Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15 vs HP Spectre x360 16
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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 Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 460 grams less (around 1.01 lbs)
Advantages of the HP Spectre x360 16
- Can run popular games at about 108-147% higher FPS
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Features a much bigger (~75%) battery – 83 against 47.4 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Around 11% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Better webcam recording quality
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.54 kg (3.4 lbs) | 2 kg (4.41 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 339.5 x 244 x 14.7 mm 13.37 x 9.61 x 0.58 inches |
358 x 245.3 x 19.9 mm 14.09 x 9.66 x 0.78 inches |
| Area | 828 cm2 (128.5 inches2) | 878 cm2 (136.1 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~80.9% | ~84.5% |
| Side bezels | 11.3 mm | 6.7 mm |
| Colors | Black, Gold, Gray, Blue | Black, Blue |
| Transformer | No | Yes |
| Opening angle | - | 360° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Noise level | 40 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 15 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 200 ppi | 226 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2496 x 1664 pixels | 3072 x 1920 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | - |
| Touchscreen | Yes | Yes |
| Coating | Glossy | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Contrast | 1558:1 | 1000:1 |
| sRGB color space | 97.7% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 62% | 74% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 65.1% | 74% |
| Response time | 45 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:20 hr | 1:55 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 | 65 W | 135 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 306 gramm | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.2-3.0 GHz | 2.9-3.4 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.8 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU | Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU |
| Fabrication process | 10 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 | 15 W | 40 W |
| Type | Integrated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 8 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 938 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | - | 1223 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.69 TFLOPS | 5.01 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | - | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 4.27 Gbps | 12 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 768 | 2048 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 48 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 24 | 40 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 4266 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR4X | DDR4 |
| Upgradable | No | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
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 | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Loudness | 78.7 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5 | v5.2 |
| Fingerprint | No | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | No | 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 | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.3 mm | - |
| Surface | Glass | - |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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