Leveraging its extensive experience and technological foundation in the mobile phone field, Honor officially launched the “Honor MagicBook Pro 14 Notebook,” the new generation of AI PC flagship. It is also the first 14-inch member of the Honor flagship Pro series.
Honor MagicBook Pro 14 notebook is the world’s first to use Honor’s new generation of underlying tuning technology, HONOR Turbo X, through AI-based deep perception of user scenarios. Through AI coordination,n global software and hardware resource allocation, let the notebook anywhere, dynamic balance of battery life and performance can be achieved, performance without worrying about power.
Huawei MagicBook Pro 14 also squeezes a 92Wh super-large battery into a thin body. Thanks to the HONOR Turbo X supplement, the notebook’s battery life has also been greatly enhanced, allowing for an experience comparable to Apple’s MacBook Pro 14 and no need to worry about battery life when working out!
The Honor MagicBook Pro 14 laptop can be purchased at launch in Moonlight White, Starry Gra,y and Aurora Green unibody color options. Let’s explore how mobile phone manufacturers create a high-performance AI PC.
The Honor MagicBook Pro 14 laptop is powered by Intel’s latest Core Ultra 9 285H processor and is equipped with 32GB of built-in unified memory. In addition, this time, Honor also realized the plug-in and off-line power on the notebook unprecedented performance, with the highest performance release of 80W, and instantaneous peak release of up to 115W. The performance does not matter at all.
Intel has launched two kinds of new desktop CPUs, the Core and Xeon professional series, with the Core Ultra 9 285H composed of 6 P-Cores + 8 E-Cores + 2 LP E-Cores, up to 24MB of L3 cache, P-Core acceleration frequency 5.4GHz, and full-core frequency 4.5GHz.
The 14-inch Honor MagicBook Pro 14 laptop has a 14.6-inch OLED display and a 91.5% screen-to-body ratio. Its display area is the largest among 14-inch notebooks, with a resolution of up to 3120×2080 and a 3:2 screen, which is more suitable for productivity applications.
The screen is also first-class flagship quality. In terms of color space, it supports 100% DCI-P3, is compatible with 100% sRGB, provides the same color accuracy management system level as Apple Mac, and has 13 built-in color modes for different user needs.
This OLED screen supports Oasis eye protection technology, which is a dark eye protection technology for Honor mobile phones. It supports 4320Hz ultra-high frequency zero-risk dimming and natural light-like eye protection. For the first time, it brings the technology accumulated by the mobile phone industry into the notebook industry, enabling users to enjoy a better user experience.
Design and Screen
For the first time on a notebook, the top cover of the Honor MagicBook Pro 14 notebook is pure white, made using the pearlescent electrophoresis process. This gives the texture of the Honor MagicBook Pro 14 notebook a unique feel. The pearl powder shines out different colors at different angles, complementing the mirror-finished HONOR Logo in the center of the top cover.
The Honor MagicBook Pro 14 has a 14.6-inch OLED screen, which offers the largest display area in any 14-inch notebook, a 3:2 aspect ratio, and a resolution of up to 3120×2080. Those with thin borders on all four sides have significantly reduced the large black border at the bottom, which is almost a feature of thin and light notebook screens. Narrower left and right bezels with a 91.5% high screen ratio.
This also makes the overall design appear softer and more coordinated since the R values of the four screen edges and the bottom cover edges are relatively balanced. The FHD camera located in the panel area above the screen in the top middle has a working indicator light that lights up to remind the user when the camera is working to prevent personal privacy from leaking.
The opening angle of the Honor MagicBook Pro 14 screen can reach nearly 180 degrees (the actual angle is larger than the angle used in the picture), and the hinge damping is moderate and can hover at any angle in a stable state.
A close-up shot of the interface left side of the body. The Honor MagicBook Pro 14’s left side has a full-size HDMI interface, two identical USB Type-C interfaces (support PD 100W charging), and a 3.5mm composite audio interface.
The transition line from the side to the bottom of the fuselage can be seen to be a smooth S-shaped curve. The highly complex curve surface design, without compromising the internal space of the fuselage or harming the light and thin feel of the front edge, can just make room for the fuselage interface. The right side of the body hosts two full-size USB-A ports.
The layout of the C side of the Honor MagicBook Pro 14 notebook also uses the same pure white pearlescent electrophoresis process. The same applies to the ultra-large multi-touch touchpad. The colored backlit keyboard of the full-size keyboard has no color difference at any angle with the same color and is very uniform.
