Samsung Galaxy Book Flex 2 Alpha (13") vs Huawei MateBook X Pro 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 Samsung Galaxy Book Flex 2 Alpha (13")
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 150 grams less (around 0.33 lbs)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 600 vs 450 nits
- Smaller footprint: 7% more compact case (95.3 vs 102.3 square inches)
Advantages of the Huawei MateBook X Pro 2021
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Thinner bezels and 10% higher screen-to-body ratio
- High-speed PCI Express Gen 4 interface
- 56% sharper screen – 259 versus 166 pixels per inch (PPI)
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 1.18 kg (2.6 lbs) | 1.33 kg (2.93 lbs) |
Dimensions | 304.8 x 201.93 x 13.97 mm 12 x 7.95 x 0.55 inches |
304 x 217 x 14.6 mm 11.97 x 8.54 x 0.57 inches |
Area | 615 cm2 (95.4 inches2) | 660 cm2 (102.2 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~79.2% | ~87.2% |
Side bezels | 5.2 mm | 5.1 mm |
Colors | Black, Silver | Gray, Green |
Transformer | Yes | No |
Opening angle | 360° | 135° |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Active |
Vapor chamber | No | Yes |
Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
Display
Size | 13.3 inches | 13.9 inches |
Type | IPS LCD | LTPS LCD |
Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
PPI | 166 ppi | 259 ppi |
Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 3:2 |
Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 3000 x 2000 pixels |
HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | - |
Touchscreen | Yes | Yes |
Coating | Glossy | Glossy (Antireflective) |
Contrast | - | 1500:1 |
sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 74% |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
Replaceable | No | No |
Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
USB Power Delivery | No | Yes |
Charging port position | Left | Left |
Charge power | 40 W | 65 W |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 0.9-2.4 GHz | 0.9-2.4 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
Cores | 4 | 4 |
Threads | 8 | 8 |
L3 Cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU | Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU |
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 | 15 W |
Type | Integrated | Integrated |
Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
GPU boost clock | 1100 MHz | 1100 MHz |
FLOPS | 1.41 TFLOPS | 1.41 TFLOPS |
Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
Memory speed | 4.27 Gbps | 3.73 Gbps |
Shading units (cores) | 640 | 640 |
Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 40 | 40 |
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 20 | 20 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
Channels | 2x4 GB | 2x4 GB |
Clock | 4267 MHz | 3733 MHz |
Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x512 GB |
Upgradable | Yes | - |
Total slots | 1 | 1 |
NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
Speakers | 2.0 | 2.2 |
Power | 2x1.5W | - |
Dolby Atmos | Yes | - |
Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6 |
Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.1 |
Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
Optical drive | No | No |
Webcam | Above the display | In the keyboard button |
Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1280 x 720 |
USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 4.0 |
Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 4 |
HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | No |
DisplayPort | No | No |
VGA | No | No |
Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
SD card reader | Yes | No |
Proprietary charging port | Yes | No |
Input
Keyboard type | Island | Island |
Numpad | No | No |
Backlight | Yes | Yes |
Size | 11.9 x 7.8 cm | - |
Surface | Glass | Glass |
Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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