HP Spectre x360 16 (16-aa0000) review – The Best 2-in-1 Just Got Better?

Temperatures and comfort, Battery Life

Max CPU load

In this test we use 100% on the CPU cores, monitoring their frequencies and chip temperature. The first column shows a computer’s reaction to a short load (2-10 seconds), the second column simulates a serious task (between 15 and 30 seconds), and the third column is a good indicator of how good the laptop is for long loads such as video rendering.

Average P-core frequency; Average E-core frequency; Average LP E-core frequency; CPU temp.; Package Power

The Core Ultra 7 155H is a powerful chip with 16 cores and 22 threads. Here, the cooling of the HP Spectre x360 16 (16-aa0000) can maintain high clocks during any kind of load. That’s a great accomplishment considering how silent the two fans are.

Gaming comfort

The “System Control” tab in the myHP app contains a plethora of power presets. When the AC adapter is plugged in, the “Performance” mode is all you need since the fans are near-silent even when the CPU is loaded at 100%. At the same time, the keyboard feels just a bit warm to the touch so you can use it comfortably for typing. If you disable the “Fan Always On” function in the BIOS, expectedly, the two fans will be turned off when the laptop is in an idle state.

Battery

Now, we conduct the battery tests with Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with. Our notebook is equipped with an 83Wh battery pack. It lasts for around 25 hours of Web browsing or 16 hours and 40 minutes of video playback. This is a mind-blowingly good result! To achieve that, you have to apply the “Balanced” preset in the Windows “Power & Battery” menu and select the “Quiet” mode in the myHP app. Also, the “Fan Always On” function in the BIOS is set to “Disabled”.

Video playback

Brightness: 180 nits; Display Mode: SDR
Time to Full Discharge: Higher is Better

HP Spectre x360 16 83Wh, 6-cell

13h 58m

ASUS Vivobook 16X 63Wh, 3-cell

6h 31m-53.3%

Dell Vostro 5630 54Wh, 4-cell

8h 37m-38.3%

Dell Latitude 7640 57Wh, 3-cell

10h 33m-24.5%

ASUS Zenbook 15 OLED

11h 52m-15%

Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 1 57Wh

9h 30m-32%

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 16 52.5Wh, 3-cell

9h 30m-32%

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 16 75.4Wh

10h 11m-27.1%

Web surfing

In order to simulate real-life conditions, we used our own script for automatic web browsing through over 70 websites.

HP Spectre x360 16 83Wh, 6-cell

25h 00m

ASUS Vivobook 16X 63Wh, 3-cell

16h 40m-33.3%

Dell Vostro 5630 54Wh, 4-cell

9h 05m-63.7%

Dell Latitude 7640 57Wh, 3-cell

12h 30m-50%

ASUS Zenbook 15 OLED

9h 05m-63.7%

Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 1 57Wh

14h 17m-42.9%

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 16 52.5Wh, 3-cell

11h 07m-55.5%

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 16 75.4Wh

14h 10m-43.3%

Author: Nikolay Palaozov

Author: eng. Kroum NikolovHead of Engineering at LaptopMedia.com, inventor and innovator with 40+ years of experience in electronics and high technology.

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