HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9
workstation
2022
14"
dGPU
⏱ ~5h
⚖️ 1.47 kg
⚖️ slight imbalance
LB Score
70
out of 100
Fit for you
54/100
✚ Strong: fit_mobility
⚠ Weak: fit_price
Your focus
Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
67
Core i5-1235U
GPU
45
RTX A500
RAM max
64 GB
DDR5
Battery
51 Wh
~5h
Price
~$901
estimate
Age
4 years
2022
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 70/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (100), weakest — Value (52).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (100) · Light office (95)
💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$325/year (15%).
Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.
Specs in context
LB Score
70
CPU score
67
Mainstream tier
GPU score
45
Mainstream tier
RAM max
64 GB
Professional
Weight
1.47 kg
Light tier
Battery
51 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
12th generation · model year 2022 — matches the model year
gen 4
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gen 8
gen 10
gen 12
gen 14
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The scale uses Intel-equivalent generation numbers: recent AMD Ryzen and Intel Core Ultra families map onto the same scale.
Full specifications
- Brand
- HP
- Series
- ZBook (workstation)
- Type
- Workstation≈
- Release year
- 2022
- Screen size
- 14"
- Resolution
- 1920x1200
- Panel type
- ips
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 99%
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 1235U , Intel Core i5 1240P , Intel Core i5 1245U , Intel Core i5 1250P , Intel Core i7 1255U , Intel Core i7 1260P , Intel Core i7 1265U , Intel Core i7 1270P , Intel Core i7 1280P
- Graphics
- RTX A500 Mobile 4GB , T550 Mobile 4GB
- RAM (max)
- 64 GB DDR5-4800
- Memory slots
- 2
- Memory configuration
- 1x8 GB
- Storage interface
- PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
- Storage slots
- 1
- Weight
- 1.47 kg
- Ports
- 6
- Thunderbolt
- ✓
- Battery
- 51 Wh
Configuration options
Available model options · 24 variants across 7 categories
🖥 Displays (3)
1920 x 1200 (Non-Touch)
1920 x 1200 (Touch)
2560 x 1600
• Igpu (1)
Intel Iris Xe Graphics
⚙ Processors (9)
Intel Core i5 1235U
Intel Core i5 1240P
Intel Core i5 1245U
Intel Core i5 1250P
Intel Core i7 1255U
Intel Core i7 1260P
Intel Core i7 1265U
Intel Core i7 1270P
Intel Core i7 1280P
🎮 Graphics (2)
RTX A500 Mobile 4GB
T550 Mobile 4GB
🔲 Memory (4)
8GB
16GB
32GB
64GB
💾 Storage (4)
256GB
512GB
1024GB
2048GB
🔋 Batteries (1)
51 Wh
Performance metrics
Performance
61
Portability
69
Light office
95
Gaming
74
Creative
66
Energy efficiency
79
Connectivity
100
Value
52
Color accuracy
84
Processors (9)
Core i5-1235U
Intel · 12th · 10 cores
VM
AVX2
AES
65
Core i5-1240P
Intel · 12th · 12 cores
VM
AVX2
AES
50
Core i5-1245U
Intel · 12th · 10 cores
VM
AVX2
AES
46
Core i5-1250P
Intel · 12th · 12 cores
VM
AVX2
AES
53
Core i7-1255U
Intel · 12th · 10 cores
VM
AVX2
AES
46
Core i7-1260P
Intel · 12th · 12 cores
VM
AVX2
AES
51
Core i7-1265U
Intel · 12th · 10 cores
VM
AVX2
AES
67
Core i7-1270P
Intel · 12th · 12 cores
50
Core i7-1280P
Intel · 12th · 14 cores
54
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 |
💡 4 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
65%
RAM
800%
Grand Theft Auto V
✓ Runs well
CPU
336%
GPU
898%
RAM
999%
Cyberpunk 2077
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
150%
RAM
800%
Minecraft
✓ Runs well
CPU
672%
GPU
449%
RAM
999%
Fortnite
✓ Runs well
CPU
122%
GPU
281%
RAM
800%
Valorant
✓ Runs well
CPU
448%
GPU
898%
RAM
999%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✓ Runs well
CPU
224%
GPU
180%
RAM
999%
Elden Ring
✗ Weak
CPU
122%
GPU
94%
RAM
533%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
224%
GPU
160%
RAM
800%
Apex Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
122%
GPU
112%
RAM
999%
Hogwarts Legacy
✓ Runs well
CPU
149%
GPU
150%
RAM
400%
Dota 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
448%
GPU
898%
RAM
999%
Baldur's Gate 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
122%
GPU
128%
RAM
800%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
96%
GPU
65%
RAM
