HP Pavilion 15 (2023) vs Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UX3405)
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Performance
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Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
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Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the HP Pavilion 15 (2023)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
Advantages of the Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UX3405)
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 550 grams less (around 1.21 lbs)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Features a much bigger (~83%) battery – 75 against 41 watt-hours
- Around 72% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Can run popular games at about 24-33% higher FPS
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Better webcam recording quality
- 62% sharper screen – 162 versus 100 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Provides 60% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 250 nits
- Much smaller footprint: 18% more compact case (106.6 vs 130.7 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.75 kg (3.86 lbs) | 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 360.2 x 234 x 17.9 mm 14.18 x 9.21 x 0.7 inches |
312.4 x 220.1 x 14.9 mm 12.3 x 8.67 x 0.59 inches |
| Area | 843 cm2 (130.6 inches2) | 688 cm2 (106.6 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~79.6% | ~82.7% |
| Side bezels | 7.4 mm | 5.4 mm |
| Colors | White, Gold, Blue, Green | Silver, Blue |
| Material | Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 130° | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | - | 39 dB |
Display
| Size | 15.6 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | TN LCD | OLED |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 100 ppi | 162 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 | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy |
| Ambient light sensor | No | Yes |
Screen space comparison
Pavilion 15 (2023)
15.6″ (16:9 ratio) = 104 in2
Zenbook 14 OLED (UX3405)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~18% more screen space
| Contrast | - | 1000000:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 96.9% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 100% |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | 11.34 V | - |
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 1:50 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Right | Right |
| Charge power | 45 / 65 W | 65 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 300 grams | 223 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.3 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.6 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Cores | 10 (2P + 8E) | 14 (4P + 10E) |
| Threads | 12 | 18 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 18 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) | Arc Graphics (7-Cores) |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 7 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | - | 28 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | Yes | - |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 12 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | 1065 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1320 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2.7 TFLOPS | 3.9 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 2 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory bus | 64 bit | - |
| Memory speed | ~12 Gbps | 8.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1024 | 896 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 56 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 24 |
| GPU performance | 2.7 TFLOPS | 3.9 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 219 | - |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 8400 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | No | No |
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 | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~84.9 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | No | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Optional | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.4 mm |
| Size | 11.5 x 7.4 cm | 13.0 x 7.5 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
Further details
Notes on Zenbook 14 OLED (UX3405):
- The 8 GB variant is equipped with LPDDR5 memory, unlike the others which use LPDDR5X.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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