to USB-IF. The specifications will be divided into USB4 basic, Thunderbolt 4 and Ryzen 6000 USB4 specifications. For a detailed comparison, please refer to the table below.
The basic USB4 model only has a transfer speed of 20Gbps and does not necessarily support the PCIe transfer specification, while the Ryzen 6000 USB4 specification is basically the same as the Thunderbolt 4 specification, providing complete DisplayPort image transfer capability and PCIe 3.0 x4 transfer function.
The USB support is the same as USB 3.2 Gen 2×1 10Gbps. Of course, USB4 is compatible with Thunderbolt 3 devices and supports the use of eGPU external graphics boxes. In addition, AMD also added the function of PCIe device boot.
↑ USB4 base, Thunderbolt 4 and Ryzen 6000 USB4 spec comparison.
This time, Zenbook S 13 OLED UM5302 was used to measure the USB4 connection capability. For the external graphics box, OWC AKiTiO Node Pro was used to connect an external Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card. After connecting, wait for Windows to update the AMD XConnect driver before it can be used normally.
When using an external Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card, Fire Strike can achieve a Legendary score of 22,726 points, and Time Spy can achieve a Legendary score of 13,675 points.
Ryzen 6000 USB4 allows notebook gamers to use an external graphics card box to upgrade the independent display, giving the notebook more computing and graphics capabilities. However, it is still in the Preview stage, and the stability and uncertainty of its initial use are high, and it will have to wait for AMD. The official release update shall prevail.
↑ Zenbook S 13 OLED UM5302 connected to AKiTiO Node Pro external Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card.
↑ Zenbook S 13 OLED UM5302 external Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card Fire Strike results.
↑ Zenbook S 13 OLED UM5302 external Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card Time Spy results.
Another external application of USB4 is Thunderbolt 3 Dock expansion. The test uses AKiTiO Thunder3 Dock Pro. The USB Type C port on the right side of the laptop can be used normally. The Dock expansion 10GbE LAN, SD card reader, USB, etc. can all be used. Normal use, and outputting the screen through the Dock’s DisplayPort is not a problem, of course, the laptop can also be charged through the Dock.
↑ Zenbook S 13 OLED UM5302 connected to Thunderbolt 3 Dock expansion.
Of course, USB4 connected to Thunderbolt 3 SSD can also obtain the fastest external transfer speed through PCIe channel. This test uses Thunderbolt 3 SSD: HP800, OWC Envoy Express and USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 external box test.
↑ Zenbook S 13 OLED UM5302 connected to Thunderbolt 3 SSD for high-speed expansion.
Thunderbolt 3 SSD HP800 can achieve a sequential read transfer speed of 2889 MB/s on USB4, which is quite close to the limit of Thunderbolt data transfer, but this SSD is too old and has a capacity of only 500GB, so the write speed is slow.
↑ Thunderbolt 3 SSD HP800。
OWC Envoy Express is a DIY Thunderbolt 3 SSD external box, but this box only supports the maximum speed of PCIe 3.0 x2, so the sequential read and write at 1620 MB/s, 1470 MB/s, also with the general Thunderbolt laptop test quite.
↑ OWC Envoy Express。
USB4 still only supports USB 3.2 Gen 2×1 10Gbps for USB transmission at the highest, so using a 20Gbps external box can only achieve sequential read and write performance of 1019.85 MB/s and 994.6 MB/s.
↑ USB 3.2 Gen 1 speed.
summary:AMD Ryzen 6000 integrates the complete functions of USB4 and is more compatible with Thunderbolt devices. It does allow notebook users to have more convenient external expansions such as Thunderbolt Dock, DAS, SSD, and eGPU, but what about the huge surrounding ecology of Thunderbolt? Verifying compatibility is the biggest challenge.
Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U Creation PR, LR and PS Benchmarks
The following tests are performed using the MyASUS performance customization feature to set the laptop to Performance mode.
