Lightweight laptop with OLED for 15,990 CZK: who the Vivobook S14 is for and who it isn't

A 38% discount sounds tempting for Black Friday, but Hlídač shopů (Shop Watchdog) shows a different history for the ASUS Vivobook S14: in recent months, it has dropped to 16,990 CZK several times. It now costs 15,990 CZK, meaning it has realistically been discounted by a thousand. Even so, it’s the lowest price it has been sold for on Alza, and for it, you get a 14-inch OLED in a body that weighs 1.4 kg.

Quick summary:
✅ Suitable for students and people who travel frequently with their laptop and primarily work in a browser and office applications.
⚠️ Has limitations in the brightness of the glossy display and in performance – it’s not for gaming or demanding video editing.
💡 For 15,990 CZK you get an OLED 1,920 × 1,200, 16 GB RAM, and a 512GB SSD; you have to buy the charger separately.

OLED for the price of a regular laptop

The main reason to buy is the display. The 14-inch OLED with a resolution of 1,920 × 1,200 pixels and a 16:10 aspect ratio has perfect blacks and richer colors than IPS panels typically used in this price range. For comparison: the Vivobook 16, which is six thousand more expensive, has an IPS display with only 45% NTSC coverage. Movies, photos, and Windows dark mode look a class better on OLED.

The catch is the brightness. The panel has only 60 Hz, a glossy finish, and a brightness of just 300 nits. Readability near a window or on a terrace will be worse than with matte displays.

Four cores for office, not for gaming

The AMD Ryzen AI 5 330 processor is an entry-level chip in the Ryzen AI series. It has four cores and eight threads, with only one high-performance Zen 5 up to 4.5 GHz and three more power-efficient Zen 5c cores. It’s sufficient for browsing, Office, video calls, and movies, but it will struggle with more demanding tasks.

The Radeon 820M graphics with two compute units is also weaker. It’s not for gaming (except perhaps old and undemanding games). However, the neural unit with 50 TOPS performance meets the requirements for Copilot+ PCs.

Into the bag, but without a charger

The body weighs 1.4 kg and has MIL-STD 810H military standard durability certification. Inside, there’s 16 GB DDR5 RAM and a 512GB SSD, the keyboard is backlit, and ports include both USB-A and USB-C. The battery has a capacity of 70 Wh, and reviewers rate its endurance as above average.

A charger is not included in the package. The laptop charges via USB-C with Power Delivery and can use an adapter from 45 to 65 W, so a more powerful phone or tablet charger will also work. Upon registration with ASUS, you get one year of accidental damage protection. On Alza, it currently has three ratings with an average of 4.7 out of 5.

Would you trade performance for an OLED display?