Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 (Snapdragon) vs HP EliteBook 8 G2a 14”
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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 Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 (Snapdragon)
- Easier to carry: weighs 230 grams less (around 0.51 lbs)
- Around 55% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Can run popular games at about 28-38% higher FPS
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
Advantages of the HP EliteBook 8 G2a 14”
- Features a a little bigger (~7%) battery – 62 against 58 watt-hours
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.21 kg (2.67 lbs) | 1.44 kg (3.18 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 313 x 219.4 x 15.85-18.56 mm 12.32 x 8.64 x 0.62-0.73 inches |
315.6 x 222 x 11.7-15.5 mm 12.43 x 8.74 x 0.46-0.61 inches |
| Area | 687 cm2 (106.4 inches2) | 701 cm2 (108.6 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.8% | ~81.1% |
| Side bezels | 5.8 mm | 7.1 mm |
| Colors | Black | Silver |
| Material | Top: Carbon fiber Middle: Aluminum Bottom: Aluminum |
Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 169° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 162 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 | - |
| Contrast | 1000:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 62.5% |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes, 65 W | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 65 W | 65 / 100 W |
| Cable length | - | 1 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 273 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 4,04 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | - | 4.5 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 4 (1P + 3E) |
| Threads | 6 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Adreno X2-45 | Radeon 840M |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 4 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 |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | 500 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 910 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2.1 TFLOPS | 1.4 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | - |
| Memory speed | 9.6 Gbps | 5.6 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1152 | 256 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 72 | 16 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 36 | 8 |
| GPU performance | 2.1 TFLOPS | 1.4 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 112 |
| Solar Bay | - | 6024 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 9600 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 64 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (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 | Qualcomm WCD9378C | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x1W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v6.0 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | No |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | 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) | No | Yes |
| 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 | - |
| Size | 11.5 x 6.0 cm | - |
| Surface | Plastic | 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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