HP Pavilion Aero 13 vs Pavilion 14 (2021)
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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 Pavilion Aero 13
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 540 grams less (around 1.19 lbs)
- Around 2.4x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Thinner bezels and 8% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Provides 60% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 250 nits
- 52% sharper screen – 170 versus 112 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 12% more compact case (96.2 vs 109.1 square inches)
Advantages of the HP Pavilion 14 (2021)
- Can run popular games at about 39-53% higher FPS
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 16GB)
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1 kg (2.21 lbs) | 1.54 kg (3.4 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 297 x 209 x 16.9 mm 11.69 x 8.23 x 0.67 inches |
325.1 x 216.6 x 17 mm 12.8 x 8.53 x 0.67 inches |
| Area | 621 cm2 (96.2 inches2) | 704 cm2 (109.2 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.6% | ~76.7% |
| Side bezels | 5.3 mm | 7.6 mm |
| Colors | White, Silver, Gold, Pink | White, Silver, Gold, Pink |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 140° | 130° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 35 dB | 35.5 dB |
Display
| Size | 13.3 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | TN LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 170 ppi | 112 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1366 x 768 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Contrast | 1316:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 99.8% | - |
| Adobe RGB profile | 74.8% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 73.4% | - |
| Response time | 37 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:55 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Right |
| Charge power | 45 / 65 W | 45 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 312 grams | 280 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.3 GHz | 1.7-3.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 2 |
| Threads | 12 | 4 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 6 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 7 | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 10 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 10-45 W | - |
| Type | Integrated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 1354 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1600 MHz | 1468 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.108 TFLOPS | 1.879 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | 2 GB |
| Memory type | DDR4 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus | - | 64 bit |
| Memory speed | 3.2 Gbps | ~7 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 448 | 640 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 28 | 32 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 7 | 16 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 16 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | 76.5 dB | 80 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 1x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | No | No |
| 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 | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Size | 11.0 x 6.5 cm | 11.5 x 7.3 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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