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MagyarHuawei MateBook D 15 (2022) review: A laptop reminiscent of the MacBook Pro
With the MateBook D series, Huawei offers affordable, high-quality multimedia and office laptops. While the MateBook D 15 (2022) shares most of those aspects with the smaller MateBook D 14, the higher-class MateBook D 16 is priced competitively, compared to the D 15. So what exactly are the concrete differences? Before we take a look, it is, however, worth noting that the prices on Huawei's online store are subject to constant change due to numerous discount promotions.
We also answer the question of whether the D 15 with an Intel Core i5, 16 GB of soldered LPDDR4X 3733 RAM, a 512 GB SSD and a matte FullHD IPS display is worth it also in view of the other competitors: The Acer Swift 3 SF316, Lenovo ThinkPad E15, Dell Inspiron 15, Lenovo IdeaPad 5, Acer Aspire 5 and the AMD variant of the MateBook D 15 (2021).
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Possible competitors compared
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84.2 % | 03/2023 | Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ i5-1155G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs | 1.6 kg | 16 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
| 86.4 % | 10/2021 | Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 i7-11370H, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.7 kg | 15.9 mm | 16.10" | 1920x1080 | |
| 85.5 % | 08/2021 | Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE R7 5700U, Vega 8 | 1.8 kg | 18.9 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
| 84.7 % | 07/2022 | Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F R7 5700U, Vega 8 | 1.6 kg | 18 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
| 84.3 % | 02/2023 | Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs | 1.5 kg | 16.9 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
| 83.5 % | 08/2021 | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 R5 5500U, Vega 7 | 1.7 kg | 19.1 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
| 81 % | 02/2022 | Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 R7 5700U, Vega 8 | 1.7 kg | 18 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 |
Case: A smart-looking MateBook resembling the Apple MacBook Pro
Just like its predecessor, the MateBook D 15 possesses an attractive-looking metal case that comes in light silver (Mystic Silver) or matte blue-gray (Space Gray). The case is very robust, manufactured to a high level and has a faultless finish. Additionally, the Huawei laptop feels very premium in the hand and is very hard to either twist or flex.
The device cannot be opened with one hand with the maximum opening angle measuring 170 degrees. Pleasingly, the hinges are now tighter than its predecessor.
Tipping the scales at around 1.6 kg, the laptop is pleasantly light. In our field of competitors, the Huawei MateBook is the most compact 15.6-inch device. While the Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15 is similarly compact, the Acer Aspire 5 possesses the largest footprint.
Features: The MateBook D 15 has few options despite many ports
The Huawei MateBook D offers quite a few ports but, on closer inspection, there are only two USB-A 2.0 ports, one USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, one USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 (without DisplayPort), HDMI 1.4b (4K @30Hz) and a 3.5 mm audio jack. As the laptop lacks a separate charging port, it is not possible to use USB-C peripherals without an adapter or dock when charging. We would like to have seen an SD card reader and Thunderbolt 4.
Communication
The Intel AX201's measured WiFi speeds, while not slow, are significantly below what the WiFi module is capable of, even under optimum conditions. Compared to its direct competitors, the Acer Aspire 5 with the older AX200, sits at the top of the pack.
Webcam
Huawei's webcam continues to run at a low resolution of 1,280 x 720 pixels. Image quality is noisy but would still be adequate for video conference calls but for the camera's keyboard location. The resulting angle makes it very difficult to use and very slim display bezels are to blame for this.
Accessories
Apart from the 65-watt USB-C power supply unit, no additional accessories are included. In terms of the packaging, no particular attention has been paid to either recycled or plastic-free materials.
Maintenance
Ten Torx screws (T5) have to be removed in order to access the device's internals. Only the M.2 2280 SSD, as well as the 57 Wh, screwed battery, can be swapped. Theoretically, the USB daughterboard and speaker can also be relatively easily swapped.
By contrast, the RAM and WiFi chip are soldered in place, while the AMD model of the MateBook D 15 (2021) has a slot-in WiFi module instead. The redundant 2.5-inch slot is no longer present in the 2022 model.
Guarantee
In the UK, Huawei provides a 12-month guarantee with the MateBook D 15 with extended guarantees also available.
