This holiday season Hewett Packard and Toshiba reveals one of their affordable yet powerful laptop PC in the market, the
HP Pavilion g7-2251dx and Toshiba Satellite L855-S5309. Both laptops can be had at the price of $400. They have different size, the first one, HP Pavilion g7-2251dx, has a display size of 17 inches which is good for those who like watching movies on their laptop and matched with a powerful discreet-class GPU called AMD Radeon HD 7640G. The
Toshiba Satellite L855-S5309 laptop PC on the other hand is equipped with 15.6-inch display size which is matched with integrated GPU called Intel HD Graphics. Well, if you like to watch movies with your laptop, it is better to choose the HP Pavilion g7-2251dx because of its larger display and powerful GPU.
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| HP Pavilion g7-2251dx |
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| Toshiba Satellite L855-S5309 |
With regards to CPU, the HP Pavilion g7-2251dx comes with Ivy Bridge Core i3-3110M with 3MB level 3 cache while the Toshiba Satellite L855-S5309 is equipped with AMD A8-Series A8-4500M with 2MB Level 2 cache. On this side, the Toshiba Satellite L855-S5309 is quite powerful than HP Pavilion g7-2251dx, but this is almost negligible.
In terms of hard disk capacity, the HP Pavilion g7-2251dx comes packed with 500B while the Toshiba Satellite L855-S5309 is packed with 640GB. On this side the Toshiba Satellite L855-S5309 won the game but not that much. The table below compares the specs of the two laptops side by side.
| Processor Brand |
HP Pavilion g7-2251dx |
Toshiba Satellite L855-S5309 |
| Processor |
AMD A8-Series A8-4500M |
Intel Core i3-3110M |
| Processor Speed |
1.9 to 2.4 GHz |
2.4GHz |
| PassMark Rating |
2651 |
2877 |
| Display Type |
High-definition widescreen LED-backlit with BrightView technology (1600 x 900) |
High-definition widescreen LED-backlit TFT with TruBrite technology (1366 x 768) |
| Screen Size (Measured Diagonally) |
17.3 inches |
15.6 inches |
| Cache Memory |
4MB Level 2 |
3MB Level 3 |
| System Memory (RAM) |
4GB |
4GB |
| Type of Memory (RAM) |
DDR3 SDRAM |
DDR3 |
| Computer Hard Drive Size |
500GB |
640GB |
| Optical Drive |
DVD±RW/CD-RW |
Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW |
| Graphics |
AMD Radeon HD 7640G discrete-class |
Mobile Intel HD |
| Video Memory |
Up to 2029MB total available |
Shared |
| Built-in Webcam |
Yes |
Yes |
| Networking |
Built-in 10/100Base-TX Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector) |
Built-in 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector) |
| Wireless Networking |
Wireless-B+G+N |
Wireless-B+G+N |
| Bluetooth-Enabled |
No |
No |
| Audio |
Dolby Advanced Audio |
SRS Premium Sound HD |
| USB Ports |
2 USB 3.0; 1 USB 2.0 |
2 USB 3.0; 1 USB 2.0 |
| Laptop Weight |
Standard (more than 5.5 lbs.) |
Ultraportable (5.5 lbs. or less) |
| Pointing Device |
Touchpad with multitouch gesture support and on/off button |
Touchpad with multitouch control |
| HDMI Output |
Yes |
Yes |
| Operating System |
Windows 8 |
Windows 8 |
| Included Software |
CyberLink PhotoDirector, CyberLink PowerDirector, CyberLink PowerDVD, CyberLink Power2Go and more |
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| Graphics Chip |
AMD/ATI |
Intel |
| Drive Capacity |
500GB |
640GB |
| Graphics Card |
AMD Radeon HD 7640G discrete-class |
Mobile Intel HD |
| Product Height |
1.5" |
1.3" |
| Product Width |
16.2" |
15" |
| Product Weight |
6.6 lbs. |
5.5 lbs. |
| Product Depth |
10.5" |
9.5" |
| Battery Type |
6-cell lithium-ion |
6-cell lithium-ion |
As you observed, the HP Pavilion g7-2251dx is a must buy between the two because of its powerful processor and graphics controller. For those who like watching movies with their laptop and do some computing with it, this laptop PC is for you.
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