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MagyarHuawei MateBook 13s Review: Great subnotebook with 90 Hz display
In addition to the 14-inch MateBook 14s we reviewed a couple of months ago, Huawei also offers a more compact version with a 13.4-inch display. The MateBook 13s also uses an Intel Tiger Lake-H35 processor, but contrary to the 14-inch device the slightly slower Core i5-11300H. Priced at 1120 Euros, the subnotebook also offers 16 GB RAM, 512 GB NVMe SSD storage as well as a high-resolution 2.5K touchscreen with a 3:2 aspect ratio and a fresh rate of 90 Hz.
Potential rivals
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88.8 % | 02/2022 | Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H i5-11300H, Iris Xe G7 80EUs | 1.3 kg | 16.5 mm | 13.40" | 2520x1680 | |
| 87.8 % | 01/2022 | Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE R7 5800U, Vega 8 | 1.3 kg | 14.9 mm | 13.30" | 1920x1200 | |
| 85.2 % | 05/2021 | Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 R5 4680U, Vega 7 | 1.3 kg | 14 mm | 13.50" | 2256x1504 | |
| 88.9 % | 05/2021 | Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA i7-1165G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.2 kg | 13.9 mm | 13.30" | 1920x1080 | |
| 91.1 % | 12/2020 | Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry M1, M1 7-Core GPU | 1.3 kg | 16.1 mm | 13.30" | 2560x1600 | |
| 87.7 % | 05/2021 | Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs | 1.2 kg | 16 mm | 13.30" | 1920x1080 | |
| 84.4 % | 08/2021 | HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr R7 5800U, Vega 8 | 953 g | 17 mm | 13.30" | 1920x1200 |
Case - MateBook 13s with metal chassis in spruce green
The aluminum chassis is a smaller version of the recently reviewed MateBook 14s and the review unit with the Spruce Green color scheme looks very elegant. Compared to the larger 14-inch model, the side areas next to the keyboard are narrower and the clickpad is not as high, but the size of the keyboard itself is identical. We like the design with the narrow bezels and the quality impression of the MateBook 13s is also great. The build quality is perfect and it just feels like a high-quality item when you use it.
The compact device is also convincing in terms of stability; the keyboard deck only flexes slightly under a lot pressure, which is also required to provoke minor ripples on the screen. However, this should not be an issue in practice. Huawei adjusted the central hinge well and it keeps the display in position up to the maximum opening angle of around 150 degrees. Thanks to the small indentation on the front of the base unit, it is very easy to open the lid. The power button with the fingerprint scanner (which works well) is located on the right side above the keyboard.
The 3:2 aspect ratio screen of the MateBook 13s results in a deeper, but narrower chassis compared to the rivals. Overall, however, the competitors are pretty similar. The weight is little more than 1.3 kg and the power adapter (with the USB-C cable) tips the scale at another 200 grams.
Connectivity - Huawei does not support Thunderbolt
This is the section where we find the biggest difference compared to the MateBook 14s, because Huawei only equips the smaller MateBook 13s with two USB-C ports without Thunderbolt 4 support. There is no apparent technical reason for this, it seems the manufacturer just wanted to save licensing fees. Both ports can be used to charge the battery and drive external displays, however, so there should not be massive limitations in practice. It will not be possible to attach an external GPU, though.
Communication
The Wi-Fi module is from Intel (AX201) and supports the Wi-Fi 6 standard as well as Bluetooth 5.1. Our Wi-Fi test with the reference router Netgear RAX120 determines very good transfer rates when receiving data, but the transmitting performance is a bit lower than expected. There is no WWAN module (LTE or 5G). The signal quality was stable, both with the Wi-Fi 6 router as well as a FritzBox 7490 (Wi-Fi 5).
| Networking | |
| iperf3 transmit AX12 | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Average Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (49.8 - 1775, n=324) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (254 - 1535, n=25, last 2 years) | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| iperf3 receive AX12 | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Average Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (136 - 1743, n=324) | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (182 - 1690, n=25, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
Webcam
The webcam is not hidden inside the keyboard anymore, but back at the regular position above the display. This is certainly not as secure and there is no mechanical shutter, but the webcam angle is not distorted anymore. It is still a 720p sensor though, which means the picture quality is still poor.
Maintenance
The bottom chassis panel is secured by multiple Torx screws (T5) and is easy to remove. However, many of the components are soldered onto the mainboard and you can only clean the fans and replace the M.2-2280 SSD.
