Honor MagicBook X16 Plus 2025 vs Dell 16 Plus
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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 X16 Plus 2025
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Around 34% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- 33% sharper screen – 189 versus 142 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
Advantages of the Dell 16 Plus
- Can run popular games at about 41-56% higher FPS
- Features a a little bigger (~7%) battery – 64 against 60 watt-hours
- Better webcam recording quality
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.79 kg (3.95 lbs) | 1.87 kg (4.12 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 356.2 x 250.1 x 17.9 mm 14.02 x 9.85 x 0.7 inches |
356.78 x 250.6 x 16.99 mm 14.05 x 9.87 x 0.67 inches |
| Area | 891 cm2 (138.1 inches2) | 894 cm2 (138.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~83.3% | ~83% |
| Side bezels | 5.8 mm | 6.1 mm |
| Colors | Gray | Blue |
| Material | Aluminum | Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | - | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | - | 46.9 dB |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| PPI | 189 ppi | 142 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | - | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | - | No |
| Contrast | - | 1000:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | - |
| Response time | - | 35 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | - | 15.2 V |
| Full charging time | - | 2:00 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 | 65 W | 65 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 199 grams | 273 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.7 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.9 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Cores | 12 (4P + 8E) | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 18 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (80EU) | Intel Arc Graphics 130V |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 3 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 | 30 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 600 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1500 MHz | 1850 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.9 TFLOPS | 3.3 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 4.27 Gbps | 8.53 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 640 | 896 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 40 | - |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 20 | - |
| GPU performance | 1.9 TFLOPS | 3.3 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 558 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 4266 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR4X | 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 | 1x512 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | - | Realtek ALC3329 |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | - | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | - | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~82.7 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | No | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | No | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 | 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 type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1 mm |
| Size | 11.9 x 7.1 cm | 13.3 x 9.0 cm |
| Surface | - | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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