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Our opinion on the HP Pavilion 16-ag0003nf
Thin and light despite its 16-inch format, the blue laptop HP Pavilion 16-ag0003nf is efficient in everyday use, multimedia processing and light games thanks to its 16 GB of RAM and its AMD Hawk Point Ryzen 7 8840U processor with Radeon 780M graphics, but also its fast 512 GB SSD storage. This Windows 11 laptop has 16-inch Full HD 16/10th anti-glare screen is also equipped with a backlit keyboard, an Infrared webcam for biometric facial authentication or even a Wi-Fi 6 connectivity.
Features of the HP Pavilion 16-ag0003nf
Screen(s) | 16'' Full HD LED IPS 16/10th 300cd/m² ComfortView (1920×1200, anti-glare) |
Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 8840U Hawk Point (3.3 GHz, 8 cores, TDP 20-30W) |
Installed RAM (max) | 16 GB (soldered) LPDDR5 6400 MHz |
Graphics card | AMD Radeon 780M integrated into the processor |
Storage | 512GB M.2 SSD (NVMe PCIe) |
Connections | 1 USB 3.2 (Gen2) + 1 USB 3.2 (Gen1) + 2 USB 3.2 Type-C (Gen2), HDMI 2.1 |
Network | 6-axis Wi-Fi (2×2, Realtek), Bluetooth 5.3 |
Backlit keyboard | Yes |
Numeric keypad | Yes |
Windows Hello | Yes, via infrared webcam |
Audio system | 2 DTS:X Ultra speakers |
Operating system | Windows 11 64-bit |
Announced autonomy / Battery | 7 hours / Li-Polymer 3 cells 59Whr |
Weight / Dimensions (mm) | 1.79 Kg / 357.7 x 254.8 x 17.9-18.6 |
The HP Pavilion 16-ag0003nf faces the competition
The HP Pavilion 16-ag0003nf is now available in promotion at HP France and positions itself in the average in its category where it is one of the only to adopt in a colorful design a processor (low consumption) and a graphics solution as efficient and recent with a biometric authentication solution, but where we can find competitors offering a larger storage capacity and/or a processor/ more powerful graphics solution.
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Chassis, connectors, screen of the HP Pavilion 16-ag0003nf
It adopts an elegant original appearance with its thin and light sky blue design despite its 16-inch format.
This laptop has good connectivity including no less than 2 USB-C, Wi-Fi 6 ax and Bluetooth 5.3 wireless modules for remote connections and communications, an audio port, an HDMI video output useful for easily connect it to a monitor or a TV for example but also 2 USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) guaranteeing transfers up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 if you connect peripherals USB 3.0.
Via the infrared functionality of the webcam and Windows Hello technology, you can authenticate yourself biometrically using facial recognition.
When you need to better distinguish the keys, you can activate the backlighting of the chiclet keyboard.
The Full HD screen has a 16:10 format that is more comfortable in height to display more elements.
Thanks to its IPS technology, its viewing angles, both horizontal and vertical, are significant. However, the colorimetry here is classic, lower than that provided by high-end IPS.
Due to its anti-reflective coating, the screen offers better visibility in a bright environment (e.g. outdoors) than a shiny panel.
Performance, autonomy of the HP Pavilion 16-ag0003nf
The HP Pavilion 16-ag0003nf is a thin and light 16:10 laptop PC in an original color that performs well in everyday use.
In this area such as surfing the Internet and office use, viewing photos and videos or playing light games, this laptop delivers very good performance.
Because it is powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 8840U processor Hawk Point Octo Core housing the Radeon 780M graphics module with superior performance to the Intel Iris Xe, supported by 16 GB of RAM.
You can even carry out small multimedia work taking advantage of multi-cores and RAM, such as light video encoding or photo editing.
On the storage side we obviously find a robust, silent, energy-efficient and above all fast SSD. Here it offers 512 GB of capacity, like many models on the market.
However, if you need more space, you can use an external storage unit. To obtain fast transfers, we will favor a USB 3.0/USB-C type device.
In any case, the contribution of the SSD is appreciable on a daily basis because it provides great responsiveness and fluidity.
So starting/stopping is quick, just like launching applications or even arriving at online game cards.
As for autonomy while waiting for more concrete tests, count on around 7 hours on battery in light use for this mobile computer as easy to transport as an Ultrabook due to its limited weight and its thinness. It may interest some people looking for a Student laptop in the original color.