Samsung Galaxy Book 5 vs HP Victus 15 (2025)

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Battery 61.2 Wh
CPU
GPU Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
RAM
Storage

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy Book 5 and HP Victus 15 (2025) 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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43.4
(Average)
Value Index
48.1
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Samsung Galaxy Book 5
  • Significantly easier to carry: weighs 740 grams less (around 1.63 lbs)
  • Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
  • Thinner bezels and 12% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Features a bigger (~17%) battery – 61.2 against 52.5 watt-hours
  • Better webcam recording quality
  • Smaller footprint: 11% more compact case (126 vs 141.5 square inches)
Advantages of the HP Victus 15 (2025)
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 144 versus 60 Hz
  • Can run popular games at about 160-218% higher FPS
  • User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 1.55 kg (3.42 lbs) 2.29 kg (5.05 lbs)
Dimensions 356.6 x 228 x 15.1 mm
14.04 x 8.98 x 0.59 inches
357.9 x 255 x 23.5 mm
14.09 x 10.04 x 0.93 inches
Area 813 cm2 (126.1 inches2) 913 cm2 (141.5 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~82.5% ~73.5%
Side bezels 5.6 mm 6.3 mm
Colors Silver, Gray Silver, Blue, Pink
Material Aluminum Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle 130° 150°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 1 2
Noise level (max. load) - 48 dB

Display

Size 15.6 inches 15.6 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
PPI 141 ppi 141 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9 16:9
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels 1920 x 1080 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync technology No FreeSync
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor No No
Display tests
Contrast - 1500:1
sRGB color space - 63.5%
Adobe RGB profile - 44.3%
DCI-P3 color gamut - 45.4%
Response time - 17 ms
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time 2:00 hr -
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes
Charging port position Left Left
Charge power 45 W 120 / 200 W
Weight of AC adapter 158 grams 660 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 1.5 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.8 GHz 4.6 GHz
Cores 12 (2P + 10E) 8 (4P + 4E)
Threads 14 12
L3 Cache 12 MB 12 MB
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Intel UHD Graphics (48EU)
Fabrication process 3 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 14 W 75 W
Nvidia Optimus - Yes
Type Integrated Dedicated
Fabrication process 5 nm 8 nm
GPU base clock 300 MHz -
GPU boost clock 2000 MHz -
FLOPS 2 TFLOPS 7.8 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X GDDR6
Memory bus - 64 bit
Memory speed 8.4 Gbps ~14 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 512 2048
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 32 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 16 32
GPU performance 2 TFLOPS 7.8 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU - 770
Solar Bay - 20560
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x4 GB 1x8 GB
Clock 8400 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 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power 2x2W 2x2W
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Loudness - ~83 dB
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6 v6E
Bluetooth v5.2 v5.4
Fingerprint Yes No
Infrared sensor No No
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 1x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt No No
HDMI 1x HDMI 1.4 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes Yes
SD card reader Yes Yes
Proprietary charging port No Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Backlight Optional Yes
Key travel - 1.8 mm
Touchpad
Size - 12.5 x 8.0 cm
Surface Plastic Plastic
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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