Xiaomi mi notebook air

The overall màu sắc performance out of the box is very good, making the display ideal for everyday nội dung consumption and some light color-sensitive work. For more serious color work, you will need to vị hardware calibration. However, the lack of proper wide màu sắc coverage and 10-bit, & relatively meager peak brightness & contrast ratio means you are better off considering an external monitor for color-sensitive work.

The máy tính xách tay does not support PQ HDR, so HDR cannot be enabled in Windows and supported apps và games. However, Windows does include an additional streaming HDR option, which can enable tư vấn for HDR nội dung in compatible apps. Netflix, for example, will serve HDR nội dung when this option is enabled. However, the panel is ill-equipped to lớn display HDR nội dung so it often ends up looking worse than SDR.

The display has subpar motion performance. The 120Hz peak refresh rate provides significantly improved motion smoothness & applications that support it feel much more responsive. However, the display has poor response times, which is fairly typical of IPS non-gaming máy tính xách tay displays due khổng lồ a lack of px overdrive. This results in long motion trails behind fast-moving objects as the pixels are too slow to lớn transition within the 8.33ms refresh window.

The mi NoteBook Pro 120G is only available in one size. The 14-inch panel has good px density thanks to the relatively high resolution. However, it feels cramped at the default 200% scaling and anything lower is too small and hard on the eyes. Windows application scaling is also all over the place, but that"s a discussion for another day.

Keyboard and trackpad

The xiaomi NoteBook Pro 120G has a standard chiclet-style membrane keyboard. The keys use a scissor mechanism and have about 1.3mm of travel.

The keyboard has trắng LED backlighting that can be set lớn low, high, or tự động brightness. By default, the backlighting is set to turn off after 15 seconds of not using the keyboard. This can be very annoying và the option khổng lồ keep it permanently enabled is in the BIOS, which has to lớn be accessed by pressing và holding F2 during boot.

The keyboard has a row of Fn keys at the top, which also has alternative shortcuts assigned khổng lồ them. The Fn commands can be accessed by pressing the Fn key first. Alternatively, you can press Fn + Esc và switch lớn using the Fn commands by default and accessing the shortcuts by pressing the Fn keys first.

The keyboard also has a dedicated macro key in the đứng đầu right corner. You can set any application or file to open when you press this key. Only one thing can be assigned khổng lồ the key at a time. The macro key has a heavier actuation force required, likely to prevent accidental presses.

The keyboard on the xiaomi mi NoteBook Pro 120G is excellent. The keys are well spaced & have very satisfying damping for the spring mechanism that makes it a joy to lớn type on. Even the sound of the keys is well-damped & it"s neither too loud nor too mushy.

The backlighting for the keys is adequately bright at its maximum setting and the bleed around the edges isn"t too bad. The key legends are always visible whether in the light or lit by the backlighting. The key material is smooth lớn the touch and doesn"t get easily greasy.

In the đứng top right corner of the keyboard deck is the power button with a capacitive fingerprint sensor built-in. This sensor is rather slow và takes a second & a half khổng lồ read your prints.

Below the keyboard is the large plastic trackpad. The trackpad is hinged at the top & the bottom moves physically lớn register clicks. This means about the bottom 60% of the trackpad can be pressed to lớn register a click while the vị trí cao nhất 40% cannot move much as it"s close khổng lồ the hinge.

The trackpad is mostly good. The surface has excellent texture that makes smooth và precise movements possible. The clicks have a sturdy feel to lớn them. The only issue I faced is of double-clicking with the capacitive cảm ứng surface. When tapping the surface, the trackpad can sometimes register two clicks, which can cause all sorts of problems like invariantly dragging a window when you just wanted khổng lồ move the pointer or opening files that you just wanted to drag.

