Core Ultra9+RTX4060 Asus Fearless Pro15 2024 Review-IT Wave-Northern Network

Because of its ability to combine thinness, lightness and high performance, the ASUS Fearless Pro series has always been the preferred laptop for creators. Shortly after entering 2024, ASUS has brought the new Fearless Pro15 2024, which not only adopts a new appearance design, And the configuration has also been upgraded. It is the first AI all-round notebook equipped with the 1st generation Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 laptop GPU. While continuing the thin and light design, it has made new breakthroughs in performance. .

Continuing the thin and light body design, the ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is different in design from the previous generation. The previous embossed LOGO on the A side was replaced with a more simple design, integrating the LOGO with the A side, and the integrity is more powerful.

ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 still continues the thin and light design. The body is as thin as 19.5mm and weighs about 1.8kg. It is also very convenient to carry for daily commuting. It is more suitable for mobile office and is also very suitable for students to use on campus.

ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is equipped with a 15.6-inch OLED ASUS premium screen, which can be opened and closed at 180°. When sharing screen content with others, there is no need to project the screen. You can directly unfold the notebook to view it together, which is more convenient.

This time, ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is equipped with a 2.5K ultra-high-definition AI camera that supports background blur, gaze correction, motion capture and other functions.

Considering security issues, the camera of ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 supports physical camera mask, which can physically turn off the camera. ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 also supports infrared face recognition function. With Windows Hello, it can realize face unlocking of the computer. It has very accurate recognition capabilities even in dark light environments. It not only makes the data in the computer more secure, but also makes it easier to use. More convenient than traditional passwords or fingerprints.

This time, ASUS Intrepid Pro15 2024 is still equipped with an ErgoSense ergonomic backlit keyboard, which feels comfortable in the hand and has soft and flexible keys, which relieves finger fatigue caused by long-term use. The keyboard supports intelligent backlight adjustment, which can also achieve accurate results in dark light environments. enter.

ASUS knobs are also added to the touch panel, which can support a variety of Adobe creation software, and are also adapted to applications such as Microsoft Office and browsers. Users can quickly complete related operations and improve efficiency.

ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is also equipped with rich interfaces, thus achieving excellent scalability. There is a USB-A 3.2 5Gbps interface and a UHS-II high-speed SD card reader on the left side of the fuselage. For photographers, adding a card reader is very convenient.

The right side of the fuselage includes a USB-A 3.2 5Gbps interface, a full-featured USB-C 3.2 10Gbps interface, a full-featured Thunderbolt 4 interface, an RJ45 network port and an HDMI 2.1 TMDS interface. ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 can not only connect external devices such as keyboard and mouse, but also has the ability to expand multiple monitors, which will be more advantageous when working and creating.

ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is equipped with stereo speakers, supports Smart AMP intelligent power amplifiers, and has also obtained Dolby Atmos and Harman Kardon sound effect certification. It can also get excellent sound effects in entertainment scenarios such as gaming and movie watching.

ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 has a 75Wh large-capacity battery that supports 1,200 charge and discharge cycles. It can charge 50% in 30 minutes. It can also be charged using a PD charger, and it also has good performance in terms of compatibility. As for the screen, the Fearless Pro15 2024 uses a 15.6-inch 2.8K resolution OLED Asus screen, which supports a 120Hz refresh rate and an instantaneous response of only 0.2ms.

It can be seen from the actual test results that the 120Hz screen is smoother in terms of motion effects, and the screen smear problem has also been well solved, resulting in a smoother experience in daily use.

In terms of color accuracy, ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 can also fully meet the needs of professional users. Its screen supports 100% P3 color gamut coverage, and supports four professional color gamut switching of native, sRGB, DCI-P3, and Display P3.

At the same time, the screen contrast ratio is as high as 1,000,000:1, the peak brightness is 600 nits, and it has obtained DisplayHDR True Black 600 certification, supporting HDR viewing and creation. After actual testing, after turning on HDR, the peak brightness of the screen reached 605 nits, which is an excellent performance.

In addition, the screen also supports 10-bit color depth and 1 billion color display, and will be color-adjusted one by one before leaving the factory to achieve accurate color presentation with ΔE<1. This screen has also passed Pantone color certification. Professional designers can use it to create more stunning works, and photographers can also make precise color adjustments.

In the actual measurement, whether it is the sRGB color gamut or the P3 color gamut, the screen achieved a color accuracy of ΔE<1.

Considering that creators need to face the screen for a long time, ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 also adds eye protection functions, supports full-brightness DC dimming in HDR mode, and has passed TÜV hardware-level low blue light and flicker-free certification. ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 supports ASUS’s “worry-free replacement” service for good screens. It will replace the screen with a new one for free within 1 month if there is a bright spot, and replace it with a new screen if there is a residual image within 2 years, eliminating users’ worries about using the phone. The CPU ASUS Intrepid Pro15 2024 is the first laptop to be equipped with the 1st generation Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor. The Core Ultra 9 processor uses Intel 4 process and is 20% more energy efficient than Intel 7, achieving a balance between performance and energy saving. Based on the new Meteor Lake platform, it adopts a 3D high-performance hybrid architecture, consisting of performance core + energy efficiency core + low power consumption energy efficiency core. It has 16 cores and 22 threads (6 P+8 E+2LPE), and the main frequency can reach 5.1GHz, and It integrates an artificial intelligence acceleration engine and has better support for AI functions.

