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MagyarHP Spectre x360 14 review - High-end convertible now with a larger 120-Hz OLED
For years, the Spectre x360 series from HP has been one of the best but also most expensive consumer convertibles on the market. While HP has used a 13.5-inch display until now, a larger 14-inch model is used for the model year 2024 and the OLED display now runs at 120 Hz. In addition, the brand-new Meteor Lake processors from Intel are available and Wi-Fi 7 is also already onboard.
Our test configuration of the Spectre x360 14 (eu0078ng) is available on the market starting from 1,899 Euros (~$2,047). In addition to the already mentioned 2.8K OLED panel with 120 Hz, it includes the new Intel Core Ultra 7 155H together with its integrated Arc graphics card (8 cores), as well as an ample amount of storage with 32 GB of RAM and a large, 2-TB PCIe SSD. An active input pen and a small docking station with additional connections are also included in the box.
Possible Competitors in Comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
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| 91.4 % | 02/2024 | HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng Ultra 7 155H, Arc 8-Cores | 1.5 kg | 16.9 mm | 14.00" | 2880x1800 | |
| 87.9 % | 06/2023 | Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 i7-1365U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.6 kg | 16.28 mm | 14.00" | 2560x1600 | |
| 89.3 % | 03/2023 | Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 i7-1360P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.4 kg | 15.25 mm | 14.00" | 2880x1800 | |
| 90 % | 09/2022 | Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 R7 6800U, Radeon 680M | 1.4 kg | 17.4 mm | 14.00" | 2880x1800 | |
| 86.1 % | 07/2022 | MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT i7-1260P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.6 kg | 17.9 mm | 14.00" | 2880x1800 | |
| 90.3 % | 08/2022 | HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.4 kg | 17 mm | 13.50" | 3000x2000 |
Case - Spectre with aluminum case in gray or blue
HP continues to use a high-quality aluminum case for the Spectre x360 (either in gray or blue), but the design has changed fairly significantly. The whole convertible has become more angular. There are now less design elements than in the 2022er model, and it lacks the decorative strip around it, for example. The cut-off polished corners in the back are still there, but together with the HP logo, they are the only contrasted elements. This makes the new Spectre look less playful.
The quality of the case is extremely high, giving the Spectre a very high-quality look. The cool metal surfaces, which are also fairly resistant to fingerprints, also contribute to this. Although you can still see some fingerprints after a while, the surfaces can be cleaned easily. The convertible is also very robust. It definitely helps here that HP didn't try to build the thinnest device on the market. Everything feels robust and sturdy. The hinges also give a good impression, only allowing some minimal wobbling after moving the device. However, this also means that it is very difficult to lift the display lid using a single hand. Both the base unit and display lid are very robust. The included stylus can be attached magnetically to the right side of the case.
While the footprints of the 14-inch models are very similar, compared to the old Spectre x360 with the 13.5-inch display, the new model is slightly wider. The weight is 1.45 kg (~3.2 lb), and the 65-Watt charger adds another 310 grams (~11 oz).
Equipment - Thunderbolt 4 but no card reader anymore
The ports continue to be placed in the back of the two sides, with the angled corners also being used for a connection. In addition to two USB-C ports, the Spectre also offers a regular USB-A port, where you have to flip down a small cover to use it. Although this cover doesn't look very sturdy, at least in this way, it allowed HP to fit a USB-A port into the slim base unit. Surprisingly, the microSD card reader of the predecessor has been removed.
A small docking station that can be connected via USB-C has been added. Since the docking station also offers a USB-C port, you can connect the docking station between the power cable and the device, if you like. The docking station allows you to expand the Spectre x360 14 with two additional USB-A ports and a single HDMI port.
Communication
HP has equipped the Spectre with the brand-new Intel BE200 Wi-Fi 7 module (320 MHz, 2x2), which supports the most current WLAN standard and Bluetooth 5.4. While we currently still don't have a corresponding Wi-Fi 7 router to test the new standard, the WLAN performance using our Asus reference router was very good and stable.
| Networking | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 |
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| iperf3 receive AXE11000 |
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| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 |
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| iperf3 receive AXE11000 |
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| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz |
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| iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz |
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| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 |
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| iperf3 receive AXE11000 |
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| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 |
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| iperf3 receive AXE11000 |
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| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz |
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| iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz |
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| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz |
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| iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz |
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Webcam
The Spectre offers a 9-MP camera in the top display bezel. It also includes a shutter, which can be triggered via the F2 key. The webcam leaves a good impression particularly in terms of the image sharpness, and there are also some studio effects that can be used independently of the software (blurry effect, eye contact, tracking). In addition, HP also included the Enhanced Lighting application, which allows you to overlay various lights (ring, bar, etc.) on the image for an improved illumination.
