Honor Magicbook 14 Notebook Review: Where Style Paints a Picasso
by Dr. Ian Cutress on May 15, 2020 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Laptops
- AMD
- Notebooks
- Zen
- honor
- Picasso
- MagicBook
- Magicbook 14
- Ryzen 5 3500U
CPU Performance
We have picked a handful of our CPU tests to give a sense of the overall performance of the system. As this is a Picasso based APU, it is built on the Zen+ microarchitecture, and it is expected to perform accordingly.
In our new AI benchmark test, here is the data for Inference and Training combined. This is a test which likes cores, but also the Zen 2 parts do really well here. The Magicbook sits above a first generation Ryzen mobile processors, as well as above the Core i7 in the Matebook Pro X.
WinRAR is a test that likes memory bandwidth, and unfortunately this is one of the downsides of using that older Picasso platform - DDR4-2400 memory speeds aren't that great in the grand scheme of things.
For GeekBench synthetics, we see a small lead over the first generation Ryzen parts in ST, which grows in MT. Still a bit far behind the i7-8550U, however.
Dwarf Fortress is another one of our new benchmarks, which mainly focuses on single core performance. As is perhaps to be expected, the Zen+ processor doesn't go well here, limited by its cTDP down mode which restricts the higher frequencies that the other CPUs are able to reach.
Two rendering tests to finish, and we have the R5 3500U ahead of the i7-8550U in both comparisons.
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gagegfg - Friday, May 15, 2020 - link
I correct myself: I meant Azus Zephyrus G14North01 - Friday, May 15, 2020 - link
The correct score is 4,394:https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph15708/115...
https://www.anandtech.com/show/15708/amds-mobile-r...
Duto - Friday, May 15, 2020 - link
Products like this should not exist, this is a burden copy and paste from a Macbook, even the name, this is outrageous, where are the international copyright laws when it is needed? I always have had Anandtech in high regard, a review like this, giving press time to its audience in the free world to this peace of plagiarism makes me wonder, uhmm it makes me wonder...Retycint - Friday, May 15, 2020 - link
You can't copyright a generic design such as the Macbook design. It is iconic, yes, but not copyright-able. Stop spewing meaningless words such as "international copyright laws" when you have no idea how they work or what stuff can it be applied tosonny73n - Saturday, May 16, 2020 - link
Good products like this should not exist for you. You’re screaming hysterically about some design that might looks like one of your company products. Are you sure this laptop is exactly identical to the macbook? You’re screaming outrageous, wtf? You’re lame. Everyone knows China invented money and you’re using it in your daily live. You should wonder if you need more meds.Lord of the Bored - Monday, May 18, 2020 - link
How much of that money they invented does China pay you to flame everyone that says something mean about them, anyways?sonny73n - Saturday, May 16, 2020 - link
Do you want to know if your god apple ever steal designs from the Chinese? Check Wikipedia or gsmarena for Chinese phones that released months before the iPhones that had the same designs.You are the baddest thief that crys victim.
Lord of the Bored - Saturday, May 16, 2020 - link
No, YOU are the baddest thief that crys victim!LiKenun - Sunday, May 17, 2020 - link
Okay kids, go fight somewhere else.Sailor23M - Sunday, May 17, 2020 - link
Cos they hacked Wikipedia too. lol