HP 17 Non-Touch

HP 17 Non-Touch

HP
34 Overall Score
vs
Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4 Starlight 2025

Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4 Starlight 2025

Apple
90 Overall Score

Scores

Compact
HP
23
Apple
99
Student
HP
31
Apple
95
Business
HP
33
Apple
95
Entertainment
HP
33
Apple
89
Developer
HP
37
Apple
84
Creator
HP
16
Apple
67
Ai Llm
HP
13
Apple
52
Gaming
HP
8
Apple
26

Specifications

HP 17Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4
Processor
CPU*Intel Core 7 150UApple M4 ★
CPU Multi-Core Score
14,754
23,633
Cores1010
Frequency1.8 GHz★—
L3 Cache12 MB★—
Graphics
GPUIntel GraphicsApple (10-Core)★
GPU Benchmark ScoreNo data
6,795
Typeintegratedintegrated
VRAM Type—Unified
Memory & Storage
RAM16 GB24 GB★
RAM GenerationDDR4LPDDR5★
Storage 1512 GB1 TB★
Storage 1 TypeNVMe SSDNVMe SSD
Display
Size17.3"13.6"
Resolution—2560 px★
PanelIPSIPS
Refresh Rate—60 Hz★
Brightness300 nits500 nits★
Connectivity
USB-C Ports12★
USB Ports2★0
Thunderbolt—Thunderbolt 4
HDMIHDMI 1.4b—
Wi-FiWi-Fi 6Wi-Fi 6E★
BluetoothBluetooth 5.3Bluetooth 5.3
Ethernet—No
Physical
Weight—1.24 kg★
Battery—54 Wh★
OSWindows 11 HomemacOS

Pros & Cons

HP 17 Non-Touch

  • Strong social proof (85th percentile)85th %ile
  • Below average portability (6th percentile)6th %ile
  • Below average gpu (13th percentile)13th %ile
  • Below average reliability (33rd percentile)

Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4 Starlight 2025

  • Strong social proof (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong reliability (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong portability (91st percentile)91st %ile
  • Strong user sentiment (90th percentile)90th %ile

Pricing

HP 17 Non-Touch is $762 cheaper (2.7x less).

HP 17 Non-Touch

Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4 Starlight 2025

Verdict

★ Winner: Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4

Scores 90 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 14 of 28 specs.

Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4 Better at:

Ai LlmGamingCompactCreatorStudentBusinessDeveloperEntertainment