Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025 vs Lenovo LOQ Essential Gen 9 (15" Intel)

Compared 2 laptops: Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025, vs Lenovo LOQ Essential Gen 9 (15" Intel). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Versions

Available versions and configurations
Processor n/a - Intel Core i5 12450HX
- Intel Core i7 12650HX
Storage - 512 GB
- 1024 GB
- 512 GB
- 1024 GB
RAM - 16 GB
- 32 GB
- 8 GB
- 12 GB
- 16 GB

Review

Key Specs Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025 and Lenovo LOQ Essential Gen 9 (15" Intel)
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 1.34 kg 1.77 kg
Pixel size 313.2x221.6x15.9 mm 359.3x236x19.9-22.95 mm
Area 694 cm² 848 cm²
Screen-to-body ratio 81.9 % 79.1 %
Side bezels 5.8 mm 7 mm
Colors Gray Gray
Material Aluminum Plastic
Transformer No No
Cooling system
Cooling typeActiveActive
Vapor chamberNoNo
Liquid metalNoNo
Cooler count12

Display

Display quality comparison
Diagonal 14 in 15.6 in
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Pixel density 243 ppi 141 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:9
Resolution 2880x1800 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 X14 Plus 2025
400 nits
Lenovo LOQ Essential Gen 9 (15" Intel)
300 nits
Contrastn/a1000:1
sRGB gamut100 %100 %

Battery

Capacity 60 Wh 57 Wh
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 135 W
Charger weight 200 g n/a

Processor

Processor Intel Core 5 220H Intel Core i5 12450HX
Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Frequency 4.9 GHz 4.4 GHz
Cores 12 (4P + 8E) 8 (4P + 4E)
Threads 16 12
L3 Cache 18 MB 12 MB
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (80EU) Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
Process tech. 10 nm 10 nm
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
2373
Lenovo LOQ Essential Gen 9 (15" Intel)
2252
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
11728
Lenovo LOQ Essential Gen 9 (15" Intel)
9696
Cinebench
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
1724
Lenovo LOQ Essential Gen 9 (15" Intel)
1579
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
11800
Lenovo LOQ Essential Gen 9 (15" Intel)
9978

GPU Model

GPU Model Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile 4GB
TGP 15 W 65 W
Graphics Type Integrated Discrete
Process tech. 10 nm 8 nm
GPU Frequency 300 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1500 MHz n/a
FLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS
Video Memory n/a 4
Memory Type LPDDR4X GDDR6
Tire Width n/a 64 bit
Memory speed 4.27 Gbit/s 14 Gbit/s
Shader Units 640 2048
TMUs 40 64
ROPs 20 32

RAM

RAM Size 16 GB 8 GB
Channels 2x8 GB 1x8 GB
Frequency 4266 MHz 4800 MHz
Type LPDDR4X DDR5
Replaceable No Yes
Total Slots n/a 1
Max RAM n/a 16

Storage

Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (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 n/a No
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi version v6 v6
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.2
Fingerprint sensor No No
IR sensor No No
CD drive No No
Webcam Above Display Above Display
Webcam Resolution 1280x720 1280x720
Ports
USB-A2x3.22x3.2
USB-C2x4.01x3.2
ThunderboltNoNo
HDMI1x1.41x2.1
DisplayPortNoNo
VGANoNo
3.5 mm Audio JackYesYes
Ethernet (RJ45)NoYes
Card ReaderNoYes
Charging PortNoYes

Keyboard & Touchpad

Key Type Island Layout Island Layout
Numeric Keypad No Yes
Backlight Yes Optional
Key Travel 1.5 mm 1.3 mm
Touchpad
Size11.9x7.1 cmn/a
Surfacen/aPlastic
Windows PrecisionYesYes
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