In addition to the battery life tests, we ran the following performance-based benchmark tests three times and report the median score:

• PassMark PerformanceTest 11
• Cinebench R23
• 3Dmark^® Fire Strike
• 3DMark Time Spy
• Procyon^® Video-Editing Benchmark
• Procyon Photo-Editing Benchmark
• SPEC^®viewperf2020 v3.1
• PugetBench

The benchmark and battery life results we report reflect the specific configurations we tested. Any difference in the configurations you test, as well as screen brightness, network traffic, and software additions, can affect these results. For a deeper dive into our testing parameters and procedures, see the science behind the report.

Improving productivity for your workforce with higher-performing laptops

Investing in tools that help employees complete their work faster makes good business sense. By outfitting your mobile workforce with stronger-performing laptops, you can ensure that they aren’t waiting needlessly on their systems to complete tasks or experiencing the frustration that comes with using sluggish technology.

On a variety of industry-standard performance benchmarks we tested, the HP EliteBook 845 G10 with AMD Ryzen^™ 7 PRO 7840HS processor achieved higher test scores than the Dell Latitude 7440 with Intel Core i7-1370P vPro processor.

Assessing general productivity using PassMark Performance Test 11.0

A key industry-standard productivity benchmark, PassMark PerformanceTest 11.0 combines CPU, disk, memory, and 2D/3D graphics performance metrics into an Overall PassMark rating. Higher PassMark rating numbers indicate a faster system.⁴

Figure 1 compares the PassMark PerformanceTest 11.0 ratings that each of the systems achieved in our tests. The HP EliteBook 845 G10 with AMD Ryzen^™ 7 PRO 7840HS processor surpassed the score of the Dell Latitude 7440 laptop with Intel Core i7-1370P vPro processor by 51 percent.

Looking at general system performance with Cinebench 23

The Cinebench R23 benchmark measures general hardware performance by completing common Cinema 4D tasks that tax multiple CPU cores and modern processor features.⁵ As Figure 2 shows, the HP EliteBook 845 G10 again delivered stronger benchmark performance than the Dell Latitude 7440 laptop did, with a performance increase of 11 percent.

Comparing graphics- and CPU-heavy performance with 3Dmark

Some workers do more than general office tasks, so assessing other types of performance can give you a more complete understanding about which systems will suit your workers’ needs. 3DMark is an industry-standard benchmark that focuses on 3D graphic rendering and heavy CPU performance, and includes the following tests:

• 3DMark Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark that “… includes two graphics tests, a physics test and a combined test that stresses the CPU and GPU.” Fire Strike Extreme is similar, but increases the rendering load.⁶
• 3DMark Time Spy is a DirectX 12 test “that supports new API features like asynchronous compute, explicit multi-adapter, and multi-threading, Time Spy is the ideal test for benchmarking the latest graphics cards.” Time Spy Extreme is similar, but uses 4K Ultra HD rendering resolution.⁷

As Figures 3 and 4 show, the HP EliteBook 845 G10 Notebook PC with AMD Ryzen^™ 7 PRO 7840HS processor outperformed the Dell Latitude 7440 laptop with Intel Core i7-1370P vPro processor by as much as 51 percent on these graphics-heavy benchmark tests.

Measuring performance on demanding graphics and video tasks

Anyone creating, rendering, and editing graphics or video requires more powerful laptop hardware than your average office worker. To assess performance on these types of tasks, we used two Procyon benchmarks: the Procyon Video Editing Benchmark and the Procyon Photo Editing Benchmark. The Video Editing Benchmark “uses Adobe Premiere Pro in a typical video editing workflow. Using relevant apps ensures that the benchmark score reflects the real-world performance of the whole system.”⁸

As Figure 5 shows, the HP EliteBook 845 G10 Notebook PC with AMD Ryzen^™ 7 PRO 7840HS processor achieved a 25 percent higher Procyon Video Editing score than the Dell Latitude 7440 laptop with Intel Core i7-1370P vPro processor did.

The Procyon Photo Editing Benchmark measures performance for “professional users who need relevant, standardized tools for assessing the photo editing performance of PCs and workstations for content creators.”⁹

The HP EliteBook 845 G10 Notebook PC with AMD Ryzen^™ 7 PRO 7840HS processor achieved a 6 percent higher Procyon Photo Editing score than the Dell Latitude 7440 laptop with Intel Core i7-1370P vPro processor did (see Figure 6).

Benchmarking graphics performance with SPEC®viewperf2020 v3.1

According to SPEC^®, “The SPEC^®viewperf 2020 v3.1 benchmark enables hardware and software vendors and consumers to measure the 3D graphics performance of systems running under the OpenGL and DirectX application programming interfaces. Unlike most application performance benchmarks, the SPECviewperf 2020 benchmark utilizes workloads, called viewsets, that accurately represent the real-world graphics content and behavior of professional applications, eliminating the need to install the applications themselves.”¹⁰

Figure 7 shows the SPEC^®viewperf2020 results for the various viewsets it includes. Across the viewsets we tested, the HP EliteBook 845 G10 significantly outperformed the Dell Latitude 7440 laptop, with score increases ranging from 82 percent to nearly 19x.

PugetBench

Graphic designers, photographers, and other creatives use popular applications such as those from the Adobe^® Creative Suite. PugetBench offers several benchmarks that “are designed to test many popular professional applications using real-world projects and workflows.”¹¹ We tested three of its benchmarks: PugetBench for Premiere Pro, PugetBench for After Effects, and PugetBench for DaVinci Resolve.

As Figure 8 shows, the HP EliteBook 845 G10 with AMD Ryzen^™ 7 PRO 7840HS processor achieved up to 46 percent better performance on these creative benchmarks than the Dell Latitude 7440 laptop with Intel Core i7-1370P vPro processor did.

Stay unplugged up to 3 hours longer with better battery life

When an employee’s laptop has strong battery life, they don’t have to worry about finding a place to plug in. That flexibility to be ultra mobile can improve their day and their ability to be productive along with it.

For battery life testing, we used two different benchmarks. First, we used MobileMark 2018, which measures battery life and performance at the same time. It uses real applications, workloads, and data sets to quantify how overall system performance affects the user experience.¹² Then, we ran MobileMark 25 which uses scenarios based on the real-world applications and activities business users encounter every day.¹³ We ran both benchmarks two times each; once optimized for best battery life and the second time optimized for best performance, because each user has different priorities depending on their personal workflows and how long they want to stay unplugged.

As Figures 9 and 10 show, the HP EliteBook 845 G10 with AMD Ryzen^™ 7 PRO 7840HS processor, which had 10 percent lower rated raw battery capacity, offered generally better battery life than did the Dell Latitude 7440 with Intel Core i7-1370P vPro processor, especially when we prioritized battery life. On three of the four of the tests, the HP EliteBook 845 G10 extended battery life over the Dell Latitude 7440 by at least 2 hours and as much as 3 hours. When running tests set to Best Performance, the HP EliteBook 845 G10 improved battery life but had slightly lower performance qualification/ DC performance scores than the Dell Latitude 7440 laptop did.