Xiaomi unveils 13inch, 14inch and 16-inch RedmiBook notebooks based on AMD Ryzen 4000
On May 26th, Redmi held the launch conference and released Redmi 10X series smartphones, Redmi Smart TV X series and RedmiBook Ryzen series notebooks.
The RedmiBook Ryzen series of notebooks released this time include three products: RedmiBook 16 Ryzen Edition, RedmiBook 14 II Ryzen Edition and RedmiBook 13 Ryzen Edition, all three come equipped with AMD’s latest Zen2 architecture Ryzen 4000 series processors, which is ideal for young people who constantly require efficient productivity tools.
RedmiBook continues the rhetoric of “RedmiBook thin and light full screen” when RedmiBook 13 was released. The new laptops come in three screen sizes. There’s the compact 13-inch model which is accompanied by the usual 14-inch model. There’s a new 16-inch model that offers the biggest screen-size of the lot.
The 13-inch model has a screen to body ratio of 89 per cent whereas the 14-inch and 16-inch models have up to 90 per cent screen-to-body ratio.
7nm process AMD mobile processor brings performance improvement
The three RedmiBook Ryzen series notebooks released this time are all equipped with AMD’s latest Zen2 architecture Ryzen 4000 series processors, with up to Ryzen 7 4700U, 8 cores and 8 threads, clocked at 2.0GHz, and a maximum dynamic acceleration frequency of 4.1GHz.
The leading 7nm process, catching up with the mobile phone processor for the first time, while reducing the volume by 25%, brings energy efficiency by up to twice as much. Compared with the previous generation Picasso platform, it brings 15% IPC performance improvement, 23% single-core performance improvement and 60% multi-core comprehensive performance improvement, and all practical application capabilities have been greatly improved. Whether it is daily office or entertainment, it brings a while lot of smoother user experience.
Specifications
The RedmiBook 13, RedmiBook 14, and the RedmiBook 16 share the same design aesthetic and are powered by the 7nm AMD Ryzen 4000 series mobile CPUs.
They are powered by AMD Ryzen 5 4500U or the AMD Ryzen 7 4700U processors with up to 16GB of DDR4 RAM and up to 512GB of SATA SSD storage.
Notably, the RedmiBook 13 has a variant with the Ryzen 7 CPU, 16GB RAM, and a 1TB PCle SSD. The graphics are handled by the AMD Radeon integrated graphics chipset.
All three thin and light laptops come with full-HD (1920×1080 pixels) displays with 60Hz refresh rate and while the RedmiBook 13 and RedmiBook 14 have 250nits of brightness, the RedmiBook 16 goes up to 300nits.
The 13 and 14-inch models of the RedmiBook are backed by 40Wh batteries while the 16-inch model is backed by a slightly larger 46Wh battery.
For connectivity, all three laptops come with two USB Type-C ports, a regular USB Type-A port, an HDMI port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. They also have dual band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth v5.0.
The sound is handled by two 2W speakers with DTS audio processing. They have Windows 10 Home Chinese Edition pre-installed.
The RemdiBook 13 measures 307.3x195x17.8mm and weighs 1.23kg. The RedmiBook 14 measures 320x203x16.85mm and weighs 1.2kg. Lastly, the RemdiBook 16 measures 367.20×232.85×17.55mm and weighs 1.8kg.
RedmiBook Price in Nepal
The RedmiBook 13 comes in three configurations. The AMD Ryzen 5 4500U CPU/ 8GB RAM/ 512GB SSD variant is priced at CNY 3,799 , the AMD Ryzen 5 4500U CPU/ 16GB RAM/ 512GB SSD variant is priced at CNY 3,999, and the AMD Ryzen 7 4700U CPU/ 16GB RAM/ 1TB SSD variant is priced at CNY 4,999. The RedmiBook 13 is listed in a silver colour option.
RedmiBook 13
- AMD Ryzen 5 4500U CPU, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD – CN ¥ 3,799 (~ Rs 64,100 )
- AMD Ryzen 5 4500U CPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD – CN ¥ 3,999 (~ Rs 67,475 )
- AMD Ryzen 7 4700U CPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD – CN ¥ 4,999 (~ Rs 84,350 )
The RedmiBook 14 and the RedmiBook 16 come in the same three CPU and RAM variants, the only difference being that there is no 1TB SSD option. They are all only available with 512GB of storage. According to a report by Gizmochina, the three variants with 512GB storage are priced at CNY 3,799, CNY 3,999, and CNY 4,499 (roughly Rs. 47,700) respectively. The RedmiBook 14 comes in a silver variant while the RedmiBook 16 comes in a grey variant.
RedmiBook 14
- Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM , 512GB SSD is priced at CN ¥ 3,799 (~ Rs 64,100 )
- Ryzen 5 , 16GB RAM , 512GB SSD is priced at CN ¥ 3,999 (~ Rs 67,500)
- Ryzen 7 , 16GB RAM , 512GB SSD is priced at CN ¥ 4,499 (~ Rs 75,900)
RedmiBook 16
- Ryzen 5 , 8GB RAM , 512GB SSD – CN ¥ 3,799 (~ Rs 64,100 )
- Ryzen 5 , 16GB RAM , 512GB SSD – CN ¥ 3,999 (~ Rs 67,475 )
- Ryzen 7 , 16GB RAM , 512GB SSD – CN ¥ 4,499 (~ Rs 75,915)
All three laptops will go on sale from June 1, however, an early sale is currently going on until May 31. As of now, there is no information on availability of these laptops in the international market.