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The original was posted on /r/amdlaptops by /u/axefjord on 2023-09-06 18:21:32.

Since there seems to be very little information about these laptops and the 7840u, I thought I might do an effort for once on reddit.

I just got the laptop for work, and so I can do a little bit of testing or reviewing on it. If there is anything you want to know, just give me a comment below.

And yes, the price was NOT much value-for-the-money. However, I had to choose HP, and the laptop needed to be reliable for some years with some travelling.

Laptop:

HP 865 G10

  • CPU: 7840U

  • GPU: 780m (inteegrated)

  • 1x 16gb ram

  • 1200p screen, 400nits, edit: IPS

  • 75wh battery

(I might upgrade the RAM to 2x 16, since it should increse 3d performance by 30-50% according to notebookcheck)

First impressions:

  • Better in all aspects compared to my monday-product xps7590 (2019). Well, except the 4k Oled on the xps of course…
  • Very good touchpad
  • Screen is good, but 1600p would be better. Love the taller screen compared to 16:9.
  • fingerprint sensor works very good after registering the finger a second time.
  • Stable, no issues as of 3 days office use.
  • No slowdowns.
  • I have not heard the fan during normal work. It turned on once when installing/downloading several programs simultaneous. And even though I’m sensitive to noise, the fan was quite comfortable during the 3-minute Victoria 3 game i tried. I’m impressed!
    • (the fan might have been on while at the workplace, but if I can’t hear it in a “quiet” office, it’s good enough for me)

Measurements:

(with VPN, wifi, office/teams/misc running in the background, etc)

  • Power draw idle: 5.3 Watt (about 60% brightness, nothing connected)
    • I also saw 6.5 and 10 Watt “idle”. I guess windows works in mysterious ways…
  • Battery time (light office): about 9h (extrapolated after 2h use and 22% batt.reduction)

Gaming:

  • Victoria 3 seemed to run smooth, while “playing” for a couple of minutes.

(Sorry, I don’t have the time for much gaming benchmarking).