HP OmniBook 3 16 Review: Big-Screen Budget Laptop With Unbeatable Battery Life

8 / 10 Score Cnet Score CNET provides expert, unbiased reviews of products and services. When we assign a score, we use a scale of 1-10. Each product we score is evaluated by criteria specific to its category with most assessing pricing, quality, features and performance. Read more on: How we test HP OmniBook 3 16 $1,000 at HP Pros Astounding battery life Cohesive, understated design and solid build quality Comfortable to carry Cons Snapdragon X1 processor is a generation behind the times Keyboard backlight bleed is distracting OmniBook 5 16 offers OLED for roughly the same price Table of Contents HP OmniBook 3 16 Review: Big-Screen Budget Laptop With Unbeatable Battery Life HP OmniBook 3 16 HP OmniBook 3 16 performance Subdued in silver Should I buy the HP OmniBook 3 16? Geekbench 6 CPU (multicore) Geekbench 6 CPU (single-core) Cinebench 2024 CPU (multicore) Cinebench 2024 CPU (single-core) Geekbench AI (Neural engine quantized score) 3DMark Steel Nomad Online streaming battery drain test System configurations The OmniBook battery life king is dead, long live the OmniBook battery life king! The HP OmniBook 3 16 just knocked off the HP OmniBook 5 14 as the longest-running laptop CNET has tested. Both are powered by a first-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon X series processor , but the larger 16-inch OmniBook 3 was able to set a new laptop battery life mark because it pairs a super-efficient Snapdragon X1 CPU with a larger battery than what's inside the 14-inch OmniBook 5. A difference in display technology also played a role in the OmniBook 3 16's record-setting battery performance. The budget OmniBook 3 16 has more plastic in its construction than the mainstream OmniBook 5, but I don't have any complaints about the build quality. I love the design of the bottom panel, in particular, which makes the laptop incredibly comfortable to carry.  In this age of  RAMageddon  and sky-high prices, the budget OmniBook 3 16 line starts at $1,000, whic