The ASUS Vivobook 15X is often significantly less expensive, offering a solid option for general use with moderate battery life and a lightweight design, making it easy to carry. However, for intensive tasks like 3D rendering, machine learning, and engineering, the Gigabyte Aero 5 significantly outperforms the Vivobook due to its higher-end Intel processor and Nvidia RTX graphics card. The Aero 5 also has a superior screen featuring OLED technology, higher resolution, and better color coverage, which is excellent for creative professionals. This comes at the cost of a higher price, more weight, and slightly shorter battery life due to its more powerful components. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the ASUS Vivobook 15X
Good portability
Advantages of the Gigabyte Aero 5
Very good for engineering and design
Good for gaming and AI
Good for software development
Very good for content creation
Very good overall display quality
Very good keyboard
Key differences
General Use
7.1/10
7.9/10
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
3840 x 2160
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
OLED
250.0 nits
DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS
446.0 nits
8.0 Hours
BATTERY LIFE
7.0 Hours
6.7/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
8.5/10
7.8/10
PORTABILITY SCORE
6.7/10
The Gigabyte Aero 5 and ASUS Vivobook 15X are both good for general use, though the Gigabyte Aero 5 is somewhat better.
PerfectRec’s General Use Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for general productivity, web browsing, streaming, video calls, and running a wide variety of apps and programs.
Gaming and AI
6.0/10
7.9/10
3.6/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
8.3/10
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
3840 x 2160
60Hz
REFRESH RATE
60Hz
No
SUPPORTS DLSS
Yes
No
MUX SWITCH / ADVANCED OPTIMUS
No
7.5/10
FAN NOISE SCORE
7.0/10
The Gigabyte Aero 5 is good for gaming and AI, while the ASUS Vivobook 15X is only fair.
The ASUS Vivobook 15X offers a fair gaming and 3D experience as it has an integrated GPU with modest performance and a decent screen, while the Gigabyte Aero 5 provides a very good gaming and 3D experience because it's equipped with a high-end dedicated GPU and a high-quality OLED screen with superior brightness and color coverage.
Engineering and Design
6.3/10
8.7/10
5.6/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.1/10
3.6/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
8.3/10
8.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
The Gigabyte Aero 5 is very good for engineering and design, while the ASUS Vivobook 15X is only fair.
The ASUS Vivobook 15X has an adequate processor and integrated graphics suitable for entry-level engineering tasks, but it falls short with its basic screen quality and 8GB of RAM, limiting performance in more complex designs. In contrast, the Gigabyte Aero 5 boasts a high-end processor, top-tier dedicated GPU, and a high-resolution OLED screen with superior color coverage alongside 16GB of RAM, making it much better suited for intensive engineering and design work, although it's heavier and less portable.
Content Creation
7.1/10
8.2/10
5.6/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.1/10
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
3840 x 2160
8.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
OLED
The Gigabyte Aero 5 is very good for content creation, while the ASUS Vivobook 15X is good.
PerfectRec’s Content Creation Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for photo editing, video editing and other content creation tasks.
Software Development
6.9/10
7.9/10
5.6/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.1/10
8.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
3840 x 2160
6.7/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
8.5/10
The Gigabyte Aero 5 is good for software development, while the ASUS Vivobook 15X is only fair.
PerfectRec’s Software Development Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for software developers.
Screen Quality
6.2/10
8.6/10
15.6in
SIZE
15.6in
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
3840 x 2160
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
OLED
60Hz
REFRESH RATE
60Hz
250.0 nits
BRIGHTNESS
446.0 nits
The Gigabyte Aero 5 has a better screen than the ASUS Vivobook 15X for general use, gaming and AI, engineering and design, content creation, and software development.
When evaluating laptops for general use, the ASUS Vivobook 15X's screen may offer adequate sharpness and brightness for everyday tasks, whereas the Gigabyte Aero 5's screen excels, providing a higher resolution and brilliance that enhances the viewing experience for tasks such as browsing and document editing. For tasks in engineering and design, the Aero 5's screen outshines the Vivobook 15X by covering a wider range of colors, ensuring more accurate color representation for professional photo editing or CAD work. However, for gaming or running 3D applications, both laptops may not be ideal due to their lower refresh rates, but their screen types and resolutions provide sufficient clarity for less demanding visual tasks.
Battery
8.0 Hours
7.0 Hours
The ASUS Vivobook 15X has 8 hours of battery life. The Gigabyte Aero 5 has 7 hours of battery life.
Battery life estimate is based on a mix of common use patterns. More portable and higher performing laptops tend to have less battery life.
Portability
Good
Fair
15.6in
SIZE
15.6in
3.7 lbs
WEIGHT
5.0 lbs
0.7in
THICKNESS
1.0in
The ASUS Vivobook 15X has good portability, while the Gigabyte Aero 5 has only fair portability.
The most portable laptops are small, thin, and light.
Build Quality
7.0/10
7.8/10
The Gigabyte Aero 5 and ASUS Vivobook 15X both have good build quality, though the Gigabyte Aero 5 has somewhat better build quality.
PerfectRec’s Build Quality Score incorporates case materials, display and keyboard flex, hinge quality, and overall reliability.
Cost
$525
$1,250
$0
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
The ASUS Vivobook 15X has a price of $525 and the Gigabyte Aero 5 costs $1,250.
"All in all, my day on the Vivobook had its ups and downs. It is a really pretty and well-built device, and it had all of the functionality I needed to get me through my browser-based workload. But the speakers weren’t my favorite, and the battery life was just too short."
"It is unfortunate that the Gigabyte AERO notebook series have seem to lost its charm, as it’s not exactly any much different from the AORUS series now. Regardless, content creators and designers will certainly still appreciate the features on the AERO 5 XE4, which are fundamental to their work. This largely revolved around the notebook’s display, which is colour calibrated and validated, high resolution (4K) and with great AMOLED colour representation. Now that the AERO 5 XE4 has improved its performance with the latest CPU and GPU, the professionals can also appreciate the improved productivity from the notebook."
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About ASUS
ASUS, a Taiwanese electronics brand, is one of the largest personal computer vendor by market share. The majority of their laptops are targeted towards personal use or gaming. Their most popular product lines include the budget-friendly VivoBook, more premium ZenBook, and their TUF and ROG gaming laptops, the latter of which has a reputation for excellent gaming performance.
About Gigabyte
Gigabyte is a Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer. While Gigabyte mainly focuses its business on desktop hardware, Gigabyte is known for its value-oriented G series laptops, thin and light Aero series, and performance-oriented Aorus series. Gigabyte laptops offer a strong value proposition to compete with mainstream alternatives.
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