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ROG Strix SCAR III 17” vs. 2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15: Full specs comparison

We thoroughly analyzed technical specifications for ROG Strix SCAR III 17” and 2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 models, including CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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ROG Strix SCAR III 17” Pros

Reasons that ROG Strix SCAR III 17” is better than 2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15.

ROG Strix SCAR III 17” has a 17.3-inch screen size 10% larger than the 15.6-inch 2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15.

Display size

ROG Strix SCAR III 17”

17.3-inch

2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15

15.6-inch

2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 Pros

Reasons that 2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 is better than ROG Strix SCAR III 17”.

2020 vs. 2019

AMD Ryzen 9-4900H inside 2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 has a 11% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i9-9880H inside ROG Strix SCAR III 17”.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 - AMD Ryzen 9-4900H

6,806

2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 - AMD Ryzen 7-4800H

6,440

ROG Strix SCAR III 17” - Intel Core i9-9880H

6,100

2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 - AMD Ryzen 5-4600H

4,908

ROG Strix SCAR III 17” - Intel Core i7-9750H

4,880

ROG Strix SCAR III 17” - Intel Core i5-9300H

3,308

The 2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 supports a faster memory speed than the ROG Strix SCAR III 17”. It supports up to 3200MHz versus 2666MHz of system memory on the ROG Strix SCAR III 17”.

Memory type and speed

2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 - DDR4

3,200 MHz

ROG Strix SCAR III 17” - DDR4

2,666 MHz

The 2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 weighed 5.07 pounds, 20% lighter than the 6.28 pounds ROG Strix SCAR III 17”.

Weight	ROG Strix SCAR III 17”	2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15
Pound	6.28 lbs.	5.07 lbs.
Kilogram	2.85 kg	2.30 kg

Prices

Here are the latest price updates and offers for both devices.

ROG Strix SCAR III 17” Price
	ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022) Gaming Laptop, 17.3" 360Hz IPS FHD Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, Intel Core i9-12900H, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, Per-Key RGB Keyboard, Windows 11, G733ZW-DS94 By ASUS $2,699.00	See at Amazon
	ASUS ROG Strix Scar 18 (2024) Gaming Laptop, 18” Nebula HDR 16:10 QHD 240Hz/3ms, GeForce RTX™ 4090, Intel® Core™ i9-14900HX, 32GB DDR5-5600, 2TB PCIe SSD, Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11 Pro, G834JYR-XS97 By ASUS $3,899.00	See at Amazon
	ASUS ROG Strix Scar III (2019) Gaming Laptop, 15.6” 240Hz IPS Type FHD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, Intel Core i7-9750H, 16GB DDR4, 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD, Per-Key RGB KB, Windows 10, G531GV-DB76 By ASUS $999.18	See at Amazon
2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 Price
	ASUS TUF Gaming A15 Gaming Laptop, 15.6” 144Hz FHD IPS-Type, AMD Ryzen 5 4600H, GeForce GTX 1650, 8GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSD, Gigabit Wi-Fi 5, Windows 10 Home, FA506IH-AS53 By ASUS $795.00	See at Amazon
	ASUS TUF Gaming A15 (2024) Gaming Laptop, 15.6” FHD 144Hz Display, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2050, AMD Ryzen™ 5 7535HS, 8GB DDR5, 512GB PCIe® Gen4 NVMe™ SSD, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11, FA506NF-ES51 By ASUS $649.99 $699.99 7% OFF	See at Amazon
	ASUS TUF Gaming A15 Gaming Laptop, 15.6” 144Hz FHD IPS-Type, AMD Ryzen 7 4800H, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, 16GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSD, Gigabit Wi-Fi 5, Windows 10 Home, Metal, TUF506IU-ES74 By ASUS $1,126.99	See at Amazon

Availability	ROG Strix SCAR III 17”	2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15
Released	2019	2020
Generations	2023 ROG Strix SCAR 17 2022 ROG Strix SCAR 17 Special Edition 2022 ROG Strix SCAR 17 2021 ROG Strix SCAR 17 2020 ROG Strix SCAR 17 2019 ROG Strix SCAR III 17” 2018 ROG Strix SCAR II 17” 2018 ROG Strix SCAR Edition 17”	2022 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 2021 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15

Exterior	ROG Strix SCAR III 17”	2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15
Dimensions	15.7” x 11.53” x 1.03” (399 X 293 X 26.2 mm)	14.16” x 10.07” x 0.89 ~ 0.98” (359.8 x 256 x 22.8 ~ 24.9 mm)
Weight	6.28 lbs (2.85 kg)	2.3 kg
Colors	Midnight Black	Fortress Gray Bonfire Black
Keyboard and Trackpad	Backlit chiclet keyboard N-key rollover Per-Key RGB 4 Zone RGB Aura Sync Hotkeys (Volume down, volume up, mute, HyperFan, Armoury Crate)	Chiclet keyboard with isolated Numpad key RGB backlight with ASUS AURA RGB with four modes: Static Breathing Color Cycle Strobing Overstroke technology can withstand over 20 million pressed.