Input Devices - MateBook 13s with 1.5 mm key travel
Keyboard
As mentioned before, the keyboard is identical to the larger MateBook 14s, so the smaller 13s also gets a generous key travel of 1.5 mm. Combined with the precise pressure point, the typing experience is very comfortable and it is no problem to type longer texts. Only the space bar tends to clatter a bit and the vertical arrow keys are pretty small, but otherwise, the layout does not require any learning period. The black keys with the white lettering provide a good contrast and a two-stage white illumination makes it easy to type in darker environments. You can comfortably adjust the duration (or the time before deactivation) in Huawei’s PC Manager.
Touchpad & Touchscreen
Because of the more compact chassis, the height of the clickpad is smaller than on the 14-inch model at 12 x 6.4 cm. The gliding capabilities of the smooth surface are very good and cursor movements work well, just like gestures with up to four fingers. You can physically click the pad in the lower half, but that results in a rather loud and cheap clicking sound. You can also use the capacitive touchscreen for inputs, which works just as expected.
Display - MateBook 13s with 90 Hz and 3:2 aspect ratio
Huawei uses a so called LTPS panel (Low Temperature Poly Silcon), which enables higher pixel density and therefore higher resolutions. The 13.4-inch screen with a 3:2 aspect ratio has a resolution of 2520 x 1680 pixels and a pixel density of 226 ppi. The subjective picture impression of the glossy screen is excellent; all contents are very crisp with rich colors. Thanks to the integrated brightness sensor, the brightness can automatically be adjusted based on the environment lighting.
The manufacturer advertises a luminance of 400 nits, which is clearly surpassed by our review unit with an average brightness of 450 nits. The black value is also very low and results in an excellent contrast ratio of 2035:1. Backlight bleeding is no problem, despite the high brightness, and the response times are also okay. We can detect PWM flickering at 20% brightness or lower (corresponds with a brightness of 47 nits), but the determined frequency of 9.8 kHz is very high and should not cause any problems.
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Brightness Distribution: 92 %
Center on Battery: 468 cd/m²
Contrast: 2035:1 (Black: 0.23 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2 | 0.55-29.43 Ø5.1, calibrated: 1.5
ΔE Greyscale 2.6 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
67.5% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
92% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
65.2% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.17
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H TL134GDXP02-0, LTPS, 2520x1680, 13.40 | Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE M133NW4JR0, IPS, 1920x1200, 13.30 | Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA Samsung SDC4155 (ATNA33XC09-0), OLED, 1920x1080, 13.30 | Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry IPS, 2560x1600, 13.30 | Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 i7 LQ135P1JX51, IPS, 2256x1504, 13.50 | Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD Sharp SHP14AE, IPS, 1920x1080, 13.30 | HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr AU Optronics AUO6496, IPS, 1920x1200, 13.30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | 4% | 35% | 29% | 1% | 2% | 11% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 65.2 | 67.5 4% | 99.9 53% | 98.6 51% | 64.7 -1% | 66.3 2% | 73.4 13% |
| sRGB Coverage | 92 | 97.1 6% | 100 9% | 100 9% | 97.2 6% | 97.1 6% | 99.8 8% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 67.5 | 68.8 2% | 97.5 44% | 85.9 27% | 66.9 -1% | 67.1 -1% | 74.8 11% |
| Response Times | -32% | 29% | 374% | 3% | -44% | -17% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 44.8 ? | 53.2 ? -19% | 2 ? 96% | 31 ? 31% | 62.8 ? -40% | 55 ? -23% | 42.4 ? 5% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 22.8 ? | 32.8 ? -44% | 2 ? 91% | 26.1 ? -14% | 39.8 ? -75% | 27 ? -18% | 31.6 ? -39% |
| PWM Frequency | 9804 ? | 60 ? -99% | 118000 ? 1104% | 21930 ? 124% | 996 ? -90% | ||
| Screen | 7% | -11% | 4% | -8% | -10% | -16% | |
| Brightness middle | 468 | 379 -19% | 390 -17% | 417 -11% | 413 -12% | 486 4% | 473.9 1% |
| Brightness | 450 | 356 -21% | 368 -18% | 395 -12% | 400 -11% | 446 -1% | 458 2% |
| Brightness Distribution | 92 | 88 -4% | 66 -28% | 91 -1% | 94 2% | 77 -16% | 91 -1% |
| Black Level * | 0.23 | 0.23 -0% | 0.39 -70% | 0.29 -26% | 0.4 -74% | 0.36 -57% | |
