Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Ultra vs HP Omen 17 (2023)
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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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Key Differences
Advantages of the Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Ultra
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 990 grams less (around 2.18 lbs)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Thinner bezels and 5% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Better webcam recording quality
- 67% sharper screen – 212 versus 127 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Provides 67% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 300 nits
- Much smaller footprint: 14% more compact case (137.9 vs 161.2 square inches)
Advantages of the HP Omen 17 (2023)
- Higher screen refresh rate: 144 versus 120 Hz
- Can run popular games at about 70-95% higher FPS
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Around 27% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Features a a little bigger (~9%) battery – 83 against 76 watt-hours
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 32GB)
Value for money
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 1.79 kg (3.95 lbs) | 2.78 kg (6.13 lbs) |
Dimensions | 355.4 x 250.4 x 16.5 mm 13.99 x 9.86 x 0.65 inches |
397.1 x 262 x 27 mm 15.63 x 10.31 x 1.06 inches |
Area | 890 cm2 (137.9 inches2) | 1040 cm2 (161.1 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~83.4% | ~79.3% |
Side bezels | 5.4 mm | 7.1 mm |
Colors | Gray | Black |
Material | Aluminum | Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
Transformer | No | No |
Opening angle | 125° | 180° |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Active |
Vapor chamber | No | No |
Liquid metal | No | No |
Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
Noise level (max. load) | 41 dB | - |
Display
Size | 16 inches | 17.3 inches |
Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
PPI | 212 ppi | 127 ppi |
Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:9 |
Resolution | 2880 x 1800 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
Sync technology | No | G-Sync |
Touchscreen | No | No |
Coating | Glossy | Matte |
Ambient light sensor | Yes | No |
Screen space comparison
Omen 17 (2023)
17.3″ (16:9 ratio) = 127.9 in2
Galaxy Book 3 Ultra
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
~11% more screen space
Contrast | 13333:1 | - |
sRGB color space | 100% | - |
Adobe RGB profile | 96.3% | - |
DCI-P3 color gamut | 99.9% | - |
Response time | 1 ms | 7 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
Full charging time | 1:20 hr | 2:00 hr |
Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
Replaceable | No | No |
Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
Charging port position | Left | Left |
Charge power | 100 W | 330 W |
Weight of AC adapter | 323 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 2.4 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 5 GHz | 5 GHz |
Cores | 14 (6P + 8E) | 16 (8P + 8E) |
Threads | 20 | 24 |
L3 Cache | 24 MB | 30 MB |
Integrated GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) | Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) |
Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
TGP | 60 W | 140 W |
Nvidia Optimus | MUX | MUX |
Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
Fabrication process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
FLOPS | 7.4 TFLOPS | 16.8 TFLOPS |
Memory size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
Memory bus | 96 bit | 128 bit |
Memory speed | ~16 Gbps | ~16 Gbps |
Shading units (cores) | 2560 | 3072 |
Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 80 | 96 |
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 32 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
Clock | 6000 MHz | 5600 MHz |
Type | LPDDR5 | DDR5 |
Upgradable | No | Yes |
Total slots | - | 2 |
Max. ram size | - | 32 GB |
Storage
Storage size
Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x512 GB |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | 2 |
NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 2.0 |
Power | 2x5W, 2x2W | 2x2W |
Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Loudness | ~83 dB | - |
Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6E |
Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5.3 |
Fingerprint | Yes | No |
Infrared sensor | No | No |
Optical drive | No | No |
Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1280 x 720 |
USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 1x USB 4.0 |
Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
DisplayPort | No | 1x v1.4 |
VGA | No | No |
Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
Ethernet (RJ45) | No | Yes |
SD card reader | Yes | No |
Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
Keyboard type | Island | Mechanical |
Numpad | Yes | No |
Backlight | Yes | Yes |
Key travel | 1 mm | - |
Size | 15.1 x 10.8 cm | - |
Surface | Glass | Plastic |
Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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