HP EliteBook 850 G2
laptop
2015
15.6"
dGPU
⏱ ~5h
⚖️ 2.00 kg
⚖️ GPU-bound
LB Score
31
out of 100
Fit for you
39/100
✚ Strong: fit_price
⚠ Weak: fit_reliability
Your focus
Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
29
Core i7-5600U
GPU
5
Radeon R7 M260
RAM max
16 GB
DDR3
Battery
48 Wh ~
~5h
Price
$172
market
Age
11 years
2015
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 31/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (80), weakest — Gaming (16).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (80)
⚠ Weaknesses
Gaming (16)
Money & ownership
All money blocks on one card
Cost to own
Buying at listing price $172, 2-year horizon — price minus projected resale, spread over months.
≈ $1.6/mo
Money could earn
Keeping the $172 price invested at 4.16%/yr (US Treasury 3-month bill, as of Oct 30, 2026) over 2 years instead of buying.
≈ $0.6/mo
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💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$89/year (7%).
Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.
Specs in context
LB Score
31
CPU score
29
Basic tier
GPU score
5
Office tier
RAM max
16 GB
Comfort
Weight
2.00 kg
Standard
Battery
48 Wh
Standard
Bars show where each spec sits on the site-wide level scale (same thresholds as the quick verdict). For weight, shorter bars mean a lighter laptop.
CPU generation
5th generation · model year 2015 — matches the model year
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Full specifications
- Brand
- HP
- Series
- EliteBook 8xx (flagship)
- Type
- Business
- Release year
- 2015
- Screen size
- 15.6"
- Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Panel type
- tn
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 100%~
- Processor
- Intel Core i7 5600U , Intel Core i5 5300U
- Graphics
- Radeon R7 M260 , Radeon R7 M260X
- RAM (max)
- 16 GB DDR3
- Storage interface
- non-NVMe
- Weight
- 2.00 kg
- Ports
- 6
- Backlit keyboard
- ✓
- Webcam
- ✓
- TPM (security)
- ✓
- Battery
- 48 Wh~
Configuration options
Available model options · 12 variants across 6 categories
🖥 Displays (1)
1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
• Igpu (1)
Intel HD Graphics 5500
⚙ Processors (2)
Intel Core i7 (5th Gen) 5600U
Intel Core i5 (5th Gen) 5300U
🔲 Memory (3)
4 GB
8 GB
16 GB
🎮 Graphics (3)
Intel HD Graphics 5500
Radeon R7 M260
Radeon R7 M260X
💾 Storage (2)
128 GB SSD
240 GB SSD
Performance metrics
Performance
18
Portability
40
Light office
46
Gaming
16
Creative
34
Energy efficiency
57
Connectivity
80
Value
50
Color accuracy
—
Processors (2)
Graphics (2 discrete + 0 integrated)
🎮 Gaming performance
FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU
| Game | FPS (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Overwatch | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Valorant | 40 | ⚠ Playable |
| F1 2014 | 31 | ⚠ Playable |
| GRID: Autosport | 27 | ✗ Low |
| Sims 4 | 26 | ✗ Low |
| Dota 2 | 24 | ✗ Low |
| Alien: Isolation | 20 | ✗ Low |
| Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | 16 | ✗ Low |
| Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | 16 | ✗ Low |
| Civilization: Beyond Earth | 13 | ✗ Low |
| Battlefield Hardline | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Fortnite | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 4 | 11 | ✗ Low |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9 | ✗ Low |
| Evolve | 8 | ✗ Low |
| Battlefield 5 | 7 | ✗ Low |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 7 | ✗ Low |
| Dragon Age: Inquisition | 7 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 5 | 6 | ✗ Low |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 5 | ✗ Low |
| Metro Exodus | 4 | ✗ Low |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 2 | ✗ Low |
💡 27 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Grand Theft Auto V
✗ Weak
CPU
147%
GPU
95%
RAM
400%
Cyberpunk 2077
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
16%
RAM
200%
Minecraft
✗ Weak
CPU
294%
GPU
47%
RAM
400%
Fortnite
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
30%
RAM
200%
Valorant
✗ Weak
CPU
196%
GPU
95%
RAM
400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
19%
RAM
267%
Elden Ring
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
10%
RAM
133%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
17%
RAM
200%
Apex Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
12%
RAM
267%
Hogwarts Legacy
✗ Weak
CPU
65%
GPU
16%
RAM
100%
Dota 2
✗ Weak
CPU
196%
GPU
95%
RAM
400%
Baldur's Gate 3
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
42%
GPU
7%
RAM
100%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
League of Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
294%
GPU
95%
RAM
800%
Sims 4
✗ Weak
CPU
196%
GPU
95%
RAM
400%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
42%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Battlefield 5
✗ Weak
CPU
65%
GPU
16%
RAM
200%
Far Cry 5
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
22%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 4
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
26%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 5
✗ Weak
CPU
65%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Metro Exodus
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
15%
RAM
200%
Overwatch
✗ Weak
CPU
118%
GPU
95%
RAM
400%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Escape from Tarkov
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
19%
RAM
200%
God of War
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
16%
RAM
200%
Death Stranding
✗ Weak
CPU
118%
GPU
15%
RAM
200%
Control
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
16%
RAM
200%
Doom Eternal
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✗ Weak
CPU
163%
GPU
24%
RAM
267%
Hitman 3
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Flight Simulator 2020
✗ Weak
CPU
105%
GPU
19%
RAM
200%
Watch Dogs Legion
✗ Weak
CPU
105%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
Borderlands 3
✗ Weak
CPU
118%
GPU
17%
RAM
267%
Anno 1800
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Rainbow Six Siege
✗ Weak
CPU
245%
GPU
47%
RAM
267%
The Division 2
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
19%
RAM
200%
Gears Tactics
✗ Weak
CPU
118%
GPU
32%
RAM
200%
Hunt Showdown
✗ Weak
CPU
105%
GPU
24%
RAM
267%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
24%
RAM
267%
Days Gone
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
16%
RAM
200%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✗ Weak
CPU
70%
GPU
20%
RAM
133%
Returnal
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
12%
RAM
100%
Dying Light 2
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil Village
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
The Callisto Protocol
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Atomic Heart
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
70%
GPU
7%
RAM
100%
Black Myth Wukong
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
20%
RAM
100%
Ghost of Tsushima
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
The Last of Us Part 1
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
12%
RAM
100%
Diablo 4
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Dead Space Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Lies of P
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
Sons of the Forest
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
10%
RAM
133%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
196%
GPU
47%
RAM
400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
163%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✗ Weak
CPU
147%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
F1 24
✗ Weak
CPU
163%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Need for Speed Heat
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Civilization 6
✗ Weak
CPU
196%
GPU
47%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✗ Weak
CPU
163%
GPU
39%
RAM
200%
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Series review
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