HP EliteBook 8 G1a 14 AD3E9ET
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Source: Think Digit
The HP EliteBook 8 G1a is an impressive showcase of what the future of business laptops looks like, one where AI isn’t just a marketing term but an integral part of the local computing experience. Its 50 TOPS NPU, AMD Ryzen AI processor, strong security framework, and intelligent battery management make it a strong contender in the AI PC category. Yet, it’s not without its flaws. Wi-Fi performance is patchy, the audio leaves room for improvement, and the local AI companion app (while innovative) needs more polish. More crucially, the price may limit its appeal to large enterprises and government buyers rather than freelancers, startups, or individual professionals. If HP can refine the pricing to be more competitive, the EliteBook 8 G1a has the potential to lead the charge in AI-enabled mobile productivity. For now, it stands as a powerful, forward-looking laptop that’s just a few steps away from being exceptional.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/21/2025
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AMD Radeon 780M: Integrated graphics card in the Ryzen 7040 mobile series APUs based on the RDNA3 architecture with 12 CUs (= 768 shaders) and a clock speed of up to 3 GHz.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
R7 250: A powerful laptop processor (APU) of the Hawk Point family. This isn't an entirely new APU; instead, the R7 250 is an R7 8840U in disguise. Its eight Zen 4 cores run at 3.3 GHz to 5.1 GHz and are SMT-enabled for a total of 16 processing threads.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
