Apple MacBook Pro (mid-2020) vs HP Pavilion Gaming 15

The Apple MacBook Pro 13" 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (2020) was loved by reviewers at Techradar, a trustworthy source that performs objective hands-on testing. It did great in their "Best Thunderbolt laptops (March 2023): top notebooks with Thunderbolt 3 ports" roundup - in fact, they named it their "Another great Thunderbolt laptop from Apple". That, by itself, points toward it being a noteworthy Traditional Laptop.

As for the HP Pavilion Gaming 15 - PCmag, a source that conducts reliable hands-on testing, has featured it in its HP Pavilion Gaming 15 Review roundup. However, it didn't make it to any of the top spots.

We also performed a thorough Apple MacBook Pro 13" 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (2020) vs. HP Pavilion Gaming 15 review score analysis - it turns out that all of the sources that have tested both Traditional Laptops, including PCmag, preferred the Apple MacBook Pro 13" 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (2020) over the HP Pavilion Gaming 15.

Out of all the sources that reviewed them, the Apple MacBook Pro 13" 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (2020) turned out to be most loved by hardwarezone.com.sg, which gave it a score of 8.5, whereas the HP Pavilion Gaming 15 got its highest, 7, rating from reviewers at PCmag.

Lastly, we compared their review averages and found that the Apple MacBook Pro 13" 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (2020) did much better than the majority of its competitors, with an average review score of 7.9 out of 10, compared to the 7.6 overall average of Traditional Laptops in general, whereas the HP Pavilion Gaming 15 hasn't managed to perform quite as well, with an average rating of 7.0.