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[Launch] SCHENKER VISON 16 and VISION 16 Pro: The world's lightest 16-inch ultrabooks in their performance class

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Dear community,

Today, after a long wait, we finally introduce the new SCHENKER VISION 16. This model series is an important breakthrough for us and deserves a detailed, deep dive launch thread.

Contents:

  • Press reports
  • Highlights
  • Chassis colours
  • Differences between VISION 16 and 16 Pro
  • Brilliant displays with 16:10 aspect ratio
  • Performance & benchmarks
  • Performance profiles
  • Fan control
  • Look inside
  • Connection of external monitors
  • Battery life and charging profiles
  • Advanced BIOS setup features
  • Your feedback

Press reports

Highlights

In the SCHENKER VISION 16, high-performance hardware and a slim magnesium housing merge to form a lightweight, ultra-portable powerhouse for demanding creative tasks - including a high-resolution 16-inch display in 16:10 format!

Razor sharp

With its enhanced WQXGA resolution (2,560 x 1,600 pixels), the high-quality IPS panel has everything you need for relaxed, continuous work. In addition to the razor-sharp image, the display convinces with intense colours, high contrast and excellent black levels. The 16:10 format provides more vertical viewing area - practical, for example, for displaying two programme windows side by side or additional operating elements in a software program.

High-quality magnesium case: Perfect workmanship

The torsion-resistant case of the SCHENKER VISION 16 is made of a robust AZ91D magnesium alloy. In addition to increased stability, the high-end material ensures better temperatures: in contrast to the material used in conventional laptop housings, the magnesium alloy dissipates heat from components such as the graphics card and processor much faster, thus aiding cooling.

Ultraportable design: Light & slim

The SCHENKER VISION 16 is the lightest high-performance laptop in the world and one of the thinnest 16-inch devices in its performance class. A weight of just between 1.45 and 1.6 kg (depending on GPU configuration) meets a very flat height of only 17.1 mm and the latest high-end processors and graphics cards with groundbreaking, modern features - perfect for anyone who is on the move a lot and does not want to miss out on very high content creation and application performance when realising demanding, professional projects.

Intel Core i7-12700H: Impressive performance

Intel processors from the 12th Core generation bring the impressive performance of up to 14 computing cores to high-end notebooks. The Core i7-12700H is one of the spearhead mobile high-performance CPUs and, in accordance with the hybrid Big Little architecture, combines six performance and eight efficiency cores into a powerful computing unit. In multi-core applications, the processor trumps the performance of the previous generation by around 20 percent - and is optimally cooled thanks to an innovative liquid metal heat transfer medium.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30: Efficient 3D powerhouses

Fastest possible 3D rendering, first-class GPU acceleration in creative applications and the latest feature set in a phenomenal Thin&Light chassis: the SCHENKER VISION 16 Pro uses customised, efficiency-optimised versions of NVIDIA's current top graphics chips for this purpose. Depending on individual performance requirements, there is a choice of an RTX 3080 with a full 16 GB of GDDR6 memory, an RTX 3070 Ti or an RTX 3060 as a high-performance entry-level option in VISION 16 Pro. The sister model VISION 16 (non-Pro) offers an upgrade option to RTX 3050 Ti or you can go without dedicated graphics card and go with Intel Xe graphics only.

Chassis colours

Like the VISION 14 (E22), we offer the VISION 16 in two different colours. Both versions have identical material properties, the same weight and the same tensile strength - just in a different colour.

VISION 16 in black

VISION 16 in silver

Since a magnesium alloy, unlike the heavier aluminium alloys, can not be anodised, the colours of VISION 16 are realised through a high-quality, multi-stage coating process.

Differences between VISION 16 and 16 Pro

VISION 16 and VISION 16 Pro are based on the same chassis, but differ in terms of the possible configurations. There are a number of differences, but also many similarities.

