Honor MagicBook X16 Plus 2024 vs Asus TUF Gaming A15 FA506

Compared 2 laptops: Honor MagicBook X16 Plus 2024, vs Asus TUF Gaming A15 FA506. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Versions

Available versions and configurations
Battery - 60 W
- 75 W
n/a
Processor n/a - AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
Storage - 512 GB
- 1024 GB
- 512 GB
- 1024 GB
RAM - 16 GB
- 32 GB
- 8 GB
- 16 GB
- 32 GB

Review

Key Specs Honor MagicBook X16 Plus 2024 and Asus TUF Gaming A15 FA506
System Performance
System and app performance
Gaming Performance
Graphics in popular 3D games
Display
Color accuracy, sharpness & brightness
Battery Life
Estimated real-world battery life
Connectivity
Ports, webcam, and interfaces
Case & Design
Appearance, materials, durability, comfort
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Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Body

Design and ergonomics comparison
Weight 1.75 kg 2.3 kg
Pixel size 356.2x250.1x17.9 mm 359.8x256x24.5 mm
Area 891 cm² 921 cm²
Screen-to-body ratio 83.3 % 72.9 %
Side bezels 5.8 mm 7.2 mm
Colors Gray - Black
- Gray
Material Aluminum Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle 150 ° 120 °
Cooling system
Cooling typeActiveActive
Vapor chamberNoNo
Liquid metalNon/a
Cooler count12
Noise Leveln/a49 dB

Display

Display quality comparison
Diagonal 16 in 15.6 in
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Pixel density 142 ppi 141 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:9
Resolution 1920x1200 pixels 1920x1080 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync Tech No G-Sync
Touchscreen No No
Coating n/a Matte
Light sensor n/a No
Display test
Max brightness
Honor MagicBook X16 Plus 2024
300 nits
Asus TUF Gaming A15 FA506
300 nits
Contrast1200:1n/a
sRGB gamut100 %n/a

Battery

Capacity 60 Wh 90 Wh
Full Charge Time 1:30 h n/a
Battery Type Li-Po Li-Po
Removable No No
Fast Charging Yes Yes
USB PD Yes Yes
Charge Port Location Left Left
Charge Power 65 W 200 W
Charger weight n/a 460 g

Processor

Processor AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
Base frequency 3.8 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Frequency 5.1 GHz 4.2 GHz
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
L3 Cache 16 MB 16 MB
Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Radeon RX Vega 7
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor MagicBook X16 Plus 2024
2485
Asus TUF Gaming A15 FA506
1915
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor MagicBook X16 Plus 2024
11383
Asus TUF Gaming A15 FA506
7063
Cinebench
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Honor MagicBook X16 Plus 2024
1767
Asus TUF Gaming A15 FA506
1411
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Honor MagicBook X16 Plus 2024
15797
Asus TUF Gaming A15 FA506
10013

GPU Model

GPU Model Radeon 780M GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 4GB
TGP 15 W 75 W
Nvidia Optimus n/a MUX
Graphics Type Integrated Discrete
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
GPU Frequency 800 MHz 1403 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2700 MHz 1635 MHz
FLOPS 4.1 TFLOPS 6.7 TFLOPS
Video Memory n/a 4
Memory Type LPDDR5X GDDR6
Tire Width n/a 128 bit
Memory speed 6.4 Gbit/s 12 Gbit/s
Shader Units 768 2048
TMUs 48 64
ROPs 32 40

RAM

RAM Size 16 GB 8 GB
Channels 2x8 GB 1x8 GB
Frequency 6400 MHz 3200 MHz
Type LPDDR5X DDR4
Replaceable No Yes
Total Slots n/a 2
Max RAM n/a 32

Storage

Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
Type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB 1x512 GB
Replaceable Yes Yes
Total Slots 1 1
NVMe Yes Yes
Storage Capacity 512 GB 512 GB

Sound

Audio Formats 2.0 2.0
Speaker Power n/a 2x2 W
Dolby Atmos No n/a
Max Volume n/a 73.9 dB
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi version v6 v6
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.2
Fingerprint sensor Yes No
IR sensor No No
CD drive No No
Webcam Above Display Above Display
Webcam Resolution 1280x720 1280x720
Ports
USB-A2x3.23x3.2
USB-C2x3.21x3.2
ThunderboltNoNo
HDMI1x1.41x2.0
DisplayPortNoNo
VGANoNo
3.5 mm Audio JackYesYes
Ethernet (RJ45)NoYes
Card ReaderNoNo
Charging PortNoYes

Keyboard & Touchpad

Key Type Island Layout Island Layout
Numeric Keypad Yes Yes
Backlight Yes Yes
Key Travel 1.5 mm n/a
Touchpad
Size11.9x7.1 cmn/a
SurfacePlasticPlastic
Windows PrecisionNoYes
* Attention! Ports, display type, speakers, and specs may differ by model or country.

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Honor MagicBook X16 Plus 2024 the clear winner in this comparison.

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