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ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) GU605
Gigabyte AORUS MASTER 16 (2025)
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Size
16"
Operating System
Windows 11
Size
16"
Operating System
Windows 11
Our Verdict
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) GU605
Gigabyte AORUS MASTER 16 (2025)
Although there's a lot of overlap, the Gigabyte AORUS MASTER 16 (2025) and the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) GU605 are quite different. The former is a rather bulky gaming laptop designed to give you the best possible gaming experience, while the latter is more of a hybrid device intended for gaming and content creation, sporting a sleeker, thinner design. The Gigabyte is the one to get if you only care about performance, but if you plan on doing other things with the laptop besides gaming, then the ASUS might be a better choice, as it'll provide a better user experience overall.
Variants
- ROG Zephyrus G16 (GU605MI-G16.U94070) (Eclipse Gray - Ultra 9 185H/RTX 4070/16GB/1TB)
- ROG Zephyrus G16 (GU605MZ-G16.U94080) (Eclipse Gray - Ultra 9/RTX 4080/32GB/1TB)
- ROG Zephyrus G16 (GU605MY-G16.U94090) (Eclipse Gray - Ultra 9/RTX 4090/32GB/2TB)
- AORUS MASTER 16 (BXH-C4USE64SH) (Dark Tide - OLED/240Hz/Ultra 9 275HX/RTX 5070 Ti/32GB/1TB)
- AORUS MASTER 16 (BYH-C5USE64SH) (Dark Tide - OLED/240Hz/Ultra 9 275HX/RTX 5080/32GB/1TB)
- AORUS MASTER 16 (BYH-C5USE65SH) (Dark Tide - OLED/240Hz/Ultra 9 275HX/RTX 5080/32GB/2TB)
- AORUS MASTER 16 (BZH-C6USE65SH) (Dark Tide - OLED/240Hz/Ultra 9 275HX/RTX 5090/32GB/2TB)
Main Differences for
School
School
Threshold
School
7.8
Full Comparison
Design
Style
Style Photo
Form Factor
Traditional (Clamshell)
Traditional (Clamshell)
Build Quality
9.5
7.0
Build Quality Photo
Hinge
9.1
9.0
Hinge Photo
Range
135°
130°
Stability
Good
Good
One Finger Lift
Yes
Yes
Portability
7.3
5.3
Dimensions Photo
Size
16"
16"
Thickness
0.8" (2.0 cm)
1.5" (3.7 cm)
Width
14.1" (35.7 cm)
14.0" (35.6 cm)
Depth
9.8" (24.8 cm)
10.0" (25.4 cm)
Volume
108.1 in³ (1,770.7 cm³)
203.6 in³ (3,336.6 cm³)
Weight
4.0 lbs (1.8 kg)
5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)
Charger Size
16.6 in³ (271.7 cm³)
19.9 in³ (326.0 cm³)
Charger Weight
1.2 lbs (0.6 kg)
1.6 lbs (0.7 kg)
Serviceability
6.8
7.4
Internals Photo
Ease Of Access
7.5
5.5
RAM Slots
0
2
Storage Slots
2
2
Replaceable Battery
Yes
Yes
Replaceable Wireless Adapter
Yes
Yes
In The Box
In The Box Photo
Display
Screen Specs
Display Photo
Resolution
2560 x 1600
2560 x 1600
Aspect Ratio
16:10
16:10
Pixel Density
188 PPI
189 PPI
Panel Type
OLED
OLED
Touch Screen
No
No
Screen-To-Body Ratio
85%
87%
Refresh Rate
9.6
9.6
Motion Blur
Refresh Rate
240 Hz
240 Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-SYNC
G-SYNC
Contrast
10
10
Contrast Photo
Native Contrast
99,750 : 1
99,380 : 1
Brightness
7.7
7.8
Maximum Brightness
368 cd/m²
372 cd/m²
Minimum Brightness
18 cd/m²
1 cd/m²
Reflections
9.1
6.7
Reflections Photo Off
Reflections Photo Max
Screen Finish
Glossy
Glossy
Total Reflections
1.73%
5.19%
Indirect Reflections
1.5%
0.82%
Calculated Direct Reflections
0.23%
4.37%
Black Uniformity
10
10
Black Uniformity Photo
Uniformity (Std. Dev.)