The issue seems khổng lồ be from the sensitivity of the cảm ứng surface, which at the moment seems a bit high. The trackpad also does not function properly if your palm is resting on the edge, which can happen quite often due lớn its large size. Two-finger gestures turn into three-finger gestures if you don"t realize your palm is resting on the edge of the trackpad, which can be annoying or dangerous if, lượt thích me, you have set up the three-finger scroll to lớn adjust the volume. A trackpad this big simply cannot afford to lớn not have any palm rejection. Hopefully, this gets addressed in a driver update.

Speakers, microphone, webcam

The xiaomi mi NoteBook Pro 120G has two down-firing speakers on either side. The speakers without any enhancements offer typical laptop-quality audio, which is to say they are awful. However, the pre-installed DTS Audio Processing app is capable of performing incredible wizardry on it, which results in an actually decent audio experience. I simply vì not recommend using the speakers without this app.

The phầm mềm also remains active if you plug in wired headphones. The audio processing, which is meant for the speakers, is overbearing for headphones, so I recommend turning it off. Unfortunately, there is no way to lớn set the ứng dụng to automatically disable itself when using headphones. A workaround is using wireless headphones, which are not supported by the app.

The microphone unique is somewhat poor. Voice recordings sound muffled and compressed, even when saved in a lossless codec.

The 720p webcam has poor image unique and also doesn"t support Windows Hello. On top of that, it does not have any privacy cover so you have to resort khổng lồ your own measures to lớn cover it up. I would recommend permanently covering it and getting an aftermarket webcam with a good mic as a replacement if you make a lot of đoạn phim calls.

Connectivity

The mi NoteBook Pro 120G features a single Type-A USB 3.1 gen 1 port, one Type-C USB 3.2 gene 2 port, và a Thunderbolt 4 port. There"s also an HDMI 2.0b connector và a 3.5mm headphone/microphone jack.

The connectivity options are rather limited. The single Type-A port usually gets occupied very quickly and at least one of the USB-C ports is required for charging, leaving you often with just a single spare USB-C port for the rest of your devices. There"s also no SD reader or wired Ethernet support, so you are looking at living quite the dongle life if you have a lot of wired devices that you need to plug in.

The good thing about the port kiến thiết is that there is a USB-C port on either side, which means you can charge the máy tính xách tay from whichever side is most convenient to lớn you. The right USB-C port does have a charging light next lớn it but it lights up even if you use the left side port.

On the wireless side of things, the xiaomi NoteBook Pro 120G supports dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2. Both worked fine during testing with no connectivity issues.

Software

The xiaomi mi NoteBook Pro 120G ships with Windows 11 Home. In terms of pre-installed software, xiaomi notebooks have always had a very conservative approach, with no bloatware from the company. Most of the bloatware is actually just from Microsoft, which is getting increasingly shameless about what it can pre-install on a paid OS.

The pre-installed apps from xiaomi are mày Support, MIUI+ (previously MiDrop), & Macro. The Mi tư vấn app shows the basic specs of the machine, has a links to the company"s tư vấn page, and lets you change some display settings. The MIUI+ ứng dụng lets you transfer files from another device running the app. The Macro app lets you configure the preset function for the keyboard macro key.

Aside from that, there"s really nothing else included. I would have appreciated a utility to adjust the fan hâm mộ speeds or the performance profiles but xiaomi has bundled this into a single mode. You can press Fn+K to switch between the default Balance mode or a Silent mode with slower max fan hâm mộ speed & lower performance.

Still, the lightweight software experience is definitely a breath of fresh air as the computer is pretty much in the optimal state straight out of the box và you don"t have to waste time uninstalling a bunch of bloatware that almost every other company crams into their computers.

Performance

The mi NoteBook Pro 120 comes in two variants. Both feature the Intel core i5-12450H, which has 8 physical cores (4x P-cores, 4x E-cores) & 12 threads. It can boost up to 4.4GHz on the P-cores & has a 12MB cache. It has a base TDP of 45W but can boost up to lớn 95W during the turbo window, although xiaomi mi has configured its PL2 & PL1 at 85W & 40W, respectively.

