ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) 16" 240Hz OLED Gaming Laptop (GU605MZ) vs Apple MacBook Air 13-inch M3 (8GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD)
What separates them
These two differ on 12 recorded specifications. The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) 16" 240Hz OLED Gaming Laptop (GU605MZ) is ₹1,50,090 dearer. They are different kinds of product — laptops against laptop — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) 16" 240Hz OLED Gaming Laptop (GU605MZ) vs Apple MacBook Air 13-inch M3 (8GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD)
ASUS
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) 16" 240Hz OLED Gaming Laptop (GU605MZ)
₹2,49,990
115 W sustained is the number that actually predicts frame rates, and it is the reason two laptops with the same RTX 4070 can differ by a third in delivered performance.
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Apple
Apple MacBook Air 13-inch M3 (8GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD)
₹99,900
The MacBook Air 13 M3 is silent, bright at 500 nits, and lasts around 15 hours on light work. The base configuration's two real limits are a soldered 8 GB of memory with no upgrade path, and a single-chip 256 GB SSD that is slower than the 512 GB option.
Full details →Who the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 is for
Buy it if: Anyone who wants genuine gaming performance in a machine light enough to carry daily.
Avoid it if: Anyone chasing maximum frames per rupee -- a thicker chassis delivers more from the same GPU.
Who the Apple MacBook Air 13-inch M3 is for
Buy it if: Writers, students and developers wanting a silent, genuinely portable machine with excellent battery life and a bright display.
Avoid it if: Anyone doing long video exports, running virtual machines, or who expects to need more than 8 GB — the memory cannot be upgraded later.
Specifications, side by side
12 of 15 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 | Apple MacBook Air 13-inch M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹2,49,990 | ₹99,900 |
| Battery | 90 Wh | 52.6 Wh |
| Brightness | About 350 nits sustained full screen, 500 nits on an HDR window | 500 nits sustained full-screen |
| Display size | 16 inch | 13.6 in |
| Form factor | 16 inch gaming laptop | 13.6-inch laptop |
| Memory | 32 GB LPDDR5X, soldered | 8 GB unified, soldered |
| Panel type | OLED, 2560 x 1600, 240 Hz | IPS Liquid Retina |
| Ports | 2 x Thunderbolt 4, 2 x USB-A, HDMI 2.1, card reader | 2x Thunderbolt 3, MagSafe 3, 3.5 mm |
| Processor | Intel Core Ultra 9 185H | Apple M3, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU |
| Storage | 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe | 256 GB SSD, single NAND chip |
| Sustained TDP | GPU holds about 115 W plus 25 W dynamic boost. This is the figure that decides gaming performance, and no listing prints it | 20 W |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 year Apple limited warranty |
| Weight | 1.85 kg | 1.24 kg |
| Chassis | 1.85 cm thick, which is what limits sustained TDP | not published |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 laptop, 8 GB GDDR6 | not published |
| Refresh rate | not published | 60 Hz |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.