The Asus ROG Flow Z13 Gaming Laptop is Much More Powerful Than the Xbox Ally X and Only a Pound Heavier

Asus ROG Flow Z13 13.4″ 2.5K Touch-Screen AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Radeon 8060S) Gaming Laptop with 64GB RAM

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The Asus ROG Flow Z13 is a 13.4″ 2-in-1 convertible laptop that weighs in at only 2.65 pounds. That’s about one pound heavier than the Xbox Ally X handheld, which weighs in at 1.6 pounds. A premium laptop deserves premium build quality, and the Flow Z13 doesn’t disappoint with a blacked out CNC aluminum alloy chassis and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus screen protection. The Flow Z13 is convertible, the keyboard can be detached so that the Z13 can be used as a tablet.

This particular configuration is equipped with a 13.4″ 2560×1600 180Hz IPS display, AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 CPU with AMD Radeon 8060S iGPU, 64GB of LPDDR5X-8000Mhz RAM, and a 1TB SSD. The Radeon 8060S is a technological marvel of an iGPU. It’s far and away the most powerful integrated graphics solution on the market and nearly the same gaming performance as a discrete RTX 5060 mobile (faster than an RTX 4060 mobile). It’s considerably more powerful than the Ryzen Z2 Extreme APU found in the highest-end handheld gaming PCs like the ROG Xbox Ally X or Legion Go 2.

We recently reviewed this laptop and highly recommend it. On another note, our test sample had 32GB of RAM and was priced at $2,300. You’re getting double the RAM for a lower price. Because the RAM is soldered onto the board, there’s no chance to upgrade the memory capacity. That’s why the 64GB of RAM preinstalled on this particular configuration is a welcome addition. RAM prices are still at an all-time high, so the fact that there’s a steep discount on such a loaded system makes this deal even better than it seems.