Hello, Hello everyone! I am Mr. Shen! Speaking of which all-round laptops are available in 2022? The Honor MagicBook 14 is definitely one that is often mentioned. After searching around, I found that there are not many actual test contents for independent versions on the market. As we all know, for application scenarios such as video editing, 3D rendering, the performance improvement brought by independent graphics is quite considerable. I believe that many friends have similar needs like me. I have used this Honor MagicBook 14 (Intel i5-12500H CPU + NVIDIA RTX2050 independent graphics card) laptop for a while, and the experience is really great, so I want to talk to you in detail from the perspective of actual experience and testing. Without further ado, let's take a look at the appearance.
Appearance parsing
First of all, I personally think that the appearance design of Honor MagicBook 14 is still very outstanding. My color scheme is Starry Sky Gray, which is deeper than another Glacier Silver color scheme. Because it uses aviation-grade aluminum alloy, it has a very textured texture.
plus it is about 15.9mm thin and about 1.54kg light. Although it is a laptop equipped with a 14-inch screen with a high-performance RTX 2050 independent graphics card, it is not heavy in hand and it is still quite portable.
Let’s take a look at the effect of the laptop after opening it, because the screen is a 14-inch fully-fitting mirror screen, and the sense of integration is very strong. The aspect ratio of 3:2 is also more suitable for office, especially for display in productivity applications. The high resolution of
2160*1440 pixels also means that the pixel dots per inch of 185PPI are displayed, and the display effects of complex document forms, high-definition pictures, and 4K Blu-ray movies are all clear.
In addition, the computer's camera is on the top of the screen, so when holding online meetings or taking online classes, the camera's perspective is more natural. Plus the resolution of 720P can also ensure very sufficient clarity.
The keyboard comes with a 1.5mm long key range, and the island-style full-size design key spacing reaches 19.05mm, which makes the typing efficiency very high.
power button is the fingerprint recognition button. You can unlock and enter the system desktop with a quick speed.
keyboard also has three-stage backlight adjustment, which is switched through Fn+space bar. In this way, in some dark or night use environments, you don’t need to completely to blindly.
Performance & heat dissipation performance
not only has a high-end appearance, but the performance of Honor MagicBook 14 also surprised me. First of all, Honor’s self-developed OS Turbo is very interesting. This is a system-level performance and power consumption optimization engine. The goal is to ensure excellent computer performance while reducing the computer's power consumption and extending battery life.
In daily use of light loads, the power consumption is indeed controlled very well. It is often the case that the power consumption of CPU and GPU is in single digits, and the whole machine has a power of more than 10W. In this way, Honor's claim of 20.5 hours of standby time for the screen to be on is reasonable.
Let’s take a look at the performance score. The CPU on this machine is Intel i5-12500H.
can be seen through CPU-Z. This is the 12th generation Core standard pressure CPU of Intel. The specific performance parameters are 12 cores and 16 threads, including 4 P cores, 8 E cores, 18M L3 cache, and comes with Xe core graphics. TDP has reached 45W, which is what everyone often calls "standard pressure U", and the performance is worth looking forward to.
In terms of actual performance, the CPU-Z's running score is 637.5 points for single core and 6030.6 points for multi-core, which is indeed quite amazing. Especially the multi-core performance, compared with the 11th generation i5, it can also be better equipped to run multi-tasking and large-scale productivity software. The running score of
GeekBench R23 is single-core 1672 points and multi-core 12181 points, confirming the conclusion of the above CPU-Z test scores. This CPU is really good, and it is also very suitable to have a separate graphics card like RTX 2050. In terms of graphics cards, you can see through GPU-Z that the computer adopts a dual graphics card architecture. The graphics card ( integrated into the CPU display core ) is Intel Iris Xe, with 80 EUs, and this graphics card is enough for daily Internet access and office use.
, while the independent graphics card is the GeForce RTX 2050 from NVIDIA. It adopts the Ampere architecture and comes with a large 4GB video memory. It also supports real-time ray tracing technology and DLSS super sampling technology. There are also new cutting-edge AI features such as NVIDIA BROADCAST.
For my daily work needs, the addition of this unique graphics card can greatly improve the creative efficiency of video editing. Even for most laptops, the very challenging 4K video editing and output requirements can be completed relatively smoothly.
