HP ZBook Fury G1i 16” review

HP ZBook Fury G1i 16 (2025) Review: The Memory Flagship That Plays

The ZBook Fury G1i 16 is HP's 2025 heavyweight workstation: an Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX with an RTX Pro 1000 Laptop GPU and a batch-maximum 192 GB of memory at $1,760. It is the rare workstation whose gaming index tops the entire batch — and whose portability number pays for everything.

Where it holds up

The 192 GB of memory triples the workstation-class median of 64 — the largest allocation in this batch. The graphics score reads 66.86, 58.3 percent above the class median, and the GPU-fed axes convert it: gaming lands at 88 in the top band, the joint-highest gaming index in this batch, photo design at 89 in the top band, modeling and engineering CAD both at 60 in the mid band. Office work reads 98.53 top, overall performance 76.06 high, and reliability 73 stands 67.8 percent above the class. Overwatch, Grand Theft Auto V and Rainbow Six Siege all clear their recommended bars, with Photoshop and Visual Studio Code passing.

Where it falls short

Weight is the flagged weakness: 2.43 kg is 24.6 percent above the workstation-class median of 1.95, in the heavy band, and portability drops to 23.8 in the low band. Value sits mid at 43.95 — fair, not generous — and modeling at 60 stops short of the high band for a machine with professional GPU ambitions.

Price and depreciation

At $1,760 this prices level with the entire 2025 ZBook tier despite carrying the most memory and the top gaming index among them. The modeled depreciation curve runs at 20 percent per year — the steepest pace in this batch — and no listing anchor is available for dollar projections.

Alternatives to consider

The ZBook Fury G1i 18 (2025) is the identical platform at the same $1,760 behind an 18-inch panel — portability falls from 23.8 to zero, weight rises to 3.52 kg, so the 16 is the rational pick of the pair. The ZBook X G2i 16 (2026) at $2,200 counters with photo design at 88 and gaming at 57 in a lighter frame with half the memory. Outside the badge, the OmniBook 7 17.3 at $1,232 posts modeling 81 and photo 89 — the creative axes for consumer money, without the 192 GB or the gaming crown.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class. The ZBook Fury G1i 16 is the batch's memory and gaming flagship — 192 GB, top-band gaming and photo — built into a 2.43 kg frame that asks to stay on the desk.