For a long time, it seems that for laptops, thinness and high performance are two things that can never be achieved at the same time. If you want a thin body, you have to give up strong performance, and vice versa. Faced with this century-old problem, many content creators who often need to carry their computers with them suffer from "travel choice difficulty" - they can't do without a computer, what if they need to make temporary changes? If they bring a computer that is as heavy as a bag of rice, it is really frustrating.

However, with the release of Thunder's first i9 all-round creative notebook, the T-Book 16, this ultimate problem that has troubled many content creators has finally been solved. While maintaining its consistent high-performance tone, the Thunder T-Book 16 has made the body of the notebook thin and light, which is rare among products with the same performance. At the same time, in order to meet the needs of content creators as much as possible, it has also achieved the highest standards in the industry in terms of display and battery life, providing users with the strongest content creation performance in its class.

Let us now find out whether the T-Book 16, which is recognized by netizens as "the most powerful notebook for content creators", is really worthy of its reputation.

Simple design, thin and light body

When I first got the ThunderT-Book 16, I was amazed by its exquisite and simple appearance. The extremely simple appearance slightly reveals a sense of luxury. "Amazing at first sight" is the best way to describe it. The A side is simpler than you can imagine, with only a laser Thunder LOGO placed on it. Under the illumination of light, it will reflect a faint gradient color, full of a sense of futurism and technology.

The design of the C side is also very simple, but it reflects some of the "little thoughts" of Thunder. The product's trademark name THUNDER BOOK is etched on the upper left corner, highlighting a hint of persistence and pride in the brand in a low-key manner.

The power button on the right side of the keyboard is slightly matte, and the design of not being integrated into the keyboard deserves praise, because it is easy to operate by mistake if integrated into the keyboard, and it is very troublesome in actual use.

Another thing worth praising is that the ThunderGod T-Book 16 is equipped with full-size directional keys. For design work that often requires using directional keys to move elements one by one, this move by the ThunderGod T-Book 16 is very considerate.

In terms of the body material, when you touch it with your hand, you can intuitively experience its unique slightly matte texture. This is because the ThunderT-Book 16 adopts an all-metal body design, which not only makes the appearance more textured, but also gives it a very good feel, achieving the same appearance and feel.

Although the ThunderT-Book 16 is positioned as an all-round creative notebook, it is completely different from those thick and heavy brick-like computers in our impression. Its body is not only light enough, but also extremely thin, which is a big challenge even for today's industrial design.

Compared with a gaming laptop with the same performance, its thickness of more than 23mm and weight of more than 2.2kg are enough to highlight the design strength of ThunderT-Book 16, because its body thickness is only 17.8mm and weight is only 1.68kg. It can be said that with the same performance release, ThunderT-Book 16 has achieved a huge improvement of 25% in both thickness and weight. You must know that on a notebook where every inch of space is valuable, every millimeter of thinness is worth writing about.

Such a thin and light body means that the ThunderT-Book 16 is a laptop that can be stuffed into a backpack and carried around anytime and anywhere. For those of us who often go out to shoot films and find inspiration, we will no longer feel the heavy pressure on our shoulders every time we carry it out. After all, a computer with such amazing performance is roughly equivalent to the weight of three bottles of Nongfu Spring, so traveling is naturally free of burden.

Powerful performance helps creators achieve excellence

Before we move on to the next section, please think about a question with me: What are the most important core elements of an all-purpose creative notebook?

As a product used for producing content rather than consuming content, the most important responsibility of the all-in-one creative notebook is to produce content. Just as the more work a person does, the more food he needs to eat, the all-in-one creative notebook also needs strong performance as support to produce high-quality content. If it does not have strong performance, then the creator's efficiency will plummet.

Therefore, the most core product element of ThunderT-Book 16 is also performance. In order to provide performance that meets the needs of creators, ThunderT-Book 16 is equipped with the most luxurious hardware configuration currently available. For example, this ThunderT-Book 16 is equipped with Intel's 12th-generation Core i9-12900H processor.

The Intel i9-12900H processor adopts a performance hybrid architecture design for the first time. The performance core and efficiency core work together, with up to 20 threads. This makes it have stronger single-core performance than the previous generation processors. When single-threaded heavy-load software such as Photoshop is running, it can provide sufficient single-thread performance release, and it can also cope with more software performance requirements at the same time, flexibly schedule the performance supply of each software, and ensure maximum energy supply efficiency.