Maintenance
The bottom case cover is only fastened with four Torx screws. Inside, you get access to the two fans, and you can replace the WLAN module and the battery. The M.2-2280 SSD can also be replaced, even though it is placed underneath an additional cover that is secured with three Philips screws.
Input Devices - Spectre with a haptic touchpad
The dark-gray keyboard corresponds to a large extent to that of the predecessor, and there are only small changes in the layout. The Power button is now placed in the top right corner and also serves as a fingerprint sensor. The vertical arrow keys continue to be very narrow, also providing the secondary functions for Img Up/Down. The typing experience is very precise and comfortable overall, but the key strokes are fairly loud and vary. Overall, this is a good but not excellent keyboard. The white background illumination offers two brightness levels, although there is no automatic activation.
There are some changes in the touchpad, and now HP uses a haptic version. This means that there are no mechanic elements anymore but there is a simulated feedback when clicking. The advantage of this is an even feedback in all places. The operation of the touchpad worked excellently during the test, and with an area of 13.8 x 8.7 cm (~5.4 x 3.4 in), there is also sufficient space for touch gestures.
In addition, the display also supports touch input, and its accuracy is very good. The box also includes the HP MPP 2.0 Tilt Pen active input pen, which can be attached to the right side of the case magnetically and charged via USB-C. It offers 4,096 pressure levels and comes with two replacement tips. The pen worked reliably during our test.
Display - 2.8K OLED with 120 Hz
In the new Spectre x360, the OLED touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass has grown to 14 inches, offering a resolution of 2880x1800 pixels. In addition, its refresh rate is now 120 Hz. This also means that the format has changed from 3:2 to 16:10. The subjective image impression is excellent, and movements look very smooth due to the increased refresh rate. Since the response times are extremely fast, gamers should also be happy with the display.
HP specifies the maximum SDR brightness at 400 cd/m², but with our measurements of 383 cd/m² on average, we are unable to completely confirm this. The black value of 0 leads to an extremely high contrast ratio. We measure a maximum HDR brightness of 480 cd/m², which again remains slightly below the specification of 500 cd/m². The HDR mode has to be activated manually and then color profiles are not available anymore, but that is a general problem of Windows. Neither the brightness nor the color temperature can be adjusted automatically to the surroundings.
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Brightness Distribution: 97 %
Center on Battery: 378 cd/m²
Contrast: ∞:1 (Black: 0 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 1.4 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5
ΔE Greyscale 1.7 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
89.3% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
100% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
99.8% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.17
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng SDC4197, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00 | Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 AU Optronics B140QAN, IPS, 2560x1600, 14.00 | Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 LEN140WQ+, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00 | Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 LEN140WQ+, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00 | MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT AU Optronics B140QAN04.R, IPS, 2880x1800, 14.00 | HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 SDC4160, OLED, 3000x2000, 13.50 | |
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| Display | -12% | 3% | 3% | -2% | 1% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 99.8 | 77.2 -23% | 99.9 0% | 99.9 0% | 97.8 -2% | 99.9 0% |
| sRGB Coverage | 100 | 99.6 0% | 100 0% | 100 0% | 99.9 0% | 100 0% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 89.3 | 77.4 -13% | 98.3 10% | 97.2 9% | 85.9 -4% | 90.8 2% |
| Response Times | -5574% | -29% | -29% | -2024% | -141% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 0.77 ? | 53.5 ? -6848% | 1.04 ? -35% | 1 ? -30% | 16.9 ? -2095% | 1.9 ? -147% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 0.75 ? | 33 ? -4300% | 0.95 ? -27% | 1 ? -33% | 15.4 ? -1953% | 2.16 ? -188% |
| PWM Frequency | 480 | 360 ? -25% | 360 ? -25% | 60.2 ? -87% | ||
| Screen | -28% | -34% | -39% | -107% | -45% | |
| Brightness middle | 378 | 532.4 41% | 378 0% | 386 2% | 496.7 31% | 351.7 -7% |
| Brightness | 384 | 502 31% | 379 -1% | 389 1% | 468 22% | 351 -9% |