400%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✓ Runs well
CPU
122%
GPU
128%
RAM
800%
League of Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
672%
GPU
898%
RAM
999%
Sims 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
448%
GPU
898%
RAM
999%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
96%
GPU
69%
RAM
800%
Battlefield 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
149%
GPU
150%
RAM
800%
Far Cry 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
168%
GPU
204%
RAM
800%
Forza Horizon 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
249%
RAM
800%
Forza Horizon 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
149%
GPU
128%
RAM
800%
Metro Exodus
✓ Runs well
CPU
168%
GPU
145%
RAM
800%
Overwatch
✓ Runs well
CPU
269%
GPU
898%
RAM
999%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✓ Runs well
CPU
168%
GPU
187%
RAM
800%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✓ Runs well
CPU
134%
GPU
110%
RAM
800%
Escape from Tarkov
✓ Runs well
CPU
224%
GPU
180%
RAM
800%
God of War
✓ Runs well
CPU
305%
GPU
187%
RAM
800%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✓ Runs well
CPU
305%
GPU
150%
RAM
800%
Death Stranding
✓ Runs well
CPU
269%
GPU
145%
RAM
800%
Control
✓ Runs well
CPU
224%
GPU
150%
RAM
800%
Doom Eternal
✓ Runs well
CPU
305%
GPU
225%
RAM
800%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✓ Runs well
CPU
373%
GPU
225%
RAM
999%
Hitman 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
305%
GPU
225%
RAM
800%
Flight Simulator 2020
✓ Runs well
CPU
240%
GPU
180%
RAM
800%
Watch Dogs Legion
✓ Runs well
CPU
240%
GPU
187%
RAM
800%
Borderlands 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
269%
GPU
160%
RAM
999%
Anno 1800
✓ Runs well
CPU
224%
GPU
225%
RAM
800%
Rainbow Six Siege
✓ Runs well
CPU
560%
GPU
449%
RAM
999%
The Division 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
305%
GPU
180%
RAM
800%
Gears Tactics
✓ Runs well
CPU
269%
GPU
299%
RAM
800%
Hunt Showdown
✓ Runs well
CPU
240%
GPU
225%
RAM
999%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✓ Runs well
CPU
224%
GPU
110%
RAM
800%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✓ Runs well
CPU
305%
GPU
225%
RAM
999%
Days Gone
✓ Runs well
CPU
305%
GPU
150%
RAM
800%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✓ Runs well
CPU
160%
GPU
187%
RAM
533%
Returnal
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
112%
RAM
400%
Dying Light 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
224%
GPU
110%
RAM
800%
Resident Evil Village
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
128%
RAM
800%
The Callisto Protocol
✓ Runs well
CPU
134%
GPU
112%
RAM
800%
Atomic Heart
✓ Runs well
CPU
210%
GPU
187%
RAM
800%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
160%
GPU
69%
RAM
400%
Black Myth Wukong
✓ Runs well
CPU
134%
GPU
187%
RAM
400%
Ghost of Tsushima
✓ Runs well
CPU
134%
GPU
187%
RAM
800%
The Last of Us Part 1
✓ Runs well
CPU
134%
GPU
112%
RAM
400%
Diablo 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
305%
GPU
225%
RAM
800%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✓ Runs well
CPU
224%
GPU
225%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
82%
RAM
800%
Dead Space Remake
✓ Runs well
CPU
210%
GPU
110%
RAM
800%
Lies of P
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
187%
RAM
800%
Sons of the Forest
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
98%
RAM
533%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
448%
GPU
449%
RAM
999%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
373%
GPU
225%
RAM
800%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✓ Runs well
CPU
336%
GPU
225%
RAM
800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
187%
RAM
800%
F1 24
✓ Runs well
CPU
373%
GPU
110%
RAM
800%
Need for Speed Heat
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
128%
RAM
800%
Civilization 6
✓ Runs well
CPU
448%
GPU
449%
RAM
999%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✓ Runs well
CPU
373%
GPU
374%
RAM
800%
🔗 Same series
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≅ Similar by specs
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≈ Similar class
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