HP ZBook Firefly 14 Series
Processor: AMD Phoenix (Zen 4) R5 PRO 7640HS, AMD Phoenix (Zen 4) R7 7840HS, AMD Phoenix (Zen 4) R9 PRO 7940HS, Intel Alder Lake-M i7-1265U, Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 7 165HGraphics Adapter: AMD Radeon 760M, AMD Radeon 780M, Intel Iris Xe G7 96EUs, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU
Display: 14.00 inch
Weight: 1.45kg, 1.47kg, 1.5kg, 1.534kg
Price: 1200, 1500, 1600, 2200, 3500 euro
Average of 14 scores (from 21 reviews)
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9, i7-1265U
Specifications
Notebook: HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9, i7-1265UProcessor: Intel Alder Lake-M i7-1265U
Graphics Adapter: Intel Iris Xe G7 96EUs
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.47kg
Price: 2200 euro
Links: HP homepage
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Average Score:
Reviews
Source: It Pro
HP's latest laptop does lots of things right. It's got more physical connectivity than any rival, its battery lasts all day, and it has an exceptional keyboard inside a sturdy, good-looking chassis. It doesn't deliver workstation performance, though, and it's thicker and lighter than rivals. The screen is poor. The price isn't convincing: the Dell might not have the connectivity and battery life of the HP, but it costs £1,008 exc VAT if you spec it up with a Core i5-1240P and 16GB of memory. The MSI Prestige 14 falls behind in connectivity and longevity, but it costs just £707 exc VAT. There's no doubt that the ZBook justifies its price if you want great battery life, superb build quality, a fantastic keyboard and loads of ports. But it's not the fastest, slimmest or lightest, and you should look elsewhere if you want a good screen.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/28/2022
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Mobile Tech Review
The 2022 edition of HP’s ZBook FireFly 14 G9 sports a slim metal chassis and a 16:10 aspect ratio display with our optional wide gamut, 500 nit DreamColor display. It’s also available as a 16” model, if you find this 14” too confining. This is the Ultrabook sub-line in the ZBook franchise, with the ZBook Power and ZBook Fury being the more powerful mobile workstation alternatives. Unlike most Ultrabooks, the FireFly G9 is available with NVIDIA T550 and RTX A500 dedicated graphics, and it has two RAM slots for upgrades. This is an Intel 12th gen laptop with Thunderbolt 4, USB-A and HDMI ports and a host of corporate-friendly features like self-healing BIOS, tamper detection, a spill proof keyboard and a 5MP Windows Hello webcam.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/13/2022
Source: XDA Developers
Unless you’re a content creator a mobile worker who is into product designing, or STEM or are a technical and creative manager, then no. There are other laptops with better CPU and GPU options that are better and can double down for gaming, too. In using the HP ZBook Firefly G9, I’ll say it’s a great laptop for the right person and market. I really enjoyed general day-to-day usage, but I hated the battery life and the poor cooling and thermals. The HP Zbook Firefly Z9 is a great laptop for 2D content creators thanks to the Nvidia T550 GPU, as well as the beautiful DreamColor display
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/18/2022
Foreign Reviews
Source: Quotidiano Hardware Upgrade
IT→ENPositive: Compact size; light weight; decent hardware; good performance; long battery life; excellent display.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/26/2022
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A
Specifications
Notebook: HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 AProcessor: AMD Phoenix (Zen 4) R5 PRO 7640HS
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon 760M 512 MB
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 1.5kg
Price: 1200 euro
Links: HP homepage
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Average Score:
Reviews
While some notebooks from HP feel more like plastic bombers, the ZBook Firefly looks pretty high-end. We tested the current 14-inch AMD-based G10 A variant and reveal its strengths and weaknesses.
