HP EliteBook 850 G4 is €19 cheaper today, 7% below the other.
Over the 42 days of the last 90 both were for sale, the HP EliteBook 850 G4 was the cheaper one on 42 of 42 days, by €19 to €37, and the two stayed close enough that either price is fair.
Linux support is the only difference this site has found between them.
Price history: the lowest price we saw each week
- HP EliteBook 850 G5€277 now
- HP EliteBook 850 G4€258 now
Week of 5 October 2026
- HP EliteBook 850 G5redodevice.com
- €277
- HP EliteBook 850 G4PCLiquidations
- €258
Every week, as a table
| Week | HP EliteBook 850 G5 | HP EliteBook 850 G4 |
|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2026 | €294 | €258 |
| 31 August 2026 | €294 | €258 |
| 7 September 2026 | €277 | €258 |
| 14 September 2026 | €277 | €258 |
| 21 September 2026 | €277 | €258 |
| 28 September 2026 | €277 | €258 |
| 5 October 2026 | €277 | €258 |
What differs between them
No shop states these. We looked them up ourselves, and we say when.
| Fact | HP EliteBook 850 G5 | HP EliteBook 850 G4 |
|---|---|---|
| Linux support | Linux runs on this laptop, with something not working. “Fingerprint reader: 138a:00ab Validity Sensors, Inc. No”emirror.d0a.io, checked 6 September 2026. | Linux runs on this laptop. “Ubuntu 20.04”linux-hardware.org, checked 6 September 2026. |
| Soldered RAM | The RAM can be upgraded. “Memory Slots 2 SODIMM Both slots are upgradeable”gzhls.at, checked 6 September 2026. | The RAM can be upgraded. “Memory Two memory module slots Memory is customer accessible/upgradeable DDR4-2400 dual channel support”h10032.www1.hp.com, checked 6 September 2026. |
| Screen quality | Reviewers rate this screen poorly. “However, this is our only complaint as it doesn’t use PWM for brightness adjustment.”laptopmedia.com, checked 6 September 2026. | Reviewers rate this screen poorly. “We are pretty disappointed by the HP EliteBook 850 G4’s panel because given the price tag, HP should have used a budget IPS display at the very least. With the present TN panel, you get poor viewing angles, narrow sRGB coverage and awful contrast.”laptopmedia.com, checked 6 September 2026. |
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