Input devices: The MateBook provides a pleasant, fast typing experience
Keyboard
The Huawei MateBook's full-size keyboard possesses slightly textured, 17 x 17 mm keys. Key travel is short but pleasant, the pressure point can be clearly felt and key resistance is good. Also, the keyboard hardly flexes even when targeted pressure is applied.
All in all, a fast and quiet typing experience is possible. However, the "Home" and "End" function keys are absent. A reliable fingerprint reader is integrated into the power button. Interestingly, the keyboard isn't backlit unlike the smaller MateBook D 14.
Touchpad
Fingers glide effortlessly over the smooth surface of the average-sized touchpad and inputs respond promptly, with multi-touch gestures being equally as responsive. The integrated click buttons offer good travel but deliver rather imprecise feedback if you tend to click slowly and firmly. Quick, short clicks are fine.
Display: Solid for an office laptop but with severe light bleeding
The MateBook D 15 has a matte 15.6-inch display with a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels (16:9) and an average brightness of 271 cd/m². In terms of static contrast, we measured a high 1,617:1. Overall, subjective image quality is good, also due to clear subpixels.
The strong bleeding present in our model could be annoying, especially with a dark background. Gray-to-gray and black-to-white latencies are surprisingly short at 10 ms and 11 ms, respectively and help prevent ghosting.
Lenovo's IdeaPad 5 and ThinkPad E15 G3 bieten offer brightness well above 300 cd/m². The MateBook uses PWM with a high frequency of 6 kHz which should be too high, even for sensitive eyes.
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Brightness Distribution: 82 %
Center on Battery: 291 cd/m²
Contrast: 1617:1 (Black: 0.18 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 4.99 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5, calibrated: 4.21
ΔE Greyscale 2.98 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
42% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
60.6% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
40.7% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.37
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ BOE CQ TV156FHM-NH1 , IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 B156HAN02.8, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 Chi Mei CMN160B, IPS, 1920x1080, 16.10 | Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE B156HAN02.1, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F BOE NV15N4V, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 Lenovo LEN156FHD, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 CEC PANDA LM156LF-CL13, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | -3% | 64% | -1% | -10% | -7% | -6% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 40.7 | 39.5 -3% | 66.6 64% | 40.3 -1% | 36.58 -10% | 38.09 -6% | |
| sRGB Coverage | 60.6 | 59.4 -2% | 99.5 64% | 60.2 -1% | 54.37 -10% | 59 -3% | 57.3 -5% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 42 | 40.8 -3% | 68.5 63% | 41.6 -1% | 37.79 -10% | 38 -10% | 39.35 -6% |
| Response Times | -228% | -120% | -258% | -200% | -127% | -213% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 10 ? | 41 ? -310% | 32 ? -220% | 44 ? -340% | 44 ? -340% | 29 ? -190% | 38 ? -280% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 11 ? | 27 ? -145% | 20 ? -82% | 30.4 ? -176% | 31 ? -182% | 18 ? -64% | 27 ? -145% |
| PWM Frequency | 6000 ? | 2500 ? -58% | 1250 ? -79% | ||||
| Screen | -20% | 25% | 4% | -3% | -47% | 10% | |
| Brightness middle | 291 | 297 2% | 304 4% | 347 19% | 251 -14% | 376 29% | 229 -21% |
| Brightness | 271 | 281 4% | 284 5% | 329 21% | 241 -11% | 341 26% | 224 -17% |
| Brightness Distribution | 82 | 88 7% | 88 7% | 93 13% | 87 6% | 78 -5% | 73 -11% |
| Black Level * | 0.18 | 0.43 -139% | 0.165 8% | 0.25 -39% | 0.23 -28% | 0.66 -267% | 0.12 33% |
| Contrast | 1617 | 691 -57% | 1842 14% | 1388 -14% | 1091 -33% | 570 -65% | 1908 18% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 4.99 | 4.6 8% | 1.44 71% | 4.7 6% | 5.14 -3% | 6.4 -28% | 3.76 25% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 17.99 | 19.07 -6% | 3.62 80% | 19.4 -8% | 18.41 -2% | 20.45 -14% | 5.97 67% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 4.21 | 4.4 -5% | 4.44 -5% | ||||
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 2.98 | 2.24 25% | 2.6 13% | 1.7 43% | 1.08 64% | 4.59 -54% | 3.01 -1% |
| Gamma | 2.37 93% | 2.39 92% | 2.41 91% | 2.2 100% | 2.43 91% | 2.26 97% | 2.41 91% |
| CCT | 7045 92% | 6720 97% | 6527 100% | 6475 100% | 6534 99% | 6819 95% | 6484 100% |
| Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998) | 68.5 | 37.79 | 38 | ||||
| Color Space (Percent of sRGB) | 99.5 | 54.37 | 59 | ||||
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -84% /
-48% | -10% /
2% | -85% /
-35% | -71% /
-47% | -60% /
-54% | -70% /
-25% |
* ... smaller is better
At around 61 % sRGB, color space coverage is very low. Sophisticated image processing is therefore not possible with Huawei's office laptop.
