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HP ZBook 8 G2i 16” vs ZBook 8 G2i 14”

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HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
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HP ZBook 8 G2i 14”
HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
HP ZBook 8 G2i 14”
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Battery 68 Wh
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Review

Evaluation of HP ZBook 8 G2i 16” and ZBook 8 G2i 14” important characteristics
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
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Display
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Battery Life
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Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
  • Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Around 7% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
Advantages of the HP ZBook 8 G2i 14”
  • Easier to carry: weighs 290 grams less (around 0.64 lbs)
  • Much smaller footprint: 22% more compact case (108.6 vs 139.6 square inches)

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs
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ZBook 8 G2i 16”
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ZBook 8 G2i 14”

Case

Weight 1.72 kg (3.79 lbs) 1.43 kg (3.15 lbs)
Dimensions 359 x 251 x 24.9 mm
14.13 x 9.88 x 0.98 inches		 315.6 x 222 x 18.9 mm
12.43 x 8.74 x 0.74 inches
Area 901 cm2 (139.6 inches2) 701 cm2 (108.6 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~82.4% ~81.1%
Side bezels 7.2 mm 7.1 mm
Colors Silver Silver
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Transformer No No
Opening angle 166° -
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 -

Display

Size 16 inches 14 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
PPI 142 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
Screen space comparison
ZBook 8 G2i 16”
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
ZBook 8 G2i 14”
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~30% more screen space
Display tests
sRGB color space 62.5% 62.5%
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 140 W Yes, 140 W
Charging port position Left, Right Left, Right
Charge power 65 / 100 / 140 W 65 / 100 / 140 W

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.1 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz 4.5 GHz
Cores 8 (4P + 4E) 8 (4P + 4E)
Threads 8 8
L3 Cache 12 MB 12 MB
Integrated GPU Intel Xe3 Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics
Fabrication process 2 nm 2 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
Nvidia Optimus Yes Yes
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 5 nm 5 nm
FLOPS 6.4-8.4 TFLOPS 6.4-8.4 TFLOPS
Memory size 6 GB 6 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory bus 96 bit 96 bit
Memory speed ~24 Gbps ~24 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 1792 1792
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 56 56
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 24 24
GPU performance 6.4-8.4 TFLOPS 6.4-8.4 TFLOPS
Blender GPU 1724 1615
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
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RAM

RAM size
Channels 1x8 GB 1x8 GB
Clock 5600 MHz 5600 MHz
Type DDR5 DDR5
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
Max. ram size 64 GB 64 GB

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x256 GB 1x256 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots - 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power 2x1W 2x1W
Dolby Atmos No No
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v7 v7
Bluetooth v6.0 v6.0
Fingerprint Optional Optional
Infrared sensor Yes Optional
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 2592 x 1944 2592 x 1944
Ports
USB-A 1x USB 3.2 1x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 3x USB 4.0 3x 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 Yes
SD card reader No No
Proprietary charging port No No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes No
Backlight Yes Yes
Touchpad
Size 12.5 x 8.0 cm -
Surface Glass Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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