HP ZBook 8 G1ak 14” vs Dell Pro Max 14
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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
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the HP ZBook 8 G1ak 14”
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 390 grams less (around 0.86 lbs)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Better webcam recording quality
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
Advantages of the Dell Pro Max 14
- Around 94% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Performs significantly better (up to 51%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Can run popular games at about 24-33% higher FPS
- Features a bigger (~16%) battery – 72 against 62 watt-hours
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.44 kg (3.18 lbs) | 1.83 kg (4.04 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 315 x 222 x 15.5 mm 12.4 x 8.74 x 0.61 inches |
313 x 227.3 x 14.79-18.9 mm 12.32 x 8.95 x 0.58-0.74 inches |
| Area | 699 cm2 (108.4 inches2) | 711 cm2 (110.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~81.3% | ~79.9% |
| Side bezels | 6.8 mm | 5.8 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Black |
| Material | Aluminum | Magnesium alloy |
| Transformer | No | No |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | - | 1 |
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 | Yes | Yes |
| Contrast | - | 800:1 |
| sRGB color space | 62.5% | - |
| Response time | - | 35 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | - | 15.6 V |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Left, Right |
| Charge power | 100 / 140 W | 65 / 100 / 130 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 3.5 GHz | 1.7 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.9 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 14 (4P + 10E) |
| Threads | 12 | 14 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 18 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 760M | Arc Graphics 130T |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 3 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 | 35 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | 800 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2600 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2.7 TFLOPS | 3.9 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 5.6 Gbps | 7.47 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 896 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 56 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 28 |
| GPU performance | 2.7 TFLOPS | 3.9 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 218 | 582 |
| Solar Bay | 8451 | 12669 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 1x16 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 7467 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| 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
| Audio chip | - | Realtek ALC3329 |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x1W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| 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 | 2592 x 1944 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 3x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | 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 | No |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Optional | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1 mm |
| Size | - | 12.5 x 7.3 cm |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
Further details
Notes on Pro Max 14:
- It has one LPCAMM2 slot for LPDDR5X RAM.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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