HP 15 Raider laptop i3-1215U 32GB 2TB 15.6 HD Touch Silver

15.6-inch HD touchscreen laptop

The HP 15 Raider is a new Windows 11 Home laptop built around a 12th Gen Intel Core i3-1215U processor with six cores and eight threads. It ships with 32GB of DDR4 memory and a 2TB PCIe solid-state drive. The 15.6-inch display offers HD resolution at 1366 x 768 with touch input, LED backlighting at 250 nits and 45% NTSC colour coverage.

6-core i3-1215U with 32GB DDR4

The single specification that determines suitability is the six-core i3-1215U paired with 32GB of DDR4 memory. Base frequency sits at 1.2 GHz with a turbo up to 4.4 GHz and 10MB cache. This combination handles everyday multitasking, office applications and web workloads, but the integrated Intel UHD Graphics and HD panel limit content-creation tasks that demand discrete GPU power or higher colour fidelity.

Sustained performance with long battery life

Under continuous load the processor manages thermals within the 14.11 x 9.53 x 0.71 inch chassis weighing 3.75 pounds. The design prioritises long battery life over peak turbo duration, so clocks settle below the 4.4 GHz maximum during extended sessions. Connectivity includes one USB Type-C port for data only, two USB 3.0 Type-A ports, HDMI 1.4b and a headphone/microphone combo jack. The 720p HP Wide Vision camera and dual microphones support video calls. Buyers who need a backlit keyboard, fingerprint reader or SD card reader should look elsewhere.