The i9-12900H processor, which adopts a new performance hybrid architecture design, can not only greatly enhance the computer's performance release, but also play a role in adjusting the performance release strategy, achieving a perfect balance between performance and power consumption, and can also show good performance in battery life. From this perspective, the i9-12900H processor, as the current king, is undoubtedly the favorite choice of most content creators.

Benchmark test

Although we can get a rough idea of ​​a processor's performance level from its parameter information, due to the differences in laptop body materials, cooling system designs, and power consumption settings, even the same processor may have very different performance on different laptops. So in order to truly understand the performance of ThunderT-Book 16, we still need strict benchmark tests to judge.

The CPU-Z test results are quite good. The i9-12900H processor equipped with the ThunderT-Book 16 has a single-core score of 777, a multi-core score of 7120, an AVX2 single-core score of 1099.8, and an AVX2 multi-core score of 7450, which is at the upper level among all-round notebooks in the same price range.

Compared with CPU-Z, Cinebench R20 is more inclined to be used for multi-core performance testing. Its multi-core scores are more referenceable. ThunderT-Book 16 also lived up to expectations and once again won a high score of 7290, indicating that its multi-threading capabilities are extremely excellent.

Judging from the running points alone, the performance release level of ThunderT-Book 16 is undoubtedly extremely outstanding. On the one hand, this is due to the i9-12900H processor it is equipped with, which itself has extremely strong performance qualities. On the other hand, the power consumption calibration and cooling system design of ThunderT-Book 16 are also very reasonable.

Objectively speaking, the processor performance of ThunderT-Book 16 has far exceeded the level of an all-round laptop. Such powerful performance release can compete with many gaming laptops of the same price, and it is completely sufficient for any type of creators and software engineers.

Video Production Editing Test

Thanks to such powerful processor performance, ThunderT-Book 16 also significantly improves the efficiency of video production.

Because ultra-high-definition videos are now popular, many mainstream video platforms including Bilibili, Tencent Video and Weibo Video have fully supported the uploading and playback of 4K videos. Therefore, the videos we produce now are all based on 4K resolution, which has a visible improvement in clarity compared to the previous 1080P quality videos.

However, because the resolution of 4K videos is very high, it puts a heavy burden on the computer's performance when editing videos. Generally speaking, if we do not open proxy editing and edit directly on 4K materials, the computer will obviously overheat in less than half an hour. At this time, the computer will actively reduce the frequency for safety reasons. However, if you continue to edit after reducing the frequency, you can clearly feel the lag and the preview video on the timeline will be stuck for a while.

However, as mentioned earlier, the ThunderT-Book 16 is not only equipped with the latest 12th-generation Intel Core i9-12900H processor, but also has outstanding performance. So in this test, we also deliberately added it to the workflow to test its actual performance.

The actual test is delightful. Because the 12th generation Intel processor has greatly optimized multi-core performance, its multi-threaded computing ability has been significantly improved compared to the previous generation. This is reflected in this test, even without proxy editing, the timeline preview and export speed of 4K video materials are quite good. The 4K timeline preview, which was originally either stuck or out of sync with the audio and video, can now easily drag the video progress, and the playback experience is as smooth as silk.

The 4K, 30Fps video rendering and exporting time that originally took a full 20 minutes can now be completed in less than 10 minutes with the Xe independent graphics card, more than doubling the efficiency.

After this round of testing, I was even completely disappointed with my original desktop computer. I didn’t expect it to be defeated by a laptop computer. The strong performance of Thunderobot T-Book 16 in the field of video production also made me think for the first time that "I can’t go back after using it". If you need to do video work, believe me, you will not go wrong if you choose Thunderobot T-Book 16.

More surprises waiting for you to discover

In addition, it is worth mentioning that the ThunderT-Book 16 is equipped with 16GB DDR4 3200MHz dual-channel memory and 512GB PCIe 4.0 solid-state drive.

Dual-channel high-frequency large memory enables ThunderT-Book 16 to have better extreme load performance than single-channel low-frequency memory models. The data exchange between the processor, memory and hard disk under high load state is faster, which greatly reduces the frequency of computer pseudo-death problems.

The 512GB PCIe 4.0 solid-state drive allows the ThunderT-Book 16 to provide creators with more freedom in their creation. In today's world where shooting 4K video materials and large-scale software projects often start at 40+GB, large storage means that creators no longer have to worry about insufficient storage space to store files; the PCIe 4.0 standard allows the computer to respond faster to user operations throughout the entire usage process, whether it is booting up or starting large software such as Pr and Visual Studio, it can all be done smoothly and open with one click.