↑ MyASUS Custom Performance Mode.
CPU-Z View AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor information, codenamed Rembrandt, 6nm process 8-core 16-thread notebook processor, the highest Turbo clock is 4.7GHz, and the processor power consumption is about 25W; the memory is 4 x 32- bit DDR5 16GB.
↑ CPU-Z。
GPU-Z Check out the internal AMD Radeon 680M GPU with 768 rendering cores and 512MB of LPDDR5 shared memory. And supports AV1 4K/8K decoding.
↑ GPU-Z。
↑ DXVA Check AMD Radeon 680M GPU。
For the conversion output test of Adobe Premiere Pro 2020, use here UL Procyon Video Editing Benchmark Test tool, the test situation is to use 2160p 30/60 FPS video, output H.264-YouTube 1080p Full HD and HEVC (H.265)-4K UHD format, and compare the output performance of pure CPU output and adding GPU acceleration .
Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U scored 2,366 points in this project, and it took 154.8 seconds to output H.264 1080p video. If the 1080p video is output with the help of the Radeon 680M internal display, it can still meet the basic needs of video conversion, but if you want to use This set is a bit unsuitable for a blockbuster.
↑ UL Procyon Video Editing Benchmark。
Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic through UL Procyon Photo Editing Benchmark Test tool; the two working scenarios of the test, Image Retouching test is to use Photoshop to trim photos and record the time of each step, while Batch Processing test is to use Lightroom to adjust and output a large number of photos in batches.
The Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U scored 6002 points, 5388 points for image editing, and 6686 points for batch processing. If it is used for quick photo processing and batch output when going out, the performance of this entry-level machine can be considered enough. After all, it is a long time. When going out, thin and light body and long battery life are king.
↑ UL Procyon Photo Editing Benchmark。
Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U Computer Performance Benchmark Test
CINEBENCH R20 Yo R23developed by MAXON based on Cinema 4D, can be used to evaluate the 3D rendering performance of computer processors, which is also a reliable test software that can quickly evaluate the performance of CPU multi-core computing.
Ryzen 7 6800U has CPU 4034 pts and single-core 574 pts performance in CINEBENCH R20, while in R23 version it has CPU 10077 pts and single-core 1459 pts computing performance.
↑ CINEBENCH R20 Yo R23.
AIDA64 memoryIn the test, Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U uses DDR5 16GB memory, memory read and write 39644 MB/s, 48570 MB/s, and memory latency is 107.7ns. The memory performance is not so ideal, it may be that AIDA64 is also optimized for 6800U processors, or that the first upgrade to DDR5 uses built-in memory particles, resulting in a higher overall delay.
↑ AIDA64 memory test.
The overall performance of the computer is PCMark 10 For the test, you can score the basic computer work of Essentials, such as app startup speed, video conferencing, and web browsing performance, while the Productivity productivity test uses spreadsheets and paperwork as test items. As for Digital Content Creation, video content creation, Tests are based on photo/video editing, rendering and visualization.
Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U has a score of 6010 points, 9379 points for basic paperwork, 8897 points for productivity, and 7062 points for digital content creation. The overall performance is quite good. It is quite suitable for basic web browsing, video conferencing, paperwork and other purposes. This performance On the leaderboard, it can win 72% of the notebooks. During the test, the highest CPU clock reached 4.6GHz.
↑ PCMark 10。
↑ Won 72% of clerical laptops.
PCMark 10 Application The test is a computer productivity performance test using actual software such as Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Edge.
The Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U achieves a score of 10600 points. All programs can be opened and run within 1 second, which can definitely be used for paperwork.
↑ PCMark 10 Application。
AMD Radeon 680M Graphics Gaming Benchmark
3DMark Fire Strike Test, to quickly test the performance of the laptop for old DX11 API and AAA games, and in the mainstream 1080p resolution Fire Strike test, the Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U scored 5,556 points. The GPU clock was around 1854 MHz during the test.
