40 TECH ADVISOR • MAY 2020
REVIEW
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 for, say, more
battery capacity.
The truth is, none of this matters in a corporate
environment. The next test is PCMark 8 using various
simulated Corporate Drone tasks of word processing,
browsing, video conferencing and spreadsheeting.
As you can see, that back-of-the-pack performance
of the Elite Dragonfly suddenly looks pretty good.
The truth is the Elite Dragonfly is just fine for what
95 percent of Corporate Drone work requires. Just
remember to tell your boss, “it’s 200MHz faster”.
The Dragonfly also comes in well behind other technically
slower CPUs in our Handbrake stress test too
