The Laptop Comparison: ASUS ROG Zephyrus G and MSI GS62 Stealth

In this article, we will compare two popular gaming laptops, the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G and the MSI GS62 Stealth. Both laptops have been equipped with identical hardware specifications, including a 1080p display, dual-channel configurations, and similar CPU and GPU hubs.

The first part of our comparison was conducted using the same replay on both laptops, and we were able to see the results were quite close. The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G won in all but the highest settings, although neither laptop was getting close to reaching the refresh rate of their respective panel over watches again. The difference between them was more pronounced at lower setting levels.

However, when it came to Ultra settings, the MSI GS62 Stealth allowed for maximum use of its 144Hz panel, while high settings on the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G were needed to utilize this feature. This is a similar story in Battlefield 1, where the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G was slightly ahead in most cases, with the difference being more pronounced at lower setting levels. High settings, however, allowed for good performance on the MSI GS62 Stealth's 120Hz panel.

Another game tested was Ghost Recon, which also showed close results between the two laptops. The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G was slightly ahead, but this time the difference was less pronounced at lower setting levels. Medium settings provided a good match for the 120Hz panel on the MSI GS62 Stealth.

However, when it came to resource-intensive games like Shadow of War, the built-in benchmark tool showed that the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G had a slight edge over its counterpart. Rise of the Tomb Raider was tested with a similar result, although this time the MSI GS62 Stealth was slightly ahead.

The Witcher 3 was another game that didn't require high frame rates to enjoy, and both laptops performed well even at max settings. However, in synthetic tests, both laptops traded blows depending on the setting levels.

One key difference between the two laptops is their hard drive speeds. The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G features an NVMe SSD, which gives it significantly faster performance than the soldered SSD in the MSI GS62 Stealth. However, both laptops support and vme drives, with similar performance to the one terabyte hard drives.

In terms of pricing, the MSI GS62 Stealth is slightly more affordable at around $1800 US dollars, while the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G costs around $1900 US dollars. This difference may be offset by the fact that both laptops have identical hardware specifications, making the gaming experience potentially similar.

However, for those who prioritize a 144Hz screen, the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G is the clear choice. While it's not significantly faster than its counterpart, some users may still appreciate the extra speed and features provided by this panel. Additionally, the MSI GS62 Stealth has superior battery life due to its ability to swap over to integrated Intel graphics.

