021 is coming. As various hardware products continue to be out of stock in the DIY market, many consumers are increasingly demanding for new laptop products. Huawei took advantage of the opportunity to launch the MateBook D series new products, focusing on comprehensive and balanced thin and light laptops Huawei MateBook D 14 2021. The newly upgraded 11th-generation Core processor is its major selling point. Not only that, this product has many other upgrade highlights. As for the specific performance, IT Home happened to get a high-end i7 version in deep space gray color. I believe you will find the answer after reading this article.
Appearance and design
Huawei MateBook D 14 has always played the role of a practical person among family siblings, with a very calm and atmospheric appearance. The entire body shell is made of aluminum alloy material that is heavily tempered through 40 processes of anodization, and the surface is also made of a delicate metal sandblasting process, which makes the hand feel smooth. While ensuring the strength and toughness of the body, the aluminum alloy material also tries to be lightweighted. The color scheme of deep space gray emphasizes texture while also having a hint of calmness. The chamfers and lines around the fuselage have a round transition, so although they look square, they will not be aggressive when holding.
Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 model has a balanced measurement control, weighing 1.38kg, length, width and thickness are 322.5mm×214.8mm×15.9mm respectively. The thickest part of the body is also controlled at 15.9mm, which is slightly weighty and lighter. Paired with another classic Haoyue Silver color scheme, it will make you look younger and fashionable. The random standard 65W power adapter and dual USB-Ch data cable are also very practical. They are not only small and portable, but also capable of multiple uses, such as wired data transmission for computers and mobile phones, charging other electronic products such as mobile phones, and having a set of equipment for business trips, which is versatile and convenient.
In terms of the visual element design of the appearance, Huawei has always maintained a simple and restrained attitude. There is only a centered mirror on the A side HUAWEI logo.
D The top of the surface is a black frosted plastic shaft, and below is a long plastic anti-slip pad and vertical air intake openings.
You can see the dustproof net and a cooling fan inside the opening. There is also a set of symmetrical non-slip foot pads and speaker openings below. On the IO interface on the side of
, there is a USB-C interface that combines charging and data transmission on the left side of the body, a USB3.2 Gen1 Type-A interface and HDMI interface. There is a USB2.0 Type-A interface and a 3.5mm headphone audio interface on the right side of
; the expansion of the external connection is taken into consideration, but it would be great if you could have an extra USB-C interface.
opens the B side. Huawei MateBook D 14 does not support one-hand opening and closing, but the opening and closing angle supports 180 degrees, which will be more flexible to use in some special scenarios. Because of this, its screen has also been upgraded again, such as supporting 178-degree viewing angle, 1000:1 contrast ratio and 300 nit brightness.
Visually, since the common camera part is moved to the keyboard part, this 14-inch 1920x1080 FHD resolution IPS screen has a width and narrow bezel of 3 sides and an 84% screen-to-body ratio, and has a 16:9 ratio and 157ppi. The screen surface is matte, and the lower bezel is also marked with a HUAWEI logo.
Through AIDA64 query, we found that the manufacturer of this screen is Qunchuang Optoelectronics, and the model is N140HCA-EA3 special version. Judging from the conventional model parameters on the screen network, its main upgrade points are screen brightness, contrast, 100% sRGB color gamut and DC dimming without strobe technology. Of course, German Rhine low blue light eye protection certification is also indispensable. IT Home also conducted further testing on the specific color gamut performance of
. We have measured through the ASili i1 Display Pro Plus color calculator and DisplayCal 3 software that this screen covers 93.6% of the sRGB color gamut, 66.7% of the Adobe RGB color gamut and 68.8 DCI P3 color gamut, which is closer to the official sRGB color gamut data promotion.From this point of view, the screen quality of Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 is average, and it has improved in many aspects compared to the previous screen, and the overall screen quality has been further enhanced.
C should be the most innovative part of the MateBook series, including the hidden mid-camera that old users are already familiar with, and the power button for fingerprint recognition function. These functions are relatively practical and focus on user privacy. The former can ensure the privacy of the user's personal information. After all, the design that pops up can only be pressed is equivalent to physical blocking. Even if some rogue software is not honest and secretly obtains camera permissions, it still cannot capture you.
. While ensuring the security of internal information of the computer, the latter also facilitates the steps to unlock the computer. Although fingerprint recognition is not as natural as facial recognition,
is very in line with people's intuitive habits. However, the current fingerprint function is limited to unlocking the login system. If Huawei can continue to practice the idea of making a mobile phone on the computer, perhaps the small power button in the future can also complete seamless authorization and payment authentication functions.
keyboard layout is quite standard. The key cap part is almost the same as the previous generation, but the key stroke is longer and the feedback on typing is more powerful. The keyboard comes with two-stage backlight, and the characters are transparent, and it is also suitable for accurate text input in dark light environments. The area of the touch panel is relatively abundant, and the frosting treatment is not as smooth as the metal shell, which should be considered because of the sensitivity of the touch.
function and system
As a comprehensive and balanced practical product, Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 model does not choose to integrate the physical touch transmission function shared by Huawei in the touchpad part, but is placed separately in the lower right corner of the C side, and a label is pasted to facilitate users to identify the touch area. However, the ecological function behind this interactive system is the most outstanding experience of Huawei MateBook D 14 2021.
