

Our in-house battery benchmark test simulates an average day of web browsing at moderate brightness (200 nits), automatically scrolling through 50 of the most popular websites in Chrome. The Envy offers truly all-day battery life That's remarkable for an integrated graphics card, especially in a slim, lightweight laptop. We managed to achieve playable framerates in games like Minecraft, No Man's Sky, and even can play on "low" settings in some newer games. The Iris Plus in the Spectre could handle minor tasks like video and photo editing, but the Radeon graphics in the Envy can actually be used for real gaming. Ryzen's integrated Radeon graphics whoop Intel's integrated Iris GPUs by as much as 20%. It's even more impressive when you look at our gaming and graphics benchmarks. You can upgrade the SSD yourself after the fact, though HP doesn't consider it something most users should do on their own.įor $800, you're getting performance that easily matches laptops costing $1,000 and up. You may need to jump up to the Ryzen 7 processor to do this, though configurations will vary from retailer to retailer. One thing we do recommend is upgrading to 16GB of RAM if you can, since it's not user-upgradeable after the fact. You can also jump up to Ryzen 7 processors, though this bumps the MSRP to around $1,000-though we've already seen deals pushing that down to around $800 as well. You can step down to a slower Ryzen 3 processor for $699, but it has a smaller 128GB SSD. The model we reviewed offers the best mix of power, performance, and portability, especially for the $799 MSRP. The 2020 Envy x360 13 comes in a wide variety of configurations, and there are also 15- and 17-inch models that are slightly different, including similar models that lack the 2-in-1 hinge.

