Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 2 vs HP EliteBook 840 G8
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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 Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 2
- Performs significantly better (up to 6.6x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Around 6x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Can run popular games at about 133-181% higher FPS
- Features a much bigger (~77%) battery – 94 against 53 watt-hours
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
- Better webcam recording quality
- High-speed PCI Express Gen 4 interface
Advantages of the HP EliteBook 840 G8
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 1600 grams less (around 3.53 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Provides 150% higher max. screen brightness: 1000 vs 400 nits
- Much smaller footprint: 28% more compact case (107.6 vs 150 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.95 kg (6.5 lbs) | 1.35 kg (2.98 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 364 x 266 x 30.23 mm 14.33 x 10.47 x 1.19 inches |
323.3 x 214.6 x 17.8 mm 12.73 x 8.45 x 0.7 inches |
| Area | 968 cm2 (150 inches2) | 694 cm2 (107.6 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~76.7% | ~77.9% |
| Side bezels | 9.7 mm | 6.7 mm |
| Colors | Black, Gray | Silver |
| Material | Top: Aluminum Middle: Aluminum Bottom: Plastic |
Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | - |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 142 ppi | 157 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | No | Yes |
Screen space comparison
ThinkPad P16 Gen 2
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
EliteBook 840 G8
14″ (16:9 ratio) = 83.8 in2
~37% more screen space
| Contrast | 1200:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Bottom | Right |
| Charge power | 170 / 230 W | 45 / 65 W |
| Cable length | - | 1 meters |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.1 GHz | 0.9-2.4 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Cores | 16 (8P + 8E) | 4 |
| Threads | 24 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 30 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) | Iris Xe Graphics G7 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 | 60 W | - |
| Nvidia Optimus | MUX | - |
| Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 8 nm | 12 nm |
| FLOPS | 5.8 TFLOPS | 1.7-2.8 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory speed | ~11 Gbps | ~10 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 2048 | 896 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 | 56 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 5.8 TFLOPS | 1.7-2.8 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 1142 | 133 |
| Solar Bay | 20041 | - |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 1x4 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | DDR4 |
| 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 3.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x128 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3306 | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1280 x 720 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 3x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| 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 | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | - |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | - |
| Size | 11.5 x 6.76 cm | - |
| Surface | Plastic | - |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
Further details
Notes on ThinkPad P16 Gen 2:
- Version with 13th generation CPU comes with DDR5 memory, with a lower frequency of 4800 MHz.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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