The differences are largely based on the different mainboard layouts. They are significant enough that we decided to present the upgrade options in two separate configurator pages. For a full overview of the configuration options, please take a look at both product pages individually:

The following table shows the most important similarities and differences at a glance:

Brilliant displays with 16:10 aspect ratio

In addition to the extremely low weight, the large 16:10 displays are the real highlights of the SCHENKER VISION 16 series. Two displays are used here - one in the VISION 16 and a similar one in the VISION 16 Pro. The displays model names are 100% committed for the series - there is no panel lottery. The following table shows an overview of the display characteristics:

Performance & benchmarks

SCHENKER VISION 16 and VISION 16 Pro can be equipped with different graphics cards. However, all variants include the 14-core central processing unit Intel Core i7-12700H. An offer with other CPUs is not planned in this generation. In all variants, the CPU is cooled with liquid metal, two heat pipes and two fans. To configure the system performance, there is a good number of performance modes for the user to choose from. The following tables show only some of the profiles for a rough overview.

CPU performance

The performance profiles are designed to provide the best balance between computing power, surface temperature and fan noise. The only profile that deviates slightly from this pattern is the "Maxed out" profile in VISION 16 Pro, where the user can manually raise the power limits of PL1 and PL2 up to 115 watts.

GPU performance

This table shows only some of the available profiles. The general aim is to offer profiles that allow whisper-quiet operation in addition to the usual high-performance profiles. This is achieved with various methods.

VISION 16 Pro has implemented the NVIDIA Whisper Mode in the Balanced profile. This is only shown here using the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 as an example, but it behaves the same way with the RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080. In Whisper Mode, there is no fixed GPU power limit. Instead, the power limit is controlled dynamically with an FPS limiter, which is based on the current temperature and fan speed. Whisper Mode is on the one hand able to keep the system quiet by not "wasting" GPU power in simple game scenes, but still provides the necessary leeway to compute complex scenes smoothly by dynamically increasing the GPU power limit to reach the desired minimum FPS. Thus, Whisper Mode takes advantage of thermal “inertia” where quick (scene-dependent) burst of high power consumption does not have to lead to high temperatures immediately, thanks to the large surface of the cooling system. The minimum FPS target can be set by the end user in the Control Centre.

In VISION 16 with RTX 3050 Ti, this is solved differently. Here, a fixed GPU power limit of 40 watts is applied in "Balanced" mode. This allows the system to remain relatively quiet – permanently – even under continuous load. Alternatively, it is also possible to combine the higher-powered "Enthusiast" or "Overboost" profiles with NVIDIA Whisper Mode in GeForce Experience to achieve a similarly dynamic control as in the VISION 16 Pro. Whisper Mode is therefore available in both systems, but only in VISION 16 Pro is it already implemented in Control Center directly.

Continuous performance in system stress test

The benchmark table already gives an insight into how the system behaves under continuous performance. Cinebench R23 runs for 10 minutes by default - at this point the system has already reached its thermal saturation point. The same applies to the 20 minutes of the 3DMark Time Spy Stress Test.

The values indicated as "sustained" in the table can also be called “steady state”: as soon as this state is reached, the needle won’t move much anymore. The performance numbers documented here apply to operation on a flat desk. With a notebook stand (i.e. any contraption that lifts the bottom surface of the laptop off the desk and thus improves the airflow), these values can be optimised considerably.

The different "Sustained GPU Power" values between RTX 3060, 3070 Ti and 3080 are due to the different die sizes and the ratio between GPU and GDDR6 graphics memory. The "GPU Power" value applies to the entire GPU and graphics memory array. The value "GPU Temperature", on the other hand, which is decisive for controlling system performance, only applies to the GPU chip itself.

Differences in GPU Temp Target between VISION 16 and VISION 16 Pro

The high-performance graphics cards in VISION 16 Pro are set to a GPU temperature target of 75 °C by default. This is an optimal value to guarantee a balance between surface temperatures and noise emissions in long-term stress test situations (combination of CPU and GPU load). The user can gradually raise the GPU temperature target in the Control Center up to 87 °C to achieve higher continuous GPU performance. However, this is only recommended if the system is operated on a laptop stand or cooler.

