ASUS ROG Flow Z13 GZ302EA-XS96 - 13.4" - AMD Ryzen AI Max+ - 395 - 32 GB RAM - 1 TB SSD
$2,495.99
Mfg # GZ302EA-XS96
CDW # 8267925
| UNSPSC 43211503
Quick tech specs
- XS96
- with detachable keyboard
- 395 / up to 5.1 GHz
- Radeon 8060S
- 1 TB SSD NVMe
- Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth
- Tablet
- AMD Ryzen AI Max+
- Win 11 Pro
- 32 GB RAM
- 13.4" touchscreen 2560 x 1600 (WQXGA) @ 180 Hz
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Experience performance and versatility with the ASUS ROG Flow Z13, a powerful tablet designed for gamers and content creators alike. Featuring a 13.4-inch touchscreen display with a native resolution of 2560 x 1600, this device delivers visuals with a 90% screen-to-body ratio, glossy finish, and vivid colors supported by a 100% DCI-P3 color gamut. Adaptive-Sync technology and HDR enhance the gaming experience, providing fluid motion and impressive contrast in every frame.
Powered by the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ processor with 16 cores and a max turbo speed of 5.1 GHz, this tablet is equipped to handle demanding tasks effortlessly. Coupled with 32 GB LPDDR5X RAM and a 1 TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, enjoy fast performance and ample storage for games, applications, and media. The ASUS ROG Flow Z13 features advanced audio capabilities, including Dolby Atmos and AI noise canceling, ensuring an immersive multimedia experience whether gaming or streaming. With a detachable keyboard and a built-in kickstand, this device offers flexibility and ease of use for any setting.
Powered by the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ processor with 16 cores and a max turbo speed of 5.1 GHz, this tablet is equipped to handle demanding tasks effortlessly. Coupled with 32 GB LPDDR5X RAM and a 1 TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, enjoy fast performance and ample storage for games, applications, and media. The ASUS ROG Flow Z13 features advanced audio capabilities, including Dolby Atmos and AI noise canceling, ensuring an immersive multimedia experience whether gaming or streaming. With a detachable keyboard and a built-in kickstand, this device offers flexibility and ease of use for any setting.
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Asus ROG Flow Z13 GZ302EA-XS96 - 13.4" - AMD Ryzen AI Max+ - 395 - 32 GB RA is rated
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Asus Rog Z13 REVIEW
I bought this today and I like every aspect of it. But I'm not happy with a speaker sound quality and fan noise. Maybe the USB could have been higher speed. Other than that I like everything till now.
Date published: 2026-01-26T00:00:00-05:00
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Whistle disguised as a heavy tablet
Buyers Beware -- Product Quality Warning
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There is likely a production defect affecting at least one batch of this unit causing the fans to act like a loud whistle. Tech blog sites that received review units are not catching it but some users on the ROG Discord and Reddit are mentioning it. This does not appear to be coil whine and it gets louder and more ear piercing the faster the fan spins. You DO NOT want to be near this unit when the fan spins without wearing ear plugs as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and can hear it the next room over when running productivity tasks or playing games. Everyone near you WILL hear it in a quiet office, coffee shop, or lecture hall. You cannot use this unit in a quiet environment and especially not during a night shift or near anyone for that matter. You WILL hear it as soon as the fan even starts slightly spinning. Nobody, even you, will want to be anywhere near the unit when it ramps up with a moderate or heavy workload or while gaming.
Worst still, unlike a regular laptop where the fans blast away from you on the table top, the fan grills are pointing up and will blast the whistle right into your ears. I suspect prolonged use may cause hearing damage if used without PPE.
Sending my unit for RMA returned without this issue fixed. It is not clear if they cannot fix it or do not want to acknowledge the issue.
General Review
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Do not expect to use this like a tablet. This is a heavy notebook despite its small size and is slippery and unstable if held with one hand without the keyboard attachment as if it were a tablet. It tires your wrist considerably and is very uncomfortable to hold. Worrying about keeping it balanced and not dropping it will be at the top of your mind instead of using it. Combined with the keyboard, it weighs and feels like a bulky 15-inch laptop. This is much, much heavier than any typical Android tablet on the market and will feel like holding a university textbook on one hand.
Using it like a laptop with it on your lap is also unstable and slightly painful with the sharp metal kickstand cutting directly into your thighs especially with this weight. There is no padding. It will also be quite unstable because unlike a regular laptop, the keyboard offers no flat stable surface on your lap since it only snaps on magnetically. You basically have to two thin edges to balance on your lap. It is better to prepare a separate board placed on your lap beforehand, such as a clipboard or workbook, but you will risk the laptop sliding off if it is on a smooth or uneven surface. Do not bother trying to use this on your lap while on a car, bus, or train.