Display	ROG Strix SCAR III 17”	2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15
Size	17.3 Inches	15.6 Inches
Info	17.3-inch Full HD (1920x1080) IPS-level panel, 240Hz, 3ms, 100% sRGB 17.3-inch Full HD (1920x1080) IPS-level panel, 144Hz, 3ms, 100% sRGB	15.6" (16:9) LED-backlit FHD (1920x1080) 144Hz Anti-Glare IPS-level Panel with 45% NTSC 15.6" (16:9) LED-backlit FHD (1920x1080) 60Hz Anti-Glare IPS-level Panel with 45% NTSC 15.6" (16:9) LED-backlit FHD (1920x1080) 144Hz Anti-Glare IPS-level Panel with 72% NTSC With Adaptive-Sync

Ports	ROG Strix SCAR III 17”	2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15
Image Source: ASUS 1 X USB3.2 Gen2 Type-C support DisplayPort™ 3 x USB3.2 Gen 1 Type-A 1 x HDMI (HDMI 2.0b support 4K HDR), HDCP SPEC 2.2 1 x 3.5mm Audio Jack/ 1 x Audio Jack Mic-in (Combo Jack) 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack 1 x Keystone	Image Source: ASUS Left (7) 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort 1.4 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x HDMI v2.0b 1 x RJ-45 1 Gbps 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone 1 x power port Right (2) 1 x USB-A USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) 1 x lock slot

Internal Specs	ROG Strix SCAR III 17”	2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15
Processor	9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9300H 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.40 → 4.10 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 45W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 4.50 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9880H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W	AMD Ryzen™ 5 4600H 6 cores, 12 threads, 3.00 → 4.00 GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 45W AMD Ryzen™ 7 4800H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.90 → 4.20 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 45W AMD Ryzen™ 9 4900H 8 cores, 16 threads, 3.30 → 4.40 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 45W
Integrated Graphics	9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9300H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9880H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz	AMD Ryzen™ 5 4600H AMD Radeon™ Graphics 6 Graphics Cores, 1500 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 7 4800H AMD Radeon™ Graphics 7 Graphics Cores, 1600 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 9 4900H AMD Radeon™ Graphics 8 Graphics Cores, 1750 MHz
Memory	Up to 32GB DDR4 2666MHz SDRAM	Up to 32GB Dual Channel DDR4 3200MHz SDRAM 2 x SO-DIMM socket for expansion.
Discrete Graphics	ROG Strix SCAR III G731GU NVIDIA® GeForce GTX™ 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6 VRAM. ROG Strix SCAR III G731GV NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 6GB GDDR6 VRAM. ROG Strix SCAR III G731GW NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2070 8GB GDDR6 VRAM.	NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060, with 6GB GDDR6 VRAM NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660TI, with 6GB GDDR6 VRAM NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650Ti, with 4GB GDDR6 VRAM NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650, with 4GB GDDR6 VRAM
Storage	128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIE 3.0 SSD 1TB SSHD	Storage Slots 1 x SATA HDD slot Not available on 90Wh battery models. 2 x M.2 NVMe slots Only one NVME slot on GTX1650 and 1650Ti models.

Connectivity	ROG Strix SCAR III 17”	2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15
Wi-Fi	Intel® 802.11ac (2x2) Gigabit Wi-Fi support Rangeboost technology	Integrated Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 ac (2x2))
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0	Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet	Gigabit LAN Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Gigabit LAN Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Battery	ROG Strix SCAR III 17”	2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15
Size	-	90 Wh lithium-polymer battery Battery 48 Wh lithium-polymer battery Battery
Battery Life	-	Up to 12.3 hours of video playback Tested on 90Wh battery models. Up to 8.7 hours of web browsing Tested on 90Wh battery models.
Power Supply	230W power adapter 280W power adapter With Intel Core i9 models only.	150W power adaptor Plug type :ø6.0 (mm) 20V/7.5A. 180W power adaptor Plug type :ø6.0 (mm) 20V/9A. 230W power adaptor Plug type :ø6.0 (mm) 19.5V/11.8A.

Software	ROG Strix SCAR III 17”	2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro
Built-in Apps	Armoury Crate GameFirst VI GameVisual Sonic Studio III Aura Creator	Armoury Crate

Camera & Audio	ROG Strix SCAR III 17”	2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15
Camera	No Built-in camera.	Front-facing camera Top-mount front camera, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD).
Audio	4W*2 speakers with Smart AMP technology Array Microphone	Two speakers with four cut-outs DTS:X™ Ultra technology Delivers high-fidelity 7.1-channel virtual surround sound for theater-quality audio with stereo headsets.

Misc	ROG Strix SCAR III 17”	2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15
Security	-	Kensington lock FTPM (Firmware-based Trusted Platform Module)

Key Features	ROG Strix SCAR III 17”	2020 ASUS TUF Gaming A15
At Glance	Released in 2019 16:9 FHD 17.3” 1080p 240Hz Weight 6.28 lb 2.85 kg Up to Intel Core i9-9880H 8C/16T, 2.30 → 4.80 GHz Geekbench 5 1,066 Single Core Geekbench 5 6,100 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6	Released in 2020 16:9 15.6” 1080p 144Hz Weight 5.07 lb 2.30 kg Up to AMD Ryzen 9-4900H 8C/16T, 3.30 → 4.40 GHz Geekbench 5 1,137 Single Core Geekbench 5 6,806 Multi-Core With integrated AMD Radeon™ Graphics 8 Graphics Cores, 1750 MHz Upgradable up to 32GB 3200 MHz DDR4 Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6