In VISION 16 with RTX 3050 Ti, a higher GPU temperature target of up to 87°C is set due to the lower TGP. This higher GPU temp target does not mean that the VISION 16 gets warmer than the VISION 16 Pro. Rather: the power consumption (65 watts for GPU and graphics memory) is concentrated on a smaller area. This area can therefore become selectively warmer without the overall system having to process more thermal energy.

Performance profiles

The following table shows the power limits in all available performance profiles.

In addition to the gradations of the power limits, there are also the subtly different fan controls for each profile. These cannot be represented so well in a table because, for example, there is a difference between maximum speed during the turbo-boost time window (PL2) and continuous power (PL1) under CPU load. In addition, the fan speed naturally also depends on the ambient temperatures.

The architecture of the performance profiles decides between VISION 16 and 16 Pro.

VISION 16

VISION 16 has two performance modes, each with three pre-configured sub-profiles. You can switch between these two modes by hotkey. The table shows all six sub-profiles. There are no options to further customize the power settings in Control Center. Thus, the layout of the profiles is similar to the already established scheme of the SCHENKER VISION 14 (2021 and 2022). As indicated earlier, you can still enable and customize NVIDIA Whisper Mode for the RTX 3050 Ti in GeForce Experience.

VISION 16 Pro

VISION 16 Pro also has two performance modes. These can be further adjusted to great detail in Control Center. The "Balanced" profile has already implemented NVIDIA Whisper Mode, which in turn has three different sub-profiles. These Whisper Mode sub-profiles only influence system performance when the NVIDIA graphics card is active. If the NVIDIA card is not actively used and no HDMI monitor is connected, the NVIDIA graphics card should be "off".

The "Enthusiast" profile in the VISION 16 Pro is set to a CPU power limit of 45W by default. This is to ensure that there is still enough leeway for the significantly more energy-hungry graphics card. Users who run particularly CPU-intensive applications can, however, manually increase the CPU power limit in Control Center. The controls for PL1 and PL2 go up to 115 watts - which value can actually be sustained in the end depends on the thermal conditions. We advertise a steady-state CPU Package Power of 55 watts under quite conservative conditions in the benchmark table.

Free configuration options for CPU and GPU temperature target enable the release of further performance reserves.

Fan control

Due to the ultra-flat design of VISION 16 and VISION 16 Pro, a great deal of work went into the fine-tuning of the fan control. It was important to us that the fans do not react immediately to short-term temperature spikes. Instead, the average temperature over a past period is used for fan control. For CPU temperatures, the average over the last 15 seconds is used. For GPU temperatures, the last 20 seconds. This ensures that the fan control works very evenly overall and that there are no frequent changes between different fan speeds.

In addition, there is a deliberate balance between performance and surface temperatures. This is particularly important when controlling the CPU: due to the relatively small chip surface, the CPU has a significantly higher energy density than the GPU. Despite the use of liquid metal, this leads to a rapid increase in the surface temperature of the CPU even with only a medium load (e.g. at 45 watts continuously). However, a high CPU temperature alone is not problematic as long as the overall power consumption of the system is kept within limits and the chassis’ surface can still be cooled well as a result. The fan curve is therefore programmed in such a way that the maximum fan speed is not yet reached by a mere maxed-out CPU temperature. Instead, the fans rotate at only about 60 % of their speed under pure CPU load (e.g. Cinebench R23 on all cores). Higher speeds would only increase noise emissions but would hardly increase CPU performance significantly.

In a situation of very small, heated surface area, there is what’s called a "diminishing return" effect with the fan speed, where higher speeds hardly achieve any higher cooling performance. The fan control in the VISION 16 is therefore programmed to hit exactly the sweet spot on this noise-to-performance curve - i.e. at the point that NVIDIA used to call "Max-Q" in the best sense of the word.

