HP EliteBook Ultra 14 G1i review

HP EliteBook Ultra 14 G1i (2025) Review: The Premium Office Carry

The EliteBook Ultra 14 G1i is HP's 2025 premium business ultraportable: an Intel Core Ultra 5 226V with Arc 130V graphics and 32 GB of memory at $1,144. The badge promises the fleet flagship experience, and the durability and portability rows deliver it — while the graphics column stays blank, as it does across this whole Arc generation.

Where it holds up

Reliability reads 87 — 104.7 percent above the business-class median of 42.5, more than double — and processor performance scores 84.33, up 59.2 percent on the class, both in the top quartile. Portability lands at 77.6 in the high band, office work holds 72.91 high, and photo design recovers to 35 in the mid band, the best showing among the unscored-graphics machines of this generation. Overall performance sits mid at 45.51 and value mid at 48, fair for the premium badge.

Where it falls short

The graphics score column reads zero — a coverage gap rather than a measured zero; no matched score exists for the Arc 130V stack. The GPU-fed axes sit low: gaming at 19, modeling at 17, engineering CAD at 22. In plain terms this is the familiar trade: a superb office carry with an unscored GPU, in a pricier frame than the standard line.

Price and depreciation

At $1,144 this prices with the standard 2025 business tier despite the Ultra badge — reasonable positioning for the durability premium. The modeled depreciation curve runs at 12 percent per year; no listing anchor is available for dollar projections.

Alternatives to consider

The EliteBook 6 G1a 14 (2025) at the same $1,144 counters with a measured 34.39 graphics score, photo design at 72 against 35 and 64 GB of memory — strictly more measured machine for the money. The OmniBook X Flip 14 (2025) at $1,275 shares the 226V platform in convertible form with the same empty column. Buyers wanting the premium carry with real graphics should note the OmniBook X Flip 14 (2026) at $1,500: gaming 75 and photo design 76 from the 4-core Xe3.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class. The EliteBook Ultra 14 G1i is a doubled-reliability, high-portability premium office machine — an excellent fleet carry whose unscored graphics column keeps the workload firmly in documents territory.