Author: Lin Fei Source: IT Times
With the evolution of chip architecture and performance, as well as the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, the hottest label in the laptop market this year is undoubtedly "AI". Relying on various new functions of deep learning, intelligent generation, and personalized services, AI laptops have greatly improved the user experience, making work more efficient, entertainment more enjoyable, and life more convenient. Whether you are a creative person, a gamer, or a working worker, you can find the most suitable one here.
Honor MagicBook Pro 16 : Excellent screen, strong intelligent connectivity
MagicBook Pro 16 is a new all-round laptop launched by Honor this year, which uses Intel Ultra 5 125H processor for the integrated graphics version, and Ultra 7 155H processor for the high-end independent graphics version with NVIDIA RTX 4060 graphics card.
The MagicBook Pro 16 is equipped with a 3K resolution LCD screen, supports 165Hz refresh rate, 3ms response time, has 100% DCI-P3 wide color gamut, 100% sRGB high color gamut, accurate color reproduction, and has passed a number of eye protection certifications.
Combined with the new three-dimensional cooling system, AI intelligent thermal management and OS Turbo 3.0 technology, the MagicBook Pro 16 has excellent cooling performance. It is also the world's first laptop to support Windows spatial audio, equipped with a six-speaker speaker-level subwoofer and a self-developed spatial audio rendering engine to provide an immersive audio and video experience.
AI features: The AI assistant "YOYO Assistant", which has been installed in HONOR phones, has been built into the MagicBook Pro 16 and can be activated through "HONOR PC Manager". AI features include:Directly extract the text in pictures and PDFs, and save them to Honor Note after one-click translation;Support voice input and AI subtitles,Watch the original video,Automatic synchronous translation,Display bilingual subtitles;During video conferences,It can automatically identify speakers,Real-time speech-to-text,You can also specify the user's voice to quickly filter and view the text;Support keyword and semantic search,For example, search for "cat",You can directly find out all relevant documents and pictures in the machine,Preview、Sort and filter; English documents are used to understand details and quickly summarize to improve office efficiency.
The MagicBook Pro 16's smart interconnection ecosystem is also very practical, graphics, audio and video, and documents can be collected with one drag, and computers, mobile phones, and tablets can be automatically synchronized at multiple terminals, and can be recalled or exported at any time.
ASUS Adou 14 Air: Entry-level AI laptop exclusive for female users
The ASUS Adou 14 Air is ASUS's first AI ultra-thin laptop designed specifically for female users, with the Pink Gold Edition showing youthful vitality and the Sage Green Edition showing low-key fashion. It is also characterized by its thinness, weighing only 1.29 kg and being only 13.9 mm thick.
In terms of performance, the notebook is powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 8845H AI mobile processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, with a maximum frequency of 5.1GHz, and is equipped with a Radeon 780M graphics card based on the RDNA3 architecture, with a maximum frequency of 2.7GHz, ensuring that even applications with high requirements for GPU performance can run smoothly.
The 14 Air is equipped with a 2.8K resolution OLED screen, with a 120Hz high refresh rate and 0.2ms fast response time, presenting a smooth picture effect, and its display parameters include covering 100% P3 wide color gamut, ΔE<1 accurate color reproduction, 1000000:1 high contrast ratio, and 600 nits peak brightness. At the same time, the screen has also obtained TÜV Rheinland eye care certification and SGS Eye Care certification, which effectively reduces harmful blue light by 70%, and can reduce eye fatigue even after long-term use.
adou 14 Air has a built-in 75Wh battery, which can meet the needs of all-weather mobile office, and supports infrared face recognition login, 3DNR video noise reduction and other functions, making call conferencing or remote teaching more convenient and efficient.
AI features: The built-in Douding AI assistant can have intelligent conversations with users, quickly answer questions, assist in writing various types of copywriting, and run various AI applications to achieve all-round collaboration. The "AI New Era" section is pre-set in the computer manager, which integrates a variety of practical AI tools, and the AI lobby integrates a variety of AI tools such as Stable Diffusion, which is convenient for users to quickly open, download, install and use according to their needs, so that AI can be fully utilized in work scenarios and improve productivity and efficiency.
At the same time, the Ryzen 7 8845H processor integrates the new XDNA NPU and AMD Ryzen AI Engine, with 39TOPS of AI computing power, which can provide full acceleration for AI functions in many software, including Adobe and Blackmagic Design.