Be blessed with the pure white, pearly, electrophoresis-technology-made, multi-touch panel close-up refresh. In the top right corner of the keyboard is a power button that incorporates a fingerprint recognition function. On the right wrist rest are the stickers for Intel CORE ULTRA 9 and Intel ARC GRAPHICS.
HONOR Turbo X, a carefully crafted technology by Honor, is present on the left wrist rest of the machine. The bottom of the notebook uses a pure white pearlescent electrophoresis process, which has a delicate feel and moderate friction, does not easily leave fingerprints, and is easy to clean.
Its charger and charging cable are USB Type-C interface, which can also charge mobile phones and other electronic products, very convenient. The gallium nitride charger has a maximum output of 100W and various supported voltage and current combinations. It can charge different electronic products adaptively. This is what you need to bring with you if you go out: just this one charger to charge your devices.
The back cover of the Honor MagicBook Pro 14 can be opened by removing ten screws. This is the large lithium battery that takes up more than a third of the body’s space. The 92Wh capacity is big and boldly stated.
Warning information and detailed parameters of lithium batteries.
Using a dual heat pipe method in the middle of the laptop, the D12 main heat pipe is paired with a D5 heat pipe unique to CPU cooling.
The heat from the CPU flows to the cooling fins on either side via heat pipes. The pair of fans not only ensures stable operation of the CPU when high-power performance is unlocked but also efficient heat dissipation and excellent noise performance. The Hono MagicBook Pro 14 notebook also leaves a standard 2280 specification M.2 SSD installation slot in its thin and light body to allow users to add its age space when needed.
The Honor MagicBook Pro 14 adds a speaker and an L-shaped sound cavity to the lower left and right corners of the body so that this thin and light notebook can also have good sound. Regarding the screws at the bottom, they need to be installed and locked at a certain angle to match the complex gradient curve design of the notebook’s bottom cover.
However, having to calculate the inclination angle for each screw individually, as well as setting up each of the inclined screw holes separately inside the fuselage, would greatly increase the cost of design and assembly, but on closer observation of the screws on the bottom of the Honor MagicBook Pro 14 that conform to the shape curve, you can’t help but feel that the craftsmanship is more like an art piece than a product on the assembly line.
The Honor MagicBook Pro 14 notebook driver also comes with a cartoon sticker of Honor smart assistant YOYO, which is particularly cute and can be used to decorate notebooks or other personal items.
Display Test
The Honor MagicBook Pro 14 features a 14.6-inch 3.1K OLED display with a productivity-friendly 3:2 aspect ratio. Its color management system rivals Apple’s Mac lineup, offering 13 customizable color modes—two more than Apple—making it ideal for designers and professionals who prioritize visual accuracy.
During testing, the laptop’s “Photography (P3-D65)” mode was utilized to ensure faithful color reproduction. Measurements revealed 100% sRGB and 97% DCI-P3 color gamut coverage. While the DCI-P3 figure falls just short of 100%, the display’s gamut triangle stays entirely within the DCI-P3 spectrum, avoiding oversaturation. This precision, likely achieved through meticulous calibration, ensures practical accuracy over inflated metrics, outperforming screens that exceed the DCI-P3 range.
The display’s gamma curve aligns perfectly with the 2.2 standard, enabling precise contrast and grayscale rendering. OLED technology shines in brightness control: minimum brightness is nearly undetectable, while SDR peak brightness reaches ~430nits, paired with infinite contrast due to true blacks.
Color accuracy excels, with a maximum Delta E of 1.61 and an average of 0.75—performance rivaling professional monitors. In HDR mode, blacks remain flawlessly deep, and full-screen brightness hits 437 nits. Highlighting 10% of the screen pushes localized brightness beyond 650nits; smaller areas could theoretically achieve higher levels, though measurement limits prevent exact quantification.
Combining OLED advantages with rigorous tuning, the MagicBook Pro 14’s screen delivers exceptional versatility and accuracy, positioning it as a top choice for creative and professional workflows.
Performance
Debuting on the MagicBook Pro 14, HONOR’s Turbo X technology leverages AI-driven optimizations across the chipset, operating system, and application layers. This system-wide enhancement enables unprecedented hardware-software coordination, refining performance efficiency from foundational components to user-facing tasks.
Testing Methodology
The evaluation primarily utilized the Intelligent Mode, which dynamically balances performance and battery life through adaptive resource allocation. For select benchmarks requiring peak output, High-Energy Mode was activated, as indicated in the relevant results.