Multi-screen collaboration is the core function of this ecosystem. It can realize the use of keys and mouse to directly operate the apps and functions on the mobile phone with keys and mouse, access the data on the mobile phone, and even directly synchronize data, edit and modify, copy and transmit across platforms, etc.
For example, in the picture above, when I use my mobile phone to shoot a document, and use smart screen recognition to analyze and copy the text information in the picture, as long as the phone and Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 model are currently in a multi-screen collaboration connection state, I can directly paste the text I just copied on the computer. Therefore, once there is a scene where it is necessary to quickly record but is inconvenient to enter text, this combination punch can immediately play a role, quickly improving the efficiency of collaborative work between multiple devices.
Multi-screen collaboration is an ecological bond that uses distributed design to open up hardware barriers between computers, mobile phones and other products. Among them, the computer side represented by Huawei MateBook D is equivalent to the main device. The more powerful hardware also carries more computing power. It directly accesses and operates the mobile phone through the computer, improving the efficiency of computer processing information in parallel. You can also answer calls, reply to social software information on your phone, and even watch live broadcasts and play games on your computer. Currently, only Huawei's own products can achieve this. It can be said that it is a huge advantage of Huawei's MateBook D 14 2021 compared to competitors.
Hardware and Performance
In terms of hardware configuration, Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 uses the eleventh generation Intel Core processor. The specific configuration information is as follows:
- CPU: Intel Core i7-1165G7, silent frequency 2.8GHz, single-core maximum turbo 4.7GHz;
- GPU: NVIDIA® MX450, silent frequency 1395MHz;
- Memory: 16GB DDR4 3200MHz, dual channel;
- Hard disk: 512GB NVMe PCIe SSD;
- Battery: 56Wh;
- Others: Wi-Fi 6, 2x2 MIMO antenna, Bluetooth 5.1;
The core of this configuration is the 11th generation Core and the latest generation of thin and light laptops with standard mobile independent graphics Overall, the MX450 will undoubtedly be the standard configuration for mainstream thin and light notebooks next year. In fact, IT Home has already evaluated the performance of the 11th-generation Core i5 before. Let’s take this opportunity to take a look at the performance of the 11th-generation Core i7 and MX450.
is the first one of the i7-1165G7 CPUs, the silent frequency is 2.8GHz, the maximum single-core turbo frequency is 4.7GHz, and the maximum full-core turbo frequency is 4.1GHz. It is worth noting that the second-level cache of the i7-1165G7 has increased to 1280KB, while the original i7-1065G7 is 512KB; the third-level cache has increased to 12MB, which is the same as the three-level cache of the mobile version of the 10th generation standard voltage i7, which allows the CPU to read data faster. In terms of power consumption, it is directly given 28W. For the actual performance, let’s take a brief look at the running score of Cinebench R20.
In Cinebench R20, the single-core score of i7-1165G7 is 576 points, and the multi-core score is 2170 points. Compared with the previous generation i7-1065G7's single-core 460 points and multi-core 1703 points measured by IT Home, this score is 25% and 27% respectively, which is still very large.
For graphics cards, considering that many users are still using MX250 graphics cards thin and light notebooks, whether the improvement of MX450 is obvious has become another key factor for users to change their phones. It uses the TU117 core and has 896 stream processors, which is roughly equivalent to the new version of 1650. However, in terms of video memory and , this MX450 does not use the latest GDDR6, but the GDDR5 of magnesium.
We use 3D Mark as usual to perform simple running scores. Finally, I got 1978 graphics scores in TimeSpy and 4809 graphics scores in FireStrike. This set of scores is still a bit different from the MX450 that uses GDDR6 video memory and 25W power consumption, but it still has a lot of improvement compared to the MX350.
The actual performance experience, we still use the most mainstream PC game Genshin Impact to test it. It should be noted that in the Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 computer manager, two performance modes are provided, high-energy mode and balance mode. It is obvious that the former tends to have stronger performance scheduling, while the latter tends to have stronger battery life and low power consumption. When users need to run tasks with high load, they can quickly enter high-energy mode through the Fn+P key combination on the keyboard to release all performance.
