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MagyarHP EliteBook 845 G9 in review: 35-watt AMD outclasses Lenovo & Dell
Gone are the days when AMD chips were installed only in laptops that did not extend beyond the mid range. Now the brand new Ryzen 6000 generation has caught up and overtaken Intel's processors. What was unthinkable six years ago is reality today: AMD in a 2.5K laptop of the high-end business class.
But this is not the main strength of the laptop in question, nor its unique selling point. Rather, it is the focus on hardware- and software security that makes the 845 G9 so special. In addition to well-known features such as SureView, a webcam shutter and SmartCard, the laptop offers a lot of software that takes care of the fail-safety aspects of the hardware and account security.
Other competitors in the high-end segment are broadly positioned. Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 and Dell's Latitudes - both from the high-end series - attempt to court the favor of buyers with comparable features. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon leads the pack with both an LTE option and Thunderbolt.
Possible Competitors in Comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88.6 % | 07/2022 | HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA R9 PRO 6950HS, Radeon 680M | 1.5 kg | 19.3 mm | 14.00" | 1920x1200 | |
| 90.2 % | 06/2022 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE i5-1250P, Iris Xe G7 80EUs | 1.2 kg | 15.36 mm | 14.00" | 1920x1200 | |
| 90.1 % | 03/2022 | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 R7 PRO 5850U, Vega 8 | 1.3 kg | 16.14 mm | 14.00" | 1920x1080 | |
| 90.1 % | 04/2022 | Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH i5-1145G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs | 1.3 kg | 17.3 mm | 14.00" | 1920x1080 | |
| 89.4 % | 07/2021 | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE i7-1165G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.3 kg | 16.14 mm | 14.00" | 1920x1080 | |
| 89.8 % | 08/2021 | HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA i7-1185G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.2 kg | 17.9 mm | 14.00" | 1920x1080 | |
| 88.5 % | 03/2022 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE i5-1140G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs | 1.2 kg | 11.5 mm | 13.50" | 2256x1504 |
Case: Solid laptop from HP
The EliteBook comes in a torsion-resistant aluminum case that is constructed like a box and is sealed off on the bottom with a baseplate. The latter does not play a major role in terms of rigidity, as the "box" with its rounded corners is already stable in itself.
The same applies to the display, which can only be twisted to a limited extent. Pressure on the back hardly causes any dents and no streaks emerge on the panel. The mono-hinge keeps the lid taut enough, but is not too rigid that it prevents opening with one hand. One-finger opening is possible. When opened, the bottom of the screen slides under the chassis and raises it, but only between opening angles of 130 to 180 degrees.
A small flaw comes to light in the summer heat: the lower display frame is glued, which bulges and remains in this state even after cooling down.
Weight did not seem to get any attention in the development of the Elitebook; the aluminum chassis weighs 1.46 kilograms. Competing devices are much lighter, especially the Elitebook Aero, X1 Carbon und X1 Titanium Yoga, which set lightweight records at 1.2 kilograms.
Equipment: Elitebook plays it safe
The manufacturer makes use of a large range of connections: two Type-A USB ports are available, as well as one HDMI. The fast Type-C ports are already occupied by the power supply on one side; they both accept a DisplayPort monitor. We are at a loss to understand why there wasn't enough space for an SD card reader.
Communication
In addition to a Qualcomm WiFi 6E chip, a Fibocom LTE modem is installed (no 5G), as well as a SimCard slot on the right side. Both chips can be changed. The WiFi module provides high transfer rates both when sending and receiving.
Webcam
HP has really raised the bar with the camera: A 5MP webcam has not been available in standard laptops until now. An infrared camera for Windows Hello login via face recognition is again included, even if it is no longer so visible next to the webcam.
Security
HP integrates numerous security and management solutions. Software-based solutions include HP Maxim Pro Security Edition (1 year), Connection Optimizer, Hotkey Support, Support Assistant, Easy Clean, Power Manager, myHP, Privacy Settings, QuickDrop, Quick Touch and PC Hardware Diagnostics. In this way, HP Maxim Pro Security Edition protects against malware and is geared towards SMBs. The package of management software is not exactly small and goes far beyond a central retrieval of manufacturer updates.
