Danny Weber
22:39 12-01-2026
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A look at ASUS TUF Gaming A14 laptops from CES 2026: 14-inch 165 Hz displays, Ryzen AI 9 or Ryzen AI Max+, RTX 5060 or Radeon 8060S, cooling and battery life.
ASUS brought compact muscle to CES 2026 with the new TUF Gaming A14 laptops, aiming for real portability without heavy trade-offs in performance. The FA401GM and FA401EA come with 14-inch displays, a weight of around 1.5 kg, and a chassis certified to military-grade durability standards—an appealing mix for gamers who move around a lot.
The TUF Gaming A14 FA401GM leans into a classic gaming setup. It pairs an AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 processor with ten cores and twenty threads with a neural engine delivering up to 50 TOPS for AI tasks. Graphics are handled by an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 with a power envelope of up to 115 W in manual mode. This package is aimed at modern AAA titles and esports, and should also be up to speed for streaming and demanding creative apps.
The FA401EA, by contrast, puts efficiency first and sticks with integrated graphics. It’s the first TUF Gaming model built on the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392, combining twelve CPU cores, integrated Radeon 8060S graphics with forty compute units, and a 50-TOPS NPU. Thanks to a chiplet design, the CPU and GPU share memory, which is intended to lift efficiency in games, creative workloads, and on-device AI without needing a discrete GPU—an approach that looks sensible for battery-minded users.
Both versions feature 14-inch displays at 2560×1600 with a 16:10 aspect ratio and a 165 Hz refresh rate. The panels cover 100% of sRGB, reach 400 nits, and offer a 3 ms response time. Depending on the configuration, they support either NVIDIA G-SYNC or AMD FreeSync. Despite the small footprint, the cooling system is built for higher thermal loads, using new 97-blade fans and additional vents to improve airflow—an area where compact gaming laptops often stumble.
The laptops support fast LPDDR5X memory—up to 32 or 64 GB depending on the model—plus two M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots for up to 4 TB of storage. The port selection is up to date, including USB4, HDMI 2.1, and Wi‑Fi 6E. A 73 Wh battery rounds out the package, positioning these machines as versatile, lightweight gaming options that ASUS presents as among the most portable gaming laptops showcased at CES 2026. On paper, the formula looks well balanced for play, work, and everything in between.