Asus ZenBook 13 OLED review (UM325SA – AMD Ryzen 7 5800U Cezanne)
I’ve already covered the 2021 Asus ZenBook 13 UM325 in a previous review, the smallest member of the ZenBook family that’s available with an OLED screen, Ryzen 5000 U hardware from AMD, and a very competitive price tag for what it is. However, this generation’s mobile Ryzen 5000 hardware confusingly consists of either Zen2+ (Lucienne) or Zen3 (Cezanne) sub-lineups. While in the previous article we’ve tested the entry-level Ryzen 5 5500 Lucienne configuration, in this one, we’re going to touch on the top-variant powered by the Ryzen 7 5800U Cezanne hardware. So that means I’m not going to cover aspects such as the build quality, ergonomics, typing experience, or the screen of this ZenBook 13 in this article, and instead, we’re going to explain what kind of performance you should expect from the Ryzen 7 5800U APU in this sort of an ultra-compact chassis. This will help you figure out if you should reach for this top variant of the ZenBook 13, or you’d be better ...