HP OmniBook 5 16" vs OmniBook 3 15.6"
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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 HP OmniBook 5 16"
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Features a much bigger (~44%) battery – 59 against 41 watt-hours
- Can run popular games at about 18-25% higher FPS
- Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
Advantages of the HP OmniBook 3 15.6"
- Around 32% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 32GB)
- Smaller footprint: 7% more compact case (131.6 vs 141.2 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.79 kg (3.95 lbs) | 1.7 kg (3.75 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 357.7 x 254.8 x 17.9 mm 14.08 x 10.03 x 0.7 inches |
359.8 x 236 x 18.6 mm 14.17 x 9.29 x 0.73 inches |
| Area | 911 cm2 (141.2 inches2) | 849 cm2 (131.6 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~81.4% | ~79% |
| Side bezels | 6.5 mm | 7.2 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Silver |
| 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) | 39 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 15.6 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 142 ppi | 141 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | - | No |
Screen space comparison
OmniBook 5 16"
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
OmniBook 3 15.6"
15.6″ (16:9 ratio) = 104 in2
~10% more screen space
| sRGB color space | 62.5% | 62.5% |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:10 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 | 310 grams | 168 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.5 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.8 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| Cores | 12 (2P + 10E) | 6 (3P + 3E) |
| Threads | 14 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Radeon 840M |
| Fabrication process | 3 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 | 14 W | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2000 MHz | 2900 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2 TFLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Memory speed | 7.47 Gbps | 5.6 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 256 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 16 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 8 |
| GPU performance | 2 TFLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 121 |
| Solar Bay | - | 6578 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 1x16 GB |
| Clock | 7467 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 32 GB |
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 | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | ~80.3 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | No | No |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | No | 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 | Optional |
| 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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