Ultimately, the decision between these two laptops comes down to individual preferences and priorities. If you're willing to pay a premium for a 144Hz screen and don't mind slightly poorer performance in resource-intensive games, then the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G may be the better choice for you.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe associate 3 vs scar Edition and msi ge62 EVR 7rf a fairly similarly expect gaming laptops at a similar price point but which should you buy let's compare the features of the two and run some gaming benchmarks to help you decide which to get let's kick off with the specs both laptops have the same Intel 7700 HQ quad-core CPU and in this case the asou so up top has 2 16 gig sticks of RAM installed while the MSI laptop has 2 8 gig sticks but that's just what I happen to have they're available with different memory configs and both can support up to 32 gig for storage both laptops support nvme m dot 2 SSDs however the MSI laptop I've got here is only using a SATA based SSD both laptops also have one terabyte hard drives although the one in the MSI laptop is a 7200 rpm drive while there's a 5400 rpm one in the Isuzu up top again both laptops are available with a number of different hard drive configs I'm just saying what I've got here both laptops also have invidious 1070 graphics and we'll see how this does in the gaming benchmarks they've both also got a 15.6 inch 1080p panel however the MSI laptop has TN while the assist one is like yes the asou spanner is also slightly faster at 144 Hertz compared to the 120 Hertz paddle in the MSI both laptops have brushed metallic lids personally I think the assist one looked a bit sleeker the MSI one also has red accenting at various points while the asou Swann has an all black and grey colour scheme as for the sizes the MSI laptop is just 0.2 centimeters smaller in width and depth however the asou swap top is about 0.2 centimeters thinner and the asou slept top weighs just over 100 grams more than MSI laptop so they're not too different in this regard as for the i/o on the left both have the Ethernet port HDMI port and mini DisplayPort the MSI laptop has one USB 3 type-a port while the isuzu's 2 and the MSI also has two separate 3.5 millimeter headphone and mic jacks while the assist uses a combo jack the asustor also has its power input here and the msi has a USB 3.1 gen2 type-c port with Thunderbolt support on the right both have a full-size SD card reader and two more USB 3 type-a ports while the assess one has its USB 3.1 gen2 type-c port here but with Thunderbolt support this time this is an important feature as it gives you the option of connecting an external graphics card for future expansion although the MSI laptop has the Thunderbolt icon near its type-c port from what I can tell it doesn't actually have a thunderbolt controller and isn't advertised with Thunderbolt the screens are somewhat similar both a 15.6 inch 1080p screens however the MSI one has a 120 Hertz refresh rate while the azusa screen is slightly faster at 144 Hertz the msi also uses a TN panel while the assessor's is IPS however the viewing angles and colors on the TN panel are very good only a little color shift when you look at it from underneath the a seuss laptop also has G sync while the MSI laptop doesn't it's also worth keeping in mind that this means the azusa laptop can't swap two integrated graphics automatically and we'll see how this affects the battery life soon I've measured the color accuracy of both screens and the panel in the MSI laptop seems to be significantly better in this regard although I'd happily use either for content creation to me they both looked great there was no noticeable backlight bleed in either laptop to my eye as in a dark room both looked perfect although one camera the panel in the assist laptop shows some noticeable imperfections however this will of course bury between each laptop as for screenflex both were pretty similar there wasn't a clear winner keyboard flex was also pretty similar without any major difference no problems under normal typing conditions in any case overall I'd say the build quality if the Zeus laptop was a bit better it just felt sturdier to me when it comes to typing I'd rate both keyboards about the same I had no issues typing with neither both have RGB backlighting however the keyboard on the Asus laptop can only be customized in four separate groups of keys while the MSI laptop has full individual key customizations giving it way more effects I thought the touch pads on both were quite good again I can't really determine a winner here as for the batteries the is seuss laptop has a four cell 62 watt hour battery while the MSI laptop has a six cell 51 watt hour battery while just watching youtube videos via Zeus laptop only for around two hours while the MSI laptop lasts for just over three this goes back to what I was saying before the a sous laptop will use more power as the Nvidia temp 7e graphics will be in use the whole time while the MSI laptop can swap over to the Intel integrated graphics and save battery I've tested gaming on battery using The Witcher 3 with both laptops kept at 30fps and in this test the a sous laptop lasted a little longer this time due to the larger battery as in this test both laptops will be using their 1070 graphics so there's not really that much of a practical difference in battery life while gaming but the difference is much larger outside of gaming in general the MSI laptop seemed to run cooler it was always cooler when it came to the CPU and in the GPU results via Zeus laptop was only cooler with