Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2025) review
For as long as I've been writing about PC hardware, I've hoped for a processor with an integrated GPU that was genuinely good for gaming. The AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 is that chip. It's a mobile API that's desktop-grade in a few ways, with a Radeon 8050S bringing 32 Compute Units (CUs) of graphical power and a 12-core CPU. Stuffed inside the sleek and gorgeous Asus ROG Flow Z13—a gaming tablet with all the makings of a modern gaming laptop, minus the integrated keyboard and trackpad—it should be a match made in heaven.
So why aren't I more excited?
Before I wax overly lyrical about the chip inside the ROG Flow Z13, let's talk about the ROG Flow Z13 itself. It really is something special, being the latest generation in a lineup of gaming tablets from the ROG skunkworks. Whereas early generations of gaming tablet were hulking machines you stood little chance of holding in your hands for long periods of time, let alone handed to your child to stop them from crying, they have become more sophisticated designs over the years.
This year's Flow Z13 is definitely more what I'd call usable as a traditional tablet. It offers a 13-inch touchscreen, a generous 16:10 aspect ratio, and its 500 nit brightness is higher than many IPS panels on the market. You need that brightness when you're out and about, which, for all intents and purposes, you might be with the Flow Z13. And, to that end, it comes with Gorilla Glass 5 with a DXC coating to reduce glare on sunny days. It even has a 13 MP camera on the rear of the screen, in addition to the 5 MP front-facing camera, for when you have a mid-life crisis and start taking all your photos with a tablet instead of your phone. The front-facing camera's IR capability does mean you can use Windows Hello for swift, easy logins, and that's a neat feature to have on a tablet.
Processor: AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
Architecture: Zen 5/RDNA 3.5
Cores/threads: 12/24
Memory: 32 GB LPDDR5X-8000
Memory bus: 256-bit
SSD: 1 TB Kioxia BG6 PCIe 4.0