| Contrast | 2035 | 1648 -19% | 1069 -47% | 1424 -30% | 1215 -40% | 1316 -35% | |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 2 | 1.6 20% | 2.03 -2% | 1.12 44% | 2.8 -40% | 2.54 -27% | 2.99 -50% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 5.5 | 2.7 51% | 3.14 43% | 2.71 51% | 7.2 -31% | 4.34 21% | 4.35 21% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 1.5 | 1 33% | 3.1 -107% | 0.77 49% | 0.8 47% | 1.04 31% | 1.1 27% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 2.6 | 2 23% | 1.28 51% | 1.7 35% | 1.9 27% | 2.34 10% | 4 -54% |
| Gamma | 2.17 101% | 2.25 98% | 2.4 92% | 2207 0% | 2.12 104% | 2.28 96% | 2.35 94% |
| CCT | 6511 100% | 6835 95% | 6359 102% | 6870 95% | 6510 100% | 6864 95% | 6269 104% |
| Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998) | 87 | 61.6 | 62 | ||||
| Color Space (Percent of sRGB) | 100 | 97.2 | 97 | ||||
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -7% /
1% | 18% /
9% | 136% /
83% | -1% /
-4% | -17% /
-14% | -7% /
-11% |
* ... smaller is better
The MateBook 13s offers a 90 Hz mode, but it is not active by default. You can activate it via graphics settings or via key combination (Fn+R). The 90 Hz mode results in a smoother picture impression, especially during scrolling.
We analyzed the display with the professional CalMAN software and the X-Rite i1 Pro 2 spectrophotometer. The picture quality is already very good out of the box and there is no visible color cast, but there are some shades of blue with slightly elevated deviations (higher 3). Our own calibration (profile can be downloaded for free in the box above) can improve the results, but 100% blue still deviates, so this is just a limitation of the display. Still, the MateBook 13s is suited for picture editing in the small sRGB color space, which is almost covered completely.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 22.8 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 10.4 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 12.4 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 43 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is similar to the average of all tested devices (22 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 44.8 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 22 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 22.8 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.25 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 72 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (34.6 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM detected | 9804 Hz | ≤ 20 % brightness setting |  |
| ≤ 47 cd/m² brightness | |||
The display backlight flickers at 9804 Hz (Likely utilizing PWM) Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 20 % (47 cd/m²) and below. There should be no flickering or PWM above this brightness setting. The frequency of 9804 Hz is quite high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering. As the flickering occurs only on very low brightness settings, it should not be an issue in typical office settings. Nonetheless, use in low light conditions may be straining to the eyes. In comparison: 54 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 18988 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
The glossy display is a problem outdoors and it is hard to see the display contents on sunny days, despite the high brightness. It is more comfortable in the shade or on overcast days. There are nor problems with the viewing angle stability.
Performance - Huawei uses Tiger Lake-H35
Huawei only offers one configuration of the MateBook 13s. Similar to the larger MateBook 14s, the manufacturer uses 35W CPUs from Intel’s Tiger Lake generation, but in this case with the slower Core i5-11300H as well as the slightly slower version of the integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 with 80 EUs. Combined with 16 GB RAM (LPDDR4x-3733) in a dual-channel configuration, you get plenty of performance for pretty much every common task.
Huawei’s preinstalled PC Manager offers two power modes; the default "Balanced" setting and "Performance", but the latter only has a small effect on the performance (42 vs. 35 Watts during sustained workloads) and does not really make a difference in everyday tasks. You can also switch between the two modes with the key combination Fn+P. All the following benchmarks and measurements were performed with the "Balanced" mode and the Windows power setting "Best Performance".
Processor - Core i5-11300H
Intel’s Core i5-11300H is a Tiger Lake CPU with four cores (8 threads) and a nominal TDP of 35 Watts. These H35 CPUs are basically regular Tiger Lake-U processors like the Core i5-1135G7 with higher power levels. The benchmark results are also pretty sobering and the Core i5 does not stand a chance against the AMD U-series processors as well as Apple’s M1 processor in M1 native tests like Cinebench R23, for example.
