Honor Magicbook Pro 16 vs MagicBook X16 Plus 2024
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Review
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)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Honor Magicbook Pro 16
- Higher screen refresh rate: 165 versus 120 Hz
- Performs significantly better (up to 3x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Can run popular games at about 66-90% higher FPS
- Features a bigger (~25%) battery – 75 against 60 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Better webcam recording quality
- Provides 67% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 300 nits
- 59% sharper screen – 226 versus 142 pixels per inch (PPI)
Advantages of the Honor MagicBook X16 Plus 2024
- Around 27% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.79 kg (3.95 lbs) | 1.75 kg (3.86 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 354 x 242 x 19.9 mm 13.94 x 9.53 x 0.78 inches |
356.2 x 250.1 x 17.9 mm 14.02 x 9.85 x 0.7 inches |
| Area | 857 cm2 (132.8 inches2) | 891 cm2 (138.1 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~86.6% | ~83.3% |
| Side bezels | 4.7 mm | 5.8 mm |
| Colors | White, Purple | Gray |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 150° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 120 Hz |
| PPI | 226 ppi | 142 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 3072 x 1920 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | - |
| Contrast | 1200:1 | 1200:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 100% | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | - | 1:30 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 90 / 140 W | 65 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 237 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.2 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| Cores | 14 (4P + 10E) | 8 |
| Threads | 18 | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 18 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (7-Cores) | Radeon 780M |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 4 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | - | 15 W |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | - | 800 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | - | 2700 MHz |
| FLOPS | 9-14.6 TFLOPS | 4.1 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 8 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | - |
| Memory speed | ~16 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 3072 | 768 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 96 | 48 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 48 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 9-14.6 TFLOPS | 4.1 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 2357 | 241 |
| Solar Bay | 30893 | 11385 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 6400 MHz | 6400 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 | 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.1 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | No | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1280 x 720 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 1.4 |
| 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 type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.5 mm |
| Size | 13.4 x 8.1 cm | 11.9 x 7.1 cm |
| Surface | Glass | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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