HP ZBook Studio 16 G10 review – finally, capable thin and light mobile workstation

Name: HP ZBook Studio G10
Brand: HP

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From: Nikolay Palaozov 15 September 2023 / 18:24 | 0

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The HP ZBook Studio 16 G10 can be a wet dream for professionals who are constantly on the go and need a powerful workstation with capable cooling. The laptop boasts a strong build with a very smooth hinge mechanism, a modern design with thin bezels around the display, and comfortable input devices.

The backlit spill-resistant keyboard has a long key travel and clicky feedback, and the glass touchpad is big and accurate, which is handy when you have to use the notebook whiteout an external mouse. The IPS display (BOE BOE0A4F) has a 16:10 aspect ratio (which is great for work because of the extra vertical space), wide viewing angles, a very good contrast ratio (16:10), and high maximum brightness.

The thing that makes it good for content creation is the 94% sRGB color coverage and the lack of PWM usage. The base color accuracy isn’t optimal, but you can change that with the aid of our “Gaming and Web design” profile. If you need a high-resolution display, there are two 2400p display options, and one of them is an OLED variant. The two big Bang & Olufsen speakers produce quality sound clear of deviations.

You can choose among many CPU and GPU options. The good news is that the cooling is capable enough to handle a powerful chip like the Core i7-13700H even in prolonged periods of stress. In this scenario, the CPU can maintain almost a 3.00 GHz P core clock and 60W power limit which is impressive for a thin and light device like this one. The temperatures are also under control. On the outside, you can feel some amount of warmness in the center of the keyboard but that’s all. The two fans aren’t loud as hell in “Performance” mode but you can definitely hear them when the CPU is stressed at 100%. The noise levels during gaming are a bit lower.

Wait a minute, playing games with a workstation, is that possible? Well, yeah, the HP ZBook Studio 16 G10 can be configured with snappy Ada Generation and standard RTX mobile GPUs. Our device comes with an NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation video card with a 60W TGP. Despite the low power limit, the performance in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is better compared to the 165W version of the RTX 3080. Not bad! At the same time, the graphics chip is well-cooled – we saw just 64°C after half an hour of gaming.

The upgrade options are good, at least when it comes to RAM. There are two SODIMMs for up to 64GB of DDR5-4800MHz (or 5600MHz) which is future-proof. The single M.2 slot is suitable for up to 4TB Gen. 4 SSDs (or for up to 1TB SED SSDs). The battery life is out of this world. The 86Wh unit has enough juice for 25 hours of Web browsing and almost 17 hours of video playback. This is a staggering result!

Well folks, the HP ZBook Studio 16 G10 is an almost perfect thin and light workstation. The only two downsides are the high price and the single M.2 slot. With that aside, the machine offers great cooling and performance for people who are often on the go.

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