This is different with the dedicated graphics card. Together with VRAM and MOSFETs, it has a fairly large surface area. Thus, a high temperature is also accompanied by a high power consumption of up to 95 watts. A high GPU load is usually accompanied by a correspondingly high CPU load, which means that the fan control also assumes a high total system load at high GPU temperatures. With this large-scale power consumption, higher fan speeds are again much more worthwhile, which is why a fan speed of 100% can be reached during demanding GPU-focused loads with VISION 16 Pro in the “Enthusiast” profile.

In VISION 16 Pro, customers can customize the fan curves. There is also a manual “Fan Boost” button in both VISION 16 and VISION 16 Pro for those users, who want to max-out the fan duty for sustained CPU rendering workloads despite the “diminishing returns” effect.

Look inside

The following picture shows the inside of VISION 16 Pro with Dual Channel memory and both SSD slots occupied:

Layout of the cooling system

  • The CPU is under the heatpipes on the left side of the picture, the graphics card is on the right.
  • The graphics card can be recognised by the larger metal cover, which also encloses the graphics memory and the power supply.
  • The waste heat is disposed of in the direction of the display hinge cover. When the display is open, there is enough space above and below the wide hinge cover to allow emissions to escape.

Modular components:

  • The 80 Wh battery is screwed, not glued. It is connected to the mainboard with a wide, robust cable and plug.
  • The two SO-DIMM RAM slots are covered with protective foils.
  • The primary SSD slot is on the left in the picture, under the fan. The secondary SSD slot is on the right. Both SSD slots can be populated with dual-sided SSDs and both are connected with PCIe Gen4x4. Both slots are cooled via a thermal pad on the inside of the bottom case. The distinction between primary and secondary slot is only relevant for the numbering in the BIOS: the SSD slots can be deactivated individually via BIOS Setup (F2) if desired.

I/O port distribution:

  • The ports on the left in the picture are on the user's right during normal use (when lid opened and user looking at the keyboard). These connections are directly on the mainboard. HDMI, Thunderbolt and a USB-A port are located there.
  • On the right of the picture are further I/O ports, which are connected to the system via a smaller PCB. Its ribbon cable is located under the second SSD slot. Those ports are located to the left of the user when opened and include USB-C, audio, card reader and a second USB-A port.

Differences between the variants:

In the VISION 16 Pro, all three graphics cards have the same 95 Watt power limit and use the same thermal module. The internal layout is therefore identical for all three graphics cards.

The layout of VISION 16 (non-Pro) is also mostly identical to its larger sister: VISION 16 with RTX 3050 Ti also has two fans and three heat pipes. The heatpipes follow a slightly different path, but still retain the concept of having two shared heatpipes between CPU and GPU and a third GPU-exclusive heatpipe. The overall cold plate coverage on the RTX 3050 Ti is slightly smaller than its larger siblings because VRAM and MOSFET take less space here. This also reduces the total system weight of VISION 16 (non-Pro).

In the VISION 16 without RTX 3050 Ti, the third heat pipe is omitted, but the CPU is still cooled with two heat pipes, two fans and liquid metal even in the most entry-level configuration of the VISION 16.

Connection of external monitors

The connection of external monitors differs between VISION 16 and VISION 16 Pro. The following table provides an overview:

Description

In VISION 16 (non-Pro), all monitors are connected to the Intel Xe graphics unit - even if the optional NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti is added to the system. Thus, all monitors behave exactly like the internal screen:

  • During simple office and web tasks, the NVIDIA card is deactivated, giving the system a very low idle power consumption.
  • During 3D load or other GPU-based rendering, the NVIDIA card is switched on via NVIDIA Optimus.

NVIDIA Optimus does not only apply to the internal display of VISION 16, but also to all externally connected monitors.

