Some people only need their laptop for basic office and web browsing tasks. For them, an everyday device with reasonable portability and battery life will suffice. But many of us need our laptops to do so much more. Photographers, architects, filmmakers, animators, and graphic designers all require devices purpose-built for the demands of their professions. For these creators, the new Zenbook Pro laptops deliver essential performance and connectivity in ultraportable, elegant designs that exude a professional aesthetic.

Savvy shoppers have long turned to Zenbooks for their supremely portable designs, effortless performance, and luxurious materials. Breakthrough engineering now allows us to offer professional-level processing power in enviously thin and elegant laptops. Meet the new Zenbook Pro lineup.

The Zenbook Pro 16X OLED headlines the series. Equipped with up to an Intel Core i9-12900H CPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, this laptop delivers the snappy, responsive performance that creators need in apps like Adobe Premiere Pro and ArchiCAD, and the sheer multithreaded processing muscle to make light work of demanding tasks like project exports.

High-performance components require exceptional cooling to deliver sustained performance. While many of our competitors use low-wattage chips to keep temperatures low, we use our innovative AAS Ultra cooling system to unlock a higher tier of performance. As you open the lid of the Zenbook Pro 16X OLED, a cunning hinge raises the back of the keyboard deck up to 7°, opening a spacious intake for cooling air. Along with the quiet yet powerful ASUS IceCool Pro dual-fan thermal technology under the hood, AAS Ultra enables this laptop to offer a 140W TDP in Performance Mode—all in a portable device that’s equally at home on the set and in the studio.

The rising keyboard offers benefits above and beyond cooling the powerful CPU and GPU. This arrangement keeps the laptop’s all-metal chassis cooler underneath your fingers, and its angled position is more ergonomic for a more comfortable typing experience. And finally, the tilting mechanism directs the sound from the dual tweeters to create a better stereo image for enhanced listening pleasure.

The Zenbook Pro 16X OLED’s stunning display empowers creative work of all kinds. Its 16:10 aspect ratio and 4K resolution across its spacious 16-inch diagonal let you see more of your work at a glance without scrolling. Creators working on color-sensitive projects will appreciate its 100% coverage of the cinema-grade DCI-P3 color gamut, and its VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500 certification attests to its ability to reproduce perfect, inky blacks and realistic highlights. With its ultra-low 0.2ms response time, fast action scenes and quickly-moving animation appear super-smooth. Our OLED panels elevate everything you do on your PC—click here to learn more about why your next laptop needs an OLED display.

Innovative design elements make every moment with the Zenbook Pro 16X OLED effortless. The updated ASUS Dial, an intuitive physical rotary controller that gives instant and precise fingertip control over parameters in leading creative apps, streamlines your workflow in Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, After Effects, and Illustrator. Check out our guide to learn how to get the most out of this ASUS-exclusive tool—and use the ProArt Creator Hub to customize it to work with just about any other app.

The extra-large touchpad features haptic feedback technology to give you a consistent, premium experience—and it offers NumberPad, as well, an illuminated region of the touchpad that you can toggle whenever you need it. Per-key White-RGB keyboard backlighting, augmented by light bars on either side of the keyboard, enables a variety of smart interactive effects. At a glance, it’ll keep you updated on battery life, notify you of new emails, identify when you’ve toggled Performance Mode, and more.

Finally, broad and plentiful connectivity options streamline everything you do with a PC. A pair of Thunderbolt 4 USB Type-C ports stand ready to connect an external display, recharge the laptop or your other devices, connect high-speed peripherals, and more. An integrated SD card reader makes it easy to access media from your camera. And you’ll find an HDMI 2.1 port and a USB Type-A port, too, so connecting your displays or your full content creation kit is a breeze.

Creative professionals of all stripes know the multitasking power of a secondary display. Our Zenbook Pro Duo laptops empower your creativity with an integrated ScreenPad Plus second screen built right into the laptop. For 2022, we’re releasing the all-new Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED. This innovative machine distills the essence of this family down to a more compact design with upgraded displays, an all-new hinge mechanism, and the latest high-performance components from Intel and NVIDIA.

A pair of dazzling displays uniquely equips the Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED for creative multitasking. The primary display offers a 2.8K resolution for detailed visuals, and its 16:10 aspect ratio gives you more vertical space for creative work. This OLED panel is Pantone Validated for color accuracy, and offers 100% coverage of the DCI-P3 color gamut. And its speedy 120Hz refresh rate delivers smooth animation for rendering work and fast-paced video.

The next-generation ScreenPad Plus in Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED is a 12.7-inch, full-width secondary touchscreen with support for the latest high-precision styluses, such as ASUS Pen 2.0. The completely redesigned AAS Ultra tilt mechanism raises up the rear of ScreenPad Plus by up to 20mm, tilting it by 12° when the laptop is opened. This positions ScreenPad Plus at the ideal viewing angle for easy cross-screen operation with the main touchscreen, and it also enhances cooling by allowing 38% more airflow than the previous generation.

Exceptional components enable the Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED to deliver responsive performance in demanding creative apps no matter where inspiration strikes. The top-end configuration features the flagship Intel Core i9-12900H CPU. With fourteen cores and a Turbo Boost speed of up to 5.0Ghz, it excels at the CPU-heavy tasks common in creative work. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti stands ready for GPU-accelerated apps and tasks. ASUS IceCool tech, with its dual-fan arrangement and the superior air intake offered by AAS ultra,  quietly keeps both components operating at their full potential.

For some creators, nothing matters more than display size. The Zenbook Pro 17, the first-ever 17.3-inch Zenbook, gives discerning creators and professionals a high-performance laptop with all the visual real estate they need for their projects.

This expansive display offers a detailed 2560×1440 resolution with a fluid 165Hz refresh rate. 100% coverage of the cinema-grade DCI-P3 color gamut ensures vivid colors. Ultra-slim NanoEdge display bezels on all four sides maximize screen space while minimizing the laptop’s overall footprint.

For exceptional performance in creative workloads, the Zenbook Pro 17 features AMD processors up to the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX and NVIDIA GPUs up to the GeForce RTX 3050. Up to a 2 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD and the latest WiFi 6E enable fast storage and wait-free app loads, and Zenbook Pro 17 is also packed with all the I/O ports needed for easy connectivity to devices and peripherals.

Adobe products are central to creative work in many industries. We’ve partnered with Adobe to empower your workflow with the renowned Creative Cloud suite of apps and services. With your purchase of a Zenbook Pro laptop in select regions, you’ll enjoy a free three-month subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud. Not only will you have access to over 20 apps, including Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and After Effects, you’ll have 100GB of cloud storage on tap.

Redemption is easy, and you can apply the Creative Cloud subscription to a new or existing account. The first time you power on Zenbook Pro laptops, a window will pop up to walk you through the steps. Alternatively, you can use the MyASUS app or head over to the registration site at any time. Check out the full details for this program here.

Sometimes purchasing a laptop requires you to pick between functionality and fun, between essential performance and an effortless experience. With Zenbook Pro laptops, you don’t have to make that choice. They offer clean, elegant designs constructed of premium materials, and they’re built with all the luxury extras that make opening up your laptop a delight. At the same time, they offer the muscular performance that you need for creative work. For creators who demand high-end processing power and a high-end PC experience, Zenbook Pro laptops offer it all.

Need help picking between our different laptop families? Click here for an overview of our Vivobook, Zenbook, and ExpertBook lines. For more information about the pricing and availability of the Zenbook Pro 16X OLED, Zenbook Duo 14 OLED, and Zenbook Pro 17 in your region, please contact your local ASUS representative.

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