The average Delta-E value color deviation is 5 and significantly above the threshold value of 3 which is the level from which color differences become visible to the human eye. It is not possible to improve this value (4.21), even after calibration, however, this helps eradicate the slight cyan tint. Our calibrated ICC color profile can be downloaded here.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 3 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 8 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. » 24 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (21.5 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 10 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 5 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 5 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 0.2 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 18 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (33.7 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM detected | 6000 Hz | ≤ 100 % brightness setting |   |
The display backlight flickers at 6000 Hz (worst case, e.g., utilizing PWM) Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 100 % and below. There should be no flickering or PWM above this brightness setting. The frequency of 6000 Hz is quite high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering. In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 17915 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
Outdoors, the matte display is only really legible in either shaded or partially-shaded areas. The 271 cd/m² brightness is unable to stand up to direct sunlight.
Performance: No difference to the MateBook D 15's predecessor
The MateBook D 15 is an affordable office laptop with an Intel Core i5-1155G7, Iris Xe Graphics (80EUs), 16 GB of soldered LPDDR4X 3733 RAM and a 512 GB PCIe 3.0 SSD. This configuration is more than sufficient for office work and internet surfing. On paper, a slightly faster alternative is the Core i7-1195G7. However, according to our database, this only offers around 10 % additional single-core performance and also in turbo boost scenarios, due to performance-limiting settings. A cheaper variant with only 8 GB of RAM is also available. For basic office applications and internet surfing this is still adequate. An AMD APU has not made its way into the 2022 MateBook D 15.
Test conditions
The Huawei MateBook D 15 offers two performance modes, switchable via "Fn + P". Our benchmarks were carried out using performance mode. Only balanced mode is available in battery mode. We used this mode to determine the battery life. The following shows the CPU performance limits:
| Performance mode / Performance limit | PL2 | PL1 |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 49 W | 31 W |
| Balanced | 49 W | 25 W |
| Battery mode | 31 W | 25 W |
Processor
A Tiger Lake CPU from 2021 is still the beating heart of the MateBook D 15. The Intel Core i5-1155G7 clocks at 3.55 GHz which is a little higher than the laptop's predecessor (3.3 GHz). Accordingly, performance is marginally higher and the cores level off at a cool 69 °C.
With a hexa-core AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, last year's model is around 60 percent faster in our Cinebench R15 multi-loop test, while the octa-core Ryzen 7 5700U found in the Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3 and Acer Aspire 5 runs 75 % and 54 % faster, respectively. By contrast, the Intel CPU"s single-core performance is slightly higher. In battery mode, only balanced mode is available, with multi-core performance dropping by around 20 percent.