A fingerprint reader and an IR camera (face login) are the obvious security features here, and necessary for multi-factor authentication. The Support Assistant bundles hardware management and software settings in regard to security and is the first point of contact in the event of problems. Network troubleshooting is also carried out here. Many of these features can also be found in the Windows on-board tools, but HP's native solutions do their jobs just fine.
Accessories
Apart from the tiny, 65-watt power adapter that weighs only 302 grams, no other accessories are included in the scope of delivery.
Maintenance
The Elitebook is easy to maintain and upgrade: the manufacturer does not use Torx screws and does not conceal screws under rubber feet or strips. The screws do not fall out of the baseplate after loosening and the baseplate can be removed without special tools or the risk of breaking clips.
Another positive point: The RAM is not soldered, as in the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s. Two sockets are available, one of which is occupied by a 32 GB SO-DIMM. There is also a socket for the WWAN (M.2 2260) and one for the WiFi module (M.2 2240) along with an SSD (M.2 2280). The battery is replaceable and not glued.
Warranty
HP offers a 3-year parts, labour, and onsite repair warranty (3-3-3) with next business day service for parts and labour.
Input Devices: Laptop keyboard with strong feedback
First things first: HP has removed the TrackPoint and dedicated keys, which will not go down well with traditionalists. In doing so, HP is following the same path that Dell and Lenovo have taken with their business laptops. In the long run, the trackpoint will probably die out.
Keyboard
The keyboard is one of the best for frequent typists. The keys deliver a firm stroke that don't teeter at any stage. The entire keyboard panel, including the palm rest, is grounded in a solid base. Key travel is moderate by laptop standards, accompanied by a crisp pressure point. Clear feedback and a hard stroke make for a strong keyboard in our eyes. The keys have a subtle conical curvature and a spacing of 3.5 millimetres.
The layout does not pose any challenges: Page up/down keys have been squeezed in above the narrow directional keys, which isn't ideal, but better than doing without them altogether. In favour of a stable chassis, the manufacturer has omitted a row of keys and the numpad on the far right. The position of the delete key right next to power on/off is not so convenient. On the other hand, the latter has to be pressed for a whole second, so no incorrect entries pop up if you mistakenly hit it instead of Del.
HP also makes uses of the usual function keys such as volume, key backlighting and flight mode. Special features are the SureView key for eye protection and the freely programmable key on F12. In combination with Alt, Ctrl and Fn, some websites, programmes or files can be stored.
Touchpad
The large ClickPad offers a firm but damped stroke, a barely audible, muffled sound and a short travel. The surface is smooth, but does not feel slippery because friction increases with pressure. Unfortunately, there is no Fn key for quickly switching off the ClickPad. This had no negative impact on typing, for the pad only recognizes a resting palm and thus does not accept any input. In addition, it is centrally located below the keys, which is why the hand only rests on it in exceptional cases.
Display: SureView, more disadvantages than advantages?
The 14-inch (35.6 cm diagonal) anti-glare FHD display (1920 x 1080 pixels) is the brightest panel in the field at an average of 744 cd/m². HP specifies a 400 nits IPS panel with 100% sRGB, which we can also confirm. Due to the high luminance, the distribution is uneven, which is noticeable in dark environments at the bottom of the screen. On the other hand, none of this can be seen in daylight or office lighting.
Our review device has a SureView panel with an integrated privacy filter. Like previous SureView panels, there are some special features. SureView only works well in the lower brightness range and is thus hardly usable in bright environments because even the front-sitting user then has limited vision. SureView was inactive for our measurements.