As someone who often has to work outside, I have always had a big question: Why are there fewer and fewer ports on laptops in recent years? If there is only a power port and a Type-C port on the body, it does look very simple, but it is very troublesome to use in practice.

Because if the body has very few interfaces, then when you need external devices, you need to buy an additional USB expansion dock and carry it with you. To be honest, the inconvenience brought by this usage scenario is far greater than the pleasure brought by its simple body.

As a laptop designed specifically for creators, the ThunderT-Book 16 does not make the same mistake as its peers in having few interfaces. From Type-C, USB-A, 3.5mm headphone jack to HDMI interface, it has everything. Whether it is a business trip to meet with clients, or temporarily processing photos taken by the camera at the shooting location, the ThunderT-Book 16 comes with enough interfaces, and there is no need for an external expansion dock, which is very user-friendly.

In terms of battery life, because of its powerful performance, the ThunderT-Book 16 consumes more power than ordinary laptops. However, the ThunderT-Book 16 team did not abandon the portability of the ThunderT-Book 16. Instead, they stuffed it with an extra-large battery with a capacity of up to 70Wh, which allows the ThunderT-Book 16 to provide up to 13 hours of video playback time.

In terms of charging efficiency, the performance of ThunderT-Book 16 is also very good. Because ThunderT-Book 16 supports PD protocol fast charging, when using the built-in 100W charger, it only needs to charge for 10 minutes to play 1.5 hours of video continuously, which is a very fast level among laptops, and it is not easy to have power anxiety when working outside.

16-inch high-definition screen, more than just big

For content creators, the most important indicator of a laptop besides performance is the display. If the quality of the computer's display is not good, then whether it is video editing or photo editing, it will be greatly affected. The most intuitive feeling is that it looks good on the computer, but the actual color performance is a mess. It is easy to rework and modify repeatedly because of color problems, which not only wastes time but also wears out patience.

As a laptop designed specifically for creators, the ThunderT-Book 16 takes full account of this problem that bothers creators. It is equipped with a display that covers 100% of the sRGB color gamut. The color reproduction is very accurate and the display effect is quite transparent, which can accurately show the most realistic colors of videos and pictures.

Not only does it excel in color accuracy, the display screen on the ThunderT-Book 16 also has other excellent qualities.

Thanks to the micro-border design, the ThunderT-Book 16 is equipped with a 16-inch display while the body size is basically the same as that of a 15.6-inch laptop, and it also adopts a 16:10 productivity ratio.

The combination of the two can greatly improve the efficiency of content production. For example, you can see more audio and video tracks at a glance in Pr; you don’t need to zoom in too much in Ps to accurately find the elements that need to be changed; when reading office documents, more lines of content can be displayed on one screen.

Because the screen size of ThunderT-Book 16 is larger than that of common laptops, some friends will inevitably worry about the lack of screen clarity. But here I can tell you responsibly that you don’t need to worry about this problem at all, because although the screen of ThunderT-Book 16 is large, its screen resolution is also correspondingly higher.

The 2K (2560x1600) display makes it impossible to see the pixels on the screen no matter how close your eyes are to the display, and the display effect is very clear and delicate. Even if you don't make videos or edit photos, and just use it to process documents, the more delicate text rendering brought by the high-resolution screen will also allow you to clearly feel the comfort of reading, and you no longer need to stare at the slightly blurry screen.

In general, the powerful performance and user-friendly hardware design of ThunderT-Book 16 fully deserve the title of "all-round creative notebook". The excellent processor performance fully empowers video editing, which significantly improves the efficiency of the entire workflow, making direct editing of 4K materials a habit and enjoying every "unbridled" high-energy editing process.

Not only that, the 16-inch 16:10 display with excellent panel quality equipped with ThunderT-Book 16 also greatly reduces the number of reworks, accurately restores the creator's color conception, and clearly displays the sensory shock brought by ultra-high-definition picture quality.

Most importantly, after being equipped with such powerful hardware, the ThunderT-Book 16 still maintains excellent portability. Not only is the battery life sufficient to support working without plugging in, but the thin and light body also greatly reduces the burden on creators who often travel to various film sets.

So, if you are like me and like to create works that make you proud, this ThunderT-Book 16, which is now priced at only 5,499 yuan, is definitely worth recommending. It will definitely become the perfect helper on your creative journey.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.