Cinebench R15 Multi Dauertest
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 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
| CPU Performance Rating | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Average of class Office | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Average of class Office (1056 - 15743, n=122, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (5471 - 5791, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Average of class Office (529 - 1995, n=121, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (1362 - 1446, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Average of class Office (356 - 5904, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (2123 - 2273, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Average of class Office (181.3 - 764, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (521 - 551, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Average of class Office (160.8 - 2642, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (858 - 928, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Average of class Office (82.6 - 284, n=118, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (210 - 211, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (536 - 566, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average of class Office (214 - 2844, n=121, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Average of class Office (2233 - 6687, n=121, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (4603 - 4949, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (1018 - 11980, n=122, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (5654 - 5825, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Average of class Office (510 - 1974, n=122, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (1461 - 1480, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Average of class Office (1.55 - 17.4, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (7.13 - 7.55, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Average of class Office (31.3 - 117.5, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (51.4 - 52.7, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (0.605 - 0.616, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Average of class Office (0.4244 - 1.397, n=119, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
* ... 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
| Performance Rating | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Average of class Office | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Average of class Office (763 - 24250, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (7146 - 8007, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Average of class Office (4027 - 102228, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (31134 - 33150, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (2078 - 2201, n=3) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Average of class Office (279 - 4442, n=119, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Average of class Office (8031 - 113016, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (52180 - 52265, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Average of class Office (404 - 14288, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (4936 - 5001, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Average of class Office (2054 - 54365, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (18707 - 19716, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (73655 - 76866, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Average of class Office (5226 - 147611, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Average of class Office (67.6 - 1018, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (407 - 425, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Average of class Office (432 - 12755, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (3886 - 4211, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (33302 - 39951, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average of class Office (4814 - 48177, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
System performance
When it comes to everyday performance, the Huawei MateBook is very responsive. The playback of a 4K YouTube video and simultaneous, swift, multi-tab surfing didn't present any great challenges to the Intel processor. The high turbo speed of 4.2 GHz, as well as the high-level single-core performance, are responsible for smooth internet surfing and the Mozilla Kraken and WebXPRT benchmarks are rated accordingly.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
Mozilla Kraken 1.1: Total
Speedometer 2.0: Result
Jetstream 2: Total Score
Octane V2: Total Score
WebXPRT 3: Overall
WebXPRT 4: Overall
| PCMark 10 / Score | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Average of class Office (2325 - 7157, n=105, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (5095 - 5136, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (9853 - 10354, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average of class Office (5095 - 20841, n=105, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Average of class Office (3041 - 10198, n=105, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (6549 - 6622, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| Average of class Office (1912 - 9056, n=105, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (5364 - 5583, n=3) | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| CrossMark / Overall | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (1381 - 1395, n=2) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average of class Office (348 - 1891, n=106, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| CrossMark / Productivity | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (1442 - 1449, n=2) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average of class Office (393 - 1870, n=106, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| CrossMark / Creativity | |
| Average of class Office (340 - 1982, n=106, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (1309 - 1330, n=2) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (1426 - 1439, n=2) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Average of class Office (258 - 2017, n=106, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Mozilla Kraken 1.1 / Total | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Average of class Office (479 - 1966, n=112, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (669 - 712, n=3) | |
| Speedometer 2.0 / Result | |
| Average of class Office (26.1 - 350, n=48, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs () | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Jetstream 2 / Total Score | |
| Average of class Office (72.4 - 418, n=71, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (196.7 - 215, n=2) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Octane V2 / Total Score | |
| Average of class Office (21416 - 93596, n=52, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
| WebXPRT 3 / Overall | |
| Average of class Office (99.2 - 368, n=107, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (242 - 245, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| WebXPRT 4 / Overall | |
| Average of class Office (80 - 328, n=95, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (189.5 - 190.6, n=2) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
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| PCMark 10 Score | 5095 points | |
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| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (53013 - 63230, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Average of class Office (7158 - 88119, n=121, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (53497 - 59710, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average of class Office (7325 - 87297, n=121, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (58250 - 66893, n=3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Average of class Office (7579 - 94965, n=121, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1155G7 (95 - 101.9, n=3) | |
| Average of class Office (44.3 - 188.3, n=122, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
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DPC latencies
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F | |
| Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | |
| Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 | |
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Mass storage
The 511BS0512HB numbered 512 GB PCIe 3.0 SSD, delivers decent transfer rates, especially concerning write processes as well as multithreaded 4K processes.
Accordingly, we saw the highest copy rates in our comparison field. Sustained performance doesn't result in cache or temperature-related throttling.
