For the original German review, see here.

Everyone wants a powerful convertible, but often a compact case falls short of the features offered by a full-sized laptop. In fact, more often than not, tablets and convertibles rely on very conservative processors and a dedicated graphics card is a rare sight in this segment. The latter is true for our test model, the Asus Transformer 3 Pro. The technical specifications of this 12.6-inch convertible are impressive: an Intel Core i7-6500U, 16 GB RAM and a 512 GB SSD. Asus offers alternatives for the storage device and the processor, such as, the weaker Intel Core i5-6200U. The storage devices range from 128 GB to 1 TB. The M.2 SSDs offered by the manufacturer operate with SATA 3 and PCIE Gen3 x4.

Our test model uses a 512 GB SSD at SATA 3 speeds. The model sports the faster processor and 16 GB RAM. The package is listed for 1,599 Euros (~$1668).

We picked out interesting convertibles to compete with the Asus Transformer 3 Pro in our review. We did not limit our search to the convertibles with the same CPU as our test model. In fact, some of our comparison models use very conservative Intel Core m CPUs. This will lead to some interesting performance discrepancies later on in this review.

This is the complete list of comparison devices for this review: