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HP 620 Series

HP 620-WS843EAProcessor: Intel Celeron M 900, Intel Core 2 Duo T6670, Intel Pentium Dual Core T4500
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 15.30 inch, 15.60 inch
Weight: 2.4kg, 2.5kg
Price: 500, 700 euro
Average Score: 62.67% - poor
Average of 3 scores (from 6 reviews)
price: 80%, performance: 60%, display: 59%, mobility: 66%, emissions: 53%

 

HP 620

Specifications

HP 620Notebook: HP 620
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T6670
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 700 euro
Links: HP homepage

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Average Score: 70% - average

Average of 1 scores (from 4 reviews)

 

Reviews

70% HP 620 review
Source: Techradar English Archive.org version
Built for basic office use, it has a lot to offer, but is let down here by a significant design flaw.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/19/2010
Rating: Total score: 70%

Foreign Reviews

Sparbücher
Source: c't - 24/10 German
Comparison, , Long, Date: 12/01/2010
Rating: performance: 60% display: 80% mobility: 90% emissions: 30%
Hewlett Packard 620 – 15.6-Zoll-Laptop
Source: Tech Depot Blog German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/05/2010
Rating: display: 50%
HP 620
Source: Notebook.cz CZ→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/29/2010
Rating: price: 80% performance: 80% emissions: 80%

 

HP 620-WS742EA

Specifications

HP 620-WS742EANotebook: HP 620-WS742EA
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core T4500
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 500 euro
Links: HP homepage

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Average Score: 58% - poor

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

58% Обзор недорого офисного ноутбука HP 620 (WS742EA)
Source: Retera RU→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/14/2010
Rating: Total score: 58% performance: 39% display: 46% mobility: 42% emissions: 50%

 

HP 620-WS843EA

Specifications

HP 620-WS843EANotebook: HP 620-WS843EA
Processor: Intel Celeron M 900
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
Display: 15.30 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.4kg
Price: 500 euro
Links: HP homepage

Pricecompare

Average Score: 60% - poor

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

60% HP Compaq 620 (WS843EA)
Source: Benchmark.pl Turkish PL→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/14/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

 

Comment

HP: Founded in 1939, the US company is a major server and printer manufacturer and one of the leading IT companies in the world. Until 2015, the company was called Hewlett-Packard Company. After a split, the computer division was renamed HP Inc.

In 2023, HP had an approximate market share of 22% of global PC sales, making it number 2 after Lenovo.


Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M: The graphics core of the Intel GL40 and GS40 chipset features a slower clocked GMA 4500MHD (400 versus 533 MHz). Because of the slower core speed, full Blu-Ray Logo support is not given and the gaming performance is a bit worse.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.

T6670: Entry level Core 2 Duo based on the Penryn core. Similar to the C2D T6600 but with VT-x Virtualization and higher temperature specification.

Intel Pentium Dual Core: The return of the name Pentium, though it is a Yonah core. In fact, it is a double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption.

T4500:

Entry to middle class dual core CPU with 1 MB level 2 cache and no virtualization technology. Compared to the Core 2 Duo line, some power saving mechanism are deactivated. 

Intel Celeron M: It is a Pentium M with halved level 2 Cache and limited on FSB 400. The characteristic of this processor is the speed, which is hardly slower than an equivalent Pentium M. However it can change the speed not dynamically like the Pentium M and therefore needs without load more current.
It is also available as Low Voltage Version with very small current consumption.

900: Single core processor based on the Penryn core but many advanced features are deactivated. Due to the missing Speedstep, the CPU may lead to a lower battery runtime.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


No weight comment found (one expected)!


62.67%: Such a poor rating is rare. There are only a few notebooks that were rated even worse. The rating websites do not give a purchase recommendation here.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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HP 620-WS843EA
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Stefan Hinum, 2010-12-30 (Update: 2012-05-26)