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HP ProBook 4 G1q vs EliteBook 8 G1a 14”

54 out of 100
HP ProBook 4 G1q
VS
51 out of 100
HP EliteBook 8 G1a 14”
HP ProBook 4 G1q
HP EliteBook 8 G1a 14”
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CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
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Storage

Review

Evaluation of HP ProBook 4 G1q and EliteBook 8 G1a 14” important characteristics
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)

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61.1
(Average)
Value Index
24.9
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the HP ProBook 4 G1q
  • Around 19% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
Advantages of the HP EliteBook 8 G1a 14”
  • Can run popular games at about 32-44% higher FPS
  • Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Features a bigger (~11%) battery – 62 against 56 watt-hours
  • Better webcam recording quality
  • User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs
Laptop:
ProBook 4 G1q
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EliteBook 8 G1a 14”

Case

Weight 1.46 kg (3.22 lbs) 1.38 kg (3.04 lbs)
Dimensions 318.6 x 224.3 x 10.9 mm
12.54 x 8.83 x 0.43 inches		 315 x 222 x 15.5 mm
12.4 x 8.74 x 0.61 inches
Area 715 cm2 (110.7 inches2) 699 cm2 (108.4 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~79.5% ~81.3%
Side bezels 8.6 mm 6.8 mm
Colors Silver Silver
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Transformer No No
Opening angle 180° 170°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 1 1
Noise level (max. load) - 42.3 dB

Display

Size 14 inches 14 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
PPI 162 ppi 162 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor No Yes
Display tests
sRGB color space 62.5% 62.5%
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time - 1:47 hr
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes
Charging port position Left Left
Charge power 65 W 65 / 100 W
Cable length 1 meters 1 meters
Weight of AC adapter - 343 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 3.0 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo frequency - 4.9 GHz
Cores 8 6
Threads 8 12
L3 Cache 6 MB 16 MB
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Radeon 760M
Fabrication process 4 nm 4 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
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Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP - 15 W
Type Integrated Integrated
Fabrication process 4 nm 4 nm
GPU base clock 280 MHz 800 MHz
GPU boost clock 1107 MHz 2600 MHz
FLOPS 1.7 TFLOPS 2.7 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared System Shared
Memory type LPDDR5X DDR5
Memory speed 8.53 Gbps 5.6 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 768 512
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 48 32
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 24 16
GPU performance 1.7 TFLOPS 2.7 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU - 221
Solar Bay 4738 8355
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
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RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 1x8 GB
Clock 8533 MHz 5600 MHz
Type LPDDR5X DDR5
Upgradable No Yes
Total slots - 2
Max. ram size - 64 GB

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 1x256 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 1 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power 2x2W 2x1W
Dolby Atmos No No
Loudness - ~88.1 dB
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v7 v7
Bluetooth v5.4 v5.4
Fingerprint Optional Optional
Infrared sensor Optional Optional
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 2592 x 1944
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x 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) Yes Yes
SD card reader No No
Proprietary charging port No No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight Optional Optional
Key travel - 1.5 mm
Touchpad
Size - 12.5 x 8.0 cm
Surface - Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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