HP EliteBook X Series
Processor: , AMD Strix Halo/Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 300) Ryzen AI 9 HX 375Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon 890M
Display: 14.00 inch
Weight: 1.18kg, 1.487kg
Price: 2200 euro
Average of 8 scores (from 8 reviews)
HP EliteBook X G1a
Specifications
Notebook: HP EliteBook X G1aProcessor: AMD Strix Halo/Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 300) Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon 890M
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:10, 2880 x 1800 pixels
Weight: 1.18kg
Links: HP homepage
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
Source: Digital Trends
The EliteBook X G1a success admirably at its objective of providing a laptop that will keep businesses happy. It offers a number of management and security features that large enterprises demand, along with a build quality that will hold up to the rigors of travel. It’s also very fast and takes Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC AI initiative a step further with some nifty HP exclusives. If you want better battery life, you’ll want to opt for the more power-efficient display. But this is an easy laptop to recommend for all but budget-conscious consumers.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/01/2025
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Techradar
If you're curious to see how well an AMD-powered AI PC will hold up, HP makes the claim that the HP EliteBook X will be the most powerful AI PC on the market. Backed by its NPU running at 55 TOPs and faster memory, it seems like this boast isn't completely unwarranted. Meanwhile, the aesthetics of said laptop are quite impressive so far, as is the port selection.
Hands-On, online available, Medium, Date: 09/28/2024
HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI
Specifications
Notebook: HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AIProcessor:
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon 890M
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 1.487kg
Price: 2200 euro
Links: HP homepage
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
The AMD Zen 5 CPU makes the EliteBook X G1a 14 AI a powerhouse of a laptop especially for a business subnotebook without needing to sacrifice battery life or ergonomics. However, weight can be a bit heavy for a 14-inch machine while display options are limited to sRGB and 60 Hz.
Source: PC World
The HP Elitebook X1 G1a is a solid premium business laptop that sits between thin-and-light business laptops, like the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition, and more focused workstations or creative professionals, like the Asus ProArt PX13. It’s not quite as portable as the former or as powerful as the latter, but offers a good compromise between the two extremes. Like most premium business laptops, the Elitebook X1 G1a will struggle to reach a wider audience, as it’s priced similarly to consumer laptops with more powerful hardware. HP says it’s meant for “business leaders,” and the Elitebook X1 G1a’s performance and design will hit the mark with that demographic.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/06/2025
Rating: Total score: 78%
Source: PC World
The HP Elitebook X1 G1a is a solid premium business laptop that sits between thin-and-light business laptops, like the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition, and more focused workstations or creative professionals, like the Asus ProArt PX13. It’s not quite as portable as the former or as powerful as the latter, but offers a good compromise between the two extremes. Like most premium business laptops, the Elitebook X1 G1a will struggle to reach a wider audience, as it’s priced similarly to consumer laptops with more powerful hardware. HP says it’s meant for “business leaders,” and the Elitebook X1 G1a’s performance and design will hit the mark with that demographic.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/06/2025
Rating: Total score: 78%
Source: Laptop Mag
HP delivers an expensive business laptop, but the EliteBook G1a 14 AI is the definition of premium. I love the way this laptop feels thanks to its sturdy aluminum chassis, alongside a robust lid, deck, and hinges while staying light and thin. Beyond that, its speakers are powerful and its 2K webcam is crisp. It’s far from a perfect laptop, however, as I would have liked a slightly more colorful and brighter display considering its price point. And while this is just personal preference, its keys are far too squishy. For a fantastic alternative, the MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo A2VM is $1,599 yet is similarly excellent for business. Otherwise, the HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI is a great machine.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/02/2025
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Laptop Mag
HP delivers an expensive business laptop, but the EliteBook G1a 14 AI is the definition of premium. I love the way this laptop feels thanks to its sturdy aluminum chassis, alongside a robust lid, deck, and hinges while staying light and thin. Beyond that, its speakers are powerful and its 2K webcam is crisp. It’s far from a perfect laptop, however, as I would have liked a slightly more colorful and brighter display considering its price point. And while this is just personal preference, its keys are far too squishy. For a fantastic alternative, the MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo A2VM is $1,599 yet is similarly excellent for business. Otherwise, the HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI is a great machine.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/02/2025
Rating: Total score: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC Welt
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/10/2025
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: PC Welt
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/10/2025
Rating: Total score: 70%
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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.
With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.
AMD Radeon 890M: The most powerful AMD iGPU as of mid 2024. It features 16 RDNA 3.5 architecture CUs (1024 unified shaders) running at up to 2,900 MHz. On average, the 890M finds itself very close to the GTX 1650 Laptop making it possible to play 2024 AAA games at 1080p with most settings set to Low.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
AMD Strix Halo/Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 300):
Ryzen AI 9 HX 375: A powerful Strix Point family processor that launched to little fanfare in July 2024. The Ryzen AI 9 series APU comes equipped with 12 CPU cores along with the 16 CU RDNA 3.5 Radeon 890M graphics adapter and the 55 TOPS XDNA 2 neural engine. There is no PCIe 5 support here and 8 of the CPU cores are slower than the other 4.
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» 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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78.09%: 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.
