Asus Zenbook S16 (16-Inch, 2024)

Slim, light, and durable ceramic-surfaced aluminum design ; Innovative (and large) touchpad ; High-quality OLED display with touch and pen support ; Long battery life ; Robust AI feature support

Inconsistent performance ; Integrated graphics lag behind competitors ; Awkward pen use on touch screen

The Asus Zenbook S 16 presents a sleek design, a dazzling OLED panel, potent AI capabilities, and impressive battery life, but its lack of discrete graphics handicaps its multimedia performance.

Better performance than expected at this price. Spacious keyboard plus a touchpad with gesture support. Outstanding battery life. Impressive Ceraluminum lid.

Some mushiness in the keys. Graphics won’t blow you away. Can’t provide Copilot+ features (but feels like it should be able to).

The Zenbook S 16 didn’t quite live up to all the performance claims AMD made about it, but it came close and really impressed me in the process. It’s a 16-inch productivity, gaming, and content creation machine that does all those things surprisingly...

Alluring ceramic-aluminum finish ; Large touchpad ; Good battery life

Ceramic-aluminum only applies to display lid ; Multi-core CPU performance fails to impress ; Integrated GPU doesn’t stand out ; External temperatures peak at uncomfortable levels

The Asus Zenbook S 16 is an attractive laptop, but the Ryzen AI 9 delivers mediocre performance and external temperatures peak at 130 degrees under load.

Unique design ; Decent OLED display ; Powerful performance ; Solid graphics ; Long battery life

Mediocre keyboard and touchpad ; Slow SSD

The Asus Zenbook S16 UM5606 showcases the best of AMD’s new Ryzen AI 9 series with its excellent performance and long battery life, but a better keyboard would make this baby shine.

The design is the nicest I've seen in a very long time, even nicer than the MacBook Pro ; The build quality is ultra-premium with fantastic materials used ; The 3K OLED display is outstanding ; The touchscreen is responsive and accurate ; The keyboard...

The trackpad is just OK. It's nice and ample, but the diving board style is not my favorite. I would have loved to see the haptic trackpad that's on the Surface 7 Laptop on this laptop. That said, I can at least say that while I don't like this style...

2024 has been a crazy year for laptops and laptop processors. AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm have all introduced some major groundbreaking CPU’s and that has made countless laptops worth looking at. I have used the new Snapdragon PCs, I’ve even used the new...

I recommend the Asus Zenbook S 16 to users who want a premium, lightweight laptop that transports well and has a gorgeous OLED display. Visual creatives, in particular, will gravitate toward this device. AMD's next-gen chipset provides solid...

Thin and super portable ; Good general CPU performance ; Attractive design

Not suited for 3D rendering ; Competitors have better battery life

The ASUS Zenbook S 16 is undoubtedly one of the best-looking laptops out there at the moment and I'm including Apple's MacBook's in the list. The laptop performs incredibly well for every day tasks but lacks what's required for 3D rendering. The...

Pros ; + AMD Ryzen is impressively fast ; + Near-silent cooling, even at full speed ; + Well-managed thermals ; + A nice keyboard to type on ; + Huge touchpad ; + Excellent touch display with stylus support ; + Solid speakers ; + Sleek looks and...

Cons ; – Hinge supports up to 135° only ; – Display lid needs to be deliberately pushed downward to fully close

Summary The ASUS Zenbook S 16 (UM5606) is about as good as a premium laptop gets. High-performance, premium looks, long battery life, great displays and speakers, and just generally a good all-rounder – what more could you ask for?

Great OLED display with 100% sRGB and DCI-P3 coverage (SDC41AF) ; Infinite contrast ratio, 120Hz refresh rate, and 2880 x 1800 resolution (SDC41AF) ; 588 nits in HDR and 378 nits max brightness in SDR mode (SDC41AF) ; Tremendous color accuracy...

PWM usage without the “Flicker-Free Dimming” mode (SDC41AF) ; Only one M.2 slot + soldered RAM ; High price