{"id":403162,"date":"2026-01-11T19:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/403162\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T19:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:42:08","slug":"asus-geo-restricts-top-end-core-ultra-x-zenbook-s14-and-certain-zenbook-s16-skus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/403162\/","title":{"rendered":"Asus geo-restricts top-end Core Ultra X Zenbook S14 and certain Zenbook S16 SKUs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The Zenbook S16 (UM5606), on the other hand, features the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Ryzen-AI-400-Gorgon-Point-APUs-are-here-AMD-claims-29-faster-multitasking-and-12-faster-gaming-vs-Core-Ultra-9-288V.1197454.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AMD Ryzen AI 400 Gorgon Point<\/a> APUs. Configurations offered for the US market include ones based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/AMD-Ryzen-AI-9-HX-470-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.1197753.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ryzen AI 9 HX 470<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/AMD-Ryzen-AI-9-465-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.1197759.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ryzen AI 9 465<\/a>, and an odd Ryzen AI 5 445 (likely a typo) that isn&#8217;t in AMD&#8217;s roster yet.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">For Canada, Asus is only offering the Zenbook S16 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/AMD-Ryzen-AI-7-445-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.1197764.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ryzen AI 7 445<\/a> and Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 options.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">All Zenbook S16 models come with a 16-inch 3K 120 Hz OLED panel with similar characteristics as that of its 14-inch counterpart.\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Other aspects remain largely identical. However, being an AMD platform, we see USB4 ports in lieu of Thunderbolt 4. Interestingly, Asus does indicate Thunderbolt 4 for the top spec variant based on the Ryzen AI 9 HX 470.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Zenbook S16 (UM5606), on the other hand, features the new AMD Ryzen AI 400 Gorgon Point APUs.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[169958,169952,21310,214,49,48,169964,169953,169954,169951,169949,169959,215,21631,169955,207,213,206,169948,216,212,208,209,169963,169962,169961,169960,169950,61,211,210,169957,169947,26409,169946,169956],"class_list":["post-403162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-amd-ryzen-ai-400","tag-arc-b390","tag-asus","tag-benchmarks","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ceraluminum","tag-core-ultra-7-355","tag-core-ultra-9-386h","tag-core-ultra-x7","tag-core-ultra-x9","tag-gorgon-point","tag-graphics-card","tag-intel","tag-intel-graphics","tag-laptop","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-panther-lake","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-ryzen-7-445","tag-ryzen-ai-5-445","tag-ryzen-ai-9-465","tag-ryzen-ai-9-hx-470","tag-series-3","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-um5606","tag-ux5406","tag-wi-fi-7","tag-zenbook-s14","tag-zenbook-s16"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}