HP Star Book Pro 14 2024: Bucket Machine with Full Features
The Star Book Pro 14 2024 is the first AI laptop in the HP Star family. It is powered by an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor, which contains 6 performance cores, 8 efficiency cores, and 2 low-power efficiency cores, a total of 22 threads, up to 24MB of L3 cache, and a maximum frequency of 4.8GHz. At the same time, the processor also integrates 8 Xe cores, 128 execution units of Arc graphics card, up to 2.25GHz, and supports ray tracing technology.
In terms of exterior design, the Star Book Pro 14 maintains a simple and fashionable style, with a metal matte body and a unique LOGO, which is suitable for a variety of occasions. It is about 17.5mm thick, weighs about 1.44kg, and is equipped with a 68Wh battery. 2.8K OLED screen with 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, 120Hz refresh rate and VRR variable refresh rate technology.
Ports include full-featured USB-C, Thunderbolt 4, USB-A, HDMI 2.1 and more, as well as a "small heel" hinge design to help improve cooling and input.
AI features: The Star Book Pro 14 2024 has a built-in local large language model with 7 billion parameters and Stable Diffusion-LCM technology, allowing users to use applications such as Q&A, logical reasoning, and image and text generation offline.
At the same time, with the help of the Ultra chip, HP's AI assistant "Hui Xiaowei" has also been comprehensively upgraded, enhancing the accuracy of language recognition and the efficiency of multilingual translation. At the same time, it also provides three practical functions: meeting notes, subtitle translation and voice input, the meeting notes function can automatically record key information, the subtitle translation can convert speech into text and support Chinese-English translation, and the voice input function is convenient for quickly recording meeting minutes or writing documents.
ROG X16 Air: A high-end all-rounder for looks and performance
The X16 Air is ROG's latest thin, light and all-in-one notebook, available in Platinum Moonlight and Eclipse Gray. It is powered by an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor with 6 performance cores, 8 efficiency cores, and 2 LP efficiency cores, with a total of 16 cores and 22 threads, and a maximum turbo frequency of 5.1GHz. In terms of graphics cards, NVIDIA RTX 4060 and RTX 4070 (105W) configurations are available, both of which support DLSS 3.5 technology, which can provide strong power for professional creation, deep learning, and high-intensity office.
In terms of exterior design, the X16 Air adopts a new mold, and in addition to the classic ROG logo decorated with CNC machining and anodizing process, the most eye-catching thing on the A side is the light matrix that can adjust 15 lighting effects. The thickness of the whole machine is only 1.49cm, and the weight is controlled at 1.85kg, which is lightweight, thin and portable.
The X16 Air features a 16-inch 2.5K resolution OLED display with a refresh rate of up to 240Hz, a response time of just 0.2ms, a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1, and 100% DCI-P3 color gamut coverage, with an average color accuracy of △E<1. The screen has several professional certifications, including NVIDIA G-Sync, VESA Display HDR True Black500, Dolby Vision, Pantone color calibration, and more.
In terms of heat dissipation, the Glacier Cooling 3.0 architecture includes a three-fan design, a new fibrous heat pipe, and liquid metal thermal conductivity technology, which works with ROG Intelligent Noise Cancellation technology to ensure high performance output while maintaining good quiet and cold operation conditions.
AI features: The Core Ultra 9 processor and NVIDIA RTX 40 series graphics cards have formed a strong alliance to build a dual AI chip system.
The built-in AI acceleration engine NPU of the Core Ultra 9 processor significantly improves its AI processing capacity in the offline environment, and can carry large-scale language models with up to 20 billion parameters to achieve real-time communication, programming, translation and other functions, especially in the image and text conversion, which only takes 1 second to complete the Wensheng diagram process, which greatly improves the user's work efficiency in different scenarios.
RTX 40 Series graphics cards are equipped with advanced AI Tensor Cores, which are deeply optimized for AI needs in gaming, creation, and daily office, and can provide up to 686 TOPS of AI computing power, which can easily cope with intensive rendering and graphics processing tasks, and double the frame rate of games through DLSS 3.5 and other technologies. At the same time, RTX 40 series graphics cards also excel in professional applications, and are closely integrated with the AI capabilities of software such as Adobe Premiere Pro to accelerate the video rendering process and significantly improve work efficiency.