With the VISION 16 Pro with RTX 3060, 3070 Ti and 3080, the same principle applies to the internal display and the DisplayPort signals in the Thunderbolt 4 port. However, the USB-C port on the left side and the HDMI port behave differently: they are connected directly to the NVIDIA graphics card in VISION 16 Pro. With those two ports in VISION 16 Pro, NVIDIA Optimus is bypassed, and the image output is handled directly by the dedicated GPU. This can have slight performance advantages in gaming, but also increases power consumption in idle. The USB-C port on the left side supports G-SYNC and G-SYNC compatible monitors due to its direct dGPU connection.

Dual Monitor via Thunderbolt 4 Docking Station

Thunderbolt 4 has two separate DisplayPort signals. This means that two external monitors can be connected via a single Thunderbolt cable. For this purpose, "real" Thunderbolt docking stations are recommended, which do not split the signal via MST (multi-stream transport). An overview of this topic can be found in this FAQ article:

Battery life and charging profiles

The lithium-ion battery in the VISION 16 and VISION 16 Pro has 80 watt hours. This table provides an overview of various battery life tests:

We estimate realistic runtimes of up to 5 to 6 hours out of the box during decent web/office activities. The fact that the runtime is not higher despite the quite high battery capacity is primarily due to the performance potential of the Intel 14-core CPU and the large, high-resolution screen.

The selected GPU, on the other hand, has almost no influence on the battery life, as the GPU is automatically deactivated via NVIDIA Optimus when not in use.

Charging profiles

The battery charging control in the VISION 16 and VISION 16 Pro can be set in three profiles. The following table shows the specific effects of them.

The times shown in the table assume an initial state of 5 % charge.

The "High Capacity" profile is preselected by default and forms the basis for the advertised battery runtimes. In the other profiles, the maximum battery capacity is limited, which can preserve battery health in the long term. Windows will still display a charge level of up to 100 % in "Balanced" and "Eco". The actual battery capacity is controlled by the firmware.

Battery charging via USB-C

SCHENKER VISION 16 and VISION 16 Pro can charge the battery via a USB-C power supply. While the laptop is running, this is possible from both the left and the right USB-C port. This applies to all configuration variants, including those with RTX 3060 and up.

However, a USB-C charger is not a replacement for the original power adapter that comes with the laptop. The original adapter has significantly higher performance parameters, even beyond their official wattage. They are able to accommodate power spikes that are caused in particular by the dedicated graphics cards.

Because we cannot guarantee the power output and especially not the peak and surge power headroom of any given USB-C charger, the system performance is limited for safety when a USB-C charger is connected. If you wish to use VISION 16 at multiple places without carrying the original adapter with you all the time, we would strongly recommend you to order a 2nd original adapter right at the moment of purchase. VISION 16 series uses a barrel plug with 5.5mm outer diameter, 2.5mm inner diameter and 12.5mm length. This plug complies with the IEC 60130-10 industry standard. An overview of available adapters can be found here:

For the operation of docking stations this means: it is strongly recommended to connect the original power supply in addition to the docking station. This is the only way to unlock the full system performance of SCHENKER VISION 16.

Advanced BIOS setup features

The BIOS setup of the VISION 16 series includes some options which might be relevant for security, comfort and compatibility. A number of screenshots can be found here:

The feature set of the BIOS Setup is identical between VISION 16 and VISION 16 Pro. Here is a short list of special features in the BIOS Setup:

Security:

  • The M.2 slots can be switched off individually.
  • Webcam, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and audio can be switched off individually, including the microphone.
  • RAID 0 and RAID 1 can be arranged via Intel VMD.
  • TPM and the Intel Management Engine can be switched off.

Convenience:

  • FnLock can be switched off both in the BIOS and via hotkey.

Compatibility:

  • Any number of P- and E-cores can be disabled. Exception: The last P-core cannot be switched off because it is physically connected to the chipset.
  • Hyperthreading, Turbo Boost and SpeedShift can be switched off.
  • The virtualisation functions VT-x and VT-d can be switched off.

Unfortunately, an undervolting function is not available, as Intel does not provide the corresponding hardware access for Intel Core i7-12700H. In the twelfth generation, Intel only allows undervolting in the "HK" and "HX" series.

