HP ProDesk G4, Core i5-8500, 16GB, 1TB HDD, Radeon RX 550, Black
CPU Intel Core i5-8500
RAM 16 GB
Storage 1 TB
GPU AMD Radeon RX 550
Form Factor mid-tower
OS Windows 11 Pro
47 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average port selection (22nd percentile)
- Below average cpu (30th percentile)
- Below average ram (32nd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8500 |
| Cores | 6 |
| Frequency | 3.0 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 9 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 550 |
| Type | Discrete |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | mid-tower |
Connectivity
| HDMI | HDMI Port |
| DisplayPort | DisplayPorts |
| Ethernet | Ethernet RJ-45 Port |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | HP ProDesk G4 | Dell ECT ECT1250 | Lenovo ThinkCentre M70q Gen 5 | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus | ASUS NUC 14 Pro RNUC14RVHU7089CUI | MSI Cubi NUC AI 1UMG-015US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8500 | Intel Core Ultra 7 265 | Intel Core i5 14400T | AMD Ryzen 7 255 | Intel Core Ultra 7 155H | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 32 | 16 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 1024 | 512 | 1024 | 3072 | 1024 |
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 550 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 | Intel UHD Graphics 730 | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics |
| Form Factor | mid-tower | mid-tower | mini | mini | mini | mini |
| Psu W | - | 180 | 90 | 120 | 120 | 120 |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP ProDesk G4 | 29.7 | 50.6 | 31.6 | 22.2 | 46.2 | 70 | 78.8 |
| Dell ECT ECT1250 Compare | 88.4 | 68.8 | 54.1 | 87.1 | 68.9 | 70 | 70.4 |
| Lenovo ThinkCentre M70q Gen 5 Compare | 52.6 | 35.5 | 49.7 | 84.2 | 40.9 | 70 | 95.6 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 65.1 | 63.1 | 81.7 | 65.3 | 53.6 | 11.6 | 94.4 |
| ASUS NUC 14 Pro RNUC14RVHU7089CUI Compare | 58.4 | 58.7 | 81.7 | 77.7 | 95.6 | 37.3 | 83.9 |
| MSI Cubi NUC AI 1UMG-015US Compare | 51.6 | 58.7 | 51.4 | 89.5 | 68.9 | 37.3 | 75 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall47.4
- AI/LLM22.6
- Gaming47.3
- Portability24.6
- Creator41.7
- Business50.7
- Developer39
- Home Office49.1
- Workstation39.7
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