After opening the game, we select 60 frames in the settings, all effect levels are turned on, rendering accuracy is 1.0, anti-aliasing level is TAA, turn on volume fog and reflection, and turn off dynamic blur. At this time, the game can be stable at 60 frames throughout the whole process. We chose the Burning Flame Tree with a relatively complex special effects scene. The GPU occupancy rate reached 93% during attack, and the frequency was around 1500MHz. Since Genshin Impact does not eat much CPU on the PC side, the occupancy rate is only 24%. The core temperatures of the CPU and GPU are 66 degrees and 68 degrees respectively. It can be said that the MX450 is already relatively OK in mainstream PC games. In FPS and MOBA PC games with lower hardware requirements, the frame rate will be better.
We also tested the multi-page opening, online video, 1080P video editing and PhotoShop editing pictures. Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 audio and video entertainment and daily office work that deals with these multi-scene videos, and can even last 8-9 hours.
In terms of sound quality, its 2W dual speakers support surround sound, as well as virtual 5.1 and virtual 7.1 multi-channel output, and optimize the sound anti-distortion algorithm. The factory-preinstalled Nahimic sound effects software can also bring rich scene presets and customization options.
hard disk part We found through CrystalDiskInfo query that its model is Samsung's MZVLB512HBJQ-0000, which is the familiar PM981a. The performance of this SSD is very outstanding. For specific reading and writing speeds, you can refer to the running scores of CrystalDiskMark.
summary
After a circle, Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 is indeed a comprehensive and balanced notebook product. Although its price is not high, it is more in line with the current entertainment office needs of young people in terms of workmanship, and will not cut corners, maintaining Huawei's consistent pursuit of quality. Not only that, the multi-screen collaboration function brought by its own ecosystem has greatly enhanced its practicality. Of course, this product is not without choice. The color gamut coverage of the screen is weak, and the MX450 that does not use GDDR6 video memory also leaves a little regret. If you don't care about this, the Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 model can be regarded as a competitive product among the 11th-generation Core new products released early next year.
From this point of view, the screen quality of Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 is average, and it has improved in many aspects compared to the previous screen, and the overall screen quality has been further enhanced.
C should be the most innovative part of the MateBook series, including the hidden mid-camera that old users are already familiar with, and the power button for fingerprint recognition function. These functions are relatively practical and focus on user privacy. The former can ensure the privacy of the user's personal information. After all, the design that pops up can only be pressed is equivalent to physical blocking. Even if some rogue software is not honest and secretly obtains camera permissions, it still cannot capture you.
. While ensuring the security of internal information of the computer, the latter also facilitates the steps to unlock the computer. Although fingerprint recognition is not as natural as facial recognition,
is very in line with people's intuitive habits. However, the current fingerprint function is limited to unlocking the login system. If Huawei can continue to practice the idea of making a mobile phone on the computer, perhaps the small power button in the future can also complete seamless authorization and payment authentication functions.
keyboard layout is quite standard. The key cap part is almost the same as the previous generation, but the key stroke is longer and the feedback on typing is more powerful. The keyboard comes with two-stage backlight, and the characters are transparent, and it is also suitable for accurate text input in dark light environments. The area of the touch panel is relatively abundant, and the frosting treatment is not as smooth as the metal shell, which should be considered because of the sensitivity of the touch.
function and system
As a comprehensive and balanced practical product, Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 model does not choose to integrate the physical touch transmission function shared by Huawei in the touchpad part, but is placed separately in the lower right corner of the C side, and a label is pasted to facilitate users to identify the touch area. However, the ecological function behind this interactive system is the most outstanding experience of Huawei MateBook D 14 2021.
Multi-screen collaboration is the core function of this ecosystem. It can realize the use of keys and mouse to directly operate the apps and functions on the mobile phone with keys and mouse, access the data on the mobile phone, and even directly synchronize data, edit and modify, copy and transmit across platforms, etc.
For example, in the picture above, when I use my mobile phone to shoot a document, and use smart screen recognition to analyze and copy the text information in the picture, as long as the phone and Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 model are currently in a multi-screen collaboration connection state, I can directly paste the text I just copied on the computer. Therefore, once there is a scene where it is necessary to quickly record but is inconvenient to enter text, this combination punch can immediately play a role, quickly improving the efficiency of collaborative work between multiple devices.
Multi-screen collaboration is an ecological bond that uses distributed design to open up hardware barriers between computers, mobile phones and other products. Among them, the computer side represented by Huawei MateBook D is equivalent to the main device. The more powerful hardware also carries more computing power. It directly accesses and operates the mobile phone through the computer, improving the efficiency of computer processing information in parallel. You can also answer calls, reply to social software information on your phone, and even watch live broadcasts and play games on your computer. Currently, only Huawei's own products can achieve this. It can be said that it is a huge advantage of Huawei's MateBook D 14 2021 compared to competitors.
