Honor MagicBook Art 14 vs Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (Q425)

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CPU
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
RAM
Storage 1024GB

Review

Evaluation of Honor MagicBook Art 14 and Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (Q425) important characteristics
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)

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VS
75.0
(Good)
Value Index
63.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Honor MagicBook Art 14
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
  • Easier to carry: weighs 260 grams less (around 0.57 lbs)
  • Thinner bezels and 8% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Provides 220% higher max. screen brightness: 1600 vs 500 nits
  • 59% sharper screen – 257 versus 162 pixels per inch (PPI)
Advantages of the Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (Q425)
  • Features a bigger (~25%) battery – 75 against 60 watt-hours
  • Can run popular games at about 10-14% higher FPS

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 1.02 kg (2.25 lbs) 1.28 kg (2.82 lbs)
Dimensions 316.77 x 223.63 x 11.5 mm
12.47 x 8.8 x 0.45 inches
312.4 x 220.1 x 14.9 mm
12.3 x 8.67 x 0.59 inches
Area 708 cm2 (109.7 inches2) 688 cm2 (106.6 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~89.6% ~82.7%
Side bezels 4.1 mm 5.4 mm
Colors White, Silver, Green Gray
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Transformer No No
Opening angle 150° 180°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 1
Noise level (max. load) 39.8 dB 51.4 dB

Display

Size 14.6 inches 14 inches
Type OLED OLED
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No -
PPI 257 ppi 162 ppi
Aspect ratio 3:2 16:10
Resolution 3120 x 2080 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen Yes Yes
Coating Glossy Glossy
Ambient light sensor Yes No
Screen space comparison
MagicBook Art 14
14.6″ (3:2 ratio) = 98.4 in2
Zenbook 14 OLED (Q425)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~11% more screen space
Display tests
Contrast 1000000:1 1000000:1
sRGB color space 99.9% 100%
Adobe RGB profile 86% 99%
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% 100%
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Max. brightness
1600 nits

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time 1:38 hr -
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes
Charging port position Left Right
Charge power 65 W 65 W
Weight of AC adapter 205 grams 217 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 1.7 GHz 1.4 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.9 GHz 4.8 GHz
Cores 14 (4P + 10E) 16 (6P + 10E)
Threads 14 22
L3 Cache 18 MB 24 MB
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130T Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
Fabrication process 3 nm 7 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 35 W 28 W
Type Integrated Integrated
Fabrication process 5 nm 5 nm
GPU base clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU boost clock 2200 MHz 2250 MHz
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS 4.6 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared System Shared
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory speed 8.4 Gbps 7.47 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 896 1024
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 56 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 28 32
GPU performance 3.9 TFLOPS 4.6 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 549 -
Solar Bay 11380 -
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x4 GB
Clock 8400 MHz 7467 MHz
Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Upgradable No No

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x1024 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 1 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers) 2.0
Power - 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Loudness ~79.1 dB ~79.4 dB
Microphones 3 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v7 v6E
Bluetooth v5.4 v5.3
Fingerprint Yes No
Infrared sensor No Yes
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Ports
USB-A 1x USB 3.2 1x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 2x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 Thunderbolt 4
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) No No
SD card reader No No
Proprietary charging port No No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm 1.4 mm
Touchpad
Size 120.0 x 7.2 cm 12.9 x 7.3 cm
Surface Glass Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes
Further details
Notes on MagicBook Art 14:
    - Intel model: Wi-Fi 6E; Snapdragon model: Wi-Fi 7. Snapdragon offers faster memory at 8448 Gbps.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.

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