Dell Precision 3551 is €78 cheaper today, 31% below the other.
Over the 29 days of the last 90 both were for sale, the Dell Precision 3551 was the cheaper one on 29 of 29 days, by €13 to €80, a gap wide enough to decide on by itself.
The RAM and the screen both differ between them.
Price history: the lowest price we saw each week
- Dell Precision 3551€169 now
- HP ZBook Firefly 14 G8€244 now
Week of 5 October 2026
- Dell Precision 3551Online Used Laptops
- €169
- HP ZBook Firefly 14 G8Online Used Laptops
- €244
Every week, as a table
| Week | Dell Precision 3551 | HP ZBook Firefly 14 G8 |
|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2026 | €181 | €261 |
| 14 September 2026 | €169 | €244 |
| 21 September 2026 | €169 | €244 |
| 28 September 2026 | €169 | €244 |
| 5 October 2026 | €169 | €244 |
What differs between them
No shop states these. We looked them up ourselves, and we say when.
| Fact | Dell Precision 3551 | HP ZBook Firefly 14 G8 |
|---|---|---|
| Linux support | Linux runs on this laptop. “System Ubuntu 20.04”linux-hardware.org, checked 6 September 2026. | Linux runs on this laptop. “And using my standard productivity apps alongside those VMs has never been problematic.”thurrott.com, checked 6 September 2026. |
| Soldered RAM | The RAM can be upgraded. “Two-SODIMM slots”dell.com, checked 6 September 2026. | The RAM is soldered and cannot be upgraded. “The dGPU-enabled laptops come with soldered memory (but luckily it can be in dual-channel mode) so you have to be careful when you’re configuring this kind of device – the maximum supported memory capacity is 32GB of DDR4-3200MHz.”laptopmedia.com, checked 6 September 2026. |
| Screen quality | Reviewers rate this screen poorly. “other characteristics like brightness, response times, and colors are average at best to represent a budget display.”notebookcheck.net, checked 6 September 2026. | Reviewers rate this screen well. “The display (LGD06F1) has a good contrast ratio, it doesn’t use PWM for brightness adjustment, its viewing angles are comfortable, and the only cons are the narrow color coverage which comes with inaccurate colors.”laptopmedia.com, checked 6 September 2026. |
Dell Precision 3551 and HP ZBook Firefly 14 G8Dell Precision 3551 and HP ZBook Firefly 14 G8 each have a page of their own.