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HP EliteBook 6 G1a 16
HP's 16-inch EliteBook 6 G1a is an entry business laptop on AMD Ryzen chips, here with the Ryzen 7 250 and Radeon 780M graphics. It has a 56 Wh battery with a 65 W USB-C charger, weighs from 1.75 kg, is about 17 mm thick and has a 5 MP IR camera plus a fingerprint reader.
Pros
- Wide port selection: two Thunderbolt 4, two powered USB-A, HDMI 2.1, RJ-45 Ethernet and an optional smart card reader
- Ryzen 7 250 with 8 cores and Radeon 780M graphics, paired with DDR5-5600 SODIMM memory
- Anti-glare 16-inch 1920x1200 IPS panel in a 16:10 format
- 5 MP IR camera for Windows Hello face login, plus a fingerprint reader
- Fast charging to 50% in about 30 minutes with the included 65 W USB-C adapter
Cons
- The 1920x1200 panel is rated at 300 nits with only 62.5% sRGB coverage
- At 1.75 kg and about 17 mm thick it is bulky next to 14-inch models
- The Ryzen 7 250 NPU is rated at 16 TOPS, below the 40 TOPS Copilot+ PC level
- This configuration has Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 rather than Wi-Fi 7
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Performance uses the published results of the AMD Ryzen 7 250, because we have no benchmark result for this device itself yet.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the HP EliteBook 6 G1a 16
Display
- Screen size
- 16 ″
- Panel type
- IPS (UWVA), anti-glare
- Resolution
- 1920x1200
- Refresh rate
- 60 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 300 nits
Performance
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen 7 250
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon 780M (integrated)
- RAM
- 16 GB
- RAM type
- DDR5-5600 (SODIMM)
- Storage
- 512 GB
- Storage type
- PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD
Battery
- Capacity
- 56 Wh
- Charging
- 65 W
Design
- Weight
- 1.75 kg
- Thickness
- 17 mm
Connectivity
- Ports
- 2x Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C 40Gbps, Power Delivery 3.0, DisplayPort 1.4), 2x USB-A 5Gbps (powered), HDMI 2.1, RJ-45, headphone/mic combo jack, security lock slot, optional nano-SIM and smart card reader
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E (Realtek RTL8852CE, 2x2; Wi-Fi 7 on some configurations)
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- Webcam
- 5 MP IR camera
- Biometrics
- IR face recognition (Windows Hello), fingerprint reader
Software
- Operating system
- Windows 11 Pro
Quick answers
Is the HP EliteBook 6 G1a 16 good in 2026?
The HP EliteBook 6 G1a 16 earns an Inno Score of 39.9/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. HP's 16-inch EliteBook 6 G1a is an entry business laptop on AMD Ryzen chips, here with the Ryzen 7 250 and Radeon 780M graphics. It has a 56 Wh battery with a 65 W USB-C charger, weighs from 1.75 kg, is about 17 mm thick and has a 5 MP IR camera plus a fingerprint reader.
What are the key specs of the HP EliteBook 6 G1a 16?
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 250 · RAM: 16 GB · Screen size: 16 ″ · Weight: 1.75 kg
What are the closest alternatives to the HP EliteBook 6 G1a 16?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are HP ProBook 4 G1i 16, HP ProBook 4 G2i 16, Lenovo LOQ 15IRX10 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
