The HP ZBook Power G11 A (2024) is a Windows workstation laptop. It's configurable with AMD 8040-series CPUs paired with integrated graphics or an NVIDIA RTX Ada Generation Laptop GPU. It offers various FHD+ display options (with or without touch input), a single 120Hz QHD+ display option, a full-size keyboard with a Numpad, and a 1440p IR webcam. Ports include two USB-As, two USB-Cs (USB4), an HDMI 2.1, an SD card reader, a 3.5mm headphone jack, an Ethernet port, and a SIM card reader. It has support for Wi-Fi 6E, and there's also optional cellular connectivity. Keyboard backlighting is an optional feature.
See our unit's specifications and the available configuration options in the Differences Between Variants section.
Our Verdict
The HP ZBook Power G11 A is good for school use. With its AMD CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs, it offers strong performance for intensive workloads. This makes it a great choice for students in fields like graphic design, engineering, or the sciences. If don't need as much graphical horsepower, you can get it with integrated graphics. Another positive is its outstanding battery life; it can last more than 16 hours on a single charge for light use if you get it with integrated graphics. The user experience is also great overall, as the touchpad and keyboard are both easy to use. The touchpad isn't perfect, though, as the edges are inconsistent. Finally, the major downside is the display. Some of the displays don't get very bright and struggle with reflections from direct light sources like classroom lights. As a result, they aren't suitable for use in bright environments.
- Excellent port selection.
- Excellent build quality.
- Amazing battery life for light use.
- Keyboard and touchpad are easy to use.
- Large and hefty laptop.
- Some display's aren't suitable for bright environments.
The HP ZBook Power G11 A isn't a gaming laptop. Its AMD CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs can deliver a relatively smooth gaming experience. However, keep in mind that the RTX Ada Generation GPUs are mainly designed for professional workloads, so they don't have the best game drivers and lack features like DLSS and Frame Generation. Almost all the available displays are 60Hz panels with a slow response time, so fast-moving scenes appear blurry, and they don't support VRR to reduce screen tearing. On the upside, the laptop doesn't get hot or loud under load.
- Excellent port selection.
- Discrete GPU options available.
- Cool and quiet under load.
- iGPU not suited for intensive gaming.
- Most display options have slow response time and no VRR support.
The HP ZBook Power G11 A provides a decent multimedia experience. The best feature of this laptop is its battery. It lasts more than 13 hours for media playback, so you can binge-watch your favorite series from sun-up to sun-down before reaching for the charger. The speakers also get quite loud. However, they sound unnatural and lack all bass. Display options are really a mixed bag. A couple are bright and vibrant, but most are quite dim and have a narrow color gamut. As a result, everyday content looks washed out, and they aren't suitable for use in bright environments. In dark environments, the display can get quite dim to prevent eye strain. However, since it uses IPS panels, blacks look grey in dark settings, so it doesn't provide a great viewing experience in dark environments either.
- Displays with up to 1000 cd/m² peak brightness available.
- Amazing battery life for light use.
- Keyboard and touchpad are easy to use.
- Speakers are fatiguing to listen to.
- Image appear washed out due to display's color gamut.
- Some display's aren't suitable for bright environments.
The HP ZBook Power G11 A is an excellent workstation. Its AMD 8040-series HS processors and NVIDIA discrete GPUs offer plenty of horsepower for intensive workloads like simulations or 3D rendering. It's also configurable with up to 64 GB of RAM and 4TB of storage; both are user-replaceable. Its excellent port selection includes USB 4 ports and a full HDMI, allowing you to transfer files quickly and connect multiple external displays. Unfortunately, most of the displays aren't suitable for color-critical work, as they lack coverage of the commonly used sRGB color space.
- Excellent port selection.
- Displays with 100% sRGB coverage available.
- Displays with up to 1000 cd/m² peak brightness available.
- Discrete GPU options available.
- Cool and quiet under load.
- Image appear washed out due to display's color gamut.
- iGPU not suited for intensive workloads.
The HP ZBook Power G11 A is very good for business use. It offers a robust user experience with its all-aluminum chassis, fantastic keyboard and touchpad, and clear webcam. Moreover, if you opt for a model with integrated graphics, its battery life is good for over 16 hours of light use on a single charge; it won't last as long if you get more powerful hardware. There's a wide port selection, and you can even get the laptop with cellular connectivity if you need to work on the go. However, it's very large and hefty, so it's not the best to carry around to different meetings or while traveling. Also, many of the displays don't get particularly bright or have the best reflection handling, so they struggle in a bright office environment.