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ 511BS0512HB-TX01 | Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 YMTC PC005 256GB | Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE SK Hynix PC711 1TB HFS001TDE9X084N | Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD | Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 | Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD | |
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| DiskSpd | -13% | 32% | -43% | -29% | -8% | -26% | |
| seq read | 1657 | 2155 30% | 1624 -2% | 915 -45% | 1536 -7% | 1684 2% | 1295 -22% |
| seq write | 1342 | 1126 -16% | 1901 42% | 886 -34% | 1331 -1% | 1498 12% | 1110 -17% |
| seq q8 t1 read | 2395 | 2592 8% | 3269 36% | 989 -59% | 2181 -9% | 2659 11% | 1453 -39% |
| seq q8 t1 write | 1684 | 1219 -28% | 3250 93% | 887 -47% | 1409 -16% | 1603 -5% | 1158 -31% |
| 4k q1 t1 read | 59.1 | 49.6 -16% | 57.4 -3% | 53.3 -10% | 37.9 -36% | 46 -22% | 62.7 6% |
| 4k q1 t1 write | 260 | 238 -8% | 128 -51% | 178 -32% | 94.5 -64% | 128 -51% | 150 -42% |
| 4k q32 t16 read | 874 | 724 -17% | 2037 133% | 428 -51% | 701 -20% | 1068 22% | 652 -25% |
| 4k q32 t16 write | 1681 | 692 -59% | 1833 9% | 592 -65% | 306 -82% | 1174 -30% | 1025 -39% |
| AS SSD | -29% | 13% | -13% | -81% | -15% | -30% | |
| Seq Read | 2080.49 | 2780 34% | 2432 17% | 2015 -3% | 1276 -39% | 2549 23% | 1926 -7% |
| Seq Write | 1467.23 | 886 -40% | 1266 -14% | 1055 -28% | 548.03 -63% | 1571 7% | 1072 -27% |
| 4K Read | 67.13 | 55.2 -18% | 48.88 -27% | 73.9 10% | 33.31 -50% | 41.92 -38% | 54.9 -18% |
| 4K Write | 195.24 | 165.3 -15% | 128.4 -34% | 223.2 14% | 70.44 -64% | 110.3 -44% | 129.2 -34% |
| 4K-64 Read | 1238.56 | 586 -53% | 1805 46% | 589 -52% | 662.17 -47% | 1086 -12% | 586 -53% |
| 4K-64 Write | 1535.62 | 365 -76% | 2470 61% | 1029 -33% | 608.11 -60% | 1083 -29% | 928 -40% |
| Access Time Read * | 0.091 | 0.065 29% | 0.044 52% | 0.056 38% | 0.169 -86% | 0.119 -31% | 0.082 10% |
| Access Time Write * | 0.043 | 0.023 47% | 0.038 12% | 0.039 9% | 0.219 -409% | 0.034 21% | 0.039 9% |
| Score Read | 1514 | 919 -39% | 2097 39% | 865 -43% | 823 -46% | 1383 -9% | 834 -45% |
| Score Write | 1878 | 619 -67% | 2725 45% | 1358 -28% | 733 -61% | 1351 -28% | 1164 -38% |
| Score Total | 4151 | 1930 -54% | 5837 41% | 2644 -36% | 1948 -53% | 3398 -18% | 2399 -42% |
| Copy ISO MB/s | 1439 | 1127 -22% | 1301 -10% | 1186 -18% | 662.31 -54% | 1286 -11% | 1197 -17% |
| Copy Program MB/s | 773 | 296 -62% | 554 -28% | 782 1% | 448.05 -42% | 574 -26% | 228 -71% |
| Copy Game MB/s | 1226 | 387 -68% | 993 -19% | 1028 -16% | 560.84 -54% | 1133 -8% | 665 -46% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -21% /
-23% | 23% /
20% | -28% /
-24% | -55% /
-62% | -12% /
-12% | -28% /
-29% |
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* ... smaller is better
Continuous performance read: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
Graphics card
As the Huawei MateBook D 15 is essentially an office laptop not designed for gaming, 3D performance can be considered average at best. That means undemanding or older games can be played at native, FullHD resolution at low to medium settings.