Both models also include 16GB of 5200MHz LPDDR5 integrated memory & 512GB of PCIe 4.0x4 NVMe M.2 flash storage. The memory is fixed but you can replace the pre-installed Phison M.2 with a drive of your choice if you need more space or speed.

The only difference between the NoteBook Pro 120 và 120G is the presence of dedicated Nvidia GeForce MX550 graphics with 2GB of GDDR6 đoạn clip memory on the 120G. The MX550 runs alongside the integrated hãng sản xuất intel Iris xe cộ graphics embedded in the CPU.

Starting with some productivity testing, the xiaomi NoteBook Pro 120G acquits itself well, with good performance in everyday tasks lượt thích web browsing, office applications, & light image and video clip editing. Unfortunately, the limited memory and storage options prevent using the máy vi tính as a full-time workstation as sooner rather than later you are going to lớn run out of one or both the memories.

Gaming performance is similarly hamstrung by cost-cutting measures. The MX550 is a distinct step down from Nvidia"s RTX series options but can still hold its own in older games or modern competitive titles. Unfortunately, more often than not, you will run out of VRAM before hitting the limits of the GPU, which can be quite disappointing.

Many of the modern AAA titles just assume you will have at least 4GB of memory for your graphics. Some will gracefully adapt for the 2GB, some will show scary warning signs when you boot up the game, some will have severe performance issues even if you turn down texture settings all the way, and others will either not load at all or simply crash.

Among the games tested here, it was mostly the competitive titles that ran without any issues. Older games lượt thích GTA V also ran quite well và you could even turn up a few settings lớn improve the visual experience. Be careful about increasing the resolution, however, as it has a much bigger hit on video memory than anything else.

Other games had much more severe issues. Red Dead Redemption 2 wouldn"t even allow setting resolutions over 768p (and for some reason also won"t go fullscreen). Death Stranding would work after showing warnings that the hardware isn"t powerful enough and then simply crumble while actually playing. Resident Evil Village had such performance issues in the village square area that the trò chơi speed actually slowed down with the frame rate, making it look lượt thích it was running in slow motion. God of War seems lớn run okay but then will have large stutters và slowdowns every time it has to lớn load a new area into memory.

Admittedly, it"s not always the memory that"s the bottleneck. The MX550 cannot vì 1080p 60fps in most modern titles even at the lowest settings, and at times even 30fps is difficult to lớn maintain. You can drop down further lớn 900p or 720p but the image unique gets noticeably worse. There"s also no tư vấn for DLSS và unless the game support FSR 2.0 there"s not much hope of improving image unique at lower resolutions.

Things are a lot better when playing competitive multi-player titles. Unfortunately, you will have khổng lồ contend with screen tearing as there is no G-Sync support, even though the panel itself does have a variable refresh rate range of 48-120Hz. The low display response times also make visuals appear a blurry mess.

While the dedicated GPU isn"t of much use for gaming, it can still be used in productivity applications that are built khổng lồ leverage Nvidia"s CUDA platform. Applications lượt thích Blender can cut render times in half when using CUDA for rendering. However, anything that requires a lot of đoạn phim memory, lượt thích photo or đoạn phim editing applications, will run into the same 2GB memory bottleneck as games. Alternatively, the integrated Iris xe cộ GPU is quite capable of basic image and video decoding tasks.

The mặc định Phison E19T SSD is rather mediocre. Despite supporting PCIe gen 4x4, the speeds are more in line with PCIe gen 3 SSDs. They are still faster than 3.5-inch SATA SSDs but way slower than what you"d expect from a gen 4 drive.

The cooling solution is adequate for everyday usage but not really optimal for heavy or long-term CPU-demanding workloads. In an all-core workload, the temperatures can quickly hit 100°C during the PL2 window, with a power draw of around 65W. The clock speeds are around 4.1GHz and 3.3GHz on the P-cores and E-cores, respectively. After tau expiry, the CPU settles at 40W PL1 with clock speeds around 3.1GHz and 2.7GHz, respectively. The temperatures remain in the high 80s.