Source: Laptop Media
The HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 is a small but capable device thanks to its cooling. The CPU can maintain high P and E core clocks under prolonged periods of heavy stress. In addition to that, the fan isn’t noisy and the base doesn’t become too hot for normal usage. Yes, the comfort under load is good. The other thing that we like is the keyboard that has big keycaps with long travel and clicky feedback. Don’t forget that the backlight is optional. The large glass touchpad is a pure joy for usage – it’s smooth and accurate. The 1200p 16:10 IPS display (AUO AUO2BAB) impresses with high maximum brightness (453 nits) and a very good contrast ratio of 1630:1. It boasts a 98% sRGB and 83% DCI-P3 coverage. The panel color accuracy can be additionally enhanced with the aid of our “Design and Gaming” profile.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/04/2024
Source: Laptop Media
The HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 is a small but capable device thanks to its cooling. The CPU can maintain high P and E core clocks under prolonged periods of heavy stress. In addition to that, the fan isn’t noisy and the base doesn’t become too hot for normal usage. Yes, the comfort under load is good. The other thing that we like is the keyboard that has big keycaps with long travel and clicky feedback. Don’t forget that the backlight is optional. The large glass touchpad is a pure joy for usage – it’s smooth and accurate. The 1200p 16:10 IPS display (AUO AUO2BAB) impresses with high maximum brightness (453 nits) and a very good contrast ratio of 1630:1. It boasts a 98% sRGB and 83% DCI-P3 coverage. The panel color accuracy can be additionally enhanced with the aid of our “Design and Gaming” profile.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/04/2024
Source: Techradar
The HP ZBook Firefly G10 /G10 A is a competent professional device that comes at a premium, but makes rollout and management simple for businesses. The included enterprise functionality and consistency across the ZBook range mean you can give employees the power they need without having to complicate device management.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/21/2023
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 60% performance: 70% mobility: 80% workmanship: 60%
Source: Techradar
The HP ZBook Firefly G10 /G10 A is a competent professional device that comes at a premium, but makes rollout and management simple for businesses. The included enterprise functionality and consistency across the ZBook range mean you can give employees the power they need without having to complicate device management.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/21/2023
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 60% performance: 70% mobility: 80% workmanship: 60%
Foreign Reviews
Source: ITHardware.pl
PL→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/25/2024
Rating: Total score: 80% mobility: 100%
Source: ITHardware.pl
PL→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/25/2024
Rating: Total score: 80% mobility: 100%
Source: Gry.wm.pl
PL→ENPositive: Good connectivity; powerful hardware; high performance. Negative: Overheats while using.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 02/16/2024
Source: Gry.wm.pl
PL→ENPositive: Good connectivity; powerful hardware; high performance. Negative: Overheats while using.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 02/16/2024
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10
Specifications
Notebook: HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10Processor: AMD Phoenix (Zen 4) R9 PRO 7940HS
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon 780M
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 1.45kg
Price: 1600 euro
Links: HP homepage
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Average Score:
Reviews
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Short, Date: 01/04/2024
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC Guia
PT→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/26/2023
Rating: Total score: 84%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10, R7 7840HS
Specifications
Notebook: HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10, R7 7840HSProcessor: AMD Phoenix (Zen 4) R7 7840HS
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon 780M
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:10, 2560 x 1600 pixels
Weight: 1.45kg
Price: 1500 euro
Links: HP homepage
Price comparison
Foreign Reviews
Source: Co Nowego
PL→ENPositive: High mobility; nice performance; long battery life; tough device; great security; beautiful design; excellent display; comfortable keyboard. Negative: Relatively high price.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/30/2024
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G11
Specifications
Notebook: HP ZBook Firefly 14 G11Processor: Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 7 165H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU 4096 MB
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:10, 2560 x 1600 pixels
Weight: 1.534kg
Price: 3500 euro
Links: HP homepage
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
The model can be configured with 14th gen CPUs starting from the Core Ultra 5 125U up to even the Core Ultra 7 165H. However, it's clear that the form factor was designed more for U-series CPUs in mind rather than the more demanding H-series.