Hardware and Performance
In terms of hardware configuration, Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 uses the eleventh generation Intel Core processor. The specific configuration information is as follows:
- CPU: Intel Core i7-1165G7, silent frequency 2.8GHz, single-core maximum turbo 4.7GHz;
- GPU: NVIDIA® MX450, silent frequency 1395MHz;
- Memory: 16GB DDR4 3200MHz, dual channel;
- Hard disk: 512GB NVMe PCIe SSD;
- Battery: 56Wh;
- Others: Wi-Fi 6, 2x2 MIMO antenna, Bluetooth 5.1;
The core of this configuration is the 11th generation Core and the latest generation of thin and light laptops with standard mobile independent graphics Overall, the MX450 will undoubtedly be the standard configuration for mainstream thin and light notebooks next year. In fact, IT Home has already evaluated the performance of the 11th-generation Core i5 before. Let’s take this opportunity to take a look at the performance of the 11th-generation Core i7 and MX450.
is the first one of the i7-1165G7 CPUs, the silent frequency is 2.8GHz, the maximum single-core turbo frequency is 4.7GHz, and the maximum full-core turbo frequency is 4.1GHz. It is worth noting that the second-level cache of the i7-1165G7 has increased to 1280KB, while the original i7-1065G7 is 512KB; the third-level cache has increased to 12MB, which is the same as the three-level cache of the mobile version of the 10th generation standard voltage i7, which allows the CPU to read data faster. In terms of power consumption, it is directly given 28W. For the actual performance, let’s take a brief look at the running score of Cinebench R20.
In Cinebench R20, the single-core score of i7-1165G7 is 576 points, and the multi-core score is 2170 points. Compared with the previous generation i7-1065G7's single-core 460 points and multi-core 1703 points measured by IT Home, this score is 25% and 27% respectively, which is still very large.
For graphics cards, considering that many users are still using MX250 graphics cards thin and light notebooks, whether the improvement of MX450 is obvious has become another key factor for users to change their phones. It uses the TU117 core and has 896 stream processors, which is roughly equivalent to the new version of 1650. However, in terms of video memory and , this MX450 does not use the latest GDDR6, but the GDDR5 of magnesium.
We use 3D Mark as usual to perform simple running scores. Finally, I got 1978 graphics scores in TimeSpy and 4809 graphics scores in FireStrike. This set of scores is still a bit different from the MX450 that uses GDDR6 video memory and 25W power consumption, but it still has a lot of improvement compared to the MX350.
The actual performance experience, we still use the most mainstream PC game Genshin Impact to test it. It should be noted that in the Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 computer manager, two performance modes are provided, high-energy mode and balance mode. It is obvious that the former tends to have stronger performance scheduling, while the latter tends to have stronger battery life and low power consumption. When users need to run tasks with high load, they can quickly enter high-energy mode through the Fn+P key combination on the keyboard to release all performance.
After opening the game, we select 60 frames in the settings, all effect levels are turned on, rendering accuracy is 1.0, anti-aliasing level is TAA, turn on volume fog and reflection, and turn off dynamic blur. At this time, the game can be stable at 60 frames throughout the whole process. We chose the Burning Flame Tree with a relatively complex special effects scene. The GPU occupancy rate reached 93% during attack, and the frequency was around 1500MHz. Since Genshin Impact does not eat much CPU on the PC side, the occupancy rate is only 24%. The core temperatures of the CPU and GPU are 66 degrees and 68 degrees respectively. It can be said that the MX450 is already relatively OK in mainstream PC games. In FPS and MOBA PC games with lower hardware requirements, the frame rate will be better.
We also tested the multi-page opening, online video, 1080P video editing and PhotoShop editing pictures. Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 audio and video entertainment and daily office work that deals with these multi-scene videos, and can even last 8-9 hours.
In terms of sound quality, its 2W dual speakers support surround sound, as well as virtual 5.1 and virtual 7.1 multi-channel output, and optimize the sound anti-distortion algorithm. The factory-preinstalled Nahimic sound effects software can also bring rich scene presets and customization options.
hard disk part We found through CrystalDiskInfo query that its model is Samsung's MZVLB512HBJQ-0000, which is the familiar PM981a. The performance of this SSD is very outstanding. For specific reading and writing speeds, you can refer to the running scores of CrystalDiskMark.
summary
After a circle, Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 is indeed a comprehensive and balanced notebook product. Although its price is not high, it is more in line with the current entertainment office needs of young people in terms of workmanship, and will not cut corners, maintaining Huawei's consistent pursuit of quality. Not only that, the multi-screen collaboration function brought by its own ecosystem has greatly enhanced its practicality. Of course, this product is not without choice. The color gamut coverage of the screen is weak, and the MX450 that does not use GDDR6 video memory also leaves a little regret. If you don't care about this, the Huawei MateBook D 14 2021 model can be regarded as a competitive product among the 11th-generation Core new products released early next year.