The installed Intel Xe Graphics G7 (80EUs) runs around 22 percent faster than average as it profits from speedy LPDDR4X 3733 RAM. The Vega iGPUs in all competing devices are easily left behind when it comes to gaming performance. In battery mode, 3D performance is reduced by approximately 10 percent.
| 3DMark 11 Performance | 6328 points | |
| 3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score | 19608 points | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Score | 4126 points | |
| 3DMark Time Spy Score | 1645 points | |
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Witcher 3 FPS diagram
| low | med. | high | ultra | |
| GTA V (2015) | 91.2 | 87.2 | 25 | 9.92 |
| The Witcher 3 (2015) | 84 | 51.7 | 27.8 | 13.5 |
| Dota 2 Reborn (2015) | 116.4 | 100 | 60.2 | 54.3 |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018) | 40.7 | 20.9 | 15.1 | |
| X-Plane 11.11 (2018) | 43.7 | 39.8 | 35.9 | |
| Strange Brigade (2018) | 36.1 | 29 | 24 | |
| God of War (2022) | 21.1 | 17.9 | 14.3 | 11.1 |
Emissions: The Huawei MateBook D 15 doesn't hold back
Noise emissions
Although we didn't really witness any higher performance in the 2022 model compared to its predecessor, the fan runs considerably faster and, at around 43 dB(A), is also much louder.
Nevertheless, Huawei's office laptop is comparatively quiet during office use or when surfing the internet, especially in balanced mode.
Electronic background noise was not present. Across the board, the competition is quieter, with the ThinkPad E15 G3 AMD sitting at 33 dB(A) to 35 dB(A) and the Acer Swift 3 SF316 at 33 dB(A) to 39 dB(A), depending on the load scenario.
Noise Level
| Idle |
| 26 / 26 / 26 dB(A) |
| Load |
| 42.6 / 43 dB(A) |
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30 dB silent 40 dB(A) audible 50 dB(A) loud |
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min:  , med:  , max:  Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 26 dB(A) | ||
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1155G7, 511BS0512HB-TX01 | Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-11370H, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD | Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE Vega 8, R7 5700U, SK Hynix PC711 1TB HFS001TDE9X084N | Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F Vega 8, R7 5700U, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe | Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1135G7, YMTC PC005 256GB | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 Vega 7, R5 5500U | Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 Vega 8, R7 5700U, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD | |
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| Noise | 4% | 10% | 6% | 7% | 2% | 3% | |
| off / environment * | 26 | 26 -0% | 23.8 8% | 25.4 2% | 25.5 2% | 26 -0% | 25 4% |
| Idle Minimum * | 26 | 26 -0% | 23.8 8% | 25.4 2% | 25.5 2% | 26 -0% | 25 4% |
| Idle Average * | 26 | 26 -0% | 23.8 8% | 25.4 2% | 25.5 2% | 26 -0% | 25 4% |
| Idle Maximum * | 26 | 27.7 -7% | 28 -8% | 25.4 2% | 25.5 2% | 26 -0% | 29.5 -13% |
| Load Average * | 42.6 | 32.7 23% | 32.9 23% | 34 20% | 31 27% | 42.6 -0% | 38.6 9% |
| Load Maximum * | 43 | 39 9% | 35 19% | 40 7% | 39.1 9% | 37.4 13% | 38.6 10% |
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Temperature
Regardless of the location, the MateBook D 15 stays exceptionally cool at well under 40 °C. The ThinkPad E15 G3 AMD is much quieter, but its case reaches very high temperatures of up to 61 °C. In some cases, almost all of the other devices in our field of competitors reach higher temperatures than the MateBook.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 37.6 °C / 100 F, compared to the average of 34.2 °C / 94 F, ranging from 21.2 to 62.5 °C for the class Office.
(+) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 38.5 °C / 101 F, compared to the average of 36.7 °C / 98 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 25.5 °C / 78 F, compared to the device average of 29.5 °C / 85 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are reaching skin temperature as a maximum (33.2 °C / 91.8 F) and are therefore not hot.
(-) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 27.7 °C / 81.9 F (-5.5 °C / -9.9 F).
