HP EliteBook 14" 840 G3 Silver 2017
CPU Intel Core i5-6300U
RAM 8 GB
Storage 1 TB
Screen 14" 1920x1080
GPU Intel HD Graphics 520
OS Windows 10 Pro
Weight 1.6 kg
44 Overall Score
Price $447
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong gpu (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong portability (73rd percentile) 73rd
- Strong storage (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average ram (6th percentile)
- Below average cpu (15th percentile)
- Below average screen (22nd percentile)
- Below average reliability (33rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6300U |
| Cores | 2 |
| Frequency | 2.4 GHz |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 520 |
| Type | Integrated |
| VRAM | 48 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 14" |
| Resolution | 1920x1080 (Full HD) |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 1 |
| USB Ports | 2 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 5 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
Physical
| Weight | 1.6 kg / 3.6 lbs |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | HP EliteBook 14" 840 G3 | Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch Laptop M4 chip Built for Intelligence | ASUS Zenbook ASUS ROG Strix G17 Gaming | Lenovo Legion Pro 5 83LT000EUS | Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 NP964QHA-KG2US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6300U | Apple M4 | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 | AMD Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360 |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 1024 | 1000 | 1000 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Screen | 14" 1920x1080 | 14" 3024x1964 | 14" 1920x1200 | 16" 2560x1600 | 15" 2496x1664 | 16" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 520 | Apple M4 10-core | Intel Arc Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | Qualcomm Adreno | Intel Arc Graphics 140V |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro |
| Weight (kg) | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | - | 75 | 80 | 66 | 76 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP EliteBook 14" 840 G3 | 15.2 | 96.9 | 6 | 44.8 | 21.9 | 73.2 | 67.7 | 32.8 | 52.8 |
| Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch Laptop M4 chip Built for Intelligence Compare | 73.5 | 69.8 | 37.6 | 87.7 | 92.7 | 74.8 | 67.7 | 97.2 | 99.4 |
| ASUS Zenbook ASUS ROG Strix G17 Gaming Compare | 88.5 | 66.2 | 90.8 | 63.9 | 81.1 | 86.5 | 62.2 | 59.7 | 98.2 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 83LT000EUS Compare | 94.4 | 81.6 | 57.8 | 95.2 | 91.7 | 13.6 | 62.2 | 80.4 | 97.1 |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition Compare | 98.8 | 24.5 | 81 | 63.9 | 89.1 | 57.3 | 80.5 | 80.4 | 94.8 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 NP964QHA-KG2US Compare | 71.2 | 63.5 | 81 | 75.1 | 94.6 | 32.7 | 89.3 | 80.4 | 90.4 |
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