HP EliteBook 850 G8
ultrabook
2020
15.6"
dGPU
⏱ ~6h
⚖️ 1.70 kg
⚖️ slight imbalance
LB Score
69
out of 100
Fit for you
64/100
✚ Strong: fit_value
⚠ Weak: fit_reliability
Your focus
Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
70
Core i5-1135G7
GPU
45
GeForce MX450
RAM max
64 GB
DDR4
Battery
56 Wh
~6h
Price
$321
market
Age
6 years
2020
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 69/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (98), weakest — Engineering CAD (44).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (98) · Value (85)
Money & ownership
All money blocks on one card
Cost to own
Buying at listing price $321, 2-year horizon — price minus projected resale, spread over months.
≈ $3.0/mo
Money could earn
Keeping the $321 price invested at 4.16%/yr (US Treasury 3-month bill, as of Oct 30, 2026) over 2 years instead of buying.
≈ $1.1/mo
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💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$116/year (9%).
Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.
Specs in context
LB Score
69
CPU score
70
High tier
GPU score
45
Mainstream tier
RAM max
64 GB
Professional
Weight
1.70 kg
Light tier
Battery
56 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
11th generation · model year 2020 — matches the model year
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Full specifications
- Brand
- HP
- Series
- EliteBook 8xx (flagship)
- Type
- Business
- Release year
- 2020
- Screen size
- 15.6"
- Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Panel type
- ips
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 95%
- Graphics
- GeForce MX450 2GB , GeForce MX450
- RAM (max)
- 64 GB DDR4-3200
- Memory slots
- 2
- Memory configuration
- 1x4 GB
- Storage interface
- PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
- Storage slots
- 1
- Weight
- 1.70 kg
- Ports
- 5
- Thunderbolt
- ✓
- Battery
- 56 Wh
Configuration options
Available model options · 21 variants across 7 categories
🖥 Displays (3)
1920 x 1080 (Non-Touch)
1920 x 1080 (Touch)
3840 x 2160
• Igpu (1)
Intel Iris Xe Graphics
⚙ Processors (4)
Intel Core i5 1135G7
Intel Core i5 1145G7
Intel Core i7 1165G7
Intel Core i7 1185G7
🔲 Memory (5)
4GB
8GB
16GB
32GB
64GB
💾 Storage (5)
128GB
256GB
512GB
1024GB
2048GB
🎮 Graphics (2)
GeForce MX450 2GB
GeForce MX450
🔋 Batteries (1)
56 Wh
Performance metrics
Performance
60
Portability
49
Light office
77
Gaming
49
Creative
51
Energy efficiency
77
Connectivity
98
Value
85
Color accuracy
80
Processors (4)
Graphics (1 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 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 88 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Dota 2 | 88 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Valorant | 85 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Fortnite | 61 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Battlefield 5 | 49 | ⚠ Playable |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35 | ⚠ Playable |
| Far Cry 5 | 34 | ⚠ Playable |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 34 | ⚠ Playable |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 33 | ⚠ Playable |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 32 | ⚠ Playable |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 16 | ✗ Low |
| Metro Exodus | 10 | ✗ Low |
💡 16 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
140%
GPU
65%
RAM
800%
Grand Theft Auto V
✓ Runs well
CPU
350%
GPU
895%
RAM
999%
Cyberpunk 2077
✓ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
149%
RAM
800%
Minecraft
✓ Runs well
CPU
700%
GPU
447%
RAM
999%
Fortnite
✓ Runs well
CPU
127%
GPU
280%
RAM
800%
Valorant
✓ Runs well
CPU
467%
GPU
895%
RAM
999%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✓ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
179%
RAM
999%
Elden Ring
✗ Weak
CPU
127%
GPU
93%
RAM
533%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
160%
RAM
800%
Apex Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
127%
GPU
112%
RAM
999%
Hogwarts Legacy
✓ Runs well
CPU
156%
GPU
149%
RAM
400%
Dota 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
467%
GPU
895%
RAM
999%
Baldur's Gate 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
127%
GPU
128%
RAM
800%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
100%
GPU
65%
RAM
400%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✓ Runs well
CPU
127%
GPU
128%
RAM
800%
League of Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
700%
GPU
895%
RAM
999%
Sims 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
467%
GPU
895%
RAM
999%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
100%
GPU
69%
RAM
800%
Battlefield 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
156%
GPU
149%
RAM
800%
Far Cry 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
175%
GPU
203%
RAM
800%
Forza Horizon 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
249%
RAM
800%
Forza Horizon 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
156%
GPU
128%
RAM
800%
Metro Exodus
✓ Runs well
CPU
175%
GPU
144%
RAM
800%
Overwatch
✓ Runs well
CPU
280%
GPU
895%
RAM
999%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✓ Runs well
CPU
175%
GPU
186%
RAM
800%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✓ Runs well
CPU
140%
GPU
109%
RAM
800%
Escape from Tarkov
✓ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
179%
RAM
800%
God of War
✓ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
186%
RAM
800%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✓ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
149%
RAM
800%
Death Stranding
✓ Runs well
CPU
280%
GPU
144%
RAM
800%
Control
✓ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
149%
RAM
800%
Doom Eternal
✓ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✓ Runs well
CPU
389%
GPU
224%
RAM
999%
Hitman 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
Flight Simulator 2020
✓ Runs well
CPU
250%
GPU
179%
RAM
800%
Watch Dogs Legion
✓ Runs well
CPU
250%
GPU
186%
RAM
800%
Borderlands 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
280%
GPU
160%
RAM
999%
Anno 1800
✓ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
Rainbow Six Siege
✓ Runs well
CPU
583%
GPU
447%
RAM
999%
The Division 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
179%
RAM
800%
Gears Tactics
✓ Runs well
CPU
280%
GPU
298%
RAM
800%
Hunt Showdown
✓ Runs well
CPU
250%
GPU
224%
RAM
999%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✓ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
109%
RAM
800%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✓ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
224%
RAM
999%
Days Gone
✓ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
149%
RAM
800%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✓ Runs well
CPU
167%
GPU
186%
RAM
533%
Returnal
✓ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
112%
RAM
400%
Dying Light 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
109%
RAM
800%
Resident Evil Village
✓ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
128%
RAM
800%
The Callisto Protocol
✓ Runs well
CPU
140%
GPU
112%
RAM
800%
Atomic Heart
✓ Runs well
CPU
219%
GPU
186%
RAM
800%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
167%
GPU
69%
RAM
400%
Black Myth Wukong
✓ Runs well
CPU
140%
GPU
186%
RAM
400%
Ghost of Tsushima
✓ Runs well
CPU
140%
GPU
186%
RAM
800%
The Last of Us Part 1
✓ Runs well
CPU
140%
GPU
112%
RAM
400%
Diablo 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✓ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
140%
GPU
81%
RAM
800%
Dead Space Remake
✓ Runs well
CPU
219%
GPU
109%
RAM
800%
Lies of P
✓ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
186%
RAM
800%
Sons of the Forest
✗ Weak
CPU
140%
GPU
97%
RAM
533%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
467%
GPU
447%
RAM
999%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
389%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✓ Runs well
CPU
350%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✓ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
186%
RAM
800%
F1 24
✓ Runs well
CPU
389%
GPU
109%
RAM
800%
Need for Speed Heat
✓ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
128%
RAM
800%
Civilization 6
✓ Runs well
CPU
467%
GPU
447%
RAM
999%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✓ Runs well
CPU
389%
GPU
373%
RAM
800%
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