| Brightness Distribution | 97 | 91 -6% | 98 1% | 98 1% | 87 -10% | 87 -10% |
| Black Level * | 0.48 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.3 | ||
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 1.4 | 2.33 -66% | 2.5 -79% | 2.6 -86% | 3.93 -181% | 1.78 -27% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 2.2 | 5.99 -172% | 4.7 -114% | 4.8 -118% | 7.9 -259% | 6.14 -179% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 1.7 | 1.6 6% | 1.9 -12% | 2.3 -35% | 5.9 -247% | 2.3 -35% |
| Gamma | 2.17 101% | 2.17 101% | 2.2 100% | 2.21 100% | 2.04 108% | 2.11 104% |
| CCT | 6256 104% | 6314 103% | 6222 104% | 6121 106% | 7618 85% | 6683 97% |
| Contrast | 1109 | 12600 | 7720 | 1656 | ||
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 0.92 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.27 | ||
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -1871% /
-1032% | -20% /
-24% | -22% /
-26% | -711% /
-427% | -62% /
-57% |
* ... smaller is better
HP offers several color profiles, and in addition to the standard Native profile, we also measured the profiles for P3 and sRGB using the professional CalMAN software. The color reproduction is already very good in the state of delivery, although the colors are slightly oversaturated in the Native profile. But this won't be a problem in everyday operation. With the P3 profile, however, the Spectre offers great color accuracy, and all the colors are already below the important deviation target of 3. Those who want to work on image processing will also be happy about the sRGB profile. The OLED panel covers both the P3 and the sRGB color spaces completely. We were unable to improve the color reproduction further by using our own calibration.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
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| 0.75 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 0.4 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 0.35 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 1 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (21.5 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 0.77 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 0.37 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 0.4 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.2 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 1 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (33.7 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM detected | 480 Hz |  | |
The display backlight flickers at 480 Hz (worst case, e.g., utilizing PWM) . The frequency of 480 Hz is relatively high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering. However, there are reports that some users are still sensitive to PWM at 500 Hz and above, so be aware. In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 17903 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
The OLED panel uses PWM, but this is hardly measurable in the brightness range between 95 and 100%. Basically, DC Dimming at 240 Hz is used with brightness levels up to 60%, and below that level, the frequency is 480 Hz.
Outdoors, the OLED panel does a good job even in bright surroundings, despite its reflective surface. What helps here is the extremely high contrast ratio. Only direct sun or reflections of light sources should of course be avoided. The viewing angle stability is very good, but some specific viewing angles will result in the OLED-typical blue tint.
Performance - Meteor Lake with 24 Watt
HP offers the new Spectre x360 14 exclusively with the new Meteor Lake processors from Intel. The working memory is soldered (16 or 32 GB RAM). Dedicated graphics cards are not available.
Test Conditions
HP doesn't offer its own power settings, so only the regular power modes from Windows are available. The following benchmarks and measurements were performed with the "Best Performance" setting.
Processor - Core Ultra 7 155H
The new Core Ultra 7 155H (6 P cores, 10 E cores, max. 22 threads) is the successor to the Core i7-13700H, which now replaces the old P series as well as the H series chips. According to Intel, it covers a TDP range between 28 and 115 watts, which is of course an enormous spectrum. In the case of the Spectre x360 14, the processor is allowed to consume a maximum of 64 watts for several seconds, before it quickly levels out at 24 watts. So basically, a U series processor would be more suitable here, but with only two Performance cores, that wouldn't really be competitive here. The performance is very mixed overall, and in the single-core performance, the old Core i7-1255U of the Spectre x360 13.5 has a slight advantage. In the multicore tests, the Core Ultra 7 benefits briefly from its high power limit, but the performance drops significantly after that, as you can also see in the Cinebench R15 loop.
