Asus Zenbook 14X OLED (Q420) vs MSI Crosshair 16
Performance Scores
Metric
Asus Zenbook 14X OLED (Q420)
MSI Crosshair 16
Battery Life
59.00
61.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
13729.00
16131.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1677.00
1846.00
Connectivity
71.00
60.00
Display
79.00
54.00
GPU performance
1.00
21.00
Gaming
22.00
64.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10914.00
12596.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2369.00
2599.00
Max. brightness
550.00
300.00
NanoReview Score
61.00
64.00
Performance
66.00
78.00
Portability
84.00
57.00
Specifications
Specification
Asus Zenbook 14X OLED (Q420)
MSI Crosshair 16
Adobe RGB profile
99.1%
-
Ambient light sensor
Yes
No
Area
726 cm2 (112.5 inches2)
930 cm2 (144.1 inches2)
Aspect ratio
16:10
16:10
Audio chip
-
-
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
Yes
Backlight
Yes
Yes
Base frequency
2.6 GHz
2.4 GHz
Battery type
Li-Ion
Li-Po
Bluetooth
v5.3
v5.2
Bus
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Channels
1x256 GB
1x512 GB
Charge power
90 W
240 W
Charging port position
Right
Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes
-
Clock
4800 MHz
5200 MHz
Coating
Glossy
Matte
Colors
Gray
Black
Contrast
319710:1
-
Cooling system
Active
Active
Cores
12 (4P + 8E)
10 (6P + 4E)
DCI-P3 color gamut
99.6%
-
Dimensions
321.8 x 225.6 x 16.9 mm 12.67 x 8.88 x 0.67 inches
359 x 259 x 26.9 mm 14.13 x 10.2 x 1.06 inches
Display
N/A
1920 x 1200
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
Yes
No
Ethernet (RJ45)
No
Yes
FLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS
21.8 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
10 nm
5 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
No
No
Full charging time
2:00 hr
-
GPU
N/A
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile 8GB
GPU base clock
300 MHz
2070 MHz
GPU boost clock
1450 MHz
2175 MHz
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1
HDR support
Yes, HDR10
No
Infrared sensor
Yes
No
Integrated GPU
Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
Key travel
1.4 mm
1.7 mm
Keyboard type
Island
Island
L3 Cache
18 MB
24 MB
Liquid metal
No
No
Loudness
-
-
Material
Aluminum
Plastic
Max. ram size
N/A
64 GB
Memory bus
N/A
128 bit
Memory size
System Shared
8 GB
Memory speed
4.8 Gbps
~16 Gbps
Memory type
LPDDR5
GDDR6
Microphones
2
-
NVMe
Yes
Yes
Noise level (max. load)
47 dB
-
Number of fans
1
2
Numpad
No
Yes
Nvidia Optimus
N/A
MUX
Opening angle
180°
-
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
234 ppi
142 ppi
Power
-
2x2W
Proprietary charging port
No
Yes
RAM
-
8GB16GB
-
16GB32GB64GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
20
48
Refresh rate
120 Hz
144 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
2880 x 1800 pixels
1920 x 1200 pixels
Response time
1 ms
-
SD card reader
No
No
Screen-to-body ratio
~84%
~79.8%
Shading units (cores)
640
4608
Side bezels
4.8 mm
7.2 mm
Size
-
-
Speakers
2.0
2.0
Storage
-
256GB512GB1024GB
-
512GB1024GB2048GB4096GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Glass
Plastic
Sync technology
No
G-Sync
TGP
15 W
140 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
40
144
Threads
16
16
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt 4
No
Total slots
1
2
Touchscreen
Yes
No
Transformer
No
No
Turbo frequency
4.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
Type
LPDDR5
DDR5
USB Type-C
2x USB 4.0
1x USB 3.2
USB-A
1x USB 3.2
3x USB 3.2
Upgradable
Yes
Yes
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
No
No
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1920 x 1080
1280 x 720
Weight
1.56 kg (3.44 lbs)
2.3 kg (5.07 lbs)
Weight of AC adapter
390 grams
-
Wi-Fi standard
v6E
v6
Windows Precision
Yes
Yes
sRGB color space
100%
-