HP ProBook 6550b
laptop
2010
15.6"
dGPU
⏱ ~6h
⚖️ 2.50 kg
LB Score
18
out of 100
Fit for you
26/100
✚ Strong: fit_price
⚠ Weak: fit_reliability
Your focus
Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
10
Core i5-520M
GPU
0
RAM max
16 GB
DDR3
Battery
55 Wh
~6h
Price
$127
market
Age
16 years
2010
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 18/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (100), weakest — Engineering CAD (4).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (100)
⚠ Weaknesses
Engineering CAD (4)
Money & ownership
All money blocks on one card
Cost to own
Buying at listing price $127, 2-year horizon — price minus projected resale, spread over months.
≈ $1.2/mo
Money could earn
Keeping the $127 price invested at 4.16%/yr (US Treasury 3-month bill, as of Oct 30, 2026) over 2 years instead of buying.
≈ $0.5/mo
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💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$71/year (5%).
Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.
Specs in context
LB Score
18
CPU score
10
Basic tier
RAM max
16 GB
Comfort
Weight
2.50 kg
Heavy
Battery
55 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.
Full specifications
- Brand
- HP
- Series
- ProBook 6xx (premium)
- Type
- Business
- Release year
- 2010≈
- Screen size
- 15.6"
- Resolution
- 1366x768
- Panel type
- tn
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 100%~
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 520M , Intel Core i3 380M , Intel Core i3 370M , Intel Core i5 480M , Intel Core i5 450M , Intel Core i5 540M , Intel Core i5 560M
- Graphics
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540V
- RAM (max)
- 16 GB DDR3
- Storage interface
- non-NVMe
- Weight
- 2.50 kg
- Ports
- 8
- Webcam
- ✓
- TPM (security)
- ✓
- Optical drive
- ✓
- Battery
- 55 Wh
Configuration options
Available model options · 17 variants across 6 categories
🖥 Displays (2)
1366 x 768 (HD)
1600 x 900 (HD+)
• Igpu (1)
Intel HD Graphics
⚙ Processors (7)
Intel Core i5 520M
Intel Core i3 380M
Intel Core i3 370M
Intel Core i5 480M
Intel Core i5 450M
Intel Core i5 540M
Intel Core i5 560M
🔲 Memory (2)
2 GB
4 GB
🎮 Graphics (2)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540V
Intel HD Graphics
💾 Storage (3)
250 GB HDD SATA 3Gb/s
320 GB HDD SATA 3Gb/s
500 GB HDD SATA 3Gb/s
Performance metrics
Performance
8
Portability
25
Light office
17
Gaming
26
Creative
37
Energy efficiency
30
Connectivity
100
Value
13
Color accuracy
—
Processors (7)
🎮
No FPS data for this model's GPU.
The GPU may be integrated or not yet benchmarked.
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
19%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Grand Theft Auto V
✗ Weak
CPU
48%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
Cyberpunk 2077
✗ Weak
CPU
28%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Minecraft
✗ Weak
CPU
97%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
Fortnite
✗ Weak
CPU
18%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Valorant
✗ Weak
CPU
64%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✗ Weak
CPU
32%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
Elden Ring
✗ Weak
CPU
18%
GPU
0%
RAM
133%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✗ Weak
CPU
32%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Apex Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
18%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
Hogwarts Legacy
✗ Weak
CPU
21%
GPU
0%
RAM
100%
Dota 2
✗ Weak
CPU
64%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
Baldur's Gate 3
✗ Weak
CPU
18%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
14%
GPU
0%
RAM
100%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✗ Weak
CPU
18%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
League of Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
97%
GPU
0%
RAM
800%
Sims 4
✗ Weak
CPU
64%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
14%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Battlefield 5
✗ Weak
CPU
21%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Far Cry 5
✗ Weak
CPU
24%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 4
✗ Weak
CPU
28%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 5
✗ Weak
CPU
21%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Metro Exodus
✗ Weak
CPU
24%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Overwatch
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✗ Weak
CPU
24%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
19%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Escape from Tarkov
✗ Weak
CPU
32%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
God of War
✗ Weak
CPU
44%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✗ Weak
CPU
44%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Death Stranding
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Control
✗ Weak
CPU
32%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Doom Eternal
✗ Weak
CPU
44%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✗ Weak
CPU
54%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
Hitman 3
✗ Weak
CPU
44%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Flight Simulator 2020
✗ Weak
CPU
34%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Watch Dogs Legion
✗ Weak
CPU
34%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Borderlands 3
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
Anno 1800
✗ Weak
CPU
32%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Rainbow Six Siege
✗ Weak
CPU
80%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
The Division 2
✗ Weak
CPU
44%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Gears Tactics
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Hunt Showdown
✗ Weak
CPU
34%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✗ Weak
CPU
32%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✗ Weak
CPU
44%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
Days Gone
✗ Weak
CPU
44%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✗ Weak
CPU
23%
GPU
0%
RAM
133%
Returnal
✗ Weak
CPU
28%
GPU
0%
RAM
100%
Dying Light 2
✗ Weak
CPU
32%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil Village
✗ Weak
CPU
28%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
The Callisto Protocol
✗ Weak
CPU
19%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Atomic Heart
✗ Weak
CPU
30%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
23%
GPU
0%
RAM
100%
Black Myth Wukong
✗ Weak
CPU
19%
GPU
0%
RAM
100%
Ghost of Tsushima
✗ Weak
CPU
19%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
The Last of Us Part 1
✗ Weak
CPU
19%
GPU
0%
RAM
100%
Diablo 4
✗ Weak
CPU
44%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✗ Weak
CPU
32%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
19%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Dead Space Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
30%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Lies of P
✗ Weak
CPU
28%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Sons of the Forest
✗ Weak
CPU
19%
GPU
0%
RAM
133%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
64%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
54%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✗ Weak
CPU
48%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✗ Weak
CPU
28%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
F1 24
✗ Weak
CPU
54%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Need for Speed Heat
✗ Weak
CPU
28%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Civilization 6
✗ Weak
CPU
64%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✗ Weak
CPU
54%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
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