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ Intel Core i5-1155G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 Intel Core i5-1135G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) | Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 Intel Core i7-11370H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 | Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) | |
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| Heat | -1% | -18% | -11% | -16% | -3% | -9% | |
| Maximum Upper Side * | 37.6 | 39.9 -6% | 46.4 -23% | 40 -6% | 39.4 -5% | 40.5 -8% | 40 -6% |
| Maximum Bottom * | 38.5 | 42 -9% | 60.9 -58% | 47 -22% | 45.4 -18% | 42 -9% | 42.8 -11% |
| Idle Upper Side * | 28.5 | 26.5 7% | 26.5 7% | 30.1 -6% | 33.2 -16% | 26.5 7% | 32.4 -14% |
| Idle Bottom * | 28.4 | 26.8 6% | 27.5 3% | 31.6 -11% | 35.1 -24% | 29 -2% | 29.4 -4% |
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Stress test
In the combined stress test (FurMark + Prime95), the CPU clock speed dropped from 3.5 GHz to below the base clock speed of 2 GHz after only 40 seconds, while core temperatures remained at a low 59 °C. The iGPU is prioritized and at 1,180 MHz, it sits only 13 percent below its maximum speed.
Under pure CPU load, it stabilizes at 3 GHz and heats up to 69 °C.
| CPU Clock (GHz) | GPU Clock (MHz) | Average CPU Temperature (°C) | |
| System Idle | |||
| Prime95 Stress | 3 | 100 | 69 |
| Prime95 + FurMark Stress | 2 | 1.180 | 59 |
| FurMark Stress | 0,1 | 1.350 / 1.070 | 46 |
| Witcher 3 Stress | 0,8 | 1.350 | 50 - 55 °C |
Speakers
At 88,3 dB(A), the MateBook's speakers get very loud and produce quite a decent sound. This can be improved upon thanks to the included Nahimic Software, with which even a hint of bass can make itself heard. Nevertheless, when it comes to film and music enjoyment, you would be better served by using an external 3.5 mm or Bluetooth-based audio peripheral.
Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (88.7 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 25% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (10.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 1.7% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (4.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) | higher highs - on average 7.5% higher than median
(±) | linearity of highs is average (7.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (17.8% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 24% of all tested devices in this class were better, 6% similar, 70% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 22%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 31% of all tested devices were better, 8% similar, 62% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP audio analysis
(-) | not very loud speakers (71.8 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 28.3% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (12.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 5.9% higher than median
(±) | linearity of mids is average (8.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 4.2% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (4.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (26% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 84% of all tested devices in this class were better, 3% similar, 13% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 19%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 76% of all tested devices were better, 5% similar, 19% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Energy management: A Huawei laptop with long battery life
Power consumption
In balanced mode, the device's 4.2-watt idle power consumption is low. In performance mode, this sits around the class average of 7.5 watts. In contrast, the Acer Aspire 5 and the Dell Inspiron 15 5515, only require 5.5 and 6.6 watts, respectively. For a short time, the laptop drew 64.6 watts during the untypical-for-everyday-use stress test but this was absorbed by the 65-watt USB-C power adapter.
| Off / Standby | 0.34 / 0.8 Watt |
| Idle | 4.2 / 7.5 / 8.7 Watt |
| Load |
37 / 64.6 Watt |
   
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| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ i5-1155G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, 511BS0512HB-TX01, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, YMTC PC005 256GB, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE R7 5700U, Vega 8, SK Hynix PC711 1TB HFS001TDE9X084N, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 i7-11370H, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD, IPS, 1920x1080, 16.10 | Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F R7 5700U, Vega 8, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 R7 5700U, Vega 8, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | Average of class Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Consumption | 2% | -2% | 2% | 10% | 21% | -1% | -1% | |
| Idle Minimum * | 4.2 | 3.8 10% | 3.4 19% | 4.8 -14% | 3.8 10% | 3 29% | 4.46 ? -6% | 4.3 ? -2% |
| Idle Average * | 7.5 | 7.3 3% | 7.6 -1% | 7.4 1% | 6.6 12% | 5.5 27% | 7.33 ? 2% | 7.35 ? 2% |
| Idle Maximum * | 8.7 | 8.4 3% | 9.3 -7% | 9 -3% | 8 8% | 8.2 6% | 9.25 ? -6% | 9.15 ? -5% |
| Load Average * | 37 | 38 -3% | 44.5 -20% | 34.9 6% | 33.4 10% | 34.2 8% | 36.1 ? 2% | 41.1 ? -11% |
| Witcher 3 ultra * | 35.6 | 34.6 3% | 42.7 -20% | 34.9 2% | 33.6 6% | 30.2 15% | ||
| Load Maximum * | 64.6 | 65.8 -2% | 54.2 16% | 51.4 20% | 54 16% | 38 41% | 61.2 ? 5% | 58.1 ? 10% |
* ... smaller is better
Power consumption Witcher 3 / stress test
Power consumption with an external monitor
Battery life
In our internet surfing test, the Huawei MateBook 15 managed just short of 10 hours with display brightness set to 150 cd/m². In this test, a script opens various websites at certain intervals in order to imitate surfing behaviour.