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Brightness Distribution: 69 %
Center on Battery: 900 cd/m²
Contrast: 2055:1 (Black: 0.33 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 3.56 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5, calibrated: 1.05
ΔE Greyscale 4.93 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
70% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
99% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
69% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.63
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA InfoVision X140NV4J, IPS, 1920x1200, 14.00 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE B140UAN02.1, IPS LED, 1920x1200, 14.00 | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 NE140FHM-N61, IPS LED, 1920x1080, 14.00 | Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH Chi Mei CMN1416 CHF07 140HCG, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00 | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE NE140FHM-N61, IPS LED, 1920x1080, 14.00 | HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA AU Optronics AUO068B, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE LPM135M467, IPS LED, 2256x1504, 13.50 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | 6% | -3% | -0% | -4% | -1% | -2% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 69 | 74.6 8% | 69.7 1% | 68 -1% | 68.1 -1% | 68 -1% | 66.8 -3% |
| sRGB Coverage | 99 | 98.6 0% | 91.8 -7% | 99 0% | 91.7 -7% | 97.6 -1% | 98 -1% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 70 | 76.5 9% | 67.2 -4% | 70 0% | 67.1 -4% | 69.3 -1% | 68.6 -2% |
| Response Times | -31% | -169% | -51% | -91% | -46% | -108% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 31 ? | 45.5 ? -47% | 84 ? -171% | 55 ? -77% | 68 ? -119% | 48 ? -55% | 64 ? -106% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 21 ? | 24 ? -14% | 56 ? -167% | 26 ? -24% | 34 ? -62% | 28.8 ? -37% | 44 ? -110% |
| PWM Frequency | 53050 ? | 2451 ? | 22730 ? | ||||
| Screen | -7% | -40% | 15% | -27% | -13% | 12% | |
| Brightness middle | 678 | 372 -45% | 397 -41% | 408 -40% | 422.9 -38% | 466.4 -31% | 465 -31% |
| Brightness | 745 | 362 -51% | 386 -48% | 378 -49% | 397 -47% | 426 -43% | 451 -39% |
| Brightness Distribution | 69 | 94 36% | 88 28% | 86 25% | 91 32% | 84 22% | 92 33% |
| Black Level * | 0.33 | 0.18 45% | 0.28 15% | 0.22 33% | 0.32 3% | 0.32 3% | 0.28 15% |
| Contrast | 2055 | 2067 1% | 1418 -31% | 1855 -10% | 1322 -36% | 1458 -29% | 1661 -19% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 3.56 | 3.4 4% | 5.8 -63% | 1.54 57% | 4.8 -35% | 2.84 20% | 2 44% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 7.23 | 6.7 7% | 12.6 -74% | 2.72 62% | 8.7 -20% | 4.73 35% | 4.7 35% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 1.05 | 1.8 -71% | 1.9 -81% | 1.08 -3% | 1.9 -81% | 2.27 -116% | 0.7 33% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 4.93 | 4.3 13% | 8.3 -68% | 1.95 60% | 6.1 -24% | 3.7 25% | 2.9 41% |
| Gamma | 2.63 84% | 2.13 103% | 2.07 106% | 2.33 94% | 2.23 99% | 2.13 103% | 2.09 105% |
| CCT | 7114 91% | 6158 106% | 6867 95% | 6806 96% | 7635 85% | 6886 94% | 6181 105% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -11% /
-8% | -71% /
-51% | -12% /
2% | -41% /
-31% | -20% /
-15% | -33% /
-8% |
* ... smaller is better
The subjective image impression of the panel is not good because the viewing angles are limited even with the SureView function deactivated and even small deviations from the central sweet spot (both vertically and horizontally) result in a clearly perceptible loss of brightness or contrast. In addition, bright areas appear grainy. No PWM was detected.
Ex factory, our display had a visible bluish tint (grayscale) with a DeltaE of almost five. The colors appeared a little better at 3.5. Calibration with the photo spectrometer helped; we lowered the grayscale DeltaE to 0.9, that of the colors to 1.0. This makes the panel almost perfect for editing images. The smaller sRGB color space is fully reproduced.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 21 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 12 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 9 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 41 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is similar to the average of all tested devices (21.5 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 31 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 15 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 16 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.2 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 35 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is similar to the average of all tested devices (33.7 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM not detected |  | ||
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 17900 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
Even in bright environments, the matte screen is easy to look at thanks to the high brightness, so long as the screen is not directly in the sun. However, shading always appears the more the user deviates from a direct frontal position, even without active SureView.
The viewing angle stability is generally worse than other IPS displays, even without SureView activated. If you activate SureView, the viewing angles are further restricted and the person sitting next to you can no longer see the screen content. So it works as intended, but due to the severe limitations, we recommend the regular FHD panel. If in doubt, you can use external privacy filters (foil), which can also be set aside if they prove too distracting.
