The Asus ProArt PZ13 is the second CoPilot+ detachable tablet, and it's a solid competitor. Most attractive, though, is its price, which offers a ton of value.
Asus ProArt PZ13 MSRP $1,100.00 Score Details “The Asus ProArt PZ13 is fast, long-lasting, and surprisingly affordable.” Pros Cons One of the better early entries in Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC initiative, which is aimed at building on the AI hype of the last year or so, is Microsoft’s Surface Pro 11. It was the only detachable tablet 2-in-1 running Windows on Arm on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X chipset, and it’s a very strong machine. But the Asus ProArt PZ13 has stepped in to offer an alternative.
And then, consider that the ProArt PZ13 includes its detachable keyboard. That’s at least a $130 option with the Surface Pro 11, and prices vary for the many keyboard options for the iPad Pro 13 — including Apple’s excellent Magic Keyboard case combo that’s $299. Active pens are optional with each tablet, and cost around $100 for each manufacturer’s version.
However, it’s not exactly that simple. The ProArt PZ13 doesn’t have a kickstand built in like the Surface Pro 11. Instead, it includes a magnetic cover that doubles as a kickstand, which adds thickness and weight. So in that sense, Microsoft’s design is more convenient and elegant. The iPad Pro 13 also needs an attachment, but you can buy various options that are still equally thin and light as the Surface Pro 11.
Then, the Asus touchpad is mechanical, and while it’s large, it doesn’t have the same responsiveness as the haptic touchpads on the Microsoft and Apple keyboards. That’s another downside. Performance The ProArt PZ13 uses a version of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus, released in September and a couple of months after the original lineup. The X1P-42-100 has eight cores compared to the X1P-64-100 with 10 cores that we tested. Both chipsets run at up to 3.4GHz, while the X1P-42-100 has a significantly slower Adreno GPU rated at up to 1.7 teraflops compared to the faster version at 3.8 TFLOPS. The Snapdragon X Elite is a much faster chipset than all of the Plus versions.
But, we don’t have benchmarks to assess NPU performance, and it’s likely that they’ll be primarily aimed at efficiency rather than sheer performance, where discrete GPUs will continue to be faster. Asus includes several creative apps, like its StoryCube and Creator Hub utilities, that might benefit from the faster NPU.
Display and audio Like pretty much every premium Asus laptop, the ProArt PZ13 features a high-quality OLED display. It’s a 13.3-inch panel at a 16:10 aspect ratio that’s not quite as close to a piece of paper’s dimension’s as the Surface Pro 11’s 13-inch 3:2 display. The iPad Pro 13’s display is also more comfortable for inking and drawing. Subjectively, the ProArt PZ13’s display is spectacular, with bright, dynamic colors and inky blacks.
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