HP EliteBook 640 Series
Processor: Intel Alder Lake-M i5-1235U, Intel Meteor Lake-U Ultra 7 155U, Intel Raptor Lake-U i5-1335UGraphics Adapter: Intel Graphics 4-Core, Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs
Display: 14.00 inch
Weight: 1.37kg, 1.39kg, 1.41kg
Price: 1000, 1450 euro
Average of 2 scores (from 10 reviews)
HP EliteBook 640 G9, i5-1235U
Specifications
Notebook: HP EliteBook 640 G9, i5-1235UProcessor: Intel Alder Lake-M i5-1235U
Graphics Adapter: Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.37kg
Price: 1000 euro
Links: HP homepage
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
Source: Laptop Media
The EliteBook 640 G9 is very similar to the more expensive EliteBook 840 G9, with great build quality, keyboard, and upgradeability. While it lacks the extra pixels that the 16:10 aspect ratio offers, you’d be more than fine with the FHD panel that’s available. All in all, you get a good-performing notebook with good connectivity and features for a reduced price, which is all you can ask for.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/15/2023
Source: Laptop Media
Speaking of graphics, you can get the machine with a GeForce MX570. We haven’t had it in our configuration, but we’ve tested it on other devices, and let us tell you – it is crazy good. While this device features a good port selection, it still lacks an SD card slot. LTE is on the table, however, with 5G reserved for the more expensive EliteBook 840 G9. Without a doubt, the 840 G9 is a higher quality product than the 640 G9. However, the more affordable device really puts in a fight and comes up on top on occasions. And if you want great value, check out the Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 4.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/02/2022
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/01/2022
Foreign Reviews
Source: Zive
CZ→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/25/2022
Rating: Total score: 80%
HP EliteBook 640 G10
Specifications
Notebook: HP EliteBook 640 G10Processor: Intel Raptor Lake-U i5-1335U
Graphics Adapter: Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.41kg
Price: 1450 euro
Links: HP homepage
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
Source: PC World
The HP Elitebook 640 G10 is an affordable business notebook that delivers reliable standard quality in terms of workmanship and performance. However its most striking feature is the 4G modem. You won’t find better alternatives in this price range. The HP Elitebook 640 is a classic work laptop for the desk or on-the-go. It offers a compact 14-inch format, but still plenty of connections for office peripherals and a 4G modem as an extra. The Intel XMM 7560R supports LTE-Advanced Pro with Cat 16, which theoretically enables up to 1 Gbit/s in download. The business notebook also offers the latest standard fare from a technical perspective, with a long 36-month warranty as a bonus for professional users.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/13/2024
Rating: Total score: 78%
Source: Laptop Media
The HP EliteBook 640 G10 is a business device that can attract future buyers with its good comfort under load and capable cooling solution that allows high CPU frequencies even during max processor stress. The keyboard is also suitable for countless hours of typing because of the long key travel and the clicky feedback. The metal chassis feels premium to the touch but its overall solidness isn’t the best we’ve seen. The 16:9 1080p IPS display (LG Display LGD0724) is all you need for normal work. It offers wide viewing angles and there is no sign of PWM usage so you can use the laptop for prolonged periods of work without sensing eye strain (you have to take regular breaks from time to time). However, the panel color coverage and maximum brightness are unimpressive. The upgradability is surprisingly good for a 14-incher – two DDR4 SODIMMs for up to 64GB RAM and two M.2 slots.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/12/2024
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Short, Date: 01/12/2024
HP EliteBook 640 G11
Specifications
Notebook: HP EliteBook 640 G11Processor: Intel Meteor Lake-U Ultra 7 155U
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics 4-Core
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 1.39kg
Links: HP homepage
Price comparison
Reviews
Source: Laptop Media
It’s nice to see that the HP EliteBook 640 G11 offers almost the same performance as its bigger 16-inch 660 G11 sibling. In short loads, the Core Ultra 7 155U maintains a 3.82 GHz / 3.12 GHz P and E-core frequency which is impressive given the cooling solution with one fan and a single heat pipe. In the long run, the result is ~ 2.70 GHz / 2.40 GHz. That’s more than enough for a snappy performance. Speaking of which, the SSD of our laptop (1TB KIOXIA KXG80ZNV1T02) is fast but it gets toasty if you torture it with long sustained write loads. The 1200p touchscreen (AUOB9AC) has wide viewing angles and 315 nits of max brightness. Still, the sRGB coverage and the color accuracy don’t impress. HP states that some of the other optional panels for this series cover fully the sRGB gamut.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/20/2025
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Very Short, Date: 01/20/2025
Foreign Reviews
Source: Laptopmedia CN
zh-CN→ENPositive: Elegant design; decent processor; nice performance; beautiful display; comfortable keyboard; rich set of ports; long battery life; stereo speakers. Negative: Only one M.2 slot; mediocre touchpad.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/20/2025
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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.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs: Integrated graphics card in Intel Tiger Lake G7 SoCs based on the new Gen. 12 architecture with 80 EUs (Execution Units / Shader Cluster). The clock rate depends on the processor model. The Tiger Lake chips are produced in the modern 10nm+ process at Intel.
Intel Graphics 4-Core: Integrated graphics card based on the Xe LPG architecture (similar to the dedicated Arc GPUs, but with a focus on efficiency). Provides 4 Xe cores (64 Xe vector engines) and 4 ray tracing units.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Alder Lake-M:
i5-1235U: On Alder-Lake based mobile CPU with 2 performance cores and 8 efficient cores. The performance cores offer hyper threading, leading to 12 threads that can be processed. The CPU clocks from 0.9 to 4.4 GHz. The TDP is specified at 15 Watt.
Intel Raptor Lake-U:
i5-1335U: Alder Lake based mobile CPU with 2 performance cores and 8 efficient cores. The performance cores offer hyper threading, leading to 12 threads that can be processed. The CPU clocks from 0.9 to 4.6 GHz. The TDP is specified at 15 Watt.
Intel Meteor Lake-U:
Ultra 7 155U: A mid-range Meteor Lake chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra processor has come to replace 13th generation Core processors; it has 12 cores (2 + 8 + 2) and 14 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 2, run at up to 4.8 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.8 GHz. The 4-core Intel Arc Graphics, just out of the oven, serves as the integrated graphics adapter - this runs at up to 1.95 GHz - and there is a bevy of other brand-new technologies on offer as well including the integrated AI Boost NPU with two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. This laptop processor's Base power consumption is 15 W, with 57 W being its maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
14.00:
14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact.
In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
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79%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