The Ryzen 7 7840U AMD Zen4 chip is also ahead in both the single-core and multicore tests, offering mainly a significantly more stable performance without extremely high power limits. This again shows that the Meteor Lake processors continue to use a lot of power to be competitive. At 24 watts, for example, the Ryzen 7 7840U is almost 26% faster than the Core Ultra 7 155H. In battery operation, the CPU performance of the Spectre remains constant. You can find additional CPU benchmarks here, and for additional AI benchmarks, you can take a look at our Meteor Lake analysis.
Cinebench R15 Multi Constant Load Test
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 6.2: Multi-Core | Single-Core
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 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 -2! | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 -3! | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 -2! | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT -2! | |
| Average of class Convertible | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 -2! | |
| Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (9769 - 19007, n=27) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Average of class Convertible (616 - 18070, n=67, last 2 years) | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (1496 - 1801, n=27) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average of class Convertible (307 - 1970, n=67, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (3798 - 7409, n=25) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Average of class Convertible (242 - 6954, n=67, last 2 years) | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (620 - 693, n=25) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average of class Convertible (116.8 - 755, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (1988 - 2858, n=29) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Average of class Convertible (110.1 - 2889, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (230 - 268, n=26) | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Average of class Convertible (68.6 - 287, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
| Average of class Convertible (193 - 3620, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (178 - 349, n=23) | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (42601 - 70074, n=25) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Average of class Convertible (7703 - 72400, n=64, last 2 years) | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (5037 - 5540, n=25) | |
| Average of class Convertible (2046 - 6417, n=64, last 2 years) | |
| Geekbench 6.2 / Multi-Core | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (10696 - 13656, n=27) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Average of class Convertible (7760 - 14267, n=20, last 2 years) | |
| Geekbench 6.2 / Single-Core | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (2287 - 2458, n=27) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average of class Convertible (1836 - 2696, n=20, last 2 years) | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (10017 - 13556, n=27) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Average of class Convertible (663 - 14016, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (1689 - 1824, n=27) | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Average of class Convertible (319 - 1981, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (9.93 - 21.2, n=25) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average of class Convertible (0.61 - 20.1, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Average of class Convertible (42 - 223, n=64, last 2 years) | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (40.9 - 58.9, n=25) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
| Average of class Convertible (0.4102 - 1.967, n=64, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (0.4609 - 0.516, n=25) | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4-21F8002TGE | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
* ... 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 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average of class Convertible | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (6670 - 18470, n=25) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average of class Convertible (109 - 25226, n=67, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (43630 - 93181, n=25) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average of class Convertible (2644 - 106512, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (1940 - 4436, n=25) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average of class Convertible (121 - 4764, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (64698 - 93266, n=25) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Average of class Convertible (3256 - 120368, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (5639 - 10641, n=25) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Average of class Convertible (549 - 14835, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (21052 - 47685, n=25) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Average of class Convertible (1420 - 56839, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (45713 - 152179, n=25) | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Average of class Convertible (191 - 169089, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (557 - 1250, n=25) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Average of class Convertible (61.4 - 1088, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (3569 - 9802, n=25) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average of class Convertible (59 - 13175, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (32719 - 54223, n=25) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Average of class Convertible (2185 - 52599, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
System Performance
The subjective performance impression of the Spectre is very good, and all inputs are implemented very quickly. The benchmark results are basically also very good, with our test unit only producing slightly weaker results in the CrossMark test. But we didn't have any problems with the convertible at all during the test.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
WebXPRT 3: Overall
WebXPRT 4: Overall
Mozilla Kraken 1.1: Total
| PCMark 10 / Score | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (5159 - 7529, n=17) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Average of class Convertible (1486 - 7963, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (9557 - 11214, n=17) | |
| Average of class Convertible (3975 - 12059, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (7822 - 10591, n=17) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Average of class Convertible (2764 - 10800, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (4985 - 9999, n=17) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Average of class Convertible (811 - 12360, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| CrossMark / Overall | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (1366 - 1903, n=17) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Average of class Convertible (285 - 1912, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| CrossMark / Productivity | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (1291 - 1717, n=16) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Average of class Convertible (310 - 1790, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| CrossMark / Creativity | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (1519 - 1929, n=16) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average of class Convertible (252 - 2183, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (939 - 1700, n=16) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Average of class Convertible (204 - 1868, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| WebXPRT 3 / Overall | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (255 - 299, n=17) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Average of class Convertible (84.2 - 366, n=64, last 2 years) | |
| WebXPRT 4 / Overall | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (241 - 263, n=13) | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Average of class Convertible (49.4 - 266, n=53, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Mozilla Kraken 1.1 / Total | |
| Average of class Convertible (472 - 3989, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (520 - 565, n=17) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
* ... smaller is better
| PCMark 10 Score | 6782 points | |
Help | ||
| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (62397 - 95631, n=25) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Average of class Convertible (14439 - 95631, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (60544 - 90647, n=25) | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Average of class Convertible (12706 - 87812, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (64852 - 93451, n=25) | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Average of class Convertible (10177 - 93451, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (125.8 - 173, n=25) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Average of class Convertible (10.2 - 260, n=63, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
* ... smaller is better
DPC Latencies
Even though one driver of our test unit shows a significant uptick in the values in our standardized latency test (with surfing in the Internet, 4k YouTube video reproduction, and CPU load), the important "interrupt-to-process-latency" value is very low.