0.023%
0.122%
Out-Of-The-Box Color Accuracy
7.8
8.6
White Balance Screencap
Gamma Curve Screencap
Color Screencap
Avg. White Balance dE
1.05
2.09
Avg. Gamma
2.14
2.23
Avg. Color dE
4.43
2.42
Avg. Color Temperature
6,481 K
6,237 K
Color Gamut
9.7
8.9
Gamut SDR
sRGB xy
152.82%
115.85%
sRGB uv
141.35%
118.25%
Adobe RGB xy
96.88%
81.86%
Adobe RGB uv
99.07%
91.92%
Gamut HDR
DCI-P3 xy
99.99%
84.64%
DCI-P3 uv
99.99%
91.25%
Rec. 2020 xy
80.78%
61.27%
Rec. 2020 uv
81.96%
68.62%
Flicker
9.0
9.0
Flicker Graph
Flicker-Free
No
No
Flicker Frequency
960 Hz
960 Hz
Flicker Active Below
100%
100%
Interface
Keyboard
8.6
8.3
Keyboard Photo
Typing Quality
8.5
8.0
Numpad
No
No
Backlighting
RGB Zones
RGB Zones
Key Switch Actuation Graph
Operating Force
63 gf
66 gf
Actuation Force
41 gf
42 gf
Pre-Travel
1.15 mm
1.10 mm
Total Travel
1.43 mm
1.51 mm
Touchpad
8.9
8.9
Touchpad Photo
Tracking Quality
8.5
9.0
Size
23.3 in² (150.0 cm²)
18.4 in² (118.5 cm²)
Material
Glass
Plastic
Dedicated Buttons
No
No
Speakers
8.8
9.0
Frequency Response Plot
Max Volume
84 dB SPL
80 dB SPL
Standard Error @ Normal Vol. (65 dB)
3.5 dB
3.8 dB
Slope @ Normal Vol. (65 dB)
0.3
-0.3
Bass Extension (Low-Frequency Ext.)
141 Hz
236 Hz
Treble Extension (High-Frequency Ext.)
20 kHz
8 kHz
Dynamic Range Compression @ Max Vol.
4.7 dB
1.8 dB
Webcam & Microphone
7.4
6.1
Webcam Video Sample
Video Quality
7.5
6.0
Resolution
1080p
1080p
Position
Top Center
Top Center
Privacy Cover
No
No
Face Unlock
Yes
Yes
Connectivity
Ports
9.0
9.0
Ports Photo
USB-A Ports
2
2
USB-C Ports
2
2
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt 4
Thunderbolt 5
USB-C Charging
Yes
Yes
USB-C Display Out
Yes
Yes
HDMI
2.1
2.1
DisplayPort
No
No
3.5mm Jack
Combo mic/headphone
Combo mic/headphone
Card Reader
SD UHS 2
MicroSD UHS 2
Ethernet
No
Yes
Proprietary Port
Asus DC Power Input Port
No
Security Lock
No
No
Wireless Communication
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth
5.3
5.4
Configuration
CPU
Brand
Intel
Intel
Model
Core Ultra 9 185H
Core Ultra 9 275HX
Core Count
16
24
Thread Count
22
24
GPU
Brand
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
Model
Geforce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU
Dedicated/Integrated
Dedicated
Dedicated
VRAM Size
8 GB
16 GB
GPU Total Graphics Power (TGP)
105W
175W
RAM
Capacity
16 GB
32 GB
Modules
8 (Soldered)
2
Type
LP-DDR5x
DDR5
Speed
7,467 MHz
5,600 MHz
Storage
Advertised Capacity
1,000 GB
1,000 GB
Usable Capacity
909 GB
854 GB
Drive 1
Western Digital PC SN560 SDDPNQE-1T00-1102
Kingston OM8PGP41024Q-A0
Drive 1 Type
SSD
SSD
Drive 2
No 2nd Drive
No 2nd Drive
Drive 2 Type
No 2nd Drive
No 2nd Drive
Performance
Geekbench 5 (Synthetics)
9.9
Geekbench Image
CPU Single-Thread
1,834 points
CPU Multi-Thread
12,824 points
GPU Compute
126,773 points
CPU/RAM Performance
8.4
Cinebench 2024 - Single Core
136 points
Cinebench 2024 - Multi Core
1,979 points
Geekbench 6 - Single Core
2,228
Geekbench 6 - Multi Core
23,308
Blender - CPU (Avg)
159 samples/min
PassMark PT - CPU Mark
61,778
PassMark PT - Memory Mark
3,448
PassMark PT - Memory Mark (Android)
N/A
Mozilla Kraken
281 ms
Cinebench R23 (CPU Rendering)
10
Cinebench R23 Photo
Single-Thread
1,803 points
Multi-Thread
17,452 points
Low Tier Graphics
8.8
Geekbench 6 - GPU Compute
179,722
Basemark Web 3.0
3,463
PassMark PT - 2D Mark
1,573
PassMark PT - 2D Mark (Android)
N/A
PassMark PT - 3D Mark
34,600
PassMark PT - 3D Mark (Android)
N/A
Novabench 5 - GPU
1,889.0
mprep - Stress My GPU
164,625
Blender (3D Rendering)
9.4
Blender Image
CPU Render Time
