A review of the HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11 mobile workstation laptop. (Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, 32GB DDR5-5600MHz, 1TB PCIe Gen4x4, NVIDIA RTX A500 4GB GDDR6, 16" FHD IPS)

HP has refreshed the ZBook Firefly mobile workstation for 2024 with new Intel Meteor Lake and AMD Ryzen 8040HS processors, as well as NVIDIA RTX A500 GPU and 2.8K OLED display options. Available in 14 and 16 inch models. Is it a winning combination or a pie in the sky?

00:00 Introduction
00:28 Design
01:14 Green Credentials
01:20 Upgrade Options
01:49 Differences between 14 & 16
02:35 Display
03:22 Connectivity
04:13 Keyboard & Touchpad
04:54 Audio & Webcam
05:15 Audio Samples
05:54 Performance
06:48 Benchmarking Results
07:51 CPU, Fans & Temps
09:39 Target Audience
09:47 Graphics
10:35 Gaming
10:52 Gaming Samples
12:13 Security
12:35 Battery Life
13:06 The Good, The Bad and the Really Bad
13:08 Arc Goodness
13:29 Good Inputs
13;43 Impressive I/O’s
13:53 Big & Bulky
14:05 Slow USB Type-A
14:19 A500 Really?
14:45 Overlap Category
15:17 Competition
15:54 Summary
16:40 Outro

*Gaming Sample average FPS
Apex Legends 61 FPS 1080P High
Counter Strike 2 87 FPS 1080P High
GTA V 58 FPS 1080P High
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty 13 FPS 1080p Medium
Destiny 2 58 FPS 1080p Medium
Red Dead Redemption 2 34 FPS 1080P High
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III 34 FPS 1080P Medium
Helldivers 2 20 FPS 1080P Medium

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MUSIC::
Drifting at 432 Hz - Unicorn Heads
Cool Revenge - Jeremy Blake

Wallpapers: https://www.youtube.com/@VibeVaultMusic & Adobe Firefly AI generated.

UK Review Models
98N48ET HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11 - RTX A500 - U7-155H TI PD IC / 1TB PCIe NVMe Value / 32GB (1x32GB) DDR5 5600 SODIMM Memory / W11p64 / 16.0 AG WUXGA (1920x1200) WLED+LBL 400 f5MP IR bnt LCD Panel / WLAN Intel
£1200.10p + VAT (£1440.12p inc. VAT)

98N52ET HP ZBook Firefly 14 G11 - RTX A500- U7-155H TI PD IC / 1TB PCIe NVMe Value / 32GB (1x32GB) DDR5 5600 SODIMM Memory / W11p64 / 14.0 AG WUXGA (1920x1200) WLED+LBL 400 f5MP IR bnt LCD Panel / WLAN Intel

UK Model (16 inch) 86A95EA £1,399.99p + VAT (£1,679.99p inc. VAT)

Competition::
Dell Precision 3590 (2024)
Lenovo ThinkPad P16s Gen 3 (16″ Intel)
HP ZBook Power G11
ASUS Vivobook S 16 OLED (S5606)
Acer Swift Go 16 (2024)
MSI Prestige 16 AI Studio B1V
HP EliteBook 860 G11

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