Recently we talked about the new Honor Magic Book 15, and today it got to us Huawei Matebook D 15 from the parent company, which offers a slightly more austere design and essentially the same hardware with a 7nm Ryzen 5 4500U processor, fast charging, and an improved cooling system. The declared price in stores is the same 59,990 rubles. And now we will take a closer look at this ultrabook.
PACKAGING AND DELIVERY
The Huawei Matebook D 15 comes in a traditional flesh-colored cardboard box with a plastic handle. The lid folds back and up. Inside there is a laptop in a packaging film, fixed in a polymer construction. Above are instructions and a guarantee. In the right section, we put a charger and a USB Type-C cable. The keyboard and screen of the device are covered with a special transparent film.
LOADING
The laptop is started with the power key located in the upper right of the keyboard. The key has the function of automatically entering the profile using a fingerprint. The setting of this mode is standard – about 15 scans. The keys on the keyboard are soft and smooth. The surface itself is rough, the font is applied unevenly. Instead of one of the buttons on the top row, there is a single-pixel conference camera. But if you place the laptop on a table, then it only removes the chin. I prefer the glossy or laser engraved keys. But this is a matter of taste. The touch panel is recessed into the body and has a pleasant click when pressed. The keyboard received three keys with white backlighting. When charging, a light is on on the side of the case.
APPEARANCE
The laptop is made in a classic office style with a brushed aluminum alloy surface. There is no laser engraving like the solution from Honor. The lid can be lifted with one hand thanks to the excellent screen hinge. It is tough, but flexes a little under strong squeezing. However, practical tests have shown that if you accidentally sit on the laptop, the screen will not break.
The laptop does not have a separate outlet for the power supply and is charged via the USB Type-C slot. There are also HDMI and USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A outputs on the left. On the right side are two USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A ports and a 3.5mm audio jack.
In normal mode, the laptop is very quiet – the noise level is below 35db. The device weighs 1.526 kg, which is 14 g lighter than the Honor Magic Book 15. The screen-to-body ratio is 87%. The thickness of the laptop is 1.69 cm, external proportions are 35.7×22.9×1.69 cm – everything is the same as that of the brother.
WORK AND TESTS
The laptop comes with a rechargeable Li-Ion battery from Desay (41428 mWh according to the passport). When working in standard mode (surfing the net, reading, editors), one hundred percent charge will last for 5-6 hours. In games – about an hour.
The battery charges up to 50% in 30 minutes in sleep mode, up to 100% in about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
The computer itself was produced in July 2023. Inside it is an AMD Ryzen 5 4500U (2423 MHz) processor, two 8 gigabyte DDR4 memory sticks with a maximum frequency of 2667 MT / s from Samsung, divided into two sectors, a 512 GB WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1027 solid-state disk drive ( NVMe) from Western Digital, an integrated Realtek 8822CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC and a video adapter based on an AMD Radeon (TM) Graphics processor (512 MB). Realtek ALC256 @ AMD K17.6 is used as a sound solution.
The screen is last year’s TV156FHM-NH1 15.6-inch IPS panel from BOEhydis with a resolution of 1080p (1920×1080 @ 60 Hz). The brightness is 250 nits. It is covered with an anti-reflective coating and can please with the absence of PWM. In the dark, highlights are visible, while the black color gives off a little gray.
In standard mode, AIDA64 shows the following temperatures:
- CPU diode – 37 ° C
- GPU – 36 ° C
- WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1027 – 37 ° C
CrystalDisk Info tests indicate an average hard drive temperature of 27 ° C.
The hard disk speed in Crystal Disk Mark was 1895 MB / s, and 1599 MB / s read and write. The advantage of WD over the solution from Honor is immediately noticeable.
AS SDD shows slightly more modest values: 1574 mb / s for reading and 1372 mb / s, respectively. But Crystal Disk Mark I believe more.
Like the Honor MagicBook 15, the Huawei Matebook D 15 is not well suited for gaming, but we tested it on two tests. Unigine showed at medium settings at 1080p from 8 to 15 FPS – the most problems here are with the memory capacity of the integrated AMD Radeon.
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark found the system unusable and gave it a couple of dozen points less than Honor Magic Book 15.
At the same time, the Huawei Matebook D 15 can run games in 720p resolution at medium settings.
On the lap of the Huawei Matebook D 15, it lies perfectly, does not get warm and does not cause discomfort. The keyboard is conveniently located.
The Huawei Matebook D 15 is a very light, tactile and visually pleasing laptop that is inferior in design to the fashionable Honor Magic Book 15, but at the same time surpasses it in SSD speed. Like Honor’s product, it is perfect for surfing the web, watching videos, or working, but it has a 720p gaming limit and medium graphics settings. However, the solution for reading, surfing the net, watching movies and working is no longer necessary.
Author: Alexander Loginov (XTR)
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