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HP Omnibook X 14 Review
Key specifications
- CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
- NPU: Qualcomm Hexagon
- Graphics: Qualcomm Adreno
- Memory: 16GB LPDDR5x
- Storage: 1TB SSD
- Screen size: 14in
- Screen type: IPS touchscreen
- Resolution: 2240 x 1400
- Refresh rate: 60Hz
- Colour gamut (measured): 81% P3
- Brightness (measured): 306 nits
- Ports: 1x USB-C 40Gbps, 1x USB-C 10Gbps, 1x USB-A 10Gbps, 1x 3.5mm headphone jack
- Wireless connectivity: Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3
- Dimensions: 31.29 x 22.35 x 1.43 cm
- Weight: 1.34kg
Design, build and display
The Omnibook X isn’t overburdened with ports, but what’s there is just enough. You get two USB-C ports, one capable of 40Gbps, though telling it apart from its neighbour, which transfers at 10Gbps, is a matter of squinting at some very small logos printed next to them. They’re both used for charging, and both can hook up to an external monitor, which means you’ll want a dock or be left reliant on the lone USB-A 10Gbps port, which is a clever folding slimline model to avoid making the laptop any thicker.
Features
The Omnibook X isn’t overburdened with ports, but what’s there is just enough. You get two USB-C ports, one capable of 40Gbps, though telling it apart from its neighbour, which transfers at 10Gbps, is a matter of squinting at some very small logos printed next to them. They’re both used for charging, and both can hook up to an external monitor, which means you’ll want a dock or be left reliant on the lone USB-A 10Gbps port, which is a clever folding slimline model to avoid making the laptop any thicker.
Benchmark scores
| Benchmark | Omnibook X 14 |
|---|---|
| Geekbench 6 | 2371 (CPU Single-core), 12433 (CPU Multi-core) |
| Cinebench 2024 | 106 (CPU single-core), 627 (CPU multi-core), GPU: not compatible |
| UL Procyon | not compatible |
| Topaz Video AI | error |
| ON1 Resize | 158,250ms (200% resize time) |
| PugetBench for Photoshop | 6415 (Overall), 58.5 (General), 70.4 (Filter) |
| PugetBench for DaVinci Resolve | not compatible |
Performance
In the demanding Cinebench 2024 rendering benchmark, the Omnibook posts a multi-core CPU score that’s lower than we’re used to seeing from laptops with the same chip in them. Its score of 627 is beaten by the Surface Laptop 7, Asus Vivobook S 15 and Lenovo Slim 7x, both of which score in the 800s.
Price
£1,349.99
Who is it for?
- Home workers
- Those who want to jot down ideas or do a quick sketch at an ungodly hour before the inspiration evaporates
- Those who work out of their cars, cafes, hotel bars or their beds
Score card
| Attributes | Notes | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Design | Smart, portable and businesslike | 4/5 |
| Features | Well specced, but an extra port would have been nice | 3/5 |
| Performance | Good CPU, weak GPU | 3/5 |
| Value | With lots of competition, it sits in the middle | 3/5 |
Buy it if…
- You’re often away from a plug socket for a few days
- You’re not pushing high-bitrate video files around
- You love Copilot
Don’t buy it if…
- You need more graphics power
- Your studio has lots of chargers
- You secretly want a Mac
Also consider
- Surface Laptop 7
- Asus Vivobook S 15
- Lenovo Slim 7x
