The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16’s overall score in Geekbench 5 is outstanding. Its Intel Core Ultra 9 185H CPU can handle a variety of productivity tasks and heavy multitasking. That said, there are significantly faster CPUs on the market, like the Dell Alienware m18 R2 (2024)‘s Intel Core i9-14900HX. The posted results are averages obtained in the default Performance mode. Switching to the Turbo mode boosts the multi-thread score to 14,482, about a 13% performance increase. The Core Ultra 7 155H CPU is only slightly slower.

As for the GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (mobile) performs well, scoring within the expected range. The Ultimate GPU mode boosts performance by about 6%, increasing the score to 134,191. All available discrete GPUs can handle demanding computing tasks, so it’s just a matter of how smooth an experience you expect and how fast you want to complete tasks.