- Excellent port selection.
- Excellent build quality.
- Fantastic webcam.
- Amazing battery life for light use.
- Keyboard and touchpad are easy to use.
- Large and hefty laptop.
- Some display's aren't suitable for bright environments.
Changelog
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Updated Jul 24, 2025:
Added mention of the Dell Pro Max 16 (2025) as an alternative with NVIDIA Blackwell generation discrete GPUs in the GPU section.
- Updated May 07, 2025: We've updated this review to Test Bench 0.8.3, which removes the viewing angle tests and adds a GPU Total Graphics Power comparison in the GPU section. The Pen Input test in the Extra Features section has also changed, as it now shows whether the laptop supports pen input rather than the inclusion of a stylus in the box. See the changelog for more details.
- Updated Aug 27, 2024: Review published.
- Updated Aug 22, 2024: Early access published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the HP ZBook Power G11 A equipped with an FHD+ IPS display, an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS, integrated graphics (AMD Radeon 780M), 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage. The display, CPU, GPU, memory, and storage are configurable; the available options are in the table below. There's another major variant, the HP ZBook Power G11. These models feature Intel CPUs and a wider range of NVIDIA discrete GPUs. Our review only applies to models with AMD CPUs.
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Popular Laptop Comparisons
The HP ZBook Power G11 A is a good Windows workstation laptop. It offers a wide range of configuration options that can scale up or down depending on your needs. Its user experience is good overall, but despite using some premium materials, it doesn't feel as premium as other laptops in its price range. For example, many display options aren't bright enough to use in bright environments, and the speakers sound unnatural. Finally, while customizability is its strength for performance, it can be difficult to navigate HP's website to find the configuration you want.
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The Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 (2024) is a more versatile Windows workstation laptop than the HP ZBook Power G11 A (2024) and is better for most uses. The Lenovo is more versatile, as it offers a wider range of hardware configurations, including both NVIDIA GeForce RTX and RTX Ada Generation discrete GPUs. Both laptops feature excellent build quality, though, and use premium materials. Another point goes to Lenovo for portability; though not small (it's a 16-inch laptop), it's significantly lighter than the HP. Finally, while the HP offers a wider range of display options, the Lenovo has both IPS and OLED options; with the OLED, you can perform color-critical work using the DCI P3 color space, something that isn't possible with the HP laptop. However, if you need the longest battery life possible, go with the HP. It lasts more than 16 hours for light use.
The HP ZBook Power G11 A (2024) is a better laptop for most uses than the Dell Precision 3591 (2024). These are both Windows workstation laptops and, as a result, have similar features. Both have a very wide port selection, Wi-Fi 6E connectivity, and options for NFC support. They also both support a variety of new CPUs and NVIDIA discrete GPUs, so you can scale the hardware performance up or down depending on your workflow needs. Where the HP excels is its user experience. Its battery lasts three times as long, and it has a great keyboard and trackpad.
The Apple MacBook Pro 16 (M3, 2023) is much better than the HP ZBook Power G11 A (2024) for most uses. It offers a much better user experience, with an industry-leading Mini-LED display, up-firing speakers, a huge haptic touchpad, and a fantastic keyboard. The MacBook also takes the performance crown, as its M3 Max and Pro SoC's outperform every CPU option from the HP. However, one place the HP excels over the MacBook is customizability. The HP offers an almost overwhelming number of configurations, so it's easy to scale up or down your device depending on your performance needs. The HP also features user-replaceable RAM and storage, something which isn't available on the MacBook.
Despite both being workstation laptops, the Dell XPS 16 (2024) and HP ZBook Power G11 A (2024) offer very different user experiences and have different use cases. The HP is better for design and simulation, while the Dell is better for content creation. The Dell looks and feels like a premium device and is the right choice if aesthetics matter to you. It features outstanding build quality with a sleek design, features up-firing speakers that sound great, and high refresh rate IPS or OLED displays. Both of these displays are suitable for color-critical work in the sRGB and DCI P3 color spaces, respectively. If raw performance is what you're after, get the HP. Not only does it feature NVIDIA Ada Generation discrete GPUs designed for professionals doing graphic design or simulations, but its thermal solution is outstanding. By contrast, the Dell laptop significantly thermal throttles under load despite capping the TGP (total graphics power) of its GeForce RTX discrete GPUs to 50W or 60W, depending on the model.
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