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Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the HP 14 (2021)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Display has support for touch input
Advantages of the Dell XPS 13 9315
- Easier to carry: weighs 290 grams less (around 0.64 lbs)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Around 76% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Can run popular games at about 37-51% higher FPS
- Thinner bezels and 19% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Features a bigger (~24%) battery – 51 against 41 watt-hours
- High-speed PCI Express Gen 4 interface
- 51% sharper screen – 169 versus 112 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 19% more compact case (91.3 vs 113 square inches)
Value for money
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.46 kg (3.22 lbs) | 1.17 kg (2.58 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 324 x 225 x 17.9 mm 12.76 x 8.86 x 0.7 inches |
295.4 x 199.4 x 13.99 mm 11.63 x 7.85 x 0.55 inches |
| Area | 729 cm2 (113.1 inches2) | 589 cm2 (91.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~74.1% | ~88.4% |
| Side bezels | 7.1 mm | 3.4 mm |
| Colors | Black, Silver | Blue, Burgundy |
| Material | Plastic | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | - | 135° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | - | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | - | 39.6 dB |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 13.4 inches |
| Type | TN LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 112 ppi | 169 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1366 x 768 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | Yes | No |
| Coating | - | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | No | Yes |
| Contrast | - | 1165:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 71% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 69% |
| Response time | - | 31 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | - | 11.55 V |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | No | Yes |
| Charging port position | Right | Left, Right |
| Charge power | 45 W | 45 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | 1 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | - | 200 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.7-3.0 GHz | 1 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.1 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Cores | 2 | 10 (2P + 8E) |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1100 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | 0.84 TFLOPS | 1.41 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR4 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory speed | 2.67 Gbps | 5.2 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 384 | 640 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 24 | 40 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 12 | 20 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 2666 MHz | 5200 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | LPDDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | - | No |
| Total slots | 1 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | - | Realtek ALC1319D |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Power | - | 4x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | - | 81.8 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5 | v5.2 |
| Fingerprint | No | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | No | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1280 x 720 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | No |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | No |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | - | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1 mm |
| Size | - | 11.2 x 6.2 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
Further details
Notes on 14 (2021):
- Optional keyboard backlighting.
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