OCTOBER 2019 • TECH ADVISOR 103BUYING GUIDERunning especially intensive apps causes internal
temperatures to rise even more, with the fan running
at full speed during benchmarks. That isn’t particularly
surprising, but something worth bearing in mind if
you’re planning to do a lot of video editing or gaming.
The MX150 graphics chip is a lot more powerful
thantheIntelUHD620.Inthe3DMarkFireStrike
test,itscored2574.That’smorethandoublethe
scorefromtheIntelGPUwhichmanagedonly1,083.
However,the MX150 isn’t as quick as a GTX 1050.
Oddly,though,DellnolongersellsanXPS 13 with
oneofthoseandsticksexclusivelywiththeUHD
620 forthe 2018 range.
Thebottomlinehereis thattheNvidiachip
offersenough power for playing games at medium
resolutions and graphical quality settings. And that’s
pretty amazing in a laptop this thin and light.
Battery life
Huaweiquotesa run-timeof 12 hoursforplaying
backHD video. It also says that using the bundled
USB-Cchargerfor 30 minuteswillprovidearound
sixhoursofuse.
The original MateBook X lasted around 10 hours in
our tests, which is good but not outstanding. And it’s
the same story with the X Pro. Running a video on loop
with brightness set to 120cd/m² saw the battery last a
hair over 10 hours.
In the real world , we saw roughly eight hours of use
which isn’t wonderful, but when you consider the power
on tap, it’s not terrible. Plus, the power supply is small
and light so you can take it with you.