2.4 min
GPU Render Time
0.3 min
GPU Render Time (Optix)
9 s
High Tier Graphics
8.8
3DMark - Steel Nomad (DX12)
5,007
3DMark - Steel Nomad (Vulkan/Metal)
5,305
Basemark GPU (DX12)
250,201
Basemark GPU (Vulkan/Metal)
215,352
GFXBench - High Level Test (Vulkan/Metal)
15,859 Frames
Basemark GPU (Game Scene)
9.8
Basemark Image
Overall Score
125,055
Professional 3D (GPU Accelerated)
7.2
Blender - GPU (Avg)
2,221 samples/min
Cinebench 2024 - GPU
N/A
CPU-Intensive Game Performance
8.6
Civilization VII - AI
14.1 s/turn
Civilization VII - Graphics (Avg)
319.7 fps
Civilization VII - Graphics (1% Low)
134.9 fps
Total War: Warhammer III (Avg)
131.9 fps
Baldur's Gate 3 (Avg)
73.8 fps
Baldur's Gate 3 (1% Low)
46.3 fps
Previous Methodology Score
9.4
Previous Methodology Score Converted
8.9
GPU-Intensive Game Performance
8.2
Cyberpunk 2077 (Avg)
113.7 fps
Cyberpunk 2077 (Min)
99.0 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (Avg)
62 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (1% Low)
52 fps
GTA V (Avg)
177.6 fps
GTA V (1% Low)
67.1 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (Avg)
51 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (5% Low)
46 fps
Resident Evil 4 (Avg)
131.5 fps
Resident Evil 4 (1% Low)
106.2 fps
Previous Methodology Score
9.3
Previous Methodology Score Converted
7.9
Borderlands 3
7.0
Borderlands 3 Graph
Avg. FPS
95 fps
1% Low
46 fps
0.1% Low
24 fps
1% Low Delta
11 ms
0.1% Low Delta
31 ms
Avg. FPS On Very Low
118 fps
Ray Tracing Performance
6.7
Cyberpunk 2077 (Avg)
75.4 fps
Cyberpunk 2077 (Min)
67.0 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (Avg)
58 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (1% Low)
49 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (Avg)
27 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (5% Low)
23 fps
Civilization VI
8.9
Civilization VI Graph
Avg. FPS
170 fps
1% Low
106 fps
0.1% Low
97 fps
1% Low Delta
4 ms
0.1% Low Delta
4 ms
Avg. FPS On Minimum
298 fps
Avg. Turn Time
6.3 s
Storage Drive Performance
9.3
9.6
Storage Performance Image
Sequential Write Speed
1,521.1 MB/s
1,947.0 MB/s
Sequential Read Speed
3,550.5 MB/s
3,836.8 MB/s
Random Write Speed
88.5 MB/s
138.7 MB/s
Random Read Speed
48.5 MB/s
66.1 MB/s
Battery
6.2
4.9
Capacity
90 Wh
99 Wh
Battery Life (Web Browsing)
6.5 hrs
4.4 hrs
Battery Life (Video Playback)
6.4 hrs
5.7 hrs
Battery Life (Gaming)
1.6 hrs
1.1 hrs
Charge Time
1.9 hrs
1.9 hrs
Counter-Strike 2
8.2
CS2 Graph
Avg. FPS
157fps
1% Low
61fps
0.1% Low
45fps
1% Low Delta
10 ms
0.1% Low Delta
16 ms
Avg. FPS On Low
231fps
Thermals And Noise
6.5
6.1
Keyboard Temps Picture
Keyboard Temp While Idle
31 °C (88 °F)
31 °C (88 °F)
Keyboard Temp Under Load
53 °C (128 °F)
45 °C (112 °F)
Fan Noise While Idle
25.0 dBA
25.0 dBA
Fan Noise Under Load
45.5 dBA
60.2 dBA
Power & Fan Control App
Yes
Yes
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
7.9
SOTTR Graph
Avg. FPS
110 fps
1% Low
66 fps
0.1% Low
35 fps
1% Low Delta
6 ms
0.1% Low Delta
19 ms
Avg. FPS On Lowest
117 fps
Performance Over Time
8.8
8.6
Performance Over Time Graph
CPU Temp (Cinebench)
89 °C
86 °C
CPU Perf. Loss (Cinebench)
7% loss
3% loss
GPU Temp (Heaven)
79 °C
69 °C
GPU Perf. Loss (Heaven)
0% loss
5% loss
Additional Features And Software
Software
Operating System
Windows 11
Windows 11
Additional Software
Yes
Yes
Extra Features
Biometrics
Face Recognition
Face Recognition
RGB Illumination
Yes
Yes
Touch Pen Support
No Stylus Support
No Stylus Support
Secondary Display
No
No
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