Performance: HP's business laptop outclasses Dell & Lenovo
With 35 watts, the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS is actually a chip for large laptops; it contains eight Zen 3+ cores (Octa-Core CPU) that are clocked at up to 4.9 GHz (turbo). This can even become 16 threads thanks to hyperthreading. HP has integrated the SoC into a small 14-incher with only one fan, plus 32 GB of RAM and a terabyte SSD from Western Digital. Can the cooling handle it?
The Ryzen 9 Pro is the maximum configuration of the EliteBook; smaller configurations start with the Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, 8 GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSD, and are also considerably cheaper to buy.
Testing Conditions
We carried out our tests in Performance mode without power saving measures. The HP software does not offer its own Performance mode profiles. This leaves only the Radeon software, which is more responsible for the display and the GPU. We left the graphics profile on Standard and deactivated AMD Vari Bright.
Processor
The Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS very briefly runs at 50 watts and 3.85 GHz under load - on all cores. After a few seconds, however, the clock drops to 3.6 GHz, where it remains permanently. Here the processor processes a constant 41 watts. Single-core is unable fully exhaust the clock speed or the power consumption. A very similar picture emerges during the 8-minute Prime95 CPU stress test: briefly at 50 watts, then a drop to 41 watts in order to maintain a temperature of 92 degrees. We discontinued Prime95 after 8 minutes and observed a constant power consumption with a slightly increased clock. All in all, the EliteBook is very load capable, which is also confirmed by the R15 Multi Loop. Apart from Intel, all competitors are far outclassed.
The CPU benchmarks are also very good: the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS comes out on top everywhere and the 11th generation Core i7 is outperformed by 50% in multi-core and by 10% in single core. If you're looking for computing power, you can't go wrong with this APU.
Cinebench R15 Multi Sustained Load
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
| CPU Performance Rating | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS | |
| Average of class Subnotebook | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA -2! | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (2485 - 16201, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (598 - 1934, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (810 - 6314, n=64, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (216 - 738, n=64, last 2 years) | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (514 - 2581, n=70, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (91.8 - 280, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (201 - 1600, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (16223 - 67444, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (2197 - 6403, n=58, last 2 years) | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (4274 - 12580, n=65, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (672 - 2350, n=65, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (1.5 - 19.4, n=56, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (40.1 - 120.5, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (0.4397 - 1.236, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
* ... smaller is better
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
| Performance Rating | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (343 - 25961, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (11867 - 111109, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (453 - 4646, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (15447 - 115300, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (1223 - 14944, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (6379 - 59053, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (638 - 161430, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (270 - 1123, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (204 - 14018, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (7622 - 53954, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
System Performance
However, the EliteBook cannot claim the title for ultimate system performance; the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 remains in the lead here, also in the AMD version. But since the scores are close together, it is almost a tie. In the sub-scores, our HP is best in Digital Content Creation, and by far. In tge Crossmark benchmarks, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 is ahead and the ThinkPad T14s G2 is on par.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
| PCMark 10 / Score | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS, AMD Radeon 680M () | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (4384 - 7428, n=55, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (8890 - 11168, n=55, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS, AMD Radeon 680M () | |
| PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS, AMD Radeon 680M () | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (6213 - 10279, n=55, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS, AMD Radeon 680M () | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (4093 - 9749, n=55, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
| CrossMark / Overall | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (718 - 1876, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS, AMD Radeon 680M () | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| CrossMark / Productivity | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (685 - 1829, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS, AMD Radeon 680M () | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| CrossMark / Creativity | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (776 - 2210, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS, AMD Radeon 680M () | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (652 - 1899, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS, AMD Radeon 680M () | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| PCMark 10 Score | 5896 points | |
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| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (22781 - 95353, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (23831 - 86433, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (23474 - 93382, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (18.8 - 172, n=52, last 2 years) | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS () | |
* ... smaller is better
DPC Latency
In our standardised latency test (internet browsing, YouTube 4K playback, CPU load), the review device shows problems with increased latencies. It is thus not suitable for real-time audio applications with the current BIOS version, but this may change via future updates. During video playback, we observed a high number of 66 dropped frames.
