HP ZBook 8 G2a 14” vs Dell Pro 13 Plus
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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)
Key Differences
Advantages of the HP ZBook 8 G2a 14”
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
- Features a much bigger (~51%) battery – 68 against 45 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Around 19% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
- Better webcam recording quality
Advantages of the Dell Pro 13 Plus
- Easier to carry: weighs 230 grams less (around 0.51 lbs)
- Can run popular games at about 75-102% higher FPS
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Smaller footprint: 8% more compact case (100 vs 108.8 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.46 kg (3.22 lbs) | 1.23 kg (2.71 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 316 x 222 x 19 mm 12.44 x 8.74 x 0.75 inches |
300 x 215 x 19.78-19.95 mm 11.81 x 8.46 x 0.78-0.79 inches |
| Area | 702 cm2 (108.7 inches2) | 645 cm2 (99.9 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~81% | ~79.5% |
| Side bezels | 7.3 mm | 6.8 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Silver |
| Material | Aluminum | Magnesium alloy |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 166° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Noise level (max. load) | 42.6 dB | 42 dB |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 13.3 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 170 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | - |
Screen space comparison
ZBook 8 G2a 14”
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
Pro 13 Plus
13.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 79.5 in2
~10% more screen space
| Contrast | - | 800:1 |
| sRGB color space | 62.5% | - |
| Response time | - | 35 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | - | 11.25 V |
| Full charging time | 1:17 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes, 140 W | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Left, Right |
| Charge power | 65 / 100 / 140 W | 60 / 65 / 100 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | - |
| Weight of AC adapter | 517 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.0 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Cores | 6 (3P + 3E) | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 840M | Intel Arc Graphics 130V |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 3 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 15 W | 30 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | 400 MHz | 600 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2800 MHz | 1850 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.4 TFLOPS | 3.3 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 5.6 Gbps | 8.53 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 256 | 896 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 16 | - |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 8 | - |
| GPU performance | 1.4 TFLOPS | 3.3 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 108 | 562 |
| Solar Bay | 6397 | - |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 1x16 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| Max. ram size | 64 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | - | Cirrus CS42L43 |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x1W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | ~84.7 dB | ~87 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v6.0 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 2592 x 1944 | 2560 x 1440 |
| USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 3x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | No |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Optional |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1 mm |
| Size | 12.5 x 8.0 cm | 12.5 x 7.1 cm |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| 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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