Huawei MateBook 16 (2021) vs HP Spectre x360 14 (2021)
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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
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Huawei MateBook 16 (2021)
- Around 2.1x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Features a bigger (~27%) battery – 84 against 66 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
Advantages of the HP Spectre x360 14 (2021)
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 650 grams less (around 1.43 lbs)
- Can run popular games at about 15-20% higher FPS
- Display has support for touch input
- Much smaller footprint: 28% more compact case (100.3 vs 138.7 square inches)
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.99 kg (4.39 lbs) | 1.34 kg (2.95 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 351 x 254.9 x 17.8 mm 13.82 x 10.04 x 0.7 inches |
293.8 x 220.1 x 16.9 mm 11.57 x 8.67 x 0.67 inches |
| Area | 895 cm2 (138.8 inches2) | 647 cm2 (100.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~85.2% | ~83.9% |
| Side bezels | 6.4 mm | 4.3 mm |
| Colors | Gray | Black, Silver, Blue |
| Transformer | No | Yes |
| Opening angle | 145° | 360° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
| Noise level | 42.4 dB | 41.5 dB |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 13.5 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 189 ppi | 171 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 3:2 |
| Resolution | 2520 x 1680 pixels | 1920 x 1280 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | Yes |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Contrast | 1500:1 | 2609:1 |
| sRGB color space | 94.9% | 985.5% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 65.1% | 67.9% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 63.1% | 65.8% |
| Response time | 34 ms | 50 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:30 hr | 2:35 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Right |
| Charge power | 135 W | 65 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 482 grams | 290 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 3.3 GHz | 0.9-2.4 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 4 |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 7 | Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 10 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 10-45 W | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1600 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.108 TFLOPS | 1.41 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Memory speed | 3.2 Gbps | 3.2 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 448 | 640 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 28 | 40 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 7 | 20 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | No | - |
| Loudness | 86 dB | 79.6 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | In the keyboard button | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1280 x 720 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Size | 14.1 x 9.1 cm | 11.5 x 7.4 cm |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can be different depending on the laptop’s particular configuration or region.
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