HP ProBook 4 G1i 14” review

HP ProBook 4 G1i 14 (2025) Review: The Processor Play in the Budget Line

The ProBook 4 G1i 14 is the Intel member of HP's 2025 entry business line: a Core Ultra 5 225U with 32 GB of memory at $1,144. HP has spent this configuration's budget almost entirely on the processor — an enthusiast-band chip in a budget badge — which makes the empty graphics column the rest of the story.

Where it holds up

Processor performance scores 91.36 — 72.5 percent above the business-class median of 52.97, in the enthusiast band and the top quartile — remarkable silicon for the tier. Reliability reads 91, up 114.1 percent on the class, portability holds 71.3 in the high band, and office work lands at 84.85 in the high band. Overall performance sits mid at 48.32 and value at 55.15 is mid-band, fair for the price.

Where it falls short

The graphics score column reads zero — a coverage gap rather than a measured zero; no matched score exists for this integrated stack. The GPU-fed axes run uniformly low: gaming at 19, modeling at 25, engineering CAD at 30 and photo design at 24 — the same documents-machine profile as every unscored-graphics machine in this batch, just with better silicon underneath the office workload.

Price and depreciation

At $1,144 this matches the entire ProBook 4 family regardless of silicon. The modeled depreciation curve runs at 12 percent per year, a moderate pace; no listing anchor is available for dollar projections.

Alternatives to consider

The ProBook 4 G1a 14 (2025) at the same $1,144 trades processor power — 74.09 against 91.36 — for a measured 34.39 graphics score and photo design at 82 against 24: the balanced pick. The ProBook 4 G1i 16 (2025), same price, adds an RTX 3050 and transforms every GPU-fed axis while keeping the Intel platform. The ProBook 4 G2ah 14 (2026) at $1,300 doubles memory to 64 GB and raises office work to 91.91 top-band, though gaming stays at 34.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class. The ProBook 4 G1i 14 is the budget-line processor play — enthusiast silicon, doubled reliability, high-band office work — whose unscored graphics column keeps it strictly a documents machine.