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE | |
* ... smaller is better
Storage Devices
The EliteBook uses a PC SN810 1TB from Western Digital, which is a 2280 SSD in the M.2 socket. It delivers a good result, but not a great one. Samsung's PM9A1 still seems to work faster in the individual tests and overall. The Western Digital drops off in terms of continuous performance, but some Samsung models also display this behavior, such as the Samsung PM9A1 in the X1 Carbon.
The storage capacity of 1 TB (~780 GB free after start-up) should be sufficient for most users. More SSD benchmarks are available here.
* ... smaller is better
Sustained Performance Read: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
Graphics Card
The AMD Radeon 680M is an iGPU for notebooks. It offers all 12 CUs (768 shaders) and uses the current RDNA 2 architecture (like the RX 6000M series). The clock speed depends on the CPU model; here we observed 2.4 GHz. The iGPU uses the shared main memory. The 680M is the first iGPU to support ray tracing in hardware, which is of little use for current games because it is too slow. The Radeon 680M performs quite well in the synthetic benchmarks, but also has to concede defeat to Intel's Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, even by 10 to 30% in the sub-scores. What do real games have to say about this?
| 3DMark 11 Performance | 7042 points | |
| 3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score | 22529 points | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Score | 3531 points | |
| 3DMark Time Spy Score | 1546 points | |
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Gaming Performance
In Witcher 3, the Radeon again lags behind Intel's Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, as well as in Strange Brigade and Final Fantasy. The current Ghostwire Tokyo is not playable at all due to poor frame rates.
| Far Cry 5 | |
| 1920x1080 Low Preset AA:T | |
| Average AMD Radeon 680M (24 - 51, n=14) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (24 - 37, n=3, last 2 years) | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| 1920x1080 Medium Preset AA:T | |
| Average AMD Radeon 680M (21 - 45, n=24) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (12 - 87, n=38, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | |
| 1920x1080 Medium Settings | |
| Average AMD Radeon 680M (18.8 - 41, n=2) | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (16.6 - 19, n=3, last 2 years) | |
| 1920x1080 High Settings | |
| Average AMD Radeon 680M (20 - 40.6, n=2) | |
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (last 2 years) | |
Nevertheless, we did not skip the opportunity to carry out the Witcher 3 stability test. This was done in a loop on Ultra settings in Full HD. The FPS do not drop, a good sign of a stable, stress-resistant iGPU.
Witcher 3 FPS Chart
| low | med. | high | ultra | 4K | |
| GTA V (2015) | 53 | 20 | |||
| The Witcher 3 (2015) | 44.5 | 22.3 | 14.6 | ||
| Dota 2 Reborn (2015) | 110.2 | 82.5 | 54.9 | 47.4 | 9.8 |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018) | 34.4 | 18.3 | 12.9 | ||
| X-Plane 11.11 (2018) | 40.1 | 32.4 | 28.9 | ||
| Far Cry 5 (2018) | 37 | 21 | 18 | ||
| Strange Brigade (2018) | 78.2 | 31.1 | 26.4 | 22.6 | |
| Ghostwire Tokyo (2022) | 18.8 | 20 | 18.6 |
Emissions: The Windows PC can get noisy sometimes
System Noise
The EliteBook is a paragon in terms of noise emissions. When idling, the fan consistently switches off, no matter which Windows energy mode is selected. Under load, it revs up strongly, reaching 38 or 44 dB(A). This is quite loud for such a small notebook, but this only occurs during phases of sustained load. During short copying tasks, streaming or downloading, the fan does not budge at all and if it does, it switches off again quickly and tactfully. Otherwise, no electronic noises or coil whining were detected.