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
* ... smaller is better
Storage Solution
HP has equipped our test unit with the 2-TB version of the Kioxia XG8, with 1.79 TB of that still available to the user after the first system start. Although the PCIe 4.0 SSD isn't the fastest model on the market, its transfer rates are completely sufficient. There are no problems here, and its performance remains almost completely stable even after longer load. Additional SSD benchmarks are listed here.
* ... smaller is better
Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
Graphics Card
The highlight of the new Meteor Lake processors is clearly the new integrated graphics card, and in combination with the Core Ultra 7 155H, the fastest Arc iGPU with 8 cores is used. It accesses the working memory and currently this still looks like a problem, since we ran into troubles when gaming with both the preinstalled driver and the current driver directly from Intel. However, this is not only a problem for HP but also for Asus, for example, although you can manually choose the GPU storage in the system software there. We did not see this option in the HP, but this also shouldn't be necessary.
The performance in the synthetic benchmarks is good, although we already had faster versions of the Arc iGPU in our test, and the Spectre also places behind the fastest models of the Radeon 780M. However, in comparison to the old Xe Graphics G7 (96 EUs), the performance has almost doubled.
In practice, you currently won't be able to benefit much from that, since while gaming, only parts of the performance advantage can be seen, and the Spectre is also clearly surpassed by the Radeon 680M/780M here. In addition, there are massive problems with FPS fluctuations in some games, which you can also clearly see in our test with The Witcher 3. This makes really smooth gameplay an impossibility. Intel should quickly offer a remedy here. In battery operation, the GPU performance remains the same. You can find additional benchmarks in our technical section.
| 3DMark 11 Performance | 10180 points | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Score | 6941 points | |
| 3DMark Time Spy Score | 3204 points | |
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| Blender / v3.3 Classroom HIP/AMD | |
| Average of class Convertible (346 - 880, n=8, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Blender / v3.3 Classroom CPU | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Average of class Convertible (326 - 1253, n=53, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga G8 i7-1355U | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| Average Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (301 - 637, n=18) | |
* ... smaller is better
| The Witcher 3 - 1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+) | |
| Tuxedo Pulse 14 Gen3 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average of class Convertible (8.5 - 123.3, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| GTA V - 1920x1080 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x | |
| Tuxedo Pulse 14 Gen3 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 | |
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng | |
| Average of class Convertible (5.98 - 114.3, n=56, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 | |
| Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 | |
| HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
The Witcher 3 FPS Chart
| low | med. | high | ultra | |
| GTA V (2015) | 147.3 | 139.5 | 36.3 | 15.9 |
| The Witcher 3 (2015) | 120 | 73 | 44 | 20.9 |
| Dota 2 Reborn (2015) | 99.3 | 71.4 | 70.3 | 66.5 |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018) | 64 | 36 | 24.9 | |
| X-Plane 11.11 (2018) | 50.3 | 38.3 | 32 | |
| Far Cry 5 (2018) | 59 | 36 | 33 | 32 |
| Strange Brigade (2018) | 165.4 | 71.1 | 58.9 | 35 |
| F1 2021 (2021) | 143.6 | 75.9 | 60 | 26.2 |
| F1 22 (2022) | 56.2 | 53.9 | 40.9 | 5.09 |
| F1 23 (2023) | 72.3 | 62.1 | 40.7 | 11.5 |
Emissions - The Spectre always remains comfortably cool
Noise Levels
HP uses a cooling system with two small fans here. What initially might sound problematic turns out very comfortable in everyday operation, and the Spectre is an extremely quiet companion overall. Although the two fans turn on relatively quickly (probably also to compensate for the high power limit of the processor), they remain at the lowest speed level for a very long time, and at barely 26 dB(A), this is hardly audible. This level also remains during simple tasks, and even under high loads, the noise doesn't really become annoying at around 30 dB(A) or a maximum of 32.6 dB(A) after several minutes in the stress test. Overall, the new Spectre is the quietest device in our comparison group. Our test unit did not produce any other annoying electronical noises either.
