HP ZBook Fury 15 G8 vs Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2
HP ZBook Fury 15 G8 (8 GB VRAM, AI Score 80) goes head-to-head with Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (16 GB VRAM, AI Score 88). Below: specifications side by side, real VRAM, AI Scores, local prices and our verdict by use case.
Specifications compared
| HP ZBook Fury 15 G8 | Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i7-11850H | Intel Core i7-11800H |
| RAM | 32 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage | 1000 GB NVME-GEN4 | 1000 GB NVME-GEN4 |
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX A4000 Laptop (8 GB GDDR6) | NVIDIA RTX A5000 Laptop (16 GB GDDR6) |
| Real VRAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| TDP | 45 W | 45 W |
| AI Score | 80/100 | 88/100 |
Why VRAM decides this
VRAM is the hard wall that decides which models load at all. The higher-VRAM laptop here runs larger LLMs, SDXL and FLUX more comfortably — always buy on the laptop VRAM figure, not the desktop GPU name. Read what VRAM means for AI .
Which wins, by use case
Better for Stable Diffusion
Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2
8 GB vs 16 GB VRAM
Better for local LLMs
Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2
AI Score 80 vs 88
Better for the budget
HP ZBook Fury 15 G8
700–1000 GBP
Prices by market
| HP ZBook Fury 15 G8 | Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| en-GB | 700–1000 GBP | 900–1300 GBP |
| de | 760–1080 EUR | 980–1400 EUR |
| pl | 3300–4700 PLN | 4200–6000 PLN |
| fr | 760–1080 EUR | 980–1400 EUR |
| it | 740–1060 EUR | 960–1380 EUR |
| es | 720–1040 EUR | 940–1360 EUR |
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HP ZBook Fury 15 G8
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Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2