HP ZBook Power G9 vs Firefly 14 G9
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Review
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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Key Differences
Advantages of the HP ZBook Power G9
- Around 2x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Can run popular games at about 49-67% higher FPS
- Features a much bigger (~63%) battery – 83 against 51 watt-hours
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
Advantages of the HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 460 grams less (around 1.01 lbs)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Better webcam recording quality
- Much smaller footprint: 16% more compact case (109.7 vs 130.3 square inches)
- 15% sharper screen – 162 versus 141 pixels per inch (PPI)
Value for money
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.93 kg (4.26 lbs) | 1.47 kg (3.24 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 359.4 x 233.9 x 22.8 mm 14.15 x 9.21 x 0.9 inches |
315.6 x 224.3 x 19.9 mm 12.43 x 8.83 x 0.78 inches |
| Area | 841 cm2 (130.3 inches2) | 708 cm2 (109.8 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~79.8% | ~80.3% |
| Side bezels | 7 mm | 7.1 mm |
| Colors | Gray | Gray |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | - | 170° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | - |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 47.9 dB | 41 dB |
Display
| Size | 15.6 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 141 ppi | 162 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Screen space comparison
ZBook Power G9
15.6″ (16:9 ratio) = 104 in2
ZBook Firefly 14 G9
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~18% more screen space
| Contrast | - | 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 | 2:30 hr | 2:10 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Right | Left |
| Charge power | 120 / 150 W | 65 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | 1 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 434 grams | 311 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.5 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Cores | 12 (4P + 8E) | 10 (2P + 8E) |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 18 MB | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | - | 15 W |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 12 nm | 10 nm |
| GPU base clock | 930 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1395 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2.66 TFLOPS | 1.41 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 4 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | DDR5 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | - |
| Memory speed | ~10 Gbps | 4.8 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 896 | 640 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 56 | 40 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 20 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 4800 MHz | 4800 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 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 | 2 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | ~77.9 dB | ~84.5 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.2 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 3x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| 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 | Yes | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | - |
| Size | - | 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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