Noise Level
| Idle |
| 23.4 / 23.4 / 25.6 dB(A) |
| Load |
| 25.6 / 32.6 dB(A) |
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30 dB silent 40 dB(A) audible 50 dB(A) loud |
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min:  , med:  , max:  Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 23.4 dB(A) | ||
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng Arc 8-Cores, Ultra 7 155H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV2T04 | Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1365U, Samsung PM9B1 1024GB MZAL41T0HBLB | Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1360P, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X101N BF | Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNT1T02 | MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1260P, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR | HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1255U, Micron 3400 1TB MTFDKBA1T0TFH | |
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| Noise | -18% | -23% | -23% | -10% | -6% | |
| off / environment * | 23.4 | 24.1 -3% | 23.6 -1% | 24.5 -5% | 23.3 -0% | 23.5 -0% |
| Idle Minimum * | 23.4 | 24.3 -4% | 23.6 -1% | 24.5 -5% | 23.3 -0% | 23.5 -0% |
| Idle Average * | 23.4 | 24.3 -4% | 23.6 -1% | 24.5 -5% | 23.3 -0% | 23.5 -0% |
| Idle Maximum * | 25.6 | 24.3 5% | 24.6 4% | 28.1 -10% | 23.3 9% | 23.5 8% |
| Load Average * | 25.6 | 36.3 -42% | 45 -76% | 42.8 -67% | 24 6% | 27 -5% |
| Witcher 3 ultra * | 30.9 | 44.5 -44% | 45 -46% | 42.8 -39% | 35.6 -15% | 36.2 -17% |
| Load Maximum * | 32.6 | 44.5 -37% | 45 -38% | 42.8 -31% | 55.8 -71% | 42.4 -30% |
* ... smaller is better
Temperatures
We did not encounter any problems with either the hardware or the surface temperatures. During idle operation and under low load, the metal case stays very cool. Under load, the right section of the base unit gets warmer, since the cooling is located there, but we don't measure more than 40 °C (104 °F) at any place on the top. While the maximum temperature on the bottom is 45 °C (113 °F), the average is only around 35 °C (95 °F). So this won't create any limitations while using the laptop. During the stress test, the processor only uses 64 watts for a few seconds, before it changes to a stable 24 watts.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 39.3 °C / 103 F, compared to the average of 35.3 °C / 96 F, ranging from 19.6 to 55.7 °C for the class Convertible.
(±) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 45 °C / 113 F, compared to the average of 36.7 °C / 98 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 23.2 °C / 74 F, compared to the device average of 30.2 °C / 86 F.
(±) Playing The Witcher 3, the average temperature for the upper side is 33.6 °C / 92 F, compared to the device average of 30.2 °C / 86 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are cooler than skin temperature with a maximum of 30 °C / 86 F and are therefore cool to the touch.
(±) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 28.1 °C / 82.6 F (-1.9 °C / -3.4 F).
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU | Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 Intel Core i7-1365U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 Intel Core i7-1360P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, AMD Radeon 680M | MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT Intel Core i7-1260P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 Intel Core i7-1255U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | |
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| Heat | -15% | -5% | -8% | 3% | 11% | |
| Maximum Upper Side * | 39.3 | 40.8 -4% | 39.7 -1% | 42.3 -8% | 44.2 -12% | 36.4 7% |
| Maximum Bottom * | 45 | 40 11% | 45.4 -1% | 45.4 -1% | 45.8 -2% | 37 18% |
| Idle Upper Side * | 23.8 | 30.4 -28% | 25.7 -8% | 26.2 -10% | 19.6 18% | 20.8 13% |
| Idle Bottom * | 24 | 32.8 -37% | 26.4 -10% | 26.6 -11% | 22 8% | 22.6 6% |
* ... smaller is better
Speakers
The Spectre x360 14 offers four speakers with very good results. The speakers can get very loud, producing a very powerful sound, so you can usually make do without external speakers. The speakers are at the same level as those of the very good Lenovo Yoga 9 14 and belong to the best systems that are currently available on the market.
HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (84.4 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 10.1% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (10.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 3.6% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (3.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 1.8% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (5% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (8.9% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 3% of all tested devices in this class were better, 1% similar, 96% worse
» The best had a delta of 6%, average was 21%, worst was 57%
Compared to all devices tested
» 2% of all tested devices were better, 1% similar, 98% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (84.5 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 10.1% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (9.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 2.1% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (3.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2.9% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (5.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (8.2% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 2% of all tested devices in this class were better, 1% similar, 97% worse
» The best had a delta of 6%, average was 21%, worst was 57%
Compared to all devices tested
» 1% of all tested devices were better, 1% similar, 98% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Power Management - Improved battery life
Power Consumption
The new generation of the OLED displays seems to have become more efficient overall, and the Spectre x360 14 only consumes a maximum of barely 4.9 watts during idle operation. Of course, the dark background image also plays a role here, and the result would be higher with brighter pictures, but this is still a very good achievement. By the way, the 120-Hz mode was always active during our measurements, since even when switching to 60 Hz, the active signal mode always remains at 120 Hz.
Under load, we briefly measure a maximum of 68.6 watts, but this is a limitation of the 65-Watt charger. It shouldn't surprise anyone that a 65-Watt charger is insufficient if the processor alone is already allowed to consume 64 watts. But since this value is only maintained for a few seconds, this creates no problem in practice, and the power consumption quickly levels out at around 39 watts during the stress test.
| Off / Standby | 0.18 / 0.46 Watt |
| Idle | 3.2 / 4.2 / 4.9 Watt |
| Load |
40.5 / 68.6 Watt |
   
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| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng Ultra 7 155H, Arc 8-Cores, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV2T04, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00 | Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 i7-1365U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Samsung PM9B1 1024GB MZAL41T0HBLB, IPS, 2560x1600, 14.00 | Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 i7-1360P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X101N BF, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00 | Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 R7 6800U, Radeon 680M, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNT1T02, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00 | MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT i7-1260P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR, IPS, 2880x1800, 14.00 | HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Micron 3400 1TB MTFDKBA1T0TFH, OLED, 3000x2000, 13.50 | Average Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU | Average of class Convertible | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Consumption | -34% | -81% | -46% | -69% | -34% | -71% | -59% | |
| Idle Minimum * | 3.2 | 4.2 -31% | 7.8 -144% | 5.1 -59% | 5.4 -69% | 4 -25% | 4.96 ? -55% | 5.44 ? -70% |
| Idle Average * | 4.2 | 6.9 -64% | 9.3 -121% | 8.2 -95% | 9.5 -126% | 4.9 -17% | 8.01 ? -91% | 8.27 ? -97% |
| Idle Maximum * | 4.9 | 7.8 -59% | 9.8 -100% | 8.7 -78% | 12.4 -153% | 12.5 -155% | 12.8 ? -161% | 10.8 ? -120% |
| Load Average * | 40.5 | 46 -14% | 62.8 -55% | 51.4 -27% | 54.7 -35% | 48.1 -19% | 50.6 ? -25% | 46.7 ? -15% |
| Witcher 3 ultra * | 37.9 | 51.9 -37% | 46.5 -23% | 46.3 -22% | 52 -37% | 35.8 6% | ||
| Load Maximum * | 68.6 | 68.2 1% | 96 -40% | 64.8 6% | 63.4 8% | 65.2 5% | 84.4 ? -23% | 65.4 ? 5% |
* ... smaller is better
Power Consumption The Witcher 3 / Stress Test
Power Consumption With External Monitor
Battery Life
The battery capacity has increased only slightly from 66 to 68 Wh, but the Spectre x360 14 lasts significantly longer, also having an advantage over most of its competitors. It is also the case here that we can only specify the values at 120 Hz, while the results should turn out even better at 60 Hz. In the WLAN test at 150 cd/m² (corresponding to 58% of the maximum brightness), the laptop lasts slightly longer than 9 hours and at full SDR brightness only 7.5 hours. During the video test, the new Meteor Lake processor brings the most benefits, and as already with other models that use the new Core Ultra CPUs, we see a very good result of more than 16.5 hours. Under load, however, the laptop doesn't last much longer than 2 hours.