↑ 3DMark Fire Strike。
3DMark Time Spy It is a test situation designed with DirectX 12 API, which is also locked in the AAA game level. The Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U scored 2,323 points and a Good score on the Time Spy test at 1440p, and the GPU clock was also around 1839 MHz.
↑ 3DMark Time Spy。
In terms of games, 3 entry-level e-sports games “CS:GO”, “Rainbow Six: Siege” and “League of Legends”, as well as 3 AAA games “F1 2021”, “Polar War Cry 6” and “Electric Rebel” 2077″, etc., set to 16:9, 1080p resolution, please refer to the description below the picture for the game special effects settings.
The Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U internal display can meet the needs of entry-level e-sports players. When you go out and suddenly want to play a game of “League of Legends”, it can stabilize and average 136.4 FPS, “Rainbow Six: Siege” average 113.2 FPS, “CS:GO” 》The average 98.2 FPS can be said to be quite good internal display performance.
After this generation upgrades RDNA 2, it is not a problem to open AAA masterpieces, but relatively set minimum special effects or fully open FSR, “F1 2021” average 62 FPS, “Polar War Cry 6” average 58 FPS and “Electric Rebel” 2077” averaged 50.6 FPS. This performance is quite good for the internal display, but it is recommended to choose an e-sports laptop for smooth play. After all, this machine is mainly for thin and light documents and business models.
↑ Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U gaming test.
Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U temperature test
The temperature test uses the AIDA64 CPU / FPU and the Time Spy Stress test to simulate the game.
The CPU and GPU temperatures of Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U are at 43°C and 41.8°C during standby, while in AIDA64 CPU stress test temperature reaches 93.3°C, FPU test 84.5°C, and under Time Spy Stress test CPU 92.6°C °C, GPU 80.3°C.
The thermal imager shows the surface of the laptop keyboard (piece C) during the test. The highest temperature appears at 44.6°C in the upper right corner, while the left-hand keyboard area (No. 1) is 29°C and the touchpad is 26.6°C. Capability and surface temperature are reasonable for a thin and light laptop.
↑ Temperature test.
↑ Thermal camera laptop keyboard surface.
Zenbook S 13 OLED 6800U battery life test
Laptop battery life test PCMark 10 Battery Profile Modem Office scenario, Modem Office test includes: input, web browsing, video conferencing, etc., and add idle time in the middle to simulate the working situation when using laptops in general; Zenbook S 13 OLED The 6800U is set to 50% brightness, Wi-Fi BT On.
The laptop has a battery life of 11 hours and 15 minutes in Performance mode, and it can also reach the PCMark 10 score of 4935. Compared with the results of the above plug-in test, the overall performance of the computer is relatively reduced by -17%, but it is necessary to use the laptop when going out. This super long day battery life.
↑ Laptop battery life test.
Summarize
AMD Ryzen 6000 U-series notebook processors, built through Zen 3+ architecture optimization, RDNA 2 internal display upgrade, and TSMC 6nm process, make Ryzen 7 6800U have better computing performance than the previous generation, and maintain excellent long battery life , and the RDNA 2 internal display can play e-sports games smoothly, and even a small AAA game is not a problem.
The first integrated USB4 function also allows AMD to have the Thunderbolt ecosystem and high-speed PCIe external capability, but it is still in the Preview stage, and the actual launch depends on the planning of AMD and OEMs, and the future functional verification of Thunderbolt peripherals is The most troublesome place for USB4.
The Zenbook S 13 OLED thin and light notebook is only 1.49 cm thick and weighs 1.0 kg. It is equipped with a Ryzen 7 6800U notebook processor, which not only has sufficient paperwork performance, but also uses an OLED screen to bring users excellent screen performance. This thin and light clerical laptop can be said to be quite good, but I can’t help but ask! Will it be sold in Taiwan?
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