Benchmark Results
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CPU-Z
- Single-core: 853.8
- Multi-core: 9,786.5
- CINEBENCH R15
- Single-core: 327
- Multi-core: 3,191
CINEBENCH R20
- Single-core: 850
- Multi-core: 8,210
CINEBENCH R23
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- Single-core: 2,196
- Multi-core: 21,072
- CINEBENCH 2024
- Single-core: 128
- Multi-core: 1,008
- POV-Ray
- Single-core: 865.49 PPS
- Multi-core: 8,265.36 PPS
- Chess Engine
- Performance: 34,937 thousand moves/second
- 3DMark CPU Test
- Single-thread: 1,297
- Max threads: 10,929
Gaming Performance
1. PCMark10 Modern Office Benchmark
The Honor MagicBook Pro 14 delivered a strong overall score of 7,955 in the PCMark10 Modern Office benchmark, excelling particularly in digital content creation with a subscore of 12,361.
2. Procyon Photo Editing Benchmark
In the Procyon photo editing assessment, the device achieved a total score of 5,680, breaking down to 6,478 in image retouching (emphasizing Photoshop performance) and 4,981 in batch processing (focused on Lightroom workflows).
3. Procyon Video Editing Benchmark
When testing video editing performance with GPU acceleration enabled in Premiere Pro, the laptop recorded an impressive score of 11,779 in the Procyon benchmark.
4. 3DMark Time Spy
The 3DMark Time Spy evaluation yielded a total score of 4,712 for the Honor MagicBook Pro 14, with its graphics card contributing 4,249 to this result.
5. 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme
In the Fire Strike Extreme test, the laptop scored 5,014 overall, with the GPU narrowly leading at 4,960, showcasing its graphical capabilities.
Memory and Hard Disk
The Honor MagicBook Pro 14 demonstrates robust performance in both memory and storage capabilities. In AIDA64 memory benchmarks, the laptop achieves impressive bandwidths of 78,506 MB/s (read), 65,721 MB/s (write), and 104.07 GB/s (copy), with a latency of 149.4 nanoseconds, showcasing the efficiency of its unified memory architecture.
For storage, the device utilizes the Yangtze Memory PC411 SSD, a widely recognized component. Performance tests reveal exceptional sequential read and write speeds exceeding 7,100 MB/s and 6,300 MB/s, respectively. Additionally, its 4K random read/write speeds reach 81 MB/s and 250 MB/s, underscoring its capability to handle both large file transfers and demanding multitasking scenarios with ease.
Battery
During initial testing on battery power, the Intel Core Ultra 9 285H processor showcased a CPU power peak of 65W, stabilizing at 50W after 10 minutes. The battery discharge rate settled at 61W, with P-core and E-core frequencies maintaining 3.5GHz and 3.2GHz, respectively, at a cool 72°C. Impressively, the system estimated over 1 hour and 15 minutes of remaining battery life under this load.
Plugged-In Power Unleashed
When connected to an external power source and switched to high-energy mode,”the CPU surged to a 115W peak before stabilizing at 80W. This mode pushed the P-core to 4.2GHz and E-core to 3.7GHz, with temperatures rising to 87°C. Despite increased heat and fan noise, performance remained robust throughout the 10-minute test.
Battery Life Excellence
In PCMark 10’s modern office benchmark (50% brightness, smart mode), the MagicBook Pro 14 achieved an exceptional 16-hour, 6-minute runtime—enough to cover two full workdays.
AI Innovation and Design Leadership
While many brands label “AI PCs” as devices merely capable of running AI software, Honor redefines the category by deeply integrating AI into its ecosystem. The HONOR Turbo X system leverages AI to analyze usage patterns, dynamically optimizing hardware resources for seamless performance and efficiency. Beyond raw power, Honor incorporates mobile-inspired innovations like the YOYO Assistant (powered by DeepSeek’s AI model), Oasis Eye Protection, and LINK Turbo X 2.0 connectivity—features traditionally reserved for smartphones.
Aesthetic Mastery
Honor’s mobile design expertise shines through in details like the pearlescent electrophoresis finish and a sculpted base with inclined screws, transforming the laptop into a fusion of art and engineering.
Conclusion
The Honor MagicBook Pro 14 disrupts the stagnant PC market by merging mobile-driven innovation with PC functionality. Its holistic AI integration, superior thermal performance, and avant-garde design set a new standard, proving that true AI PCs aren’t just about hardware—they’re about reimagining user experience. For traditional manufacturers, this isn’t just competition—it’s a wake-up call.
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