Part of the revolutionary impact of AI comes from its ability to empower different kinds of businesses to tailor transformational tools for their specific needs. For example, local, on-device AI can unlock new opportunities for efficiency and innovation for companies that need levels of data security, privacy, latency, offline functionality, or customization that cloud-based applications can’t provide. While the potential benefits of on-device AI may be clear, knowing where to start is a different matter. An important first step is the decision to outfit your team with computers designed for on-device AI—those that contain neural processing units (NPUs) that accelerate AI tasks.
New AI-integrated notebooks—such as the HP EliteBook 8 G1a 14 inch Notebook Next Gen AI PC—include NPUs, GPUs, and CPUs designed for both AI-oriented and traditional resource-intensive tasks. To provide potential buyers with objective AI PC performance data, we used a range of industry-standard benchmarks to compare the AI and office productivity performance of three systems: an HP EliteBook 8 G1a powered by an AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 processor, a Dell Pro 14 Plus laptop with an Intel Core Ultra 7 268V processor, and a Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 laptop with an Intel Core Ultra 7 268V processor. We also conducted thermal and battery life testing to see if mobile workers could use each system comfortably while they knock out a full day of heavy workloads.
In our tests, the AMD-powered EliteBook 8 G1a achieved higher NPU and CPU performance scores compared to the Intel-powered Dell Pro 14 Plus and Lenovo ThinkPad T14s—including a 57 percent advantage in one on-device AI test and a 47 percent win in one 3D-rendering workload. And the EliteBook stayed comfortably cool and provided more than a full workday’s worth of battery life under load. Those performance and usability benefits can translate to more productive days for busy professionals tackling demanding workloads on the go.
To find out more about our extensive AI PC notebook comparison tests, check out the report and infographic below.
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