Huawei MateBook X Pro (2024) vs Honor 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 Huawei MateBook X Pro (2024)
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 810 grams less (around 1.79 lbs)
- Around 27% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Display has support for touch input
- Provides 100% higher max. screen brightness: 1000 vs 500 nits
- Much smaller footprint: 20% more compact case (106.6 vs 132.8 square inches)
- 17% sharper screen – 264 versus 226 pixels per inch (PPI)
Advantages of the Honor Magicbook Pro 16
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Higher screen refresh rate: 165 versus 120 Hz
- Can run popular games at about 53-72% higher FPS
- Features a a little bigger (~7%) battery – 75 against 70 watt-hours
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 0.98 kg (2.16 lbs) | 1.79 kg (3.95 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 310 x 222 x 13.5 mm 12.2 x 8.74 x 0.53 inches |
354 x 242 x 19.9 mm 13.94 x 9.53 x 0.78 inches |
| Area | 688 cm2 (106.6 inches2) | 857 cm2 (132.8 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~87.3% | ~86.6% |
| Side bezels | 4.9 mm | 4.7 mm |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue | White, Purple |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 135° | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 46.8 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 14.2 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 165 Hz |
| PPI | 264 ppi | 226 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 3120 x 2080 pixels | 3072 x 1920 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10 |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | Yes | No |
| Coating | Glossy | - |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Screen space comparison
Magicbook Pro 16
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
MateBook X Pro (2024)
14.2″ (3:2 ratio) = 93.1 in2
~23% more screen space
| Contrast | 1000000:1 | 1200:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | - |
| Adobe RGB profile | 94.6% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 99.8% | 100% |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:33 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 | 90 / 140 W | 90 / 140 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 236 grams | 237 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.4 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.8 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Cores | 16 (6P + 10E) | 14 (4P + 10E) |
| Threads | 22 | 18 |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB | 18 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) | Arc Graphics (7-Cores) |
| Fabrication process | 7 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 | 28 W | - |
| Type | Integrated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU boost clock | 2250 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | 4.6 TFLOPS | 9-14.6 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | - | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 6.4 Gbps | ~16 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1024 | 3072 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 | 96 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 48 |
| GPU performance | 4.6 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 | 6400 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | 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 | 1x1024 GB | 1x1024 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) |
| Power | 4x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Loudness | ~85.1 dB | - |
| Microphones | 4 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.1 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | No | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | No | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | No | 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 | No | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.5 mm |
| Size | - | 13.4 x 8.1 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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