But the small things are also just annoying. It is unfortunate that only the high-end configurations are equipped with the FHD-IPS displays right now. The biggest issue is certainly the display. The manufacturer really convinces with the EliteBook 820 G3 in some respects, but the negative impressions dominate after our review. More benchmarks with the i5-6300U are available in our Tech section. You can change this behavior with the BIOS option "Enable Turbo Boost on DC". The performance drops by 17% (Single) and 33% (Multi) on battery power, because the Turbo Boost is deactivated by default in this case. The faster Core i7 chips will hardly be worth the premium in the 820 G3, because they will probably be limited by the TDP in multi-core scenarios. The i5-6300U does, however, support vPro, which is certainly interesting for the target group. The advantage over the very popular i5-6200U is between 7-9%, so the 6300U does not really pay off when you are only looking at the performance. The processor is on par with the old Broadwell chip i7-5500U in Cinebench R15 Single but can beat it in the Multi test (+8%). It can maintain the specified Turbo Boost under maximum load, so the benchmark results are very good. This dual-core processor can reach up to 3 GHz (2.9 GHz for two cores) thanks to Turbo Boost and can execute up to four threads simultaneously via Hyper-Threading. The heart of our review unit is an Intel Core i5-6300U. You can remove the whole bottom cover for maintenance we will have a closer look at the procedure in the corresponding section. The battery is inside the case and cannot be replaced from the outside. All in all, the design is pretty good and can meet the premium expectations. A nice detail is the four status LEDs at the left front. Only the black bottom cover falls slightly behind in terms of tactile feeling, although it is made of magnesium. The silver chassis leaves a very appealing visual design, and both the black keyboard and the black display frame create a nice contrast. The maximum opening angle is around 140 degrees. They are very smooth and you can open the lid with one hand, but they are also taut enough to keep the display well in position. We can, however, notice some creaking in this case. Pressure from behind does not cause picture distortions and the resistance against twisting attempts is also good. The thin lid, as expected, cannot quite keep up in terms of stability, even though the performance is still pretty decent. Only unrealistically high pressure will slightly warp the area of the palm rest, which will also cause minor creaking. This does not affect the base unit though, because the magnesium alloy ensures high stability.
At just 1.28 kg, the EliteBook 820 G3 is one of the lightest mobile companions. The chassis is slightly thinner (18.9 vs.
Probably the most noticeable change is the silver-colored lid (previously black). HP slightly reworked the chassis of the EliteBook 820 G3 compared to the predecessor. We could not yet review the Skylake model of the Dell Latitude, so we will use the older Latitude E7250 for comparison purposes.
Rivals for the EliteBook are the Lenovo ThinkPad X260, Dell Latitude E7270 and the Toshiba Portégé Z30.
ELITEBOOK 820 G3 I7 6600U FULL
A Full HD IPS panel is currently only available in combination with a Core i7 CPU (~1,730 Euros, ~$1955). Similar to the base model, our version only sports a TN display with the low HD resolution (1366x768 pixels), which does not really suit the high price. In return, you get a powerful device with a Core i5 processor and fast NVMe-SSD, but the display surprises us. The EliteBook 820 G3 currently starts at 1,259 Euros (~$1423) our review model with the designation T9X43ET retails for 1,659 Euros (~$1875). At the same time it waives components like a touchscreen, which are not that important for business devices and are only optional for some configurations.ĮliteBooks are premium devices from HP, which also shows in the pricing. It is compact with its 12.5-inch screen but still comes with all important business ports and security features. Our review unit today, the HP EliteBook 820 G3, belongs to this category. For the original German review, see here.Įven though thin Ultrabooks are becoming more popular, there are still compact subnotebooks for productive usage scenarios.
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