All the laptop's competitors show similar levels of endurance apart from the Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15 which can manage a whole 14 hours. It took a total of two hours for the 57 Wh battery to be completely recharged.
| Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ i5-1155G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, 56 Wh | Huawei MateBook D 15 2021, i5-1135G7 i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, 42 Wh | Lenovo ThinkPad E15 G3-20YG003UGE R7 5700U, Vega 8, 57 Wh | Acer Swift 3 SF316-51 i7-11370H, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 56 Wh | Dell Inspiron 15 5515-H8P8F R7 5700U, Vega 8, 54 Wh | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ALC05 R5 5500U, Vega 7, 70 Wh | Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R1 R7 5700U, Vega 8, 48 Wh | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Runtime | -12% | 2% | -2% | 16% | 38% | -1% | |
| H.264 | 724 | 615 -15% | 645 -11% | 925 28% | 525 -27% | ||
| WiFi v1.3 | 588 | 512 -13% | 597 2% | 585 -1% | 627 7% | 839 43% | 652 11% |
| Load | 94 | 84 -11% | 103 10% | 144 53% | 134 43% | 107 14% | |
| Witcher 3 ultra | 130 | 110 |
Pros
Cons
Verdict: A premium price for an entry-level laptop from Huawei
Huawei is offering a robust, 15.6-inch office laptop with a MacBook Pro-style design whose core aspects are just right for its intended office use: good input devices, a high-contrast, matte IPS display with acceptable (for indoor-use) brightness, in addition to low emissions and good system performance paired with 16 GB of RAM.
Mobility hasn't fallen by the wayside either: The Huawei MateBook D 15 (2022) is very light, astonishingly compact and offers almost 10-hour battery life.
Points are deducted for detail: 16:9 format, soldered RAM and low color space coverage. Aspects that shouldn't really be absent are, in particular, a backlit keyboard and only one USB-C port, the use of which is mandatory when charging. In addition, compared to its predecessor, there is nothing in the way of performance upgrades meaning buyers are still well served by the 2021 AMD model.
More than anything, this poses the question as to why Huawei is offering the MateBook D 16 for £799, as it possesses a larger, brighter, 16:10 display that offers 96 % sRGB, more ports and a significantly faster Alder Lake 45-watt CPU. At an RRP of £699, the D 15's price doesn't necessarily reflect the entry-level specs on offer, however, current discounts on Huawei's store make it a more attractive proposition.
For a lower price, the ThinkPad E15 offers more in the area of performance, expandability, keyboard and display. The Acer Swift 3 SF316 is also interesting, with its better and larger display, very quiet operation, high-level system performance and a very good backlit keyboard.
Price and availability
The MateBook D 15 (2022) in Mystic Silver, with a Core i5-1155G7, 8 GB RAM (review model 16 GB) and a 512 GB SSD currently costs around £540 on Huawei's online store, representing a reduction of almost £160 over the RRP.
At the moment, Huawei is also offering an additional 5% off in the form of a Huawei Spring Sale discount code which can be redeemed at the checkout.
Alternatively, the same specced device (8GB of RAM) can be had for £599 on Amazon UK.
Huawei MateBook D 15 2023-53013BSJ
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03/21/2023 v7
Marvin Gollor
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The present review sample was made available to the author as a loan by the manufacturer or a shop for the purposes of review. The lender had no influence on this review, nor did the manufacturer receive a copy of this review before publication. There was no obligation to publish this review.
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