HP Z2 Tower G1i Black 2026
CPU Intel Core Ultra
RAM 32 GB
Storage 512 GB
GPU discrete GPU
form factor mini-tower
psu w 600
OS Windows 11 Pro
14 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (69th percentile) 69th
- Strong ram (65th percentile) 65th
Cons
- Below average port selection (6th percentile)
- Below average gpu (14th percentile)
- Below average cpu (26th percentile)
- Below average storage (31st percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Graphics
| GPU | discrete GPU |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 32 GB |
| Storage | 512 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | mini-tower |
| PSU | 600 |
| Weight | 12.8 kg / 28.2 lbs |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | HP Z2 Tower G1i | Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 | Apple Mac Studio M5 Max | Dell Area-51 | The Horizon Pcs Autherium Dragon PITPJ7JXJ | CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | Apple M5 Max | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | Core i9 | Intel Core i9 14900KF |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 64 | 64 |
| Storage (GB) | 512 | 1024 | 512 | 2000 | 5120 | 8000 |
| GPU | discrete GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | Apple M5 Max 32-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 OC | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Form Factor | mini-tower | mid-tower | mini | desktop | mid-tower | mid-tower |
| Psu W | 600 | 850 | 480 | 1500 | - | 850 |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP Z2 Tower G1i | 26.1 | 13.9 | 65.4 | 5.5 | 30.8 | 69.4 |
| Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 Compare | 97.4 | 88.1 | 83.1 | 100 | 73.1 | 69.4 |
| Apple Mac Studio M5 Max Compare | 94.4 | 92 | 93.2 | 96 | 30.8 | 99.3 |
| Dell Area-51 Compare | 97.4 | 90.7 | 91.4 | 99.5 | 87 | 69.4 |
| The Horizon Pcs Autherium Dragon PITPJ7JXJ Compare | 99.2 | 84.6 | 92.8 | 98.9 | 97.4 | 11.2 |
| CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM Compare | 94.1 | 84.6 | 96.8 | 85.3 | 99.2 | 11.2 |
Usage Scores
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