Noise Level
| Idle |
| 25.5 / 25.5 / 25.5 dB(A) |
| Load |
| 38.1 / 44 dB(A) |
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min:  , med:  , max:  Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 25.5 dB(A) | ||
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA Radeon 680M, R9 PRO 6950HS, WDC PC SN810 1TB | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1250P, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 Vega 8, R7 PRO 5850U, Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPETJ1T24MGE2QDQ | Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1145G7, SK Hynix BC711 HFM512GD3HX015N | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1165G7, Samsung PM981a MZVLB1T0HBLR | HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1185G7, SK Hynix PC711 512GB HFS512GDE9X073N | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1140G7, Lenovo UMIS RPJTJ256MEE1OWX | |
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| Noise | 13% | 4% | -3% | 7% | 14% | 1% | |
| off / environment * | 25.5 | 22.81 11% | 26.81 -5% | 25.3 1% | 24.81 3% | 24.1 5% | 25.61 -0% |
| Idle Minimum * | 25.5 | 22.81 11% | 26.81 -5% | 25.3 1% | 24.81 3% | 24.2 5% | 25.61 -0% |
| Idle Average * | 25.5 | 22.81 11% | 26.81 -5% | 25.3 1% | 24.81 3% | 24.2 5% | 25.61 -0% |
| Idle Maximum * | 25.5 | 22.81 11% | 26.81 -5% | 25.3 1% | 24.81 3% | 24.2 5% | 25.61 -0% |
| Load Average * | 38.1 | 31.59 17% | 30.16 21% | 44.9 -18% | 35.14 8% | 26.9 29% | 40.14 -5% |
| Load Maximum * | 44 | 35.47 19% | 33.98 23% | 44.9 -2% | 35.14 20% | 29.9 32% | 40.14 9% |
| Witcher 3 ultra * | 35.59 | 27.9 |
* ... smaller is better
Temperature
What about the waste heat, can the single fan - especially since it often stands still - keep the case cool? It does when idling, since the APU produces so little waste heat, and so the average remains below 30 degrees at the top and bottom. The EliteBook becomes more than lukewarm under light load and in the course of the stress test. As previously shown in the "Performance" section, the APU only regulates from 50 to 41 watts, and the single fan then has to push these 41 watts out of the case. It only manages this with difficulty; we measured 49 and 57 degrees (top/bottom) at certain points. The strip above the keyboard then feels almost hot. We also registered 56 degrees on the small power adapter.
The good thing about the Elitebook: You can have both a whisper-quiet device with cool surfaces and a computing monster. Only in the case of the latter do you have to come to terms with noise and hot surfaces for short periods of time. Using the Elitebook permanently on your lap at high performance is thus out of the question.
(-) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 49.4 °C / 121 F, compared to the average of 35.9 °C / 97 F, ranging from 21.4 to 59 °C for the class Subnotebook.
(-) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 48 °C / 118 F, compared to the average of 39.4 °C / 103 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 27.7 °C / 82 F, compared to the device average of 30.7 °C / 87 F.
(-) Playing The Witcher 3, the average temperature for the upper side is 39 °C / 102 F, compared to the device average of 30.7 °C / 87 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are reaching skin temperature as a maximum (35.2 °C / 95.4 F) and are therefore not hot.
(-) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 28.3 °C / 82.9 F (-6.9 °C / -12.5 F).
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS, AMD Radeon 680M | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE Intel Core i5-1250P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) | Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH Intel Core i5-1145G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE Intel Core i7-1165G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA Intel Core i7-1185G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE Intel Core i5-1140G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | |
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| Heat | 3% | 13% | 17% | 8% | -0% | 10% | |
| Maximum Upper Side * | 49.4 | 45 9% | 44.2 11% | 37.1 25% | 47.5 4% | 39.2 21% | 46.3 6% |
| Maximum Bottom * | 48 | 44 8% | 38.9 19% | 38.7 19% | 43.4 10% | 51.2 -7% | 43.3 10% |
| Idle Upper Side * | 30.8 | 31.2 -1% | 27.7 10% | 27.3 11% | 28.4 8% | 33 -7% | 26.8 13% |
| Idle Bottom * | 31.4 | 33.2 -6% | 28.3 10% | 28.1 11% | 28.3 10% | 34 -8% | 28.3 10% |
* ... smaller is better
Stress Test
In the stress test, the power consumption settles at 68 watts, which is shared by both the processor and the graphics card. During this load, the APU displays exactly the same behavior as under CPU load during the Cinebench tests: briefly reaching 50 watts before dropping to a permanent 41 watts.
However, there is one difference: If the EliteBook runs on battery power, the CPU clock drops to 2.5 GHz (CPU power consumption runs at 30 instead of 40 watts) due to the simultaneous GPU load in the stress test (Furmark). In the Cinebench tests, the clock rate did not decrease under battery power. No reduction in performance directly after the stress test was registered.
