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HP EliteBook 14" 840 G5 2017
CPU Intel Core i7 8550U
RAM 16 GB
Storage 500 GB
Screen 14" 1920x1080
GPU Intel UHD Graphics 620
OS Windows 11 Pro
31 Overall Score
Price $499
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong portability (66th percentile) 66th
Cons
- Below average cpu (8th percentile)
- Below average port selection (13th percentile)
- Below average screen (22nd percentile)
- Below average storage (30th percentile)
What owners think
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Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i7 8550U |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 1.8 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 620 |
| Type | Integrated |
| VRAM Type | Shared |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 500 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 14" |
| Resolution | 1920x1080 (Full HD) |
Physical
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | HP EliteBook 14" 840 G5 | Apple MacBook Air M4 | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | ASUS ProArt P16 H7606WP-P16.3KR95070 | Lenovo Legion Pro 5 83LT000EUS | Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i7 8550U | Apple M4 | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 500 | 1024 | 1000 | 2000 | 1000 | 1024 |
| Screen | 14" 1920x1080 | 13.6" 2560x1664 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 16" 2880x1800 | 16" 2560x1600 | 15" 2496x1664 |
| GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 620 | Apple (10-Core) | Intel Arc Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | Qualcomm Adreno |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | - | 1.2 | 1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | 54 | - | 90 | 80 | 66 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | User Sentiment | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP EliteBook 14" 840 G5 | 8 | 33 | 37.5 | 12.7 | 21.8 | 65.5 | 30 | 47.8 | 32.7 |
| Apple MacBook Air M4 Compare | 73.4 | 69.7 | 52 | 57.9 | 86.5 | 90.7 | 80.4 | 94.8 | 97.2 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.7 | 63.3 | 80.9 | 80.7 | 91.3 | 96.2 | 72.5 | 94.8 | 59.6 |
| ASUS ProArt P16 H7606WP-P16.3KR95070 Compare | 88.7 | 91.9 | 91.3 | 80.7 | 96.2 | 24.4 | 89.4 | 58.3 | 59.6 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 83LT000EUS Compare | 94.4 | 81.5 | 57.7 | 95.2 | 91.7 | 13.6 | 62.1 | 89.7 | 80.4 |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition Compare | 98.8 | 24.3 | 80.9 | 63.8 | 89 | 57.1 | 80.4 | 79.1 | 80.4 |
Price
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