ASUS Vivobook 14 Flip vs ROG Strix G16 (G614FP)

Do you play games on your laptop? Answer that first and you're mostly done.

These two share a brand, a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD and Windows 11 Home. That's about it. The Vivobook 14 Flip is a 1.57 kg convertible with an OLED touchscreen and Intel Graphics. The ROG Strix G16 (G614FP) weighs 2.50 kg and carries an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU. If you game, I'd buy the Strix. If you don't, I'd buy the Flip and stop reading.

Nobody has published a test of these exact configurations; the Strix G16 reviews out there cover RTX 5070 Ti and 5080 units. So every figure below comes from ASUS's US store pages, read November 7, 2026. The opinions are mine.

What they cost

On ASUS's US store, the Vivobook 14 Flip (TP3407AA-DS96T) is $1,899.99Not verifiedNot verified, checked November 1, 2026. The ROG Strix G16 is $2,399.99Not verifiedNot verified, checked November 1, 2026. Neither was on sale.

Here's what the gap buys you: a real GPU, a 2560 x 1600 screen at 300Hz, 20 Wh more battery and twice the threads. Here's what it costs you besides money: half the RAM, the touchscreen and pen support, the OLED panel, and 0.93 kg (2.05 lbs) more in your bag.

Processor and graphics

The Flip runs an Intel Core Ultra 9 386H: 16 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.9 GHz, 18MB cache. The Strix has an AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX with 16 cores, 32 threads, up to 5.4 GHz and 80MB cache. On paper the Strix chip has the bigger cache and twice the threads.

Graphics is where they split for good. ASUS lists the Flip with Intel Graphics and nothing more. The Strix gets an RTX 5070 Laptop GPU with 8GB of GDDR7. Nobody has published frame rates for this exact Strix configuration. I can't give you fps, only which of the two is built for games.

Memory, and the part that annoys me

The Flip has 32GB of LPDDR5X soldered on the board, and ASUS lists 32GB as the maximum. What you buy is what you keep forever. For a 2-in-1, 32GB is plenty, so I don't mind.

The Strix ships with 16GB of DDR5-5600. On a gaming laptop with an HX chip, that's the number I'd complain about. The upside: it's on SO-DIMM, so the modules can be swapped. The page also prints an unlabelled "64GB", which may be the maximum. ASUS doesn't say.

Screens

The Flip has a 1920 x 1200 OLED at 16:10, 60Hz, 0.2 ms response and 95% DCI-P3, with touch and stylus support. ASUS doesn't say a pen comes in the box. Budget for one if you want to draw.

The Strix has a 2560 x 1600 panel at 16:10, 300Hz and 3 ms. More pixels, five times the refresh rate.

ASUS publishes no brightness figure for either. I'd want one before buying a laptop to work by a window.

Weight, battery and ports

The Flip weighs 1.57 kg (3.46 lbs). The Strix weighs 2.50 kg (5.51 lbs). One goes in a tote; the other wants a backpack and a desk.

Batteries are 70 Wh in the Flip and 90 Wh in the Strix. ASUS gives no battery life for either. I wouldn't read 90 against 70 as more hours, because the Strix has a discrete GPU to feed.

Ports on the Flip: 1 Thunderbolt 4 (40Gbps, with display and power delivery), 1 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 1 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, HDMI 2.1 TMDS and a 3.5 mm jack. The Strix page lists 2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, 2 USB4 Type-C, RJ45 Ethernet and a 3.5 mm jack. Wired Ethernet matters if you play online from a desk.

Check the Strix SKU before you pay

G614FP configurations vary by market. A UK retail listing for the G614FP-S5008W shows 32GB and a 240Hz panel, which is not what the US page says. The specs above belong to US SKU 90NR0L47-M00750. Make sure that's the one in your cart.

Who should buy which

Buy the Vivobook 14 Flip if you write, browse, take notes with a pen or watch films on a plane. It's lighter, has double the RAM, and the OLED covers 95% of DCI-P3.

Buy the ROG Strix G16 if games are why you're shopping. Intel Graphics won't do that job like an RTX 5070 will, and no spec on the Flip changes that. Just plan on more RAM later.

If neither fits, ASUS's lower-tier TUF Gaming A16 and the Zenbook S14 clamshell sit either side of these two. Browse them all in laptops.