the fans fully maxed out both laptops experienced thermal throttling with both the CPU and GPU maxed out under full synthetic load however with the fans maxed out the MSI one stopped throttling while the throttling remained on the Asus laptop this could change between units after watching other reviews of the GL 503 vs many other people had slightly better cooling than me so your mileage may vary there and just for reference the room temp was about 25 degrees here although the asserts laptop runs hotter interestingly on the external keyboard area where you'll actually be putting your hands on it was cooler so it does at least seem to better contain the heat rather than heat the body of the laptop up when it comes to the overall system noise I found the a sous laptop to be just slightly louder which I suppose is to be expected as it's slightly thinner and has less overall volume which could mean less cooling in any case so let you hear both for yourself they're both fairly loud under load due to the powerful hardware so I'd recommend using closed back headphones with either now let's check out some benchmarks all tests were run at 1080p is this is the resolution of the screens it's worth keeping in mind that the asou stop does have 32 gig of memory in this test however both laptops are running in dual channel configurations with the same CPU and GPU hub G was tested using the same replay on both laptops and we can see the results were quite close with the suits laptop winning in all but the highest settings although neither we're getting close to reaching the refresh rate of the panel over watches again pretty close together at least at high settings and above with the assist laptop began ahead in most cases Ultra settings will let you max out the 120 Hertz panel on the MSI laptop while high settings are needed on the asou slap table to utilize the 144 Hertz panel it's a similar story in battlefield 1 the results are close with the asou slap top slightly ahead with the difference being more pronounced at the lowest setting levels high settings are a good match for the 120 Hertz panel on the MSI laptop while medium settings should max out the 144 Hertz one on the assumed top Ghost Recon is a fairly resource intensive game and once again the results are close together with the minimum settings needed if you want to try and take advantage of the high refresh rate panels shadow of war was tested with a built-in benchmark tool not really too much to say here oh then again Mia's Zeus laptop is slightly ahead rise of the Tomb Raider was also tested with the built-in benchmark tool although the assist laptop seems to be a bit further ahead this time The Witcher 3 doesn't really need a high frame rate to enjoy I think it ran well on both laptops even at max settings although it was a bit better on the azusa laptop in the synthetic tests both laptops trade blows depending on the setting levels just pause the video if you want to look at any of these in more detail in theory both laptops should give us about the same results as the CPU and GPU are the same however in general the asou slap table came out ahead I'm not sure if that's because of the extra RAM I have my doubts as I've previously tested gaming with more memory in another video and after about 16 gig it doesn't make much difference in any case the results were fairly close and the difference could simply be down to the silicon lottery we'll just quickly have a look at the hard drive speeds as we can see the nvme SSD in the issue laptop gives it much faster speed than the solder SSD in the MSI laptop but as mentioned before both support and vme drives the one terabyte hard drives and both perform roughly close together but again this will differ as they're available with a few different drive up shion's now perhaps the most important difference the price I couldn't actually find this exact MSI model with the Sauder SSD just one with an nvme SSD so technically that puts them closer together in terms of specs with that in mind the asserts laptop comes in at around 1900 US dollars while the MSI laptop comes in at around 1800 US dollars so just a 100 US still a difference considering the asou slap top performed slightly better than the MSI laptop you may be inclined to select it just keep in mind that both have the same hardware so realistically the gaming experience shouldn't differ too much as I had these laptops a couple of weeks apart I couldn't do any further tests you're also paying extra for that 144 Hertz screen it's not that much faster than the 120 Hertz screen and I think I could just tell the difference but I'm sure people that play games like csgo will notice it way more than me so you'll have to decide if you think you need the extra speed there and it will depend on the games that you play if you'll be using the laptop the tasks other than gaming on battery though you might want to consider the MSI laptop for its superior battery life as it can swap over to the integrated Intel graphics while the Assuan card as the asus panel also has G sync while the MSI laptop does not although I'd argue G sync is less important to higher refresh rates anyway personally at this price point I'd probably just spend the extra hundred dollars and get the asou stop as I think it's a nicer looking machine with slightly better build quality and I always use my laptops while plugged into the power anyway so the battery life wouldn't be too much of a problem for me so which of these two gaming laptops would you guys pick the asou steel 503 be guests or msi ge62 EVR radar let me know what you guys thought down in the comments and let me know what