An HDR video can be played at full brightness for slightly longer than 4 hours. It takes around 140 minutes to completely recharge the device while it is turned on, with 80% of the capacity available after slightly more than one hour.
| HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng Ultra 7 155H, Arc 8-Cores, 68 Wh | Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 i7-1365U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 60 Wh | Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP G8 i7-1360P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 75 Wh | Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 R7 6800U, Radeon 680M, 71 Wh | MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT i7-1260P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 72 Wh | HP Spectre x360 13.5 14t-ef000 i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 66 Wh | Average of class Convertible | |
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| Battery Runtime | -22% | -29% | -11% | -12% | -5% | -9% | |
| H.264 | 999 | 651 -35% | 762 -24% | 769 ? -23% | |||
| WiFi v1.3 | 555 | 555 0% | 472 -15% | 584 5% | 494 -11% | 481 -13% | 567 ? 2% |
| Load | 129 | 73 -43% | 81 -37% | 110 -15% | 114 -12% | 133 3% | 121.7 ? -6% |
| Reader / Idle | 1423 | 1324 | 1223 | 1112 ? |
Pros
Cons
Verdict - The Spectre x360 is one of the best convertibles
In our opinion, the new HP Spectre x360 14 is a successful development of the old model and remains one of the best convertibles on the market. The metal case keeps its high quality without looking as playful anymore. There are no complaints about the quality or the stability, and the limited connectivity is at least in parts remedied by the included docking station. In addition, the HP stylus can be magnetically attached to the case. The new haptic touchpad works really well.
With the new design also comes the change from a 3:2-format display in the 2022 model to an OLED touchscreen in the 16:10 format that now offers a higher refresh rate of 120 Hz. The image quality is outstanding, and HP also includes several color profiles (including P3 and sRGB) directly, making an additional calibration unnecessary. But PWM remains an issue at low brightness levels, and in contrast to Asus, HP doesn't offer any software solution at this point.
With the new Spectre x360 14, you get one of the best convertibles on the market. In addition to a great OLED display, it also scores with sufficient performance, an improved battery life, the excellent case, great speakers, and extensive equipment. Only the new Intel iGPU still creates some problems while gaming.
The change to the Meteor Lake processor particularly brings a longer battery life and an improved graphics performance, although there are still some problems with the assigned GPU storage while gaming. Intel should urgently remedy this with driver updates (Note that due to the problems here, we reduced the score of the gaming performance). Otherwise, the processor performance is fairly disappointing compared to Raptor Lake and also AMD's Zen4 processors. With the low power limits, the Intel chips are simply too slow, and a U series processor would really be a better choice for the Spectre, although particularly the multicore performance is even lower here. But at least, the high short-term power limit doesn't lead to any annoying fan noise. HP did an excellent job with the cooling overall, and the new Spectre is by far the quietest device in our comparison group.
But it is also true that there are hardly any convertibles with AMD processors and that the performance of the Meteor Lake processor should be completely sufficient for most private users. Another disadvantage is the soldered working memory, although there shouldn't be any problems with the 32 GB of our test unit here either. At 1,900 Euros (~$2,048), the Spectre is surely no bargain, but the equipment is suitable, and you get an extremely high-quality convertible. The probably closest competitor is the Yoga 9 from Lenovo, which isn't any more affordable either. In addition, the current Meteor Lake models will come on the market in several weeks and we are very curious how they will do.
Price and Availability
A similar configuration of the HP Spectre x360 14 as our test unit (except for only 16 GB of RAM) is currently available from HP in the US for ~$1,850. Other configurations will become available from 3/15/2024 starting from ~$1,150.
HP Spectre x360 14-eu0078ng
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02/17/2024 v7
Andreas Osthoff
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The present review sample was made available to the author as a loan by the manufacturer or a shop for the purposes of review. The lender had no influence on this review, nor did the manufacturer receive a copy of this review before publication. There was no obligation to publish this review.
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