HP Spectre x360 14 (2024): price, specs & release date

Tom's Hardware lab-tested · 2024-02-19

battery life (web browsing, video streaming, OpenGL at 150 nits): 11 hours and 1 minute · display brightness: 366.2 nits · DCI-P3 gamut coverage: 85.8% · sRGB gamut coverage: 121.5% · Geekbench 6 multi-core: 12,358 points · Geekbench 6 single-core: 2,355 points · 25GB file transfer rate: 1,362.59 MBps · Cinebench R23 (first run): 9,348 points · max underside temperature: 107 F (41.6 C) · weight: 3.19 pounds

it delivers an outstanding user experience and is every bit the premium product it promises to be.

The Spectre x360 lasted 11 hours and 1 minute in our battery life test

Port selection is minimal; there's a 3.5 mm audio jack and a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port on the left and two Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports on the right.

The Spectre didn't stand out in the cross-platform Geekbench 5 processor benchmark, scoring last in single-core

PCWorld lab-tested · 2024-03-25

battery life (looping 4K Tears of Steel trailer): over 11 hours · PCMark 10: 5,721 · Cinebench R20 (Smart Sense profile): 3,690 · Cinebench R20 (Performance profile): 5,412 · 3DMark Time Spy (Smart Sense): 2,776 · 3DMark Time Spy (Performance profile): 3,735 · weight: 3.19 pounds

The HP Spectre x360 14 is a light, versatile, and pleasant Windows 2-in-1 that's great for touchscreen superfans.

It's a beautiful display with rich colors, incredible contrast, good motion clarity, and crisp sharpness.

The downside is brightness, which isn't as high as some IPS displays and, in combination with the glossy display finish, can at times make the display hard to use in a bright room (or outdoors).

the combined lack of Ethernet, HDMI, and an SD card reader really narrows the options.

Notebookcheck lab-tested · 2024-02-18

display brightness maximum: 389 cd/m² (Nits) · display brightness average: 383.9 cd/m² · black level (contrast infinite): 0 cd/m² · battery runtime WiFi websurfing (150 cd/m²): 9h 15min · battery runtime WiFi websurfing max brightness: 7h 25min · battery runtime H.264 1080p video: 16h 39min · battery runtime under load (max brightness): 2h 9min · weight: 1.45 kg (~3.2 lb)

the new HP Spectre x360 14 is a successful development of the old model and remains one of the best convertibles on the market.

The image quality is outstanding, and HP also includes several color profiles (including P3 and sRGB) directly, making an additional calibration unnecessary.

But PWM remains an issue at low brightness levels, and in contrast to Asus, HP doesn't offer any software solution at this point.

Only the new Intel iGPU still creates some problems while gaming.

TechRadar lab-tested · 2025-02-24

display average peak brightness: 366cd/m² · DCI-P3 gamut coverage: 86% · Geekbench: 12,358 · battery life (web surfing): 11hrs 1min · Civilization VI: Gathering Storm at 1080p: 36fps · max underside temperature after 15 min video streaming: 39°C · weight: 1.4kg

It's a fast, beautifully designed laptop, with a sumptuous screen, excellent performance and battery life, and the convenience of tent and tablet mode.

it delivers wonderfully vibrant colors, making games and videos look much richer, brighter and more solid than the numbers would suggest.

My one reservation about the design is a lack of ports: you get one USB-A port on the right-hand side, two USB-C ports on the left – and that's it.

The one area of compromise is graphics performance.