Xiaomi Redmi Book Pro 16: a very promising laptop

Xiaomi continues to be very diligent and produce new interesting products. We recently tested their POCO phones and the Xiaomi 14 and 14 Ultra, and in between they introduced the new Redmi laptops (14 and 16 inches). 

Redmi Book Pro 14 (2024) has a 14-inch screen with a resolution of 2880 x 1800 (16:10 aspect ratio) and a dynamic refresh rate of up to 120 Hz. The panel covers 100 percent of sRGB and promises up to 400 nits of brightness with DC dimming. The notebook has an all-metal body that is 15.9 mm thick and weighs 1.46 kilograms.

The basic configuration contains an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor with 4 powerful cores, 8 efficient cores and 2 low-power cores (18 threads in total) and 18 MB of L3 cache. The configuration is possible with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of memory or 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB of memory.

For more power Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with 6 powerful cores, 8 efficient cores and 2 low-power cores (22 threads in total) and 24 MB of L3 cache is available. This one is only available with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD.

The #141 laptop relies on integrated Intel Arc graphics. The Ultra 5 chip has 7 Xe cores at a frequency of 2.2 GHz, while the Ultra 7 has an additional Xe core and a slightly higher frequency of 2.25 GHz. Both support hardware-accelerated ray-tracing and have NPU cores that accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) functions in applications.

AI tasks include noise reduction, overwriting, webcam centering (1080p) and more. The 14-inch model has two fans with dual heat pipes and is upgradable to 65W TDP. It is powered by an 80 Wh battery with 100-W charging using the #141 GaN adapter.

The 16-inch laptop is 15.9 mm thick and weighs 1.88 kg. It has a larger battery (99 Wh) and is equipped with the most powerful 140-W GaN adapter.

Charging takes place via the USB-C interface. Both laptops have one Thunderbolt 4 interface, one USB-C, two USB-A 3.2 Gen1, an HDMI 2.1 input and a 3.5mm headphone jack. 

Windows 11 operating system with improved HyperOS functions is installed on laptops. For example, you can use the camera of your Xiaomi phone as a wireless webcam, or you can use the keyboard of your laptop to write a message on your Xiaomi tablet.

The price of the 16-inch version of the #141 is said to be around 1000 euros, but let's wait for the real price when the computer arrives in Europe.