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HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9 vs Elite Dragonfly G4

53 out of 100
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9
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56 out of 100
HP Elite Dragonfly G4
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9
HP Elite Dragonfly G4
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Key Differences

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Advantages of the HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port
  • User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
Advantages of the HP Elite Dragonfly G4
  • Significantly easier to carry: weighs 480 grams less (around 1.06 lbs)
  • Features a much bigger (~33%) battery – 68 against 51 watt-hours
  • Better webcam recording quality
  • Smaller footprint: 7% more compact case (101.5 vs 109.7 square inches)

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Tests and Specifications

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ZBook Firefly 14 G9
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Elite Dragonfly G4

Case

Weight 1.47 kg (3.24 lbs) 0.99 kg (2.18 lbs)
Dimensions 315.6 x 224.3 x 19.9 mm
12.43 x 8.83 x 0.78 inches		 297.4 x 220.4 x 16.4 mm
11.71 x 8.68 x 0.65 inches
Area 708 cm2 (109.8 inches2) 655 cm2 (101.6 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~80.3% ~80.6%
Side bezels 7.1 mm 3.3 mm
Colors Gray Silver
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Transformer No No
Opening angle 170° 140°
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Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal - No
Number of fans 1 1
Noise level (max. load) 41 dB -

Display

Size 14 inches 13.5 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
PPI 162 ppi 171 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels 1920 x 1280 pixels
HDR support Yes, HDR10 -
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor Yes -
Display tests
Contrast 1543:1 -
sRGB color space 99.9% -
Adobe RGB profile 71.1% -
DCI-P3 color gamut 69.6% -
Response time 41 ms -
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time 2:10 hr -
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes Yes
Charging port position Left Left, Right
Charge power 65 W 65 / 100 W
Cable length 1 meters 1 meters
Weight of AC adapter 311 grams 310 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 1.3 GHz 1.3 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.4 GHz 4.6 GHz
Cores 10 (2P + 8E) 10 (2P + 8E)
Threads 12 12
L3 Cache 12 MB 12 MB
Integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
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Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 15 W 15 W
Type Integrated Integrated
Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm
GPU base clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU boost clock 1100 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS 1.41 TFLOPS 1.41 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared System Shared
Memory type DDR5 LPDDR5
Memory speed 4.8 Gbps 6.4 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 640 640
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 40 40
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 20 20
GPU performance
ZBook Firefly 14 G9
1.41 TFLOPS
Elite Dragonfly G4
1.41 TFLOPS

RAM

RAM size
Channels 1x8 GB 2x8 GB
Clock 4800 MHz 6400 MHz
Type DDR5 LPDDR5
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

Speakers 2.0 2.2
Dolby Atmos No No
Loudness 84.5 dB -
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v6E
Bluetooth v5.2 v5.3
Fingerprint Optional Optional
Infrared sensor Optional No
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 2560 x 1440
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 No
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 2x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 Thunderbolt 4
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) No No
SD card reader Yes No
Proprietary charging port No No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight Yes Yes
Touchpad
Size 12.0 x 8.0 cm -
Surface Glass Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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