HP Spectre X2 in the test

HP’s superbly-engineered Spectre X2 (12-a001ng) is the direct competition to the Microsoft Surface Pro 4. With its eight millimeter thin, rounded aluminum case, the sturdy stainless steel stand and the 12 inch touch screen, the HP Detachable looks at it first Look quite similar. A closer look, however, quickly reveals serious differences, such as the bright, but only full-HD resolution display (192 ppi). When working, however, we hardly noticed. Each Spectre X2 comes with a very well-functioning Active Styles pen (Wacom compatible) and an impressive aluminum keyboard with lighting, built-in loudspeakers (B & O technology) and a very large touchpad. It can be magnetically docked and offers a very high writing comfort. Only in an angled position, it minimizes the center.


Intel RealSense and twice USB 3.1


At interfaces, the Spectre X2 offers almost everything: from LTE, NFC, Bluetooth and WLAN-ac to the microSD card reader and twice USB 3.1 Type C, almost everything is available - only video inputs or outputs are missing. Why, however, the back 8 MP camera has the Intel RealSense 3D technology and not the 5 MP camera in the front, does not reveal itself to us. An Intel Core M3-6Y30 of the current Skylake generation and an M.2 SSD with 256 GB of memory, but only 4 GB of memory provide for the performance.


Hewlett-Packard Specter X2: Benchmark


In principle, the Windows 10 Pro range, 8 GB would have been more performance-friendly. However, the Specter X2 also proves to be the second-fastest specimen in this comparative test, but with a lot of residue to the leading Surface 4 Pro. The 4,511 points in the 3DMark Cloud Gate confirm that you can play sophisticated games and browser games on the Specter X2.


Conclusion


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With 4.471 points in the PCMark 7 and 2.24 points in the Cinebench R11.5 it is good for the office use. At the good PCMark-7 value, of course, the fast SSD helped. Your read rate of 475.1 MB / s is on a good level for M.2-SATAIII SSDs. In the run-time test, the 1.2 kilogram heavy Spectre X2 cuts significantly better than the lighter Surface 4 Pro. The 42-Wh battery in the Spectre was enough in our battery test for a whopping 4:19 hours.


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The HP Spectre X2 (12-a001ng) has a well-equipped and extremely high-quality detachable, including a very good price-performance ratio, which also has a full-HD display.