even with the knowledge of how good zen 2 was on the desktop i was shocked at
how well AMD's ryzen 4000 series mobile series performed ASUS's zephyrus g14
shredded its Intel competitors in both performance and battery life while also
being considerably cheaper now it looks like hp hopes to recreate that success
with the envy x360 and spoiler alert
they did this thing sips power yet it has six
cores and is eight hundred dollars for a
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our config of the hpn vx360 sports a ryzen 5 4500u a seven nanometer six core
six thread processor that boosts up to four gigahertz the last six core
ultrabook we looked at was the dell xps 13 a beast of a machine except that it
costs a casual 1800 us dollars which is
why we will not be comparing the nvx 360
to it instead we'll be testing it against the hp spectre x360 with an
Intel core i5 1035 g4 a four core eight
thread CPU on Intel's newish 10 nanometer node that you would hope would
give the ryzen 5 a run for its money especially since it's in a machine that
costs 250 dollars more
but that maximum boost speed of 3.7
gigahertz isn't a good first sign a much worse
sign is the performance tests we ran in multi-core
loads the ryzen 5 4500u is set to shred
the i5 with a 45 percent higher score in
cinebench like i knew it was gonna win just
not by that much and remember guys this
isn't even the top spec eight core model even more surprisingly though the 4500u
managed to dominate the single threaded tests as well thanks to that higher
boost clock now although i don't expect anyone to be doing much hardcore gaming
on either of these machines the ryzen 5 4500u was also 20 faster in 3dmark time
spy and i'm never going to complain about a bit more GPU muscle thermals
unfortunately didn't redeem the core i5 version either it immediately shot up to
100 degrees and stayed there managing clocks of only around 2.3 gigahertz
something we might have accepted if Intel was the only option in town
because i mean in fairness that is at least faster than the 1.5 gigahertz base
clock thing is Intel isn't the only option anymore and
our ryzen 5 config avoided thermal throttling albeit barely at 91 degrees
while keeping all six of its cores at a whopping 3.3
gigahertz look how thin it is guys 3.3 gigahertz
it's worth noting that you'll have to enable performance mode to get these
kinds of speeds but they're truly remarkable remember that dell xps 13
with a six core i7 that i mentioned at the start of this video yeah in
performance mode this ryzen machine is faster than that too the thing is
performance matters a lot less than longevity in a thin and light than it
does in a gaming laptop and hp
already has some of the best battery life in the biz with their Intel core i5
model managing nearly 13 hours on a single charge that is going to be hard
to be and the AMD and vx360 made it to almost 14
hours that's the kind of battery life that not only gets you through the day
but maybe even the weekend like you could just leave the power brick at work
without worrying that your lttstore.com browsing session is gonna get cut short
this is my whole weekend but that raises
the question is this the kind of machine that you'd want to take home with you
anyway one of AMD's big problems for years now has been not getting their
cpus into the premium designs and this
is no exception the envy line does sit
below the spectre line in hp's lineup so
has hp given their nvx 360 enough love
or should you just save up a bit longer for a spectre x360 or an xps 13.
actually i am pleased to report that hp has committed no such crime against AMD
here the nvx 360 has a premium look
about it from the super small bezels to the metallic accents on the hinges the
chassis stiffness might not quite hold up to
top tier laptops that are constructed out of carbon fiber or a solid milled
piece of aluminum but it's leaks better than a budget focused machine like the
lenovo flex 14 so i think it's fair to
say that hp really nailed the balance here the only thing build quality wise
that annoyed me was the screen which wobbles a bit more than i'd like
but bearing in mind that of course i've got that tablet convertible trade-off
i can accept it and the i o is really good the nvx 360
has two usb type a's with the little hingy pull down bit oh it turns out you
can put a type a in a super thin laptop how nice it's got a type c with charging
and it's got an sd card reader i do wish that instead of the barrel
power connector on the right side we got another usb type-c port with charging
but presumably that would have brought up the price and i think they found a
great balance here one place hp fortunately didn't cheap
out is the display with 300 nits of brightness and excellent colors i think
anyone short of a professional photo editor is going to be pretty happy with
it my only complaint here is the 16x9
aspect ratio these days many of hp's competitors are
making the jump to 16 by 10 or even 3x2
and this is even in the lower price ranges with the acer swift 3 leading the
way get subscribed by the way so you don't miss our video on that little
number staying with 16x9 while chasing small bezels has to be hp's most
obvious error with both the envy and
spectre x360s because it means that some folks are actually going to struggle to
use the devices comfortably there's just no way for me to type comfortably on
this my hands are just simply too big to rest on the palm rest
making it unfortunately just a straight up no-go for me and it's
going to be a no-go for 68 of males and half of females as well i also
constantly use my right thumb on a trackpad while writing in word documents
and the fact that the keyboard and the trackpad aren't centered on each other
means that i'm only using a small portion of a trackpad that's already
very undersized by today's standards to be clear the switches are good but maybe
try it out at a best buy or costco first to make sure the ergonomics work for you
if you are able to get comfortable though you will have an excellent time
typing on the nvx 360. i personally didn't have an issue with my tiny hands
and the switches offer plenty of travel while delivering a satisfying snap when
you press them key consistency and stabilization was
also uncharacteristically good for a laptop in this price band so i don't
think you're gonna have trouble getting up to full speed as for the track pad
it's less of a highlight the tracking is
still pretty good despite the lack of a glass top but the small size keeps it
from being exceptional or even very good
you will be able to get used to it but i'd personally be much happier with a
bigger bottom bezel or better yet a taller screen
and a larger trackpad now to be clear there are a number of areas where the
spectre x360 is superior to the envy
Windows hello facial recognition is a real nice to have although the
fingerprint reader on the envy is still quite snappy for logging in and the
spectre also comes with a pen included with the option for lte which could
easily sway someone who is constantly on the go but then again if you're going to
be on the go with how much better the core performance and battery life are here i
feel like until hp puts an AMD processor
into a spectre notebook they have unintentionally killed their flagship
lineup right here for the vast majority of people the hp envy x360 is gonna
check all the important boxes for an ultrabook it's super powerful especially
for the price it feels excellent in the hand and aside from the screen aspect
ratio i just have no real complaints about it
i can't even remember the last time that an ultrabook came through the studio
here that was under 1200 and managed to get a full-blown no
caveats recommendation from me but this one certainly does and i hope that as
more companies take AMD's mobile chip seriously we're going to see more
excellent performers at great prices like this one
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