Honor MagicBook X16 Plus 2025 vs Magicbook Pro 16
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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
- Performs significantly better (up to 9.1x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Can run popular games at about 206-281% higher FPS
- Higher screen refresh rate: 165 versus 120 Hz
- Features a bigger (~25%) battery – 75 against 60 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Better webcam recording quality
- Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits
- 20% sharper screen – 226 versus 189 pixels per inch (PPI)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.79 kg (3.95 lbs) | 1.79 kg (3.95 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 356.2 x 250.1 x 17.9 mm 14.02 x 9.85 x 0.7 inches |
354 x 242 x 19.9 mm 13.94 x 9.53 x 0.78 inches |
| Area | 891 cm2 (138.1 inches2) | 857 cm2 (132.8 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~83.3% | ~86.6% |
| Side bezels | 5.8 mm | 4.7 mm |
| Colors | Gray | White, Purple |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | - | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 2 |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 165 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | - |
| PPI | 189 ppi | 226 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1600 pixels | 3072 x 1920 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Ambient light sensor | - | Yes |
| Contrast | - | 1200:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 100% |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| 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 | 90 / 140 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 199 grams | 237 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.7 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.9 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Cores | 12 (4P + 8E) | 14 (4P + 10E) |
| Threads | 16 | 18 |
| L3 Cache | 18 MB | 18 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (80EU) | Arc Graphics (7-Cores) |
| Fabrication process | 10 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 | 15 W | - |
| Type | Integrated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU boost clock | 1500 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | 1.9 TFLOPS | 9-14.6 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | - | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 4.27 Gbps | ~16 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 640 | 3072 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 40 | 96 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 20 | 48 |
| GPU performance | 1.9 TFLOPS | 9-14.6 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 2357 |
| Solar Bay | - | 30893 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 4266 MHz | 6400 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 | 1x1024 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) |
| Dolby Atmos | - | No |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.1 |
| Fingerprint | No | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | No | No |
| 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 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| 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 | 1.5 mm |
| Size | 11.9 x 7.1 cm | 13.4 x 8.1 cm |
| Surface | - | Glass |
| 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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