HP ZBook Fury 16 G9 vs Firefly 16 G10

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Battery 95 Wh
CPU
GPU
RTX A500 Mobile 4GB
RAM
Storage

Review

Evaluation of HP ZBook Fury 16 G9 and Firefly 16 G10 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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Value for money (Beta)

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46.7
(Average)
Value Index
15.6
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the HP ZBook Fury 16 G9
  • Performs significantly better (up to 4x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Around 2.8x 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 300% higher max. screen brightness: 1000 vs 250 nits
Advantages of the HP ZBook Firefly 16 G10
  • Significantly easier to carry: weighs 720 grams less (around 1.59 lbs)
  • Display has support for touch input
  • Better webcam recording quality

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 2.44 kg (5.38 lbs) 1.72 kg (3.79 lbs)
Dimensions 363 x 250.6 x 27.75 mm
14.29 x 9.87 x 1.09 inches
368.7 x 250.9 x 19.9 mm
14.52 x 9.88 x 0.78 inches
Area 910 cm2 (141 inches2) 925 cm2 (143.5 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~81.6% ~80.2%
Side bezels 9.2 mm 12 mm
Colors Silver Silver
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Transformer No No
Opening angle 150° 175°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber Yes No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 1
Noise level (max. load) 49.3 dB 48 dB

Display

Size 16 inches 16 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
PPI 142 ppi 142 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No Yes
Coating Glossy (Antireflective) Matte
Ambient light sensor Yes Yes
Display tests
Contrast 1000000:1 -
sRGB color space 100% -
Max. brightness
1000 nits

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time 1:30 hr 2:00 hr
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
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 310 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.0 GHz 1.3 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.8 GHz 4.6 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 -
Nvidia Optimus Yes -
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 7 nm 8 nm
GPU base clock 1489 MHz -
FLOPS 6.8 TFLOPS 3.1-7 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 3.1-7 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 880 387
Solar Bay 30497 7511
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

Audio chip - Realtek ALC245
Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power - 2x1W
Dolby Atmos No No
Loudness ~88.1 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 2560 x 1440
Ports
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 No
Proprietary charging port Yes No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Backlight Yes Optional
Key travel - 1.5 mm
Touchpad
Size 12.4 x 8.3 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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