The original ROG Flow Z13 was always a bit of an odd machine. It felt like the strange lovechild between a Surface Pro and a traditional gaming laptop. But at CES 2025, ASUS is giving the tablet a much needed refresh that includes a massive performance boost thanks to the company’s updated XG Mobile graphics dock.

I like the idea of a gaming tablet, but between the price and practicality, is it really a good idea to bring the Asus ROG Flow Z13 back?

The Z13 supports USB-C Power Delivery for charging, but that won’t be powerful enough to allow its full performance under load. Instead, it comes with a 200W power adapter that uses Asus’ proprietary and reversible slim power jack — like on its recent laptops.

ASUS ROG Flow Z13 redefines gaming tablets with workstation-class power, stunning visuals, advanced cooling, and unmatched portability.

The new ASUS ROG Flow Z13 gaming tablet features a 13-inch 2.5K 180Hz touchscreen Nebula Display with 500 nits of peak brightness and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, a new stainless steel and copper vapor chamber, larger intake vents, and 2nd Gen Arc Flow Fans which provide 70% more airflow for quiet, and efficient cooling.

You’ll have to pay a pretty penny to get your hands on a tablet with a Strix Halo processor though – the new Asus ROG Flow Z13 is expected to sell for around $2,000 and up. While the new model has integrated graphics that should be more powerful than many discrete GPUs,

Today at CES, Asus announced its lineup of 2025 gaming laptops, some of which feature Nvidia’s new, mega-powerful GeForce RTX 5090 graphics. The Asus ROG Strix SCAR models, which are designed with the ultimate gaming experience in mind,

ASUS has unveiled its updated ROG Zephyrus G14 (GA403W) and G16 (GU605C) gaming laptops at CES 2025. The 2025 Zephyrus G14 features AMD's latest Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor, paired with the just-announced NVIDIA RTX 5080 Laptop GPU using the Blackwell architecture.