HP EliteBook 850 G8 vs 845 G10
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Review
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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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the HP EliteBook 850 G8
- Features a much bigger (~47%) battery – 56 against 38 watt-hours
- Provides 300% higher max. screen brightness: 1000 vs 250 nits
Advantages of the HP EliteBook 845 G10
- Performs significantly better (up to 3x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Around 2.9x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Easier to carry: weighs 360 grams less (around 0.79 lbs)
- Can run popular games at about 78-106% higher FPS
- Better webcam recording quality
- High-speed PCI Express Gen 4 interface
- Much smaller footprint: 16% more compact case (109.6 vs 130 square inches)
- 15% sharper screen – 162 versus 141 pixels per inch (PPI)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.69 kg (3.73 lbs) | 1.33 kg (2.93 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 359 x 233.8 x 19.2 mm 14.13 x 9.2 x 0.76 inches |
315.6 x 224 x 19.2 mm 12.43 x 8.82 x 0.76 inches |
| Area | 839 cm2 (130 inches2) | 707 cm2 (109.6 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~80% | ~80.4% |
| Side bezels | 6.8 mm | 7.1 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Silver |
| Material | Aluminum | 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) | 34 dB | 43.4 dB |
Display
| Size | 15.6 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 141 ppi | 162 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Screen space comparison
EliteBook 850 G8
15.6″ (16:9 ratio) = 104 in2
EliteBook 845 G10
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~18% more screen space
| Contrast | 3273:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 95% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 65% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 70.6% |
| Response time | 20 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Right | Left |
| Charge power | 45 / 65 W | 45 / 65 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | 1 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 200 grams | 316 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 0.9-2.4 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.2 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 8 |
| Threads | 8 | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU | Radeon 780M |
| Fabrication process | 10 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 | - | 15 W |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 12 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | - | 800 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | - | 2700 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.7-2.8 TFLOPS | 4.1 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 2 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | DDR5 |
| Memory bus | 64 bit | - |
| Memory speed | ~10 Gbps | 5.6 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 896 | 768 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 56 | 48 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 1.7-2.8 TFLOPS | 4.1 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 144 | 233 |
| Solar Bay | - | 11238 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x4 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | DDR5 |
| 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 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x128 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Power | - | 4x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | ~70.7 dB | ~83.2 dB |
| Microphones | 3 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 2560 x 1440 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| 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 | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Optional |
| Key travel | - | 1.5 mm |
| Size | 12.0 x 6.5 cm | - |
| 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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