Speakers
The two stereo loudspeakers now fill the tabletop with sound, and are no longer visible as in the predecessor. To our ears, the sound has deteriorated somewhat. Mids and highs are still clean, but their volume is thinner and doesn't fill the room. The dual array microphone next to the camera delivers almost noise-free voice recordings, even at a distance of 1-2 meters to the laptop. So nothing stands in the way of intelligible video conferences.
HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA audio analysis
(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (78.9 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 23.4% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (12.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 2.4% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (5.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 3.4% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (5.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (18% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 46% of all tested devices in this class were better, 8% similar, 46% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 19%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 32% of all tested devices were better, 8% similar, 60% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE audio analysis
(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (75.09 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 13.2% lower than median
(-) | bass is not linear (16% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 2.8% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (3.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2.7% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (4.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (13.7% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 5% of all tested devices in this class were better, 3% similar, 92% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 22%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 12% of all tested devices were better, 3% similar, 85% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Energy Management: Less runtime under SureView
Power Consumption
The bright panel takes its toll on the power socket. At full brightness, the idle consumption is more than twice as high as all the competitors. Under high load, the consumption quickly levels off at just over 60 watts, and at 68 watts in the stress test. The corresponding 65-watt power adapter is possibly overtaxed, which is reflected in strong temperatures of almost 60 degrees.
| Off / Standby | 0.22 / 0.4 Watt |
| Idle | 6.4 / 12.4 / 18 Watt |
| Load |
63 / 68 Watt |
   
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| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA R9 PRO 6950HS, Radeon 680M, WDC PC SN810 1TB, IPS, 1920x1200, 14.00 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE i5-1250P, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ, IPS LED, 1920x1200, 14.00 | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 R7 PRO 5850U, Vega 8, Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPETJ1T24MGE2QDQ, IPS LED, 1920x1080, 14.00 | Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH i5-1145G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, SK Hynix BC711 HFM512GD3HX015N, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00 | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE i7-1165G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Samsung PM981a MZVLB1T0HBLR, IPS LED, 1920x1080, 14.00 | HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA i7-1185G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, SK Hynix PC711 512GB HFS512GDE9X073N, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE i5-1140G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, Lenovo UMIS RPJTJ256MEE1OWX, IPS LED, 2256x1504, 13.50 | Average AMD Radeon 680M | Average of class Subnotebook | |
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| Power Consumption | 47% | 49% | 44% | 45% | 42% | 47% | 16% | 26% | |
| Idle Minimum * | 6.4 | 2.9 55% | 3.16 51% | 2.7 58% | 2.2 66% | 3.2 50% | 3.75 41% | 6.75 ? -5% | 4.9 ? 23% |
| Idle Average * | 12.4 | 4.9 60% | 5.6 55% | 6 52% | 5.5 56% | 5.4 56% | 7.75 37% | 8.75 ? 29% | 8.36 ? 33% |
| Idle Maximum * | 18 | 6 67% | 7.13 60% | 7.6 58% | 6.1 66% | 6.9 62% | 8.69 52% | 10.3 ? 43% | 10.4 ? 42% |
| Load Average * | 63 | 29.3 53% | 30.86 51% | 37 41% | 41.3 34% | 38.9 38% | 33.12 47% | 52.8 ? 16% | 45.9 ? 27% |
| Witcher 3 ultra * | 63.6 | 36.6 42% | 37 42% | 33.2 48% | 34.5 46% | 37 42% | 28.7 55% | ||
| Load Maximum * | 68 | 63.3 7% | 46.55 32% | 65 4% | 67.3 1% | 66.5 2% | 35.19 48% | 69.4 ? -2% | 66 ? 3% |
* ... smaller is better
Power Consumption Witcher 3 / Stress test
Power consumption with an external monitor
Battery Life
The high power consumption is reflected in the battery life. 51 Wh is not exactly ample in comparison, but enough for 9:20 hours in the WiFi test. A decent result, but not top-notch. Brightness was adjusted to 150 cd/m² for the test, which is a reduction of eight levels. The battery takes exactly two hours to charge with the device switched on.
