Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 4 vs HP Omnibook X 17” (2026)
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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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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 4
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 710 grams less (around 1.57 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
- Much smaller footprint: 13% more compact case (137.3 vs 158.7 square inches)
Advantages of the HP Omnibook X 17” (2026)
- Can run popular games at about 51-69% higher FPS
- Features a much bigger (~58%) battery – 76 against 48 watt-hours
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Around 54% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Display has support for touch input
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.63 kg (3.59 lbs) | 2.34 kg (5.16 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 356 x 249 x 21.15 mm 14.02 x 9.8 x 0.83 inches |
396 x 258.6 x 15.2 mm 15.59 x 10.18 x 0.6 inches |
| Area | 886 cm2 (137.4 inches2) | 1024 cm2 (158.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~83.7% | ~80.6% |
| Side bezels | 5.7 mm | 6.5 mm |
| Colors | Black | 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 | 2 |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 17.3 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 142 ppi | 127 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 | Yes |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
Screen space comparison
Omnibook X 17” (2026)
17.3″ (16:9 ratio) = 127.9 in2
ThinkPad E16 Gen 4
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
~11% more screen space
| Contrast | 1000:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes, 65 W | Yes, 100 W |
| Charging port position | Left | Left, Right |
| Charge power | 65 / 100 W | 65 / 100 W |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.5 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.6 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Cores | 6 (2P + 4E) | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 6 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) | Intel Xe3 Graphics |
| Fabrication process | 2 nm | 2 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 25 W | 25 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2500 MHz | 2450 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.3 TFLOPS | 2.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 5.6 Gbps | 8.53 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 256 | 512 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 16 | 32 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 8 | 16 |
| GPU performance | 1.3 TFLOPS | 2.5 TFLOPS |
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 2x12 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| Max. ram size | 64 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Senary SN6147 | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v6.0 | v6.0 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | No |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 3x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | No |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | Yes |
| Backlight | Optional | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | - |
| Size | 11.5 x 6.7 cm | - |
| Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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