The HP EliteBook 1040 G10 measures 315×225 mm with a thickness of just 18 mm and a total volume of 1275.75 cm³, making for a notably compact footprint for a business laptop. At 1188 g, it sits on the lighter end of the spectrum for its class. The device uses active cooling rather than a fanless design, and it does not include weather sealing of any kind. On the upside, a backlit keyboard is included, which is useful in low-light working conditions. The warranty period covers three years from purchase, which is a longer coverage window than many comparable machines in this category.
The EliteBook 1040 G10 features a 14″ IPS display with a 1920×1200 pixel resolution and a pixel density of 161 ppi. Brightness is rated at 400 nits, and an anti-reflection coating is applied to the panel surface to reduce glare in well-lit environments. Touch input is not supported. The system is capable of driving up to four displays simultaneously, making it a practical fit for users who rely on multi-monitor setups at their desk.
The processor is built on a 10 nm process and uses a hybrid core layout with six performance cores running at 1.9 GHz and eight efficiency cores at 1.4 GHz, spanning 20 threads in total and reaching a turbo clock of 5.2 GHz. Multithreading is not enabled on this configuration. The system ships with 32GB of DDR5 RAM at 5200 MHz across two memory slots, with the platform supporting up to 64GB. Storage is a 512GB NVMe SSD on a PCIe 4.0 interface using flash-based technology for fast access. The integrated GPU runs at a base of 400 MHz and boosts to 1500 MHz, with DirectX 12 support, and the full platform operates in 64-bit mode.
Benchmark results show a Geekbench 6 single-core score of 2536 and a multi-core score of 10095, indicating strong parallel processing capacity across the processor's full core configuration. In PassMark testing, the CPU achieves an overall score of 20184 with a single-core result of 3541, reflecting solid per-core responsiveness for everyday and multi-threaded workloads alike.
The EliteBook 1040 G10 is equipped with two Thunderbolt 4 ports that also function as USB 4 40Gbps connections, along with two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports for standard peripheral use. A single HDMI 2.1 port handles wired video output, while DisplayPort, mini DisplayPort, and VGA outputs are absent. Notably, there is no RJ45 port, so wired network access requires an adapter. No external memory card slot is included. Wireless connectivity covers Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) with backward compatibility across Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, and Wi-Fi 4 standards, and AirPlay is supported. USB Type-C is available through the Thunderbolt 4 implementation, with no additional standalone USB-C ports present.
The EliteBook 1040 G10 runs on a 51 Wh battery and supports sleep-and-charge via its USB ports, allowing external devices to be powered even when the laptop is off or in a sleep state. A MagSafe power adapter is not included in this design.
The EliteBook 1040 G10 includes a 5MP front camera with 3D facial recognition for biometric login, complemented by a fingerprint scanner as a second hardware authentication option. Two built-in microphones handle voice capture, and stereo speakers with a 3.5 mm headset jack cover audio output, though Dolby Atmos is not supported. Motion sensing is handled by an integrated gyroscope and accelerometer, while GPS and compass are absent. Voice commands are not available, no stylus is included, and the device has no S/PDIF output or optical disc drive.
The laptop-class processor carries a 28W TDP and a clock multiplier of 19, with a maximum CPU temperature rating of 100 °C. The multiplier is locked, so overclocking is not available, though a PassMark overclocked result of 25299 is on record. Big.LITTLE technology is active, and the cache structure consists of 11.5 MB of L2 and 24 MB of L3, with two memory channels and a maximum supported RAM speed of 5200 MHz. ECC memory is not supported, and NX bit is present for hardware-level execution protection. Supported instruction sets include SSE 4.1, SSE 4.2, AVX, AES, FMA3, F16C, and MMX. The integrated Iris Xe Graphics 96EU features 96 execution units, 768 shading units, 48 texture mapping units, and 24 render output units, with OpenCL 3 and OpenGL 4.6 compatibility.
