Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 performance debut: HP OmniBook Ultra 14 laptop review

[Redaktion]

For just over a grand, the OmniBook Ultra 14 offers massive performance gains when compared to other subnotebooks in its price range. Some cut corners have been made to the display, but they're nothing that most users can't live with.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ryzen-AI-9-HX-375-performance-debut-HP-OmniBook-Ultra-14-laptop-review.893965.0.html

[AlexZ]

This is going to be a good alternative to Thinkpad P14s.

[chris@amd]

Vivobook S14 lasts ~45% longer while having ~10% bigger battery and consumes more ! something is off here. actually way better power consumption figures than vivobook s14 hx370 which seems right considering IPS vs OLED with kind of similar res and refresh rate, but when it comes to battery life, its the other way. vivobook stays more than 16 hours browsing web while this 11 hours, while consuming less and every one knows OLED in white web pages eats battery.
otherwise nice machine. its plenty fast, cool and reasonably quiet. expected far more battery life and would prefer to see HDMI and more type-A ports and also type-c on both sides please. the price of HX365 would be considered good if it had 32GB ram. this HX375 is actually 1500 ish dollars that is not fair. some manufacturer should start putting LPCAMM2 on their laptops and not charge a heck of money for just 16GB. and just maybe somebody needs 64GB that which they don't offer.

[Trindade]

You forgot to update the DPC Latency section, it still shows the placeholder guide

[toto1234]

Vivobook S14 lasts ~45% longer while having ~10% bigger battery and consumes more ! something is off here. actually way better power consumption figures than vivobook s14 hx370 which seems right considering IPS vs OLED with kind of similar res and refresh rate, but when it comes to battery life, its the other way. vivobook stays more than 16 hours browsing web while this 11 hours, while consuming less and every one knows OLED in white web pages eats battery.

You really shouldn't believe any battery life figures in review websites anyway.
In my experience (and I've had multiple Windows and Mac laptops reviewed on this site), you can basically divide the results by 2 to get something realistic.

[DantePierttyr]

Vivobook S14 lasts ~45% longer while having ~10% bigger battery and consumes more ! something is off here. actually way better power consumption figures than vivobook s14 hx370 which seems right considering IPS vs OLED with kind of similar res and refresh rate, but when it comes to battery life, its the other way. vivobook stays more than 16 hours browsing web while this 11 hours, while consuming less and every one knows OLED in white web pages eats battery.

You really shouldn't believe any battery life figures in review websites anyway.
In my experience (and I've had multiple Windows and Mac laptops reviewed on this site), you can basically divide the results by 2 to get something realistic.

I always get similar results to notebookcheck when it comes to battery life.

[Konstantinos]

You only need to apply liquid metal on the CPU & GPU and you will get even better performance and 15oC less temperature. And you have a great laptop.

I always do it on all my laptops/desktops.

[Gobrel]

Would be great to include the Windows Version and driver version since there is a mess with performance under different windows versions.

[Alex1808]

Thank you for your review.
What I really don't get is why you're testing battery life under heavy load. This is isn't a gaming laptop, it's an "omni" use one, right? You're lacking a protocol for battery tests dedicated to mixed use...like Chrome with 10 tabs open, Word/Excel, Youtube or Netflix playing and an antivirus in the background.
Example: Can I take this laptop without the charger at the exhibition where I'll be for 10 hours? Or on my 1 day work trip? I dunno, nobody tested real-life use:))

[LL]

It is impressive how companies destroy their own advantages by not having coherence in their product.
IPS is not the problem, the problem is in a very mobile device they put a glossy screen  with only 300 nits brightness.

[Poste]

Help me out here. Where does this new omnibook brand fit in? Is it a consumer line where it is above spectre brand (even though it lacks better display options) or is it a business brand fitting above the elite (but the build quality not on par or above elite and some business centric features missing) or is it a prisoner brand like the Lenovo thinkbook ( still missing options that the thinkbook 14 line offers).
So how can clients be swayed towards this line except for AI?

[Prime20]

9/26/2024:

The headline of the Article - "Arc Graphics 140V is faster and more efficient than Radeon 890M"

10/5/2024:

The headline of the article - "Radeon 890M faster than Arc 140V: HP OmniBook Ultra 14 review"

[Koten]

What about DPC Latencies?

[ARTcuda]

I'm bit desperate cause RAM size - ok, it's soldered but provide options for at least 64 GB. Why I need 64 GB in consumers model - probooks/elitebooks aren't available with AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375/Ryzen AI 9 HX 365. Even Z books don't have options with newer CPUs, only older AMD or hot Intel in Fury with odd latency issues and weak GPU on top

[vsaua]

I've just bought the 365 version of it. I was hoping for lower temperatures and lower noise levels with the 365 CPU.

After a couple of days of configuration as a web development machine. I started working on it, and I found that slight electronic noise/coil whine when idling is quite annoying for people with sensitive hearing. My old HP ProBook G8 445 (Ryzen 5600U) is dead silent when the fan is not running. As I see that the newest HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI also has this issue. What a disappointment. I was also considering that laptop with 64GB of RAM.

Anyway, I'm going to keep the laptop after days of configuration as I'm working with an external monitor and will buy a 2m USB-C Display Port cable and place the laptop further from my ears.

The glance screen is terrible with reflections, I had to cover it as it's like a mirror sitting next to the external display.

I couldn't install Linux for a dual boot, because BIOS secure boot doesn't allow booting the Linux loader. I hope I'll be able to import EFI keys somehow and install Linux because I need both Windows and Linux for my work. In the worst case, I'll probably go with the HP Elitebook G10 on 7840U/HS CPU just to have a separate working Linux machine. As I see from the reviews, previous EliteBooks don't have any electric noises/coil whine.

Otherwise, it's a very good laptop. I changed the CPU Performance mode from Aggressive to Efficient, and the fans turn on rarely. This change doesn't affect the performance of my workflow at all; everything feels very fast and snappy compared to my previous machine with 5600U. I use the USB concentrator on my external display, so a few-port selection is not an issue at all. The internal speakers and sound are pretty decent. This would be an ideal high-performance work machine if it weren't for the static electrical noise.

I don't know how to buy laptops in the future, even in real stores, coil whine is hard to hear because of the noisy environment of the store itself.