Honor Magicbook Pro 16 vs Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA608

Compared 2 laptops: Honor Magicbook Pro 16, vs Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA608. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Versions

Available versions and configurations
Processor - Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
n/a
Storage n/a - 512 GB
- 1024 GB
- 2048 GB
- 4096 GB
RAM - 8 GB
- 16 GB
- 24 GB
- 8 GB
- 16 GB
- 32 GB

Review

Key Specs Honor Magicbook Pro 16 and Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA608
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 1.79 kg 2.2 kg
Pixel size 354x242x19.9 mm 354x269x17.9-25.7 mm
Area 857 cm² 952 cm²
Screen-to-body ratio 86.6 % 77.9 %
Side bezels 4.7 mm 4.7 mm
Colors - White
- Purple
Gray
Material Aluminum - Top: Aluminum
- Middle: Plastic
- Bottom: Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle 180 ° n/a
Cooling system
Cooling typeActiveActive
Vapor chamberNoNo
Liquid metalNoNo
Cooler count22
Noise Leveln/a39.4 dB

Display

Display quality comparison
Diagonal 16 in 16 in
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 165 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate n/a No
Pixel density 226 ppi 142 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 3072x1920 pixels 1920x1200 pixels
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Sync Tech No G-Sync
Touchscreen No No
Coating n/a Matte
Light sensor Yes No
Display test
Max brightness
Honor Magicbook Pro 16
500 nits
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA608
300 nits
Contrast1200:11157:1
DCI-P3 gamut100 %39.8 %
sRGB gamutn/a59.7 %
Adobe RGB gamutn/a41.1 %
Response timen/a11 ms

Battery

Capacity 75 Wh 90 Wh
Battery Type Li-Po Li-ion
Removable No No
Fast Charging Yes Yes
USB PD Yes Yes, 100 W
Charge Port Location Left Left
Charge Power 90/140 W 240 W
Charger weight 237 g n/a

Processor

Processor Intel Core Ultra 5 125H AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Base frequency 1.2 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Frequency 4.5 GHz 5.1 GHz
Cores 14 (4P + 10E) 12 (4P + 8E)
Threads 18 24
L3 Cache 18 MB 24 MB
Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (7-Cores) AMD Radeon 890M
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor Magicbook Pro 16
2275
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA608
3127
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor Magicbook Pro 16
10842
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA608
16932
Cinebench
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Honor Magicbook Pro 16
1675
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA608
2148
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Honor Magicbook Pro 16
12865
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA608
24992

GPU Model

GPU Model GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile 8GB GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile 8GB
TGP n/a 140 W
Nvidia Optimus n/a MUX
Graphics Type Discrete Discrete
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
GPU Frequency n/a 2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency n/a 2370 MHz
FLOPS 14.6 TFLOPS 16 TFLOPS
Video Memory 8 8
Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Tire Width 128 bit 128 bit
Memory speed 16 Gbit/s 16 Gbit/s
Shader Units 3072 3072
TMUs 96 96
ROPs 48 48

RAM

RAM Size 8 GB 8 GB
Channels 2x4 GB 2x4 GB
Frequency 6400 MHz 7500 MHz
Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Replaceable No No

Storage

Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x1024 GB 1x512 GB
Replaceable Yes Yes
Total Slots 1 2
NVMe Yes Yes
Storage Capacity 1024 GB 512 GB

Sound

Audio Formats 2.4 2.0
Speaker Power n/a 2x2 W
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Max Volume n/a 79.8 dB
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi version v6 v6E
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.3
Fingerprint sensor Yes No
IR sensor No No
CD drive No No
Webcam Above Display Above Display
Webcam Resolution 1920x1080 1920x1080
Ports
USB-A2x3.22x3.2
USB-C2x3.22x4.0
ThunderboltThunderbolt 4No
HDMI1x2.11x2.1
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 1.7 mm
Touchpad
Size13.4x8.1 cmn/a
SurfaceGlassPlastic
Windows PrecisionYesYes

Note

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA608:

The second SSD slot is limited to PCIe Gen 4x2.

* Attention! Ports, display type, speakers, and specs may differ by model or country.

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