ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UX325 review

The 1.07 kg Intel twin at the same ticket

The ZenBook 13 OLED (UX325) of 2021 shares its $739 price and its chassis concept with the UM325 in this same batch, but trades the AMD platform for a Core i3-1115G4 with 32 GB of RAM. The peer comparison finds no weakness to flag. Its verified strengths are of the carrying kind: a 1.07 kg body reading as ultralight — 26.7 percent below the ultrabook-class median weight of 1.46 — and mobility at 81, 26.6 percent above the median, top quartile. Graphics place at 14.08 against the class's 3.84 median, a 266.7 percent advantage of the modest, office-tier kind.

Weight as the product

At 1.07 kg this is among the lightest machines on the shelf this batch — the kind of body that changes daily behavior, living in bags it was never supposed to fit. Mobility 81 confirms the placement in the top quartile. The 32 GB of RAM is the sleeper spec: where most sub-1.1 kg machines carried 8 or 16, this configuration doubles the typical allowance, and no memory weakness is flagged anywhere on the sheet.

The honest envelope

The capability sheet clears Overwatch, GTA V, and Rainbow Six Siege at minimum — not recommended — plus Visual Studio Code at minimum. The i3-1115G4 is an entry-tier part, and the flags scope the machine precisely: light esports and older titles pass at the floor bar, and nothing more is claimed. The no-weakness verdict is a peer statement, not a performance one; the class's unscored-graphics median is what the 14.08 towers over. The absolute scale adds its own line: 3D and video modeling measure at 21, the low band — the creative axes beyond light photo work sit outside this machine's contract.

Gentle slope

The measured rate is 9.44 percent per year with no unit anchor. Two years retain roughly five-sixths of the $739 — the flat end of this batch's range, appropriate to a carry-first machine whose value is the body rather than the silicon race.

Positioning on the shelf

No analog peers are returned. The meaningful comparison sits one entry away in this batch: the UM325 at the identical $739 offers the Vega 7's recommended-tier receipts, while this UX325 offers 24 more gigabytes of RAM, a lighter body, and minimum-tier flags. Graphics seat versus weight-and-memory seat, same ticket.

Bottom line

For a buyer whose priority is the lightest possible daily carry with real memory headroom, this machine's 1.07 kg and 32 GB deliver, and the no-weakness peer verdict holds. Gaming claims stop at the minimum bars the flags verify. It is the complementary twin of the AMD seat beside it, and the choice between them is a clean statement of what the buyer values.