other laptops you want to see compared as this video was made due to a high number of requests thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe for future tech videos like this onethe associate 3 vs scar Edition and msi ge62 EVR 7rf a fairly similarly expect gaming laptops at a similar price point but which should you buy let's compare the features of the two and run some gaming benchmarks to help you decide which to get let's kick off with the specs both laptops have the same Intel 7700 HQ quad-core CPU and in this case the asou so up top has 2 16 gig sticks of RAM installed while the MSI laptop has 2 8 gig sticks but that's just what I happen to have they're available with different memory configs and both can support up to 32 gig for storage both laptops support nvme m dot 2 SSDs however the MSI laptop I've got here is only using a SATA based SSD both laptops also have one terabyte hard drives although the one in the MSI laptop is a 7200 rpm drive while there's a 5400 rpm one in the Isuzu up top again both laptops are available with a number of different hard drive configs I'm just saying what I've got here both laptops also have invidious 1070 graphics and we'll see how this does in the gaming benchmarks they've both also got a 15.6 inch 1080p panel however the MSI laptop has TN while the assist one is like yes the asou spanner is also slightly faster at 144 Hertz compared to the 120 Hertz paddle in the MSI both laptops have brushed metallic lids personally I think the assist one looked a bit sleeker the MSI one also has red accenting at various points while the asou Swann has an all black and grey colour scheme as for the sizes the MSI laptop is just 0.2 centimeters smaller in width and depth however the asou swap top is about 0.2 centimeters thinner and the asou slept top weighs just over 100 grams more than MSI laptop so they're not too different in this regard as for the i/o on the left both have the Ethernet port HDMI port and mini DisplayPort the MSI laptop has one USB 3 type-a port while the isuzu's 2 and the MSI also has two separate 3.5 millimeter headphone and mic jacks while the assist uses a combo jack the asustor also has its power input here and the msi has a USB 3.1 gen2 type-c port with Thunderbolt support on the right both have a full-size SD card reader and two more USB 3 type-a ports while the assess one has its USB 3.1 gen2 type-c port here but with Thunderbolt support this time this is an important feature as it gives you the option of connecting an external graphics card for future expansion although the MSI laptop has the Thunderbolt icon near its type-c port from what I can tell it doesn't actually have a thunderbolt controller and isn't advertised with Thunderbolt the screens are somewhat similar both a 15.6 inch 1080p screens however the MSI one has a 120 Hertz refresh rate while the azusa screen is slightly faster at 144 Hertz the msi also uses a TN panel while the assessor's is IPS however the viewing angles and colors on the TN panel are very good only a little color shift when you look at it from underneath the a seuss laptop also has G sync while the MSI laptop doesn't it's also worth keeping in mind that this means the azusa laptop can't swap two integrated graphics automatically and we'll see how this affects the battery life soon I've measured the color accuracy of both screens and the panel in the MSI laptop seems to be significantly better in this regard although I'd happily use either for content creation to me they both looked great there was no noticeable backlight bleed in either laptop to my eye as in a dark room both looked perfect although one camera the panel in the assist laptop shows some noticeable imperfections however this will of course bury between each laptop as for screenflex both were pretty similar there wasn't a clear winner keyboard flex was also pretty similar without any major difference no problems under normal typing conditions in any case overall I'd say the build quality if the Zeus laptop was a bit better it just felt sturdier to me when it comes to typing I'd rate both keyboards about the same I had no issues typing with neither both have RGB backlighting however the keyboard on the Asus laptop can only be customized in four separate groups of keys while the MSI laptop has full individual key customizations giving it way more effects I thought the touch pads on both were quite good again I can't really determine a winner here as for the batteries the is seuss laptop has a four cell 62 watt hour battery while the MSI laptop has a six cell 51 watt hour battery while just watching youtube videos via Zeus laptop only for around two hours while the MSI laptop lasts for just over three this goes back to what I was saying before the a sous laptop will use more power as the Nvidia temp 7e graphics will be in use the whole time while the MSI laptop can swap over to the Intel integrated graphics and save battery I've tested gaming on battery using The Witcher 3 with both laptops kept at 30fps and in this test the a sous laptop lasted a little longer this time due to the larger battery as in this test both laptops will be using their 1070 graphics so there's not really that much of a practical difference in battery life while gaming but the difference is much larger outside of gaming in general the MSI laptop seemed to run cooler it was always cooler when it came to the CPU and in the GPU results via Zeus laptop was only cooler with the fans fully maxed out both laptops experienced thermal throttling with both the CPU and GPU maxed out under full synthetic load however with the fans maxed out the MSI one stopped throttling