In addition to the very strong CPU and graphics card, the Honor MagicBook 14 series comes standard with 16GB of memory and 512GB SSD. Among them, SSD is quite fast, as shown below. You can see that the continuous reading speed reaches a very exaggerated 6667MB/s, and the continuous writing is 4896MB/s, which are all very fast. The advantage of this is that it is the speed of powering on and off, and the speed of reading large documents and large-capacity video materials is quite fast. In terms of cooling, in daily life, the new cooling design equipped on this laptop brings a good silent cooling effect when running some high-load applications. For example, the power of the CPU running at full load can be stable at around 50W. At this time, the fan sound will become loud, but it will not be noisy, and there will be no sharp noise. The overall sound is relatively smooth.
During the dual-copy test, the peak power of the whole machine can reach about 90W, which also proves the necessity of a standard 100W fast charging head.
and long-term dual copying, the performance release and heat dissipation of this laptop are also very satisfactory. The total power is around 70W, and the power distribution is roughly CPU 25-26W and GPU 44-45W.
battery life and advantages
In addition to good performance, Honor MagicBook 14 is equipped with a 75Wh super large battery standard. With the support of self-developed OS Turbo technology, you won’t be too anxious to forget to bring a charging cable when you go out to study/office. Based on my daily experience of using it, regular Internet access, document processing, video watching, and networking can be used for a whole working day without plugging in. By the end of the night, I still have about 30% of the battery life left, which is much more durable than computers of the same level.
not only lasts for a long battery life, but also charges quickly. The RTX2050 independent graphics card is equipped with 100W gallium nitride fast charging standard. The charger is not only relatively small in size, but also can achieve a fast recovery speed of "charging for 15 minutes, working for 3.5 hours; charging for 80 minutes, charging for 10 minutes".
100W gallium nitride charger supports PD, PPS, and SCP protocols, and can charge mobile phones and tablets and the speed is very fast. This is enough for a short-distance business trip. So in terms of battery life and fast charging, Honor MagicBook 14 performs quite well.
Other highlights
The Honor ecosystem of this notebook is also very good, such as supporting Honor mobile phone/tablet/smart screen multi-screen collaboration. If there is Honor or Huawei mobile phone , you can quickly transfer photos and documents on the phone to the computer with just one touch. It also supports "three windows and multiple openings", which can simultaneously open 3 independent mobile applications on the PC screen, and can directly drag and drop text and pictures. Similarly, PC can also cooperate with Honor tablet , such as using mirror mode to transform the tablet into a writing board, create PS or use a tablet stylus to sign files. You can also use the expansion mode to allow the tablet to be used as an expansion screen for the PC, easily achieving dual-screen use and improving work efficiency.
Computer comes with Wi-Fi 6 wireless network card , and a 2x2 MIMO dual antenna design. Because the router I use is also Wi-Fi 6, the stability and speed of wireless network connection are very satisfactory, and there is no need to connect to a network cable for daily use.
computer has good expansion, and one side comes with 2 full-function USB-C interfaces and 1 3.5mm headphone port.
On the other side is 1 USB-A 3.2 Gen1 interface and 1 HDMI interface. It can connect multiple monitors and keyboards at the same time to further improve work efficiency.
can also connect to high-speed PSSD (mobile solid-state drive) to quickly transfer large material files. Especially I often have to transfer video material source files from dozens of GB to 100GB. The two USB-C interfaces of Honor MagicBook 14 are all high-speed USB 3.2 Gen2 specifications, which is very worry-free to use and can basically maintain a transmission speed of 1GB/s.
Summary
Overall, Honor MagicBook 14 has a strong comprehensive product strength, and it is no wonder that it has achieved a double harvest of reputation and sales since its release. Specifically for this high-end version of the i5 12500H + RTX 2050 independent graphics, the independent graphics with good performance has greatly enhanced the performance of ray tracing and DLSS, especially when doing video editing and post-production special effects. At the same time, because the CPU also comes with core graphics, it is equipped with Honor's OS Turbo technology and 75Wh super large battery, and its battery life is quite strong. In other aspects, the 3:2 high-definition productivity screen, reliable cooling system, very fast built-in SSD solid-state hard drive , excellent expansion capabilities, and light and textured appearance design make this machine a very all-round product at a price of more than 6,000 yuan. If you use the performance of a unique graphics card, it is very suitable to choose this high-end one. I personally think it is particularly suitable for college students and people in the workplace. After all, I have the uniqueness in my hands. I don’t need to panic at all when the needs for study and work tasks have increased. The recent annual Double 12 promotion is about to begin, so friends can take advantage of the discount period, which is more cost-effective.
If you don’t need a separate display, you can also choose the standard pressure i5 integrated display, which is also very cost-effective.
