HP EliteBook 8 G1i 14” vs Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2025) GZ302
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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 EliteBook 8 G1i 14”
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
Advantages of the Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2025) GZ302
- Higher screen refresh rate: 180 versus 60 Hz
- Can run popular games at about 261-356% higher FPS
- Around 2.7x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Easier to carry: weighs 260 grams less (around 0.57 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 5% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Features a bigger (~13%) battery – 70 against 62 watt-hours
- Display has support for touch input
- Provides 67% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 300 nits
- 39% sharper screen – 225 versus 162 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 13% more compact case (94.9 vs 108.6 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.46 kg (3.22 lbs) | 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 315.6 x 222 x 11.7-15.5 mm 12.43 x 8.74 x 0.46-0.61 inches |
300 x 204 x 12.9-14.9 mm 11.81 x 8.03 x 0.51-0.59 inches |
| Area | 701 cm2 (108.6 inches2) | 612 cm2 (94.8 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~81.1% | ~85.1% |
| Side bezels | 7.1 mm | 5.7 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Black |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | Yes |
| Opening angle | 174° | 360° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | Yes |
| Liquid metal | No | Yes |
| Number of fans | 1 | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | - | 45.4 dB |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 13.4 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 180 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | - |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 225 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No | Adaptive Sync |
| Touchscreen | No | Yes |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Screen space comparison
EliteBook 8 G1i 14”
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
ROG Flow Z13 (2025) GZ302
13.4″ (16:10 ratio) = 80.7 in2
~9% more screen space
| Contrast | - | 1727:1 |
| sRGB color space | 62.5% | 99.6% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 89.7% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 100% |
| Response time | - | 3 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | - | 1:40 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 65 / 100 W | 200 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | - |
| Weight of AC adapter | - | 571 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.5 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.8 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Cores | 12 (2P + 10E) | 12 |
| Threads | 14 | 24 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 64 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Radeon 8050S |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 14 W | 55 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 1295 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2000 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2 TFLOPS | 11.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 5.6 Gbps | 8 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 2048 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 128 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 64 |
| GPU performance | 2 TFLOPS | 11.5 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 1145 |
| Solar Bay | - | 43074 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 8000 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| Max. ram size | 64 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x1024 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x1W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~79.9 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | No |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 2592 x 1944 | - |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | No |
| SD card reader | No | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Optional | Yes |
| Surface | Glass | - |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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