HP ZBook Ultra 14 G1a vs Firefly 14 G11
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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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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the HP ZBook Ultra 14 G1a
- Performs significantly better (up to 2.8x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Around 2.2x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Can run popular games at about 46-63% higher FPS
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
- Features a much bigger (~33%) battery – 74.5 against 56 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 5% higher screen-to-body ratio
Advantages of the HP ZBook Firefly 14 G11
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.5 kg (3.31 lbs) | 1.42 kg (3.13 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 312.2 x 215.5 x 18.5 mm 12.29 x 8.48 x 0.73 inches |
315.47 x 223.52 x 19.3 mm 12.42 x 8.8 x 0.76 inches |
| Area | 673 cm2 (104.2 inches2) | 705 cm2 (109.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~84.5% | ~80.6% |
| Side bezels | 5.3 mm | 7 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Silver |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 49.2 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | - |
| PPI | 157 ppi | 162 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
| Contrast | - | 1500:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 67.1% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 65.8% | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | - | 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, Right | Left |
| Charge power | 140 W | 65 W |
| Cable length | - | 1 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 503 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 3.6 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.9 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 14 (4P + 10E) |
| Threads | 12 | 18 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 18 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 8040S | Arc Graphics (7-Cores) |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 7 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 55 W | - |
| Type | Integrated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 8 nm |
| GPU base clock | 1295 MHz | - |
| GPU boost clock | 2800 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | 5.7 TFLOPS | 3.1-7 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | - | 64 bit |
| Memory speed | 8.53 Gbps | ~12 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1024 | 2048 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 5.7 TFLOPS | 3.1-7 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 368 | 368 |
| Solar Bay | - | 7578 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 8533 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| 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 | 1x512 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 4x1W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | ~88.7 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 2592 x 1944 | - |
| USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 3x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| 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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