The AC power cord sticks out like a sore thumb from the upper upper-left corner of the screen instead of near the bottom and will jut out quite a long way due to the thickness and stiffness of the cable and look very obvious and awkward while being unwieldly to move around or balance on your table. Plugging in the provided AC adapter in a classroom or lecture hall will have the thick barely bendable power cord jutting out in front of the person sitting to your left. Be careful of anyone walking to the left of your table if you decide instead to sit at the leftmost edge of the table instead because people walking by may just bump into the power cord and push your whole unit off the table and onto the floor.
The battery charging cut-off feature also only works with the provided huge and heavy AC adapter and not with USB-C Power Delivery available from smaller, more portable adapters with thinner cables, so you will wear your battery down unnecessarily if you keep a USB-C charger plugged in. The power draw of the unit is also beyond what USB-C PD can supply with 100W, so unless you kneecap the performance with a lower power profile, charging with in USB-C will STILL drain your battery when under heavy use despite being plugged in. You will want to keep the battery as healthy as possible because the capacity is very small despite its weight, so you are stuck carrying both the heavy notebook, huge and heavy adapter, and thick and heavy charging cable. Therefore, unless you compromise on the battery health, this unit will not be portable for you.
Performance-wise, the APU’s CPU and iGPU are decent but not overly exceptional due to the limited TDP and cooling with the slim form factor. iGPU performance compares with last generation’s mobile version of the Nvidia RTX 4070 at most, which is basically like a desktop 4060 Ti. Gaming target is 1440p at low to medium quality max for good frame rates with ray tracing off, or just stick with 1080p and upscale. Do not bother with ray tracing as it will severely tank performance. Despite the advertised claims of good airflow for cooling, you will overheat while gaming and the fans will run loud and wild even without the ear-piercing whistling mentioned above. AI workload is severely limited by the 256-bit memory bandwidth of the chip. It is also stuck on last generation’s RDNA 3.5 architecture. Even with the increased shared RAM capacity (not upgradeable, so get the largest capacity you can) allowing you to fit larger models, you will only get barely tolerable token-generating performance with local LLMs. AMD AI toolkits are also less mature and stable than Nvidia CUDA, so expect frustrating compatibility issues and functionality limitations while setting things up on your own, and being unable to run older code tailored towards CUDA. If you are looking for an external graphics card options to compensate, this 2025 model only supports Thunderbolt 4, so you will be bandwidth limited for higher spec eGPUs like the 5090. The 2025 model also dropped support for the XG port.
Stability can be a hit or miss due to Asus firmware issues (known performance issues from Asus laptops in general), AMD driver issues (less stable than Nvidia), and Windows 11 (significant resource hog and buggy compared to Windows 10). You may also encounter issues with inconsistent and unreliable sleep/standby/hibernate likely due to Windows 11. Your games may randomly freeze for no particular reason possibly due to AMD drivers. You will be frustrated by various strange quirks with this unit.
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In general, unless you have a very specific use case requiring the tablet form factor and do not mind wearing ear plugs/PPE while only using the unit alone by yourself, you can find better options in a traditional laptop form factor for cheaper while having better usability, portability, and with a longer lasting battery. If you are in it for the AI functionality of the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU, it is way overhyped the due to the memory bandwidth kneecapping the iGPU’s compute performance (while the NPU itself has almost no practical in popular software implementations) and TDP limitations. You are not getting the full use of the APU in with the TDP limit on this unit and you will overheat and shorten the lifespan of the hardware if you run heavy workload like LLMs for extended periods. If you are targeting this just for the APU, consider options in different form factors with proper cooling and higher TDP. The liquid metal used in the cooling will not save you from the heat, and the longevity of the seals meant to not let it leak out, causing short circuits and corroding everything inside, is questionable based on user reviews of other Asus laptops that also have it (even Linus had to make a video showing how he tried but failed to salvage his Asus laptop’s liquid metal spill). Keep in mind Asus only provides this unit with a 1-year warranty, and unlike normal laptops that sit horizontally on your table, this unit will almost always sit vertically (while in use and even while in your laptop bag). Gravity is not kind to liquids and seals.
Best Buy Marketplace Note
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If you are buying this via Asus Canada through Best Buy Marketplace, all returns and issues have to be dealt with Asus directly, not Best Buy, even if it is within the return window. You cannot return or exchange a defective product through Best Buy. You will have to pack it yourself and ship it to Asus's facility located in Markham, Ontario and hope it does not get damaged in transit. Asus has a 15% restocking fee if for whatever reason they do not (or do not want to) recognize the defect or if you just want to return it. You will have to deal with their customer support (search for reviews on their customer support quality, relevant still as of posting in Q1 2026). YMMV. Best of luck.
[Review was submitted as part of an ASUS product review campaign to receive a warranty extension in exchange for feedback.]
Date published: 2026-03-17T00:00:00-04:00