Source: Gadgetspeak
This is a notebook from the HP range marketed under the Firefly Poly label and unlike most other notebooks does not just have a 30 day trial of A/V software it comes with a possible 15 months for no charge, now that is a useful addition.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/30/2024
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60% performance: 80% workmanship: 80%
Source: Gadgetspeak
This is a notebook from the HP range marketed under the Firefly Poly label and unlike most other notebooks does not just have a 30 day trial of A/V software it comes with a possible 15 months for no charge, now that is a useful addition.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/30/2024
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60% performance: 80% workmanship: 80%
Source: PC Mag
HP's ZBook Firefly 14 G11 brings impeccable quality and enterprise features to the table. Its DreamColor screen is ideal for color-sensitive work, and we have no complaints about its practicality as a business PC in the office or on the road. However, the Dell Precision 5490 offers vastly superior graphics performance and matches this HP in most other areas, thereby keeping its Editors' Choice award among compact mobile workstations.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/24/2024
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: PC Mag
HP's ZBook Firefly 14 G11 brings impeccable quality and enterprise features to the table. Its DreamColor screen is ideal for color-sensitive work, and we have no complaints about its practicality as a business PC in the office or on the road. However, the Dell Precision 5490 offers vastly superior graphics performance and matches this HP in most other areas, thereby keeping its Editors' Choice award among compact mobile workstations.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/24/2024
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Laptop Mag
The HP ZBook Firefly 14 G11 offers a vibrant, anti-glare display and solid performance scores but struggles significantly with heat and battery life. For most users, the ZBook’s price does not match the performance it offers, making rival laptops like the MacBook Pro M3 a better deal. However, if you’re a business owner, you may be able to take advantage of bulk order pricing to get the HP ZBook Firefly 14 G11 down to a price that matches its performance scores. If you’re a business owner, you may be able to take advantage of bulk order pricing to get the HP ZBook Firefly 14 G11 down to a price that matches its performance scores. The ZBook has merits, like a stellar typing experience, surprisingly strong graphics performance, and a wealth of customization options, particularly for security features.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/08/2024
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Laptop Mag
The HP ZBook Firefly 14 G11 offers a vibrant, anti-glare display and solid performance scores but struggles significantly with heat and battery life. For most users, the ZBook’s price does not match the performance it offers, making rival laptops like the MacBook Pro M3 a better deal. However, if you’re a business owner, you may be able to take advantage of bulk order pricing to get the HP ZBook Firefly 14 G11 down to a price that matches its performance scores. If you’re a business owner, you may be able to take advantage of bulk order pricing to get the HP ZBook Firefly 14 G11 down to a price that matches its performance scores. The ZBook has merits, like a stellar typing experience, surprisingly strong graphics performance, and a wealth of customization options, particularly for security features.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/08/2024
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.
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 96EUs: Integrated graphics card in Intel Tiger Lake G4 SoCs based on the new Gen. 12 architecture with 96 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.
AMD Radeon 760M: Integrated graphics card in the Ryzen 7040 mobile series APUs based on the RDNA3 architecture with 8 of the 12 CUs (= 512 shaders) and a clock speed of up to 2.8 GHz.
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.
With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.
NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU: Mid-range professional laptop graphics card based on the Ampere GA106 chip with 2,048 CUDA cores. Slower than the consumer GeForce GTX 3050 with certified drivers. Available in different performance variants ranging from 20 - 60 W TGP (max. power consumption).
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Alder Lake-M:
i7-1265U: 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 1.3 to 4.8 GHz. The TDP is specified at 15 Watt.
AMD Phoenix (Zen 4):
R5 PRO 7640HS: High-End mobile 6-core processor based on the Zen 4 architecture. The CPU cores clock at up to 5 GHz and execute 12 threads simultaneously. Integrates an XDNA Ai-Engine. The TDP is configurable between 35 and 54 Watt. Compared to the consumer 7640HS, the PRO models offer additional security, manageability, and reliability features designed for professional users and workstation environments.
R9 PRO 7940HS: High-End mobile 8-core processor based on the Zen 4 architecture. The CPU cores clock at up to 5.2 GHz and execute 16 threads simultaneously. Integrates an XDNA Ai-Engine. The TDP is configurable between 35 and 54 Watt.
R7 7840HS: A powerful Phoenix family chip that saw the light of day in H1 2023. The processor features 8 cores (16 threads thanks to SMT support) running at 3.8 GHz. Not only does this APU has full might of the Zen 4 architecture at its disposal, it also comes with the new Ryzen AI technology that's set to make generative AI more ubiquitous than ever before. Last but not the least, the Radeon 780M serves as the integrated GPU.
Intel Meteor Lake-H:
Ultra 7 165H: A high-end Meteor Lake family chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra processor has come to replace 13th generation Core chips; it has 16 cores (6 + 8 + 2) and 22 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 6, run at up to 5.0 GHz and are HT-enabled 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 integrated AI Boost NPU offers two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. vPro Enterprise and business-centric features such as the Remote Platform Erase are onboard as well. This laptop processor's Base power consumption is 28 W while its Turbo power consumption is not supposed to go over 115 W.
» 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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75.12%: 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.