Cinebench R15 Multi Loop
The Cinebench R15 Multi loop clearly shows that the difference between the two performance modes is negligible. If you need the maximum amount of CPU performance, you can certainly use the performance mode. The cooling performance of the MateBook 13s is good, because the CPU can consume more than 40 Watts at the beginning of the tests and then maintain the nominal 35 Watts. The weak performance is therefore caused by the Core i5-11300H itself; the results would be much better with a current AMD chip or one of the brand-new Alder Lake processors. The larger MateBook 14s with the Core i7-11370H can use 45W and is a bit faster, but the difference is once again very small in everyday scenarios.
Overall, the CPU performance is still more than sufficient for everyday tasks and should not be a bottleneck in the foreseeable future, either. The CPU performance is not reduced on battery power. More processor benchmarks are available in our tech section.
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.4: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
| Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (2485 - 14950, n=70, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (3313 - 6581, n=10) | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (598 - 1934, n=70, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (1218 - 1431, n=11) | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (810 - 5782, n=70, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (1300 - 2533, n=10) | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (216 - 738, n=70, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (431 - 548, n=11) | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (91.8 - 267, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (123 - 211, n=8) | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (466 - 862, n=10) | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (217 - 1600, n=71, last 2 years) | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (13422 - 63045, n=64, last 2 years) | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (17573 - 26001, n=10) | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (2197 - 6164, n=64, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (4603 - 4969, n=10) | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Geekbench 5.4 / Multi-Core | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (2972 - 12304, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (3631 - 5499, n=10) | |
| Geekbench 5.4 / Single-Core | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (672 - 1975, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (1342 - 1462, n=10) | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (1.5 - 16.7, n=60, last 2 years) | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (4.32 - 8.38, n=10) | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (40.1 - 120.5, n=63, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (43.6 - 59.4, n=10) | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (0.6 - 0.644, n=10) | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (0.4397 - 1.236, n=63, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
* ... smaller is better
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (343 - 15660, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (6128 - 8440, n=9) | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (11867 - 97744, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (25739 - 33986, n=9) | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (1773 - 2286, n=9) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (453 - 3317, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (15447 - 110863, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (41257 - 49312, n=9) | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (1223 - 12607, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (3925 - 4677, n=9) | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (6379 - 53729, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (15820 - 20669, n=9) | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (37694 - 71519, n=9) | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (638 - 113708, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (229 - 962, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (269 - 390, n=9) | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (204 - 7530, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (3322 - 4613, n=9) | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (7622 - 49328, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (9705 - 38002, n=9) | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
System Performance
The MateBook 13s is a very responsive system, which is also a result of the PCIe-SSD, and we did not notice any problems during our review period. All inputs are quickly executed and there were no crashes or stutters. The synthetic benchmark scores confirm our subjective impression.
The laptop is still shipped with Windows 10 Home, but you can upgrade to Windows 11 Home for free.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (3303 - 8855, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| CrossMark / Overall | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (718 - 1876, n=51, last 2 years) | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| CrossMark / Productivity | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (685 - 1829, n=51, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| CrossMark / Creativity | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (776 - 2080, n=51, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | |
| CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (652 - 1899, n=51, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry | |
| PCMark 10 Score | 4950 points | |
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| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (19632 - 73486, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (19947 - 60141, n=9) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (23471 - 73719, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (22688 - 62684, n=9) | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (22486 - 93331, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (20959 - 65245, n=9) | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (18.8 - 126.5, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| Average Intel Core i5-11300H (76.3 - 93.6, n=9) | |
* ... smaller is better
DPC Latency
Our standardized latency test (YouTube, web browsing, CPU load) does not reveal any latency issues for the MateBook 13s, but we noticed some dropped frames during the playback of a 4K YouTube video.
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA | |
| HP Pavilion Aero 13 be0097nr | |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13 Ryzen 5 | |
| Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 13s G3 20YA0005GE | |
| Dell XPS 13 9305 Core i5 FHD | |
* ... smaller is better
Storage Devices
Huawei does not implement a modern PCIe 4.0 interface, but the performance of the PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD from Phison Electronics is still very good. You get a storage capacity of 512 GB and 409 GB are free to use after the initial set-up, but similar to other Huawei laptops, there are two partitions. The capacity of the system drive is limited to little more than 70 GB, which means you can quickly get problems if you do not pay attention when you install apps or download files. This partitioning is very annoying in practice and we can only hope Huawei will not use it for future devices. More SSD benchmarks are available here.