In the CPU-Z performance test standard, its single-core performance score is 773 and multi-core performance score is 9061.

In the R15, R20 and R23 tests, the scores of ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 are: R15, multi-core: 2939cb single-core: 266cbR20, multi-core: 10115pxs single-core: 947pxsR23, multi-core: 26763pxs single-core: 2479pxs. From the data point of view, ASUS The performance tuning of the Fearless Pro15 2024 is quite good and can fully utilize the single-core and multi-core performance of the processor. In terms of GPU, ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX4060 laptop GPU, which is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. It has 8GB GDDR6 video memory, has 110W high-performance release, supports DLSS 3 and ray tracing technology, and is pre-installed with NVIDIA Studio drivers to support The AV1 encoding format not only has efficient performance in creation, but also takes into account entertainment capabilities.

Regarding the performance of the graphics card, we chose 3DMark for testing, and selected two representative test items: Time Spy and Fire Strike Extreme.

The results show that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX4060 laptop GPU equipped with ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 has a graphics card score of 10556 in the Time Spy test and a graphics card test score of 12666 in Fire Strike Extreme. As a thin and light all-rounder, the graphics card score in these two tests It can be said to be quite good.

productivity test

Blender BenchMark is a commonly used rendering tool testing software. The samples per minute of the three rendering scenes are 1634, 893 and 877 respectively.

In addition, we also chose SPECviewperf 2020 for 3D rendering testing. In different projects, the specific upgrades are as shown in the figure. Judging from the test data, ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is capable of more complex modeling and rendering work, providing reliable performance support for professional users. AI testing

In terms of AI, we used Satble Diffusion to test Vincentian pictures. It took 7 minutes and 4 seconds to produce 20 pictures, and it took about 21 seconds to generate one picture on average.storage

ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is equipped with 16GB 5600MHz DDR5 dual-channel memory. In the AIDA64 test, the read speed is 76151MB/s, the write speed is 65851MB/s, the copy speed is 66639MB/s, and the latency is 117.2ns. It can be fully used during use. Help large applications run smoothly.

The storage is equipped with a 1TB capacity PCIe4.0 high-speed solid-state drive with a read speed of 5015MB/s and a write speed of 3264MB/s. It is not only large in capacity, but also has good speed performance, which is also suitable for video creators and 3D designers. Very suitable configuration. Heat dissipation ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 can achieve higher performance release, which is inseparable from the blessing of efficient heat dissipation. This time, ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is equipped with ASUS Glacier Pro cooling architecture, with a dual fan, five heat pipes and three air outlets design, which can be more Good heat release, allowing the laptop to stably maintain high performance.

In the double-baking test of CPU + GPU, the CPU core temperature of ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 was 71°C, the power was stable at 30W, the core temperature of the GPU was 78.6°C, the power was stable at 96.2W, and the total power consumption reached 126.2W. For an all-around notebook that focuses on thinness and lightness, this kind of performance and temperature performance are very good.Battery life

We used PCMARK 10 to test the battery life of ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024. In core display mode, the measured battery life can be as long as 10 hours and 42 minutes. For a laptop with a 15.6-inch screen, this performance is very good.Built-in ASUS software

ASUS Dial&Control Panel application is built into ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024, which can set ASUS knobs. In the application, users can view the applications in the computer that support ASUS knobs.

For example, in PS software, you can use the ASUS knob to quickly zoom in or out of layers, restore history, switch files, and other operations.

In the Edge browser, the ASUS knob can enlarge/reduce the window, switch pages and other operations.

ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is also pre-installed with ASUS Butler. Through this software, you can realize the settings of notebook power and performance, audio and vision, wireless connection, input and touch. ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 supports dual display and four modes, including automatic adjustment and mixing. Output, integrated display mode and direct connection of independent graphics, ASUS Butler can also be regarded as the setting center of the laptop.

In addition, through ASUS Butler, users can also diagnose the system and perform system updates, providing users with convenience in terms of software. Summarizing the experience during this period, the performance of ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 is impressive. With its powerful performance, it can meet the heavy operations of multi-tasking at the same time in daily work, and runs smoothly and stably, bringing higher Office efficiency. At the same time, thanks to the excellent energy consumption of the Ultra 9 processor and the ability to switch between multiple modes, the ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 also has excellent battery life performance. It can even be used without a power supply for daily outings, allowing for lighter travel.

It is also worth mentioning its AI capabilities. As an RTX all-round AI notebook, ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 provides support for AI functions at the hardware level, achieving faster AI acceleration and laying the foundation for further improvement of subsequent AI functions. , including text generation, image generation, video editing and AI dubbing, AI technology is advancing rapidly, and ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 can bring users a better AI function experience.

ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 has an exquisite design, thin and light body and surging performance. It is an all-round high-performance productivity tool.