HP EliteBook 850 G8 vs 840 G8
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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
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the HP EliteBook 850 G8
- Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
Advantages of the HP EliteBook 840 G8
- Easier to carry: weighs 340 grams less (around 0.75 lbs)
- Much smaller footprint: 17% more compact case (107.6 vs 130 square inches)
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 1.69 kg (3.73 lbs) | 1.35 kg (2.98 lbs) |
Dimensions | 359 x 233.8 x 19.2 mm 14.13 x 9.2 x 0.76 inches |
323.3 x 214.6 x 17.8 mm 12.73 x 8.45 x 0.7 inches |
Area | 839 cm2 (130 inches2) | 694 cm2 (107.6 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~80% | ~77.9% |
Side bezels | 6.8 mm | 6.7 mm |
Colors | Silver | Silver |
Transformer | No | No |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Active |
Vapor chamber | No | No |
Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
Noise level | 34 dB | - |
Display
Size | 15.6 inches | 14 inches |
Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
PPI | 141 ppi | 157 ppi |
Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
Touchscreen | No | No |
Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
Contrast | 3273:1 | - |
sRGB color space | 95% | 100% |
Adobe RGB profile | 65% | - |
Response time | 20 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
Replaceable | No | No |
Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
Charging port position | Right | Right |
Charge power | 45 / 65 W | 45 / 65 W |
Cable length | 1 meters | 1 meters |
Weigh of AC adapter | 200 gramm | - |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 0.9-2.4 GHz | 0.9-2.4 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
Cores | 4 | 4 |
Threads | 8 | 8 |
L3 Cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU | Iris Xe Graphics G7 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
Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
Fabrication process | 12 nm | 12 nm |
FLOPS | 2.822 TFLOPS | 2.822 TFLOPS |
Memory size | 2 GB | 2 GB |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
Memory bus | 64 bit | 64 bit |
Memory speed | ~8-10 Gbps | ~8-10 Gbps |
Shading units (cores) | 896 | 896 |
Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 56 | 56 |
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 32 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
Channels | 1x4 GB | 1x4 GB |
Clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | 2 |
Max. ram size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
Storage
Storage size
Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) |
Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
Channels | 1x128 GB | 1x128 GB |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 1 | 1 |
NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Loudness | 70.7 dB | - |
Microphones | 3 | 3 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
Bluetooth | v5 | v5 |
Fingerprint | Optional | Optional |
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 | 2x USB 3.2 |
USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 3.2 |
Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
DisplayPort | No | No |
VGA | No | No |
Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
SD card reader | No | No |
Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
Keyboard type | Island | Island |
Numpad | Yes | No |
Backlight | Yes | - |
Size | 12.0 x 6.5 cm | - |
Surface | Glass | - |
Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can be different depending on the laptop’s particular configuration or region.
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