HP Laptop 15 (2023) vs Apple MacBook Air 15 (M2)
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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 Laptop 15 (2023)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 16GB) and an SSD
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air 15 (M2)
- Around 3x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- MacBook with the Apple M2 chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Features a much bigger (~62%) battery – 66.5 against 41 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 6% higher screen-to-body ratio
- 124% sharper screen – 224 versus 100 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Provides 100% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 250 nits
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.59 kg (3.51 lbs) | 1.51 kg (3.33 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 359.8 x 236 x 18.6 mm 14.17 x 9.29 x 0.73 inches |
340.4 x 237.6 x 11.5 mm 13.4 x 9.35 x 0.45 inches |
| Area | 849 cm2 (131.6 inches2) | 809 cm2 (125.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~79% | ~83.9% |
| Side bezels | 7.2 mm | 5.4 mm |
| Colors | White, Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Rose gold | Black, Silver, Gold, Gray |
| Material | Plastic | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | - | 130° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Passive |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | - |
Display
| Size | 15.6 inches | 15.3 inches |
| Type | TN LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 100 ppi | 224 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1366 x 768 pixels | 2880 x 1864 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | No | Yes |
| Contrast | - | 1326:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 98.9% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 98.7% |
| Response time | - | 24 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | - | 2:50 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | No | Yes, 70 W |
| Charging port position | Right | Left |
| Charge power | 45 W | 35 / 70 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | - | 189 / 208 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 0 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Cores | 4 (0P + 4E) | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics (24EU) | Apple M2 GPU |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 6-10 W | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | - | 500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 750 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | 0.3 TFLOPS | 2.9 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR4 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory bus | - | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 3.2 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 192 | 1024 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 12 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 6 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 0.3 TFLOPS | 2.9 TFLOPS |
| Blender GPU | - | 287 |
| Solar Bay | - | 6590 |
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x4 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | LPDDR5 |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| Max. ram size | 16 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | Custom |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x128 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 1 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~85 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | No | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | No | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | No |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 3 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 | No |
| 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 | Optional | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1 mm |
| Surface | Plastic | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
Further details
Notes on Laptop 15 (2023):
- Models with AMD CPU come with LPDDR5 memory instead of DDR4.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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