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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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Key Differences
Advantages of the HP Spectre x360 16
- Performs significantly better (up to 3.4x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Can run popular games at about 58-80% higher FPS
- Features a bigger (~26%) battery – 83 against 66 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Better webcam recording quality
- 32% sharper screen – 226 versus 171 pixels per inch (PPI)
Advantages of the HP Spectre x360 14
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 790 grams less (around 1.74 lbs)
- Around 45% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Much smaller footprint: 25% more compact case (101.8 vs 136.1 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.15 kg (4.74 lbs) | 1.36 kg (3 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 358 x 245.36 x 19.9 mm 14.09 x 9.66 x 0.78 inches |
298 x 220.4 x 16.9 mm 11.73 x 8.68 x 0.67 inches |
| Area | 878 cm2 (136.1 inches2) | 657 cm2 (101.8 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~84.5% | ~82.6% |
| Side bezels | 6.7 mm | 6.3 mm |
| Colors | Black, Blue | Black, Silver, Blue |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | Yes | Yes |
| Opening angle | 360° | 360° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | - | 41.5 dB |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 13.5 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 226 ppi | 171 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 3:2 |
| Resolution | 3072 x 1920 pixels | 1920 x 1280 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | Yes | Yes |
| Coating | Glossy (Antireflective) | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Screen space comparison
Spectre x360 16
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
Spectre x360 14
13.5″ (3:2 ratio) = 84.1 in2
~36% more screen space
| Contrast | - | 2609:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 98.5% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 67.9% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 65.8% |
| Response time | - | 50 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:35 hr | 2:35 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Right | Right |
| Charge power | 90 / 135 W | 65 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | - |
| Weight of AC adapter | - | 290 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.1 GHz | 0.9-2.4 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.7 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Cores | 12 (4P + 8E) | 4 |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 18 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) | Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 40 W | 15 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | Yes | - |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 6 nm | 10 nm |
| GPU base clock | - | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | - | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | 3.5 TFLOPS | 1.7 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 4 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory bus | 64 bit | - |
| Memory speed | ~12 Gbps | 4.27 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1024 | 640 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 | 40 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 20 |
| GPU performance | 3.5 TFLOPS | 1.7 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 325 | - |
| Solar Bay | 10657 | - |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | LPDDR4X |
| 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 | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 4.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | - | ~79.6 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 2560 x 1440 | 1280 x 720 |
| 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 | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.5 mm |
| Size | - | 11.5 x 7.4 cm |
| Surface | Glass | 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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