The short runtime under load, namely Battery Eater Classic at full brightness, of only 79 minutes again attests to the Elitebook's focus on performance: As previously shown in the "Performance" section, the CPU does not wind down when on battery power, drawing 40 watts. This is a difference to the other models that do not have such high starting power consumption levels. The Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U, for example, only initially draws 30 watts before settling at a permanent 22 watts.
Those who need longer battery runtimes should definitely opt for the Low Power 1080p display, which is available for the EliteBook 845 G9.
| HP EliteBook 845 G9 6F6H6EA R9 PRO 6950HS, Radeon 680M, 51 Wh | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 21CC001RGE i5-1250P, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, 57 Wh | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20XGS01100 R7 PRO 5850U, Vega 8, 57 Wh | Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH i5-1145G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, 63 Wh | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G2 20WM003TGE i7-1165G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 57 Wh | HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 3E4Q6AA i7-1185G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 53 Wh | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga G1 20QB0016GE i5-1140G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, 44.5 Wh | Average of class Subnotebook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Runtime | 45% | 43% | 74% | 6% | 57% | 29% | ||
| WiFi v1.3 | 560 | 610 9% | 877 57% | 848 51% | 580 4% | 685 22% | 629 ? 12% | |
| Load | 79 | 142 80% | 101 28% | 155 96% | 85 8% | 151 91% | 115.4 ? 46% | |
| H.264 | 654 | 891 | 874 | 794 ? | ||||
| Reader / Idle | 1411 | 1487 | 1252 ? |
Pros
Cons
Verdict: Performance galore with HP's business laptop
The high-end version of the HP EliteBook 845 G9 with a Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS, 32GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD packs a lot of power, but is still quiet and cool enough to operate in noise-sensitive environments. Quiet, cool and drawing on a massive 40 watts from the APU at the same time, however, is not possible. The 14-incher only has a single-fan solution and it only just manages to keep an near unthrottled Ryzen 9 in check. Thanks to its short- and long-term performance, the 6950HS (35 watts) outshines its colleagues from the Ryzen 5000U world, and they were already faster than current Intel mobile processors.
But performance is only of secondary importance in the EliteBook, with the manufacturer having put security at the top of the list. For this purpose, a lot of software has been installed that aim to give small and medium-sized enterprises maximum data and hardware protection for little effort. In short, we are unable to say whether HP is ultimately successful here. On the other hand, we see a lot of options in terms of hardware and management tools side for integrating the Elitebook into different security concepts, such as SmartCard or Windows Hello Face-Log In.
The workmanship is top class. In our view, HP has made improvements over the predecessor. Maintenance and replacement of components is both possible and easy, which is no longer a given in light of the many onboard chips these days. Thanks to the 5-MP webcam, the manufacturer has finally freed us from the grief of the endlessly bad 720p webcams. In combination with good microphones, this presents a strong solution for video conferencing.
Brimming with power, a 5 megapixel webcam and many security features, the HP EliteBook 845 G9 plays at the top of the business league.
Although the HP EliteBook 845 G9 is not the lightest model among the 14-inch competitors, it can still keep up with Dell's and Lenovo's business behemoths with a good nine hours of runtime despite increased power consumption. Especially since mobility with the LTE modem is a top priority.
The SureView panel with its high brightness must be viewed critically. The inbuilt privacy protection essentially works, but it comes with the disadvantages of poorer viewing angles and less battery life. The 400 nits low power FHD panel might be a better choice here.
With less weight, more runtime and Thunderbolt ports, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 is the first alternative that springs to mind, although it has significantly less computing power. Lenovo's ThinkPad T14s G2 is in a better position here, but does not have Thunderbolt on an AMD basis. This is compensated by a low-power FHD display and 14 hours of battery life (in WiFi testing).
Price and Availability.
At the time of writing (16.07.2022), availability of the HP EliteBook 845 G9 (Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS, 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD) appears to be sporadic around the globe. We found, for example, that the configuration is available via HP's website in the UK and the US, starting at GBP £1,901.84 and US$ 2,195.00, respectively.
Readers are thus advised to check regularly where applicable via the HP homepage, Amazon or other official distributors.
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07/19/2022 v7
Sebastian Jentsch
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