HP Spectre x360 16 vs x360 14 (2024)

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Review

Evaluation of HP Spectre x360 16 and x360 14 (2024) important characteristics
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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40.5
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Value Index
59.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the HP Spectre x360 16
  • Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Features a bigger (~22%) battery – 83 against 68 watt-hours
Advantages of the HP Spectre x360 14 (2024)
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
  • Around 4.2x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • Significantly easier to carry: weighs 710 grams less (around 1.57 lbs)
  • Can run popular games at about 6-8% higher FPS
  • Much smaller footprint: 21% more compact case (107.1 vs 136.1 square inches)
  • Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 2.15 kg (4.74 lbs) 1.44 kg (3.18 lbs)
Dimensions 358 x 245.36 x 19.9 mm
14.09 x 9.66 x 0.78 inches
313.7 x 220.4 x 16.9 mm
12.35 x 8.68 x 0.67 inches
Area 878 cm2 (136.1 inches2) 691 cm2 (107.2 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~84.5% ~82.2%
Side bezels 6.7 mm 6.1 mm
Colors Black, Blue Silver, Gray
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Transformer Yes Yes
Opening angle 360° 360°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2
Noise level (max. load) - 32.6 dB

Display

Size 16 inches 14 inches
Type IPS LCD OLED
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
PPI 226 ppi 243 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 3072 x 1920 pixels 2880 x 1800 pixels
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10
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 (2024)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~30% more screen space
Display tests
Contrast - 1000000:1
sRGB color space 100% 100%
Adobe RGB profile - 89.3%
DCI-P3 color gamut - 99.8%
Response time - 1 ms
Max. brightness
400 nits
500 nits

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time 1:35 hr 2:20 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 - 310 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.1 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz 4.5 GHz
Cores 12 (4P + 8E) 14 (4P + 10E)
Threads 16 18
L3 Cache 18 MB 18 MB
Integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) 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 40 W 28 W
Nvidia Optimus Yes -
Type Dedicated Integrated
Fabrication process 6 nm 5 nm
GPU base clock - 300 MHz
GPU boost clock - 2200 MHz
FLOPS 3.5 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS
Memory size 4 GB System Shared
Memory type GDDR6 LPDDR5X
Memory bus 64 bit -
Memory speed ~12 Gbps 7.47 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 1024 896
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64 56
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 24
GPU performance 3.5 TFLOPS 3.9 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 2x8 GB
Clock 3200 MHz 7467 MHz
Type DDR4 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 1x256 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 1 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)
Dolby Atmos No No
Loudness - ~84.4 dB
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v7
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.4
Fingerprint Yes Yes
Infrared sensor Yes Yes
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 2560 x 1440 -
Ports
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 No
Proprietary charging port No No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm -
Touchpad
Size - 13.8 x 8.7 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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