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  1. Table of Contents
  2. Top
  3. Main Differences
  4. Design
    1. Style
    2. Build Quality
    3. Hinge
    4. Portability
    5. Serviceability
    6. In The Box
  5. Display
    1. Screen Specs
    2. Refresh Rate
    3. Contrast
    4. Brightness
    5. Reflections
    6. Black Uniformity
    7. Horizontal Viewing Angle
    8. Vertical Viewing Angle
    9. Out-Of-The-Box Color Accuracy
    10. Color Gamut
    11. Flicker
  6. Interface
    1. Keyboard
    2. Touchpad
    3. Speakers
    4. Webcam & Microphone
  7. Connectivity
    1. Ports
    2. Wireless Communication
  8. Configuration
    1. CPU
    2. GPU
    3. RAM
    4. Storage
  9. Performance
    1. Geekbench 5 (Synthetics)
    2. Cinebench R23 (CPU Rendering)
    3. Blender (3D Rendering)
    4. Basemark GPU (Game Scene)
    5. Storage Drive Performance
    6. Battery
    7. Borderlands 3
    8. Civilization VI
    9. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
    10. Counter-Strike 2
    11. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
    12. Thermals And Noise
    13. Performance Over Time
  10. Additional Features And Software
    1. Software
    2. Extra Features
  11. Comments

Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2021) vs HP ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (2021)

Side-by-Side Comparison

Products

Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2021)
HP ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (2021)

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Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2021) Picture
HP ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (2021) Picture

Variants

  • ‎‎MacBook Pro 14 (‎MKGT3LL/A) (Silver - M1 Pro/10‑core CPU/16‑core GPU/16GB/1TB)
  • ‎‎MacBook Pro 14 (MKGR3LL/A) (Silver - M1 Pro/8‑core CPU/14‑core GPU/16GB/512GB)
  • ‎MacBook Pro 14 (‎MKGQ3LL/A) (Space Gray - M1 Pro/10‑core CPU/16‑core GPU/16GB/1TB)
  • MacBook Pro 14 (MKGP3LL/A) (Space Gray - M1 Pro/8‑core CPU/14‑core GPU/16GB/512GB)
  • ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (38K64UT) (Gray - ‎FHD/250 nits/i7-1185G7/Quadro T500/16GB/512GB)
  • ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (‎38G42UT) (Gray - ‎FHD/250 nits/i7-1185G7/Quadro T500/32GB/512GB)
  • ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (38K69UT) (Gray - ‎FHD/250 nits/i7-1185G7/Quadro T500/32GB/512GB)
  • ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (38K70UT) (Gray - 4K/i7-1185G7/Quadro T500/32GB/1TB)
  • ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (38B50UT) (Gray - FHD/250 nits/i7-1165G7/16GB/512GB)
  • ‎ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (63Q80UT) (Gray - FHD/250 nits/i7-1165G7/16GB/512GB)
  • ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (63Q89UT) (Gray - FHD/250 nits/i7-1165G7/Quadro T500/16GB/512GB)
  • ‎ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (346W0UT) (Gray - FHD/250 nits/i7-1165G7/Quadro T500/16GB/512GB)
  • ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (63Q93UT ) (Gray - FHD/250 nits/i7-1185G7/Quadro T500/32GB/512GB)
  • ‎ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (63Q91UT) (Gray - FHD/250 nits/i7-1185G7/‎Quadro T500/16GB/512GB)

Our Verdict

Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2021)

HP ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (2021)

The Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2021) is much better than the HP ZBook Firefly 15 G8 (2021). The MacBook Pro provides a better user experience, with a larger and more responsive touchpad, a better webcam and microphone array, more ports, and longer battery life. The MacBook Pro's display has a Mini LED backlight to provide better contrast and a 120Hz refresh rate to make the system feel more responsive. It also has full DCI P3 coverage for viewing and producing HDR content, while the HP model only has full coverage of the sRGB color space. Performance-wise, the MacBook Pro comes out ahead as its M1 Pro and Max SoCs are significantly faster and can handle more demanding tasks.

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