Dell Precision 5520 is €44 cheaper today, 11% below the other.
Over the 42 days of the last 90 both were for sale, the Dell Precision 5520 was the cheaper one on 41 of 42 days, by €44 to €44, and the two stayed close enough that either price is fair.
Linux support and the screen both differ between them.
Price history: the lowest price we saw each week
- Dell Precision 5520€359 now
- HP ZBook 14u G5€403 now
Week of 5 October 2026
- Dell Precision 5520PCLiquidations
- €359
- HP ZBook 14u G5PCLiquidations
- €403
Every week, as a table
| Week | Dell Precision 5520 | HP ZBook 14u G5 |
|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2026 | €359 | €403 |
| 31 August 2026 | €359 | €403 |
| 7 September 2026 | €359 | €403 |
| 14 September 2026 | €359 | €403 |
| 21 September 2026 | €359 | €269 |
| 28 September 2026 | €359 | €403 |
| 5 October 2026 | €359 | €403 |
What differs between them
No shop states these. We looked them up ourselves, and we say when.
| Fact | Dell Precision 5520 | HP ZBook 14u G5 |
|---|---|---|
| Linux support | Linux runs on this laptop, with something not working. “Ubuntu 16.04’s support for the 4K display is pretty stellar, allowing you to dial a slider in the bizarrely named ‘Screen Display’ utility (search term stuffing?) from 3 all the way up to 12.2.”gadgetoid.com, checked 6 September 2026. | nobody has published this yet |
| Soldered RAM | The RAM can be upgraded. “The motherboard comes with two available RAM slots each supporting up to 16GB of DDR4-2400 memory each.”laptopmedia.com, checked 6 September 2026. | The RAM can be upgraded. “Two SODIMM slots supporting dual-channel memory”gzhls.at, checked 6 September 2026. |
| Screen quality | Reviewers rate this screen well. “It can be considered as ‘Retina’ when viewed from a distance equal or greater than 60 cm.”laptopmedia.com, checked 6 September 2026. | Reviewers rate this screen poorly. “Overall, we would class image quality as satisfactory. However, we would have expected a higher quality display given that HP is marketing the ZBook 14u G5 as a workstation.”notebookcheck.net, checked 6 September 2026. |
Dell Precision 5520 and HP ZBook 14u G5Dell Precision 5520 and HP ZBook 14u G5 each have a page of their own.