On sale 21%
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
32 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 (31st percentile)
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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 | ASUS Zenbook UX3405CA-U9321TB | Lenovo Slim 7 83MC0001US | Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition | MSI Creator A13V |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i7 8550U | Apple M4 | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel Core i7 13620H |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 24 | 32 | 16 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 500 | 1024 | 1000 | 1024 | 1024 | 2048 |
| Screen | 14" 1920x1080 | 13.6" 2560x1664 | 14" 1920x1200 | 14" 1920x1200 | 15" 2496x1664 | 14" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 620 | Apple (10-Core) | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel Arc 140V | Qualcomm Adreno | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | - | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | 54 | 75 | 70 | 66 | 54 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | User Sentiment | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP EliteBook 14" 840 G5 | 7.9 | 35.7 | 37.7 | 13.3 | 21.9 | 66.1 | 30.7 | 47.8 | 32.8 |
| Apple MacBook Air M4 Compare | 73.5 | 71 | 66.2 | 58.3 | 87 | 91.1 | 80.3 | 89.8 | 97.4 |
| ASUS Zenbook UX3405CA-U9321TB Compare | 88.6 | 67.7 | 90.5 | 64.2 | 81.8 | 86.9 | 62.3 | 94.8 | 59.8 |
| Lenovo Slim 7 83MC0001US Compare | 66.8 | 65 | 67.6 | 86.1 | 82.9 | 86.8 | 80.3 | 0 | 80.6 |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition Compare | 98.8 | 27.4 | 80.8 | 64.2 | 89.4 | 57.5 | 80.3 | 79.1 | 80.6 |
| MSI Creator A13V Compare | 72.1 | 84.2 | 84.9 | 72.4 | 89.8 | 74.2 | 94.2 | 0 | 59.8 |
Price
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