HP · 2024
HP EliteBook Ultra G1q (Snapdragon X Elite)
Great Windows-on-ARM battery (about 13 hours real) and a clean build, but this is a Snapdragon chassis with thin Linux enablement compared to the ThinkPad T14s X Elite. If Linux is the point, skip it and buy AMD.
Compiled from public sources and community data, not hands-on tested. What that means.
Best on ubuntu LTS. Confidence: high
Scores
Specs
| CPU | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Qualcomm Adreno X1 (integrated) |
| RAM | 16 GB (soldered) |
| Storage | 512 GB |
| Screen | 14" 2240x1400 @ 60Hz |
| Weight | 1.34 kg |
| Battery (real) | ~13 h |
Linux compatibility
- ubuntu-lts Poor support
- Wi-Fi
- broken
- Bluetooth
- broken
- Fingerprint
- unknown
- Webcam
- broken
- Audio
- broken
- Suspend
- broken
ubuntu-lts: This is a Snapdragon X Elite (ARM64) machine. Mainline Linux support for the X Elite laptop platform is early and device-specific: the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s and the Dell XPS 13 9345 have the most upstream work, this HP chassis has far less. Expect to build a recent kernel with the Qualcomm DT, and even then Wi-Fi, audio, the Adreno GPU and suspend are partial at best on this exact unit. Treat it as a Windows-on-ARM machine that someone might get Linux onto, not a Linux laptop. There is no Adreno open driver suitable for general desktop use yet on this SoC revision. linux-msm: Snapdragon X Elite enablement status →