AMD Ryzen 7 6800U Review – with ASUS ZenBook S 13 OLED

1. AMD Ryzen 7 6800U2. Testing Configurations & Methodology3. Performance Results - Technical4. Performance Results - Cinebench & Blender5. Performance Results - Handbrake, 7-Zip, Memory6. Performance Results - 3DMark & PCMark 107. Performance Results - iGPU Gaming 1080p8. Media Consumption Testing9. Closing Thoughts10. View All Pages

We test in the out-of-the-box state with minimal adjustments made to the laptop, other than installing our test software and Windows updates in addition to removing antivirus that is included by default.

That means that this ASUS laptop is tested using its ‘Balanced’ fan and power profile, as is the case for the competing laptops.

For testing, we include some comparison data from big, 45W-class laptops that we have examined recently. They’re not direct competitors but the data is useful as reference.

As a more appropriate competitor, we include the Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 360. This slim-and-light, 13.3-inch class laptop uses Intel’s 12^th Gen Core i7-1260P processor that is a direct competitor to the Ryzen 7 6800U. It also ships with 16GB of LPDDR5 memory, a 512GB SSD, and a 63 Whr battery with 65W charging. And it weighs 1.04kg inside its incredibly slim chassis.

Put simply, this is quite a reasonable Intel Alder Lake competitor to the AMD Zen3+ ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED. However, Samsung’s heavily restricted and conservative power profiles mean that a direct power-for-power comparison this is not… unfortunately. That’s certainly not ideal, but it’s the best we could get for some Intel comparison at the moment.

We also compare directly to a 21W-running Ryzen 7 5800U-based ASUS ZenBook 13 – this laptop’s effective predecessor. And we include some Intel Tiger Lake data too.

ASUS ZenBook S 13 OLED UM5302TA Laptop Test Configuration:

• Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 6800U (8C/16T, 2.7GHz base, up to 4.7GHz Boost, 15-28W TDP)
• Memory: 16GB LPDDR5 6400MHz
• Graphics Card: Radeon 680M 12CU up to 2.2GHz
• Display: 13.3” 16:10 2.8K OLED Touch Display
• System Drive: 1TB Samsung PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD
• Battery: 67 Whr battery with 65W USB-C Power Adapter
• Design: Around 1kg weight with around 14.9mm chassis thickness

Comparison Systems:

• Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 360
  • Intel Core i7-1260P (4 P-Cores / 8 E-Cores, up to 4.7GHz, 28W Nominal TDP)
  • 16GB LPDDR5 5200MHz
  • Intel Iris Xe 96EU 1.4GHz
  • 13.3″ FHD AMOLED Tough Display
  • 512GB NVMe SSD
  • 63 Whr battery with 65W USB-C Power Adapter
  • Around 1.04kg weight with around 11.5mm chassis thickness
• MSI Crosshair 15 R6E B12UGZ-299UK
  • Intel Core i7-12700H (6 P-cores, 8 E-cores, up to 4.7GHz Turbo, 35-115W Rated TDP)
  • 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200MHz SODIMM
  • Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop 8GB, up to 140W
  • 15.6” 2560×1440 165Hz IPS-level
  • 1TB Micron 2450 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD
  • 90 Whr, 4-cell battery with 240W barrel-style power adapter
  • Around 2.47kg weight with around 27mm chassis thickness
• MSI Katana GF66 12UE:
  • Intel Core i7-12700H (6 P-cores, 8 E-cores, up to 4.7GHz Turbo, 35-115W Rated TDP)
  • 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz SODIMM
  • Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 6GB, up to 105W
  • 15.6” 1920×1200 240Hz IPS-level
  • 1TB Micron 2450 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD
  • 53.5 Whr, 3-cell battery with 240W barrel-style power adapter
  • Around 2.25kg weight with around 25mm chassis thickness
• ASUS ROG Flow Z13 (Core i9-12900H System):
  • Intel Core i9-12900H (6 P-cores, 8 E-cores, up to 5.0GHz Turbo, 35-115W Rated TDP)
  • 16GB LPDDR5 5200MHz
  • Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti 4GB GDDR6, Mux switch
  • 13.4” 16:10 WUXGA 1920×1200 120Hz IPS-level
  • 1TB Micron 2450 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD
  • 56 Whr battery with 100W USB-C Power Adapter
  • Around 1.1-1.2kg weight with around 12mm chassis thickness
• ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RK (Ryzen 9 6900HS System):
  • AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS (8C/16T, 3.3GHz Base, up to 4.9GHz Boost 35W Rated TDP Mode)
  • 32GB DDR5 4800MHz
  • AMD Radeon RX 6800S 8GB GDDR6
  • 14” 16:10 QHD+ 2560×1600 120Hz IPS-level
  • 1TB Micron 2450 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD
  • 76 Whr battery with 240W barrel-style Power Adapter (100W USB-C support)
  • 1.75kg weight with around 18.5mm chassis thickness
• ASUS ROG STRIX G17 G713QR (Ryzen 9 5900HX ‘Cezanne' System):
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX (8C/16T, up to 4.6GHz Boost, 45W Rated TDP)
  • 32GB DDR4 3200MHz SODIMM
  • RTX 3070 Laptop GPU 8GB GDDR6 115W
  • 17.3-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) 16:9 300Hz IPS-level
  • 1TB SK Hynix BC711 PCIe Gen 3×4 NVMe SSD
  • 90 Whr battery with 240W barrel-style Power Adapter
  • 2.70kg weight with 23.4-28.3mm chassis thickness
• Gigabyte U4 UD-70UK823SO (Core i7-1195G7 ‘Tiger Lake’ System)
  • Intel Core i7-1195G7 (4C8T, 28W Rated TDP-up Mode)
  • 16GB DDR4 3200MHz (8GB onboard, 8GB SODIMM)
  • Integrated Intel Iris Xe iGPU (96 EUs)
  • 14″ IPS Full HD 1920×1080 60Hz
  • 512GB ESR512GTLG-E6GBTNB4 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD
  • 36 Whr battery with 65W barrel-style Power Adapter
  • Slightly below 990g weight with 16.5mm chassis thickness
• Razer Blade Stealth 13 OLED (Core i7-1165G7 ‘Tiger Lake’ System)
  • Intel Core i7-1165G7 (4C8T, 28W Rated TDP)
  • 16GB LPDDR4 4266MHz
  • Nvidia GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q
  • 13.3″ OLED Full HD Touch 60Hz
  • 512GB Samsung NVMe SSD
  • 53.1 Whr battery with 100W USB-C Power Adapter
  • 1.41kg weight with 15.3mm thickness
• ASUS ZenBook Flip S OLED UX371 (Core i7-1165G7 ‘Tiger Lake-U’ System):
  • Intel Core i7-1165G7 (4C/8T, 1.2GHz Base, 12W Rated TDP-down Mode)
  • 16GB LPDDR4X 4266MHz
  • Integrated Intel Iris Xe iGPU (96 EUs up to 1.3GHz)
  • 13.3” 16:9 UHD 3840×2160 60Hz OLED Touch Display
  • 1TB WD SN730 NVMe SSD
  • 67 Whr battery with 65W USB-C Power Adapter
  • 1.2kg weight with 11.9-13.9mm chassis thickness
• ASUS ZenBook 13 UM325S (Ryzen 7 5800U ‘Cezanne' System):
  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800U (8C/16T, 1.9GHz Base, up to 4.4GHz Boost, 15W Rated TDP)
  • 16GB LPDDR4X 3733MHz
  • Integrated Radeon Vega 8 APU (up to 2GHz)
  • 13.3” 16:9 FHD 1920×1080 60Hz OLED Display
  • 1TB SK Hynix (HFM001TD3JX013N) NVMe SSD
  • 67 Whr battery with 65W USB-C Power Adapter
  • 1.12kg weight with 13.9mm chassis thickness

Tests

• Cinebench R23 – All-core & single-core CPU benchmark (CPU Compute), Stress test (Temperatures & Power Consumption)
• Blender 3.0.1 – All-core rendering of the Classroom and BMW scenes (CPU/GPU Compute), Stress test (Temperatures & Power Consumption)
• HandBrake 1.5.1 H264 – Convert 1440p60 H264 video to 1080p60 H264 using the YouTube HQ 1080p60 preset (CPU)
• HandBrake 1.5.1 H265 – Convert 4K30 100Mbps H264 video to 1080p30 40Mbps H265 using the H.265 MKV 1080p30 preset (CPU & Memory)
• 7-Zip 21.07 – Built-in 7-Zip benchmark test (CPU & Memory)
• SiSoft Sandra – Memory bandwidth and Cache & Memory Latency Test (Memory)
• AIDA64 – Memory bandwidth & memory latency (Memory)
• PCMark 10 – Modern Office & Battery Life Test (System Performance & Battery Life)
• 3DMark – Time Spy (1440p) test, CPU Profile test (Gaming)
• F1 2020 – 1920 x 1080, Medium quality preset, DX12
• Far Cry 6 – 1920 x 1080, Low quality preset, HD textures OFF, DX12
• GTA V – 1920 x 1080, Lowest quality settings, DX11
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider – 1920 x 1080, Low quality preset, no AA, DX12

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