Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro (16") vs HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16”
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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 Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro (16")
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- Can run popular games at about 26-36% higher FPS
- Performs significantly better (up to 46%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Around 15% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a bigger (~23%) battery – 76.1 against 62 watt-hours
- Display has support for touch input
- 49% sharper screen – 212 versus 142 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
Advantages of the HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16”
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
- Better webcam recording quality
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.56 kg (3.44 lbs) | 1.52 kg (3.35 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 355.4 x 250.4 x 12.5 mm 13.99 x 9.86 x 0.49 inches |
359 x 250 x 11.5 mm 14.13 x 9.84 x 0.45 inches |
| Area | 890 cm2 (137.9 inches2) | 898 cm2 (139 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~83.4% | ~82.7% |
| Side bezels | 5.4 mm | 7.2 mm |
| Colors | Gray | Silver |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 125° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | - | 49.5 dB |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 212 ppi | 142 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2880 x 1800 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | Yes | No |
| Coating | Glossy (Antireflective) | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
| Contrast | 1000000:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 62.5% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 100% | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:40 hr | 1:30 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, Right |
| Charge power | 65 W | 65 / 100 W |
| Cable length | - | 1 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 160 grams | 446 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.2 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.8 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Cores | 8 (4P + 4E) | 6 |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Arc Graphics 140V | Radeon 760M |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 30 W | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | 600 MHz | 800 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1950 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| FLOPS | 4 TFLOPS | 2.7 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Memory speed | 8.53 Gbps | 5.6 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1024 | 512 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | - | 32 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | - | 16 |
| GPU performance | 4 TFLOPS | 2.7 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 529 | 199 |
| Solar Bay | - | 8282 |
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 | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x5W, 2x3.3W | 2x1W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Loudness | - | ~86.7 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | No | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 2592 x 1944 |
| USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 3x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | Yes |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | Yes |
| Backlight | Optional | Optional |
| Key travel | 1 mm | - |
| Size | 15.1 x 10.8 cm | 13.5 x 8.6 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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