HP ZBook Fury 16 G9 vs Firefly 14 G9
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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 Fury 16 G9
- Performs significantly better (up to 4x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Around 3.1x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Can run popular games at about 65-89% higher FPS
- Features a much bigger (~86%) battery – 95 against 51 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Provides 150% higher max. screen brightness: 1000 vs 400 nits
Advantages of the HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 970 grams less (around 2.14 lbs)
- Much smaller footprint: 22% more compact case (109.7 vs 141 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.44 kg (5.38 lbs) | 1.47 kg (3.24 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 363 x 250.6 x 27.75 mm 14.29 x 9.87 x 1.09 inches |
315.6 x 224.3 x 19.9 mm 12.43 x 8.83 x 0.78 inches |
| Area | 910 cm2 (141 inches2) | 708 cm2 (109.8 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~81.6% | ~80.3% |
| Side bezels | 9.2 mm | 7.1 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Gray |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 150° | 170° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | Yes | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 49.3 dB | 41 dB |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 142 ppi | 162 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10 |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Glossy (Antireflective) | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Screen space comparison
ZBook Fury 16 G9
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
ZBook Firefly 14 G9
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~30% more screen space
| Contrast | 1000000:1 | 1543:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 99.9% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 71.1% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 69.6% |
| Response time | - | 41 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 2:10 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 150 / 200 / 230 W | 65 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | 1 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 710 / 755 grams | 311 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.0 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.8 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Cores | 16 (8P + 8E) | 10 (2P + 8E) |
| Threads | 24 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 25 MB | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 80 W | 20 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | Yes | Yes |
| Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| GPU base clock | 1489 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | 6.8 TFLOPS | 3.1 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory speed | ~14 Gbps | ~12 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1792 | 2048 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 112 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 64 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 6.8 TFLOPS | 3.1 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 880 | 376 |
| Solar Bay | 30497 | 7435 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 4800 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 4 | 2 |
| Max. ram size | 128 GB | 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 | 4 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | ~88.1 dB | ~84.5 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| DisplayPort | 1x v2.0 | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Size | 12.4 x 8.3 cm | 12.0 x 8.0 cm |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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