HP 255 G2 Notebook review

HP 255 G2: the quad-core A4 floor, identical readings to its E2 sibling

The HP 255 G2 is the second rung of the AMD budget line's early era, an A4 5000 with Radeon HD 8330 graphics. By the numbers it is indistinguishable from the E2-powered G1 in this batch — same floor readings, same all-fail flag sheet — with only the portability step separating the two records.

Where it holds up

No axis clears the low band decisively enough to be claimed as a strength. The sheet's one distinction is carry-side: portability at 25 is the lowest reading in the batch's 255 family — a desk-bound body among lighter siblings. There are no confirmed flags and no mid-band-or-better compute axis; the 8 GB pool matches the era standard, nothing more.

Where it falls short

Graphics reads 1.39 against a general-class median of 27.24, and the measured refusals back the number: Grand Theft Auto V, The Witcher 3 and Counter-Strike 2 all fail their minimum bars — no gaming claim survives this data. Performance reads 2.53 against a median of 43.05, the office index 4.8, the composite 8 against 53. Every task axis sits low-band (gaming 23, modeling 12, engineering CAD 19, photo work 14), and the reliability-era caveats of the 250 line's oldest rungs apply in full: this is spent-era silicon.

A single light application at a time is the entire envelope.

Price and depreciation

No listing price is recorded for this configuration, and no depreciation curve is modeled — so there is no resale math to quote and no dollar projection to weigh.

Alternatives to consider

The 255 G3 in this batch is the same readings with a better carry step at portability 34.3; the G5 at $245 is the first rung with a reason to exist — an office index of 73.74 against these floors. Anything from the G7 upward adds confirmed flags.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class, the HP 255 G2 is the 255 family's desk-bound floor: identical bottom-tier readings to the G1, an all-fail flag sheet, and the family's lowest portability step — a record for the bottom of the price list, not the shortlist.