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HP ZBook 8 G1i 16” vs Dell Pro 16 Plus

49 out of 100
HP ZBook 8 G1i 16”
VS
48 out of 100
Dell Pro 16 Plus
HP ZBook 8 G1i 16”
Dell Pro 16 Plus
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Review

Evaluation of HP ZBook 8 G1i 16” and Dell Pro 16 Plus 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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16.7
(Bad)
Value Index
33.0
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the HP ZBook 8 G1i 16”
  • Slightly easier to carry: weighs 120 grams less (around 0.26 lbs)
  • Can run popular games at about 42-57% higher FPS
  • Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
  • Features a much bigger (~38%) battery – 62 against 45 watt-hours
  • User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
  • Better webcam recording quality
Advantages of the Dell Pro 16 Plus
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs
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ZBook 8 G1i 16”
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Pro 16 Plus

Case

Weight 1.72 kg (3.79 lbs) 1.84 kg (4.06 lbs)
Dimensions 359 x 250 x 19.2 mm
14.13 x 9.84 x 0.76 inches		 358 x 251.4 x 19.85-20.55 mm
14.09 x 9.9 x 0.78-0.81 inches
Area 898 cm2 (139 inches2) 900 cm2 (139.5 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~82.7% ~82.5%
Side bezels 7.2 mm 6.7 mm
Colors Silver Silver
Material Aluminum Top: Aluminum
Middle: Aluminum
Bottom: Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle - 180°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 1
Noise level (max. load) 44.1 dB -

Display

Size 16 inches 16 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
PPI 142 ppi 142 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
Display tests
Contrast - 1000:1
sRGB color space 62.5% 51%
Response time - 35 ms
Max. brightness
ZBook 8 G1i 16”
300 nits
Pro 16 Plus
300 nits

Battery

Capacity
Voltage - 11.25 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 65 / 100 / 140 W 60 / 65 / 100 W
Cable length 1 meters -
Weight of AC adapter 526 grams -

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 1.5 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.8 GHz 4.5 GHz
Cores 12 (2P + 10E) 8 (4P + 4E)
Threads 14 8
L3 Cache 12 MB 8 MB
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Intel Arc Graphics 130V
Fabrication process 3 nm 3 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 - 30 W
Type Dedicated Integrated
Fabrication process 5 nm 3 nm
GPU base clock - 600 MHz
GPU boost clock - 1850 MHz
FLOPS 5.8-9.2 TFLOPS 3.3 TFLOPS
Memory size 4 GB System Shared
Memory type GDDR6 LPDDR5X
Memory bus 64 bit -
Memory speed ~16 Gbps 8.53 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2048 896
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64 -
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 -
GPU performance 5.8-9.2 TFLOPS 3.3 TFLOPS
Blender GPU 1156 583
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
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RAM

RAM size
Channels 1x8 GB 1x16 GB
Clock 5600 MHz 8533 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
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip - Cirrus CS42L43
Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power - 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No No
Loudness ~87.8 dB ~88.9 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 2592 x 1944 2560 x 1440
Ports
USB-A 1x 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 Yes
Proprietary charging port No No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Backlight Optional Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm 1 mm
Touchpad
Size 12.5 x 8.0 cm 12.5 x 8.8 cm
Surface Glass Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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