while the throttling remained on the Asus laptop this could change between units after watching other reviews of the GL 503 vs many other people had slightly better cooling than me so your mileage may vary there and just for reference the room temp was about 25 degrees here although the asserts laptop runs hotter interestingly on the external keyboard area where you'll actually be putting your hands on it was cooler so it does at least seem to better contain the heat rather than heat the body of the laptop up when it comes to the overall system noise I found the a sous laptop to be just slightly louder which I suppose is to be expected as it's slightly thinner and has less overall volume which could mean less cooling in any case so let you hear both for yourself they're both fairly loud under load due to the powerful hardware so I'd recommend using closed back headphones with either now let's check out some benchmarks all tests were run at 1080p is this is the resolution of the screens it's worth keeping in mind that the asou stop does have 32 gig of memory in this test however both laptops are running in dual channel configurations with the same CPU and GPU hub G was tested using the same replay on both laptops and we can see the results were quite close with the suits laptop winning in all but the highest settings although neither we're getting close to reaching the refresh rate of the panel over watches again pretty close together at least at high settings and above with the assist laptop began ahead in most cases Ultra settings will let you max out the 120 Hertz panel on the MSI laptop while high settings are needed on the asou slap table to utilize the 144 Hertz panel it's a similar story in battlefield 1 the results are close with the asou slap top slightly ahead with the difference being more pronounced at the lowest setting levels high settings are a good match for the 120 Hertz panel on the MSI laptop while medium settings should max out the 144 Hertz one on the assumed top Ghost Recon is a fairly resource intensive game and once again the results are close together with the minimum settings needed if you want to try and take advantage of the high refresh rate panels shadow of war was tested with a built-in benchmark tool not really too much to say here oh then again Mia's Zeus laptop is slightly ahead rise of the Tomb Raider was also tested with the built-in benchmark tool although the assist laptop seems to be a bit further ahead this time The Witcher 3 doesn't really need a high frame rate to enjoy I think it ran well on both laptops even at max settings although it was a bit better on the azusa laptop in the synthetic tests both laptops trade blows depending on the setting levels just pause the video if you want to look at any of these in more detail in theory both laptops should give us about the same results as the CPU and GPU are the same however in general the asou slap table came out ahead I'm not sure if that's because of the extra RAM I have my doubts as I've previously tested gaming with more memory in another video and after about 16 gig it doesn't make much difference in any case the results were fairly close and the difference could simply be down to the silicon lottery we'll just quickly have a look at the hard drive speeds as we can see the nvme SSD in the issue laptop gives it much faster speed than the solder SSD in the MSI laptop but as mentioned before both support and vme drives the one terabyte hard drives and both perform roughly close together but again this will differ as they're available with a few different drive up shion's now perhaps the most important difference the price I couldn't actually find this exact MSI model with the Sauder SSD just one with an nvme SSD so technically that puts them closer together in terms of specs with that in mind the asserts laptop comes in at around 1900 US dollars while the MSI laptop comes in at around 1800 US dollars so just a 100 US still a difference considering the asou slap top performed slightly better than the MSI laptop you may be inclined to select it just keep in mind that both have the same hardware so realistically the gaming experience shouldn't differ too much as I had these laptops a couple of weeks apart I couldn't do any further tests you're also paying extra for that 144 Hertz screen it's not that much faster than the 120 Hertz screen and I think I could just tell the difference but I'm sure people that play games like csgo will notice it way more than me so you'll have to decide if you think you need the extra speed there and it will depend on the games that you play if you'll be using the laptop the tasks other than gaming on battery though you might want to consider the MSI laptop for its superior battery life as it can swap over to the integrated Intel graphics while the Assuan card as the asus panel also has G sync while the MSI laptop does not although I'd argue G sync is less important to higher refresh rates anyway personally at this price point I'd probably just spend the extra hundred dollars and get the asou stop as I think it's a nicer looking machine with slightly better build quality and I always use my laptops while plugged into the power anyway so the battery life wouldn't be too much of a problem for me so which of these two gaming laptops would you guys pick the asou steel 503 be guests or msi ge62 EVR radar let me know what you guys thought down in the comments and let me know what other laptops you want to see compared as this video was made due to a high number of requests thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe for future tech videos like this one\n"