In gaming workloads, the P-cores can hit the advertised 4.4GHz boost clocks briefly and CPU temperatures stay under 80°C for the most part if the trò chơi is GPU bound (which is usually the case). The GPU itself rarely goes over 70°C as it only draws about 30W under peak load. All testing was done in a 22°C environment.

The fans on the mi NoteBook Pro 120G aren"t particularly quiet. They often remain audible while working in a warm room and rarely ever go completely silent. At higher speeds, the wind sound is a bit loud but still mostly inoffensive. The problem is with the fan motors & the high-pitched whistling noise they make, which can be quite prominent at higher speeds and gets a bit annoying.

The Silent mode limits the tín đồ speed where they are still audible but never get loud. While trying khổng lồ run a heavy all-core CPU workload in this mode, the package power does not go beyond 45W & the clock speeds are limited khổng lồ 3.4GHz on the P-cores and 2.8GHz on the E-cores. Shortly after starting the test, the system figures out it cannot maintain this power limit at the low fan hâm mộ speeds & so the CPU package nguồn plummets to lớn just 15W, và the chip core clocks khổng lồ 1.2GHz across all eight cores. This is also what the system will drop to lớn if it starts thermal throttling in the Balanced mode.

Running the máy tính xách tay on battery power incurs a heavy performance penalty. The nguồn limit is set to just 15W và the clock speeds max out at 1.2GHz across all cores. This cuts down performance in Cinebench by almost 62% and the machine feels noticeably sluggish at times. Unfortunately, there is no way lớn change the performance characteristics as the Silent và Balanced profiles are exactly the same when running on battery.

Battery

The mi NoteBook Pro 120G has a 56Wh battery. Xiaomi claims 9 hours of battery life for regular productivity usage.

I"m not sure how the company managed khổng lồ get khổng lồ that result but I only managed to get around 4-5 hours of usage out of a full charge, that too with the display set to lớn a conservative 100 nits brightness. I also mix it to lớn 120Hz và I have a suspicion Xiaomi"s claim is based on the 60Hz setting, which is the default.

If you don"t think you need the full 120Hz refresh rate at all times then you can quickly switch between 60Hz, 90Hz, and 120Hz using the Fn+S shortcut. 60Hz should help you get a few more hours out of the battery if you are going to be away from the charger for some time.

The xiaomi NoteBook Pro 120G ships with a 100W USB-C charger. Mi claims the laptop can charge 0-50% in 35 minutes. You can also use just any USB-PD charger with the notebook, including some power banks.

Conclusion

The xiaomi NoteBook Pro 120G is priced at INR 74,999 (~$950) while the non-G model is priced at INR 69,999 (~$879). For reference, the older M1 laptop macbook Air starts at INR 99,900 (~$1255) while the new m2 MacBook Air starts at INR 119,900 (~$1505).

The 120G is a well-designed & well-built máy tính with superb fit and finish. The display has good color accuracy out of the box. The keyboard and trackpad are good, as is the performance for school, office, and basic productivity tasks. You can also get away with some gaming, provided you are into lightweight competitive multiplayers or older AAA titles.

The máy vi tính is held back by its scanty memory options, both for the system & graphics. This limits its use as an editing PC và prevents running memory-intensive apps and games. The display brightness is also very conservative và response times are poor for a good high refresh rate experience. The battery life is also below average.

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Despite these issues, the mi NoteBook Pro 120G is a good all round option for those looking for an attractive, well-built máy vi tính for everyday use at an affordable price. Personally, I would go for the cheaper 120 model, as the dedicated graphics on the 120G does not bring a lot to lớn the table. If you have a need for dedicated graphics, either for gaming or heavy productivity applications, there are better options available.