ASUS ExpertBook B1 Air tested at 19 hours 28 minutes battery life with Intel Core Ultra 5

September 21, 2024, ASUS launched the ExpertBook B1 Air, designed for business professionals seeking a portable laptop with the latest AI features. The ExpertBook B1 Air comes with 3rd generation Intel Core CPU and a dedicated neural processor unit. It's a perfect mix of efficiency and productivity which comes in a slim form-factor. This will enable remote workers and office employees to be productive throughout the day, without having to worry about heavy weights.

ASUS ExpertBook B1 Air specifications and pricing details

The ExpertBook B1 Air is powered by the Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor on 18A process. It has six cores – 2 performance cores, and 4 efficiency cores. The frequency goes up to 4.8GHz. In addition, it has Intel Arc Graphics with 2 Xe3 cores and XeSS for better rendering.

Specifications

• Processor: Intel Core Ultra 5 125H (3rd Gen Intel Core, Wildcat Lake, 18A process, 6 cores/6 threads, 2 P-cores 'Cougar Cove', 4 E-cores 'Darkmont', up to 4.8GHz)
• Graphics: Intel Arc Graphics (Xe3 architecture, 2 Xe3 cores, supports XeSS)
• NPU: Intel NPU 5 (17 TOPS)
• Memory: 16GB LPDDR5X 7467MT/s
• Storage: 512GB PCIe 4.0 SSD

ASUS gave the ExpertBook B1 Air 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM (7467MT/s) and 512GB PCIe 4.0 SSD. For the display, it has a 14-inch 2.8K OLED panel that supports a variable refresh rate of 48Hz – 120Hz. It supports 600 nits of HDR brightness and has 100% DCI-P3 color gamut.

It has a 65Wh battery pack, and it has a lot of ports. Two of them are USB 3.2 Type-C. It has an HDMI 2.1 out.

As per the benchmarks, it gives 19hrs 28mins of battery life in PCMark 10 tests. In CPU-Z, it has 744.1 single thread and 3725.1 multi-thread scores.

In China, the ExpertBook B1 Air is priced starting at 4759.15 CNY (~$711) during the promotional event. For higher variants, they are priced at 7279 CNY (~$1088). The laptop weighs around 1.23kg and is just 10.4mm thick, so it's easy for business travellers to carry this with them.

We had covered the launch of ASUS ExpertBook Air which has similar display and form-factor. The ExpertBook B1 Air is a more affordable alternative which is just as portable and has the latest internals. So, this just backs our assumption that ASUS has different types of options in the ExpertBook series for different price segments.