Configure & Buy

Please see all configuration options and the full spec sheet on these product pages:

Your feedback

SCHENKER VISION 16 series has been long in the making and we are very happy with the result. Not only is this the most-lightweight ultrabook of its class, it is also an extremely well-rounded package with a plethora of ports and upgrade options that far exceed those of most competitor models. On top of this, it comes with an absolutely brilliant display that will simply level-up your productivity on the go while also providing an amazing and fast-responding canvas for casual or enthusiast gaming.

We hope that you found reading this deep dive article interesting and we would like to know what you think. If you have any questions about SCHENKER VISION series, please contact our hotline, e-mail support, join our community or simply leave a comment below. We are looking forward to your feedback!

// Tom

Top Comment: Thank you for laying out all this information so clearly and in a readable fashion. This is a true hallmark of a great manufacturer - others should take note. This looks like a fantastic laptop, it ticks a lot of boxes for both portability, productivity and gaming on the go. However, here's my list of criticism: By far, my biggest complaint is choosing Intel over AMD. This seems like the type of laptop for people (like me) who would use it plugged in some of the time, but also work on the go. AMD processors perform so much better at low power, thus would have been a great choice for efficiency and maximizing battery life. An AMD processor + 3050TI would have around 100W power envelope - for that TDP I'd have loved to see the non-Pro models drop the barrel plug and go all in 100W USB-C charging. For next year 240W USB-C charging? Please? Why 80W battery when the 14'' model has a 99W?

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How to enable Dolby Vision on XPS 17?

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I have the HEVC codec, dolby access app, the dolby vision app and the dolby extensions all from the MS store

I am connected to my LG CX and enabled everything on both devices, the TV still says HDR though when i tried playing netflix through edge or i tried playing a DV demo files through the movies and tv app

Top Comment: I have the HEVC codec, dolby access app, the dolby vision app and the dolby extensions all from the MS store I am connected to my LG CX and enabled...

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Restoring Dolby Vision after a Clean Install?

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I recently picked up the new Yoga 9i 15 as well as an XPS 17 for comparison, both the UHD models with HDR and Dolby Vision support. I noticed that the Yoga 9i was getting horrible battery life (under 4 hours), and it was suggested that I try a clean install to remove some of the bloatware that may be leading to excess background processes draining my battery.

After doing the clean install, I noticed that I'd lost native Dolby Vision support. What I mean by "native" is that Dolby Vision used to show up in under the Products tab in Dolby Access as ready to use, and if you loaded a program with Dolby Vision in Netflix, a "Dolby Vision" badge would flash on the upper right of the screen after the program started.

After doing the clean install, I reinstalled Dolby Vision from the MS store using this link (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/dolby-vision/9mvmz93n61t9?activetab=pivot:overviewtab) and reinstalled all the up to date display drivers. I also reinstalled all HEVC extensions and drivers. But after doing these things, I do not have Dolby Vision in Dolby Access and I do not get the Dolby Vision badge pop up in Netflix. It also just to the eye looks worse than it used to -- less colorful and vibrant. The display on the Yoga and the XPS 17 displaying Dolby Vision content used to be very comparable. Now there is a noticeable difference in quality with the Yoga looking far worse.

But because of my experience with this, I'm hesitant to do a clean install on the XPS 17. I'm very curious to know if anyone has done a clean install and been able to restore native Dolby Vision on their laptop? And if so, how.

Thanks.

Top Comment: Did you fix it in the meanwhile? I know that Lenovo supports some "Dolby Vision Drivers package" (Support Page -> Driver & Software -> Manual Install -> Category: Audio) for their C940 with which it works after an clean install. Maybe give this a try.

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x-ray Bedrock 1.17

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Hi im looking for an x-ray texture pack in 1.17 bedrock Does anyone have x-ray with stone minimal visible?

Top Comment: https://www.mediafire.com/file/9nd3kflaeab11d1/X-Ray_v1.9.0_Caves_%2526_Cliffs_Update.mcpack/file

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