PC World - USA (2020-03)

62 PCWorld MARCH 2020

REVIEWS HP ELITE DRAGONFLY

laptop. Yes, we

know, you’re

wondering why not

just buy a slower

CPU? The problem

is your boss still

wants the best.

That’s not to say

the Core i7-8665U

is actually slower

than a consumer

Core i7-8565U—it’s

just that to make it

that fast, HP would

have to add in, say,

two fans instead of

one, and beefier

heat pipes. That

adds weight,

increases fan noise,

and removes space

In single-threaded

tasks, the Dragonfly

again underperforms

against other

technically slower

CPUs, but not by

much.

Dell XPS 13 7390

(Core i7-10710)

Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 7390(Core i7-1065G7)

HP Spectre x360 13 5th Gen(Core i7-1065G7)

Dell XPS 13 9380 (Core i7-8565U)

HP Spectre x360 13 2019

(Core i7-8565U)

HP Elite Dragonfly

(Core i7-8565U)

Lenovo IdeaPad 730S

(Core i5-8265U)

HP Spectre x360 13 2017(Core 7-8550U)

M(Ryzen 7 3580U)icrosoft Surface Laptop 3 15”

Cinebench R15.038

(Single-core performance)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

197

172

184

156

184

170

181

156

152

Dell XPS 13 7390

(Core i7-10710)

Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 7390

(Core i7-1065G7)

HP Spectre x360 13 5th Gen

(Core i7-1065G7)

Dell XPS 13 9380 (Core i7-8565U)

M(Ryzen 7 3580U)icrosoft Surface Laptop 3 15”

HP Spectre x360 13 2019(Core i7-8565U)

HP Elite Dragonfly(Core i7-8565U)

Lenovo IdeaPad 730S

(Core i5-8265U)

HP Spectre x360 13 2017

(Core 7-8550U)

Cinebench R15.038

(Multi-core performance)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

1,106

695

714

585

788

623

705

555

553

Like most business-

class laptops, the Elite

Dragonfly doesn’t

set any performance

records.