ROG Mothership GZ700 vs. M1 MacBook Air: Which is better?
Here is a side by side comparison between ROG Mothership GZ700 and M1 MacBook Air specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.
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ROG Mothership GZ700 Pros
Reasons that ROG Mothership GZ700 is better than M1 MacBook Air.
ROG Mothership GZ700 supports a larger memory capacity than the M1 MacBook Air. It supports up to 64GB versus 16GB of system memory on the M1 MacBook Air.
ROG Mothership GZ700 comes with two SODIMM slots that allow you to replace or upgrade when needed. On the flip side, you can't upgrade RAM on the M1 MacBook Air since it has onboard memory.
Memory | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
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Slots | x2 | Onboard |
Type | DDR4 | Unified |
Configurable up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 8GB GDDR6 up to 200W vs. integrated
ROG Mothership GZ700 comes with three M.2 slots that you can easily upgrade and install additional SSDs to expand the storage on the device.
Slots | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
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M.2 | Yes x3 | Onboard |
ROG Mothership GZ700 has a 17.3-inch screen size 30% larger than the 13.3-inch M1 MacBook Air.
M1 MacBook Air Pros
Reasons that M1 MacBook Air is better than ROG Mothership GZ700.
2020 vs. 2019
Apple M1 (8C, 8G) inside M1 MacBook Air has a 13% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i9-9980HK inside ROG Mothership GZ700.
M1 MacBook Air weighed 2.8 pounds, 74% lighter than the 10.58 pounds ROG Mothership GZ700.
Weight | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
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Pound | 10.58 lbs. | 2.8 lbs. |
Kilogram | 4.80 kg | 1.27 kg |
Prices
Here are the latest price updates and offers for both devices.
Availability | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
Released | 2019 | 2020 |
Release Date | - | Announced on November 10th, 2020 |
Pricing | - |
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Generations | - |
Exterior | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
Dimensions | 16.4” x 12.5” x 1.17” (410 X 320 X 29.9 mm) |
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Weight | 10.58 lbs (4.8 kg) | Starting at 2.8 pounds (1.29 kg) |
Colors | Midnight Black | Gold Space Gray Silver |
Keyboard and Trackpad |
| Backlit Magic Keyboard with:
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Display | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
Size | 17.3 Inches | 13.3 Inches |
Info |
| Retina display
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Ports | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
| Left (2)
Right (1)
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Internal Specs | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
Processor |
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Integrated Graphics |
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Memory | Up to 64GB Dual Channel 2666MHz DDR4 SDRAM 2 x SODIMM slots. |
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Discrete Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2080 (Boost Clock: 1880MHz, 200W), 8GB GDDR6 VRAM. | - |
Storage | 3 x M.2 NVMe PCIE 3.0 x4 512GB SSD Supports RAID-0 |
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Connectivity | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
Wi-Fi | Intel ® Wi-Fi 6 with Gig+ performance (802.11ax) |
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Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology |
Ethernet | Gigabit LAN Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps. | - |
Battery | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
Size | - | 49.9 Wh lithium‑polymer battery |
Battery Life | - |
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Power Supply | 2 x 280W power adapters | 30W USB‑C Power Adapter |
Software | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
OS |
| Shipped with macOS Big Sur |
Built-in Apps | Armoury Crate GameFirst VI GameVisual Sonic Studio III Aura Creator | Photos iMovie GarageBand Pages Numbers Keynote Siri Safari Mail FaceTime Messages Maps News Stocks Home Voice Memos Notes Calendar Contacts Reminders Photo Booth Preview Music Podcasts TV Books App Store Time Machine Find My QuickTime Player |
Camera & Audio | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
Camera | Front-facing camera 720p (1280 x 720 HD) camera. | 720p FaceTime HD camera |
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Misc | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
Sensors | - |
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Security | - |
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In the box | - |
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Warranty | - | Your MacBook Air comes with 90 days of complimentary technical support and a one-year limited warranty. Purchase AppleCare+ to extend your coverage to three years from your AppleCare+ purchase date and add up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage, each subject to a service fee of $99 for screen damage or external enclosure damage, or $299 for other repairable damage, plus applicable tax. |
More | - | Video Support
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Key Features | ROG Mothership GZ700 | M1 MacBook Air |
At Glance |
Comparison Summary
ASUS has released the ROG Mothership GZ700, a 17.3-inch machine, in 2019. It is powered by an octa-core Intel Core i9-9980HK with a boost clock speed up to 5.00 GHz. The laptop has a dedicated GPU option up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with 8GB GDDR6 up to 200W.
On the other hand, we have the 13.3-inch M1 MacBook Air was introduced by Apple about a year later in late-2020. It comes with up to an octa-core Apple M1 (8C, 8G). It has an integrated graphics option up to Apple M1 iGPU (8 Graphics Cores, 1280 MHz).
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
The ROG Mothership GZ700 has a 17.3-inch display which is considerably larger than the 13.3-inch M1 MacBook Air. In addition, the ROG Mothership GZ700 weighs 10.58 lbs. about 277% heavier than the 2.8 lbs. M1 MacBook Air. Moreover, measured at 16.14” x 12.5” x 1.17”, the ROG Mothership GZ700 is much bulkier than the M1 MacBook Air at 11.97” x 8.36” x 0.63”.
Moving over to upgradability, ASUS claims that the ROG Mothership GZ700 supports up to 64GB 2666 MHz DDR4 memory that you can upgrade with two memory module slots on the motherboard. It also comes with three M.2 slots that users can easily upgrade and install additional SSDs to expand the storage on the device.
For M1 MacBook Air, it supports up to 16GB Unified memory. Unlike ROG Mothership GZ700, it has an onboard memory module that is not upgradable by the users. Furthermore, it also has an integrated storage module and has no M.2 slots for replacement.
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