The ThinkPad L13 Yoga Gen 4 is to be had in each Intel and AMD variations to draw customers on all sides of the fence. This assessment web page will center of attention at the Intel model as we just lately reviewed the AMD model again in August. All our feedback at the bodily options of the AMD model practice right here for the reason that two variations are visually similar.
Our Intel assessment unit is a higher-end configuration with the thirteenth gen Raptor Lake-U Core i7-1355U CPU, 16 GB RAM, and 1200p IPS touchscreen for about $1400 to 600 USD retail. Different configurations vary from the Core i3-1315U as much as the Core i7-1365U with vPro, however all choices are differently restricted to built-in graphics and a 1200p show.
Possible choices to the ThinkPad L13 Yoga G4 come with different business-centric convertibles just like the MSI Summit E13 Turn Evo, HP Elite Dragonfly Folio 13.5, or the Dell Latitude 7330 2-in-1.
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Just like at the contemporary ThinkPad E14 G5, the fastest solution to determine the Intel model from AMD is to search for the Thunderbolt emblem alongside the left edge because the AMD choices lack the function. Word that whilst the style ships with two USB-C ports, best the left port is appropriate with Thunderbolt units like eGPUs.
An Intel AX201 comes usual for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1 beef up whilst the Intel AX211 with Wi-Fi 6E is non-compulsory.
IR is non-compulsory whilst the privateness shutter comes usual. Decrease-end SKUs best include a 720p webcam while higher-end SKUs be offering 1080p.
There are not any main inside variations when it comes to upgradeability between the AMD and Intel variations as proven via the comparability photographs underneath.
The retail field contains an AC adapter and energetic stylus pen. The pen is housed inside the computer itself for each comfort and charging.
Our Intel unit comes with a unique 1200p IPS panel as discovered on our AMD unit (NV133WUM-N61 vs. B133UAN01.2). This actual panel seems to be somewhat dimmer via about 50 to 60 nits whilst providing sooner black-white and gray-gray reaction occasions to reduce ghosting. Colour and symbol high quality are differently very an identical between the 2 fashions.
It is unlucky that Lenovo gives no 90 Hz or 120 Hz refresh fee choices bearing in mind the prime $1500+ asking worth.
Calibrating the panel ourselves with an X-Ceremony colorimeter would reinforce moderate grayscale and colour DeltaE values from 3.9 and a couple of.6 to simply 0.4 and zero.51, respectively. Our calibrated ICM profile is to be had above to obtain totally free.
We set Home windows to Efficiency mode previous to working the benchmarks underneath. There are not any further energy profiles past the usual Home windows ones (Energy Saver, Balanced, and Efficiency).
CPU efficiency is somewhat slower than maximum different laptops with the similar Core i7-1355U because of throttling. When working CineBench R15 xT in a loop, as an example, the preliminary rating of 1274 issues would fall via up to 35 % over the years as proven via the graph underneath. Multi-thread efficiency is thus just a bit higher than the competing Ryzen 5 7530U configuration after accounting for the upper throttling at the Intel model.
The primary benefit for Intel is still in single-thread efficiency the place our Core i7 has a 20 to twenty-five % lead over the Ryzen 5 7530U.
PCMark ratings are larger within the GPU-heavy Virtual Content material Advent subtest while the CPU-heavy Productiveness check favors the AMD model. This implies that our Intel model gives higher built-in graphics efficiency however slower CPU multi-thread efficiency than the AMD model.
LatencyMon finds slight DPC problems when opening a couple of browser tabs of our homepage. 4K video playback at 60 FPS is differently clean and with out a dropped frames recorded.
Our unit ships with a midrange 512 GB Samsung PM9B1 as an alternative of the Kioxia BG5 as discovered on our AMD model. Switch charges best out at round 3600 MB/s sooner than throttling kicks in after a couple of mins of tension wherein case switch charges can also be as little as 2200 MB/s.
Our Iris Xe 96 EUs has a transparent benefit over the Radeon RX Vega 7 within the Ryzen 5 7530U in DX11 and DX12 programs. 3DMark Fireplace Strike and Time Undercover agent effects, as an example, are 50 to 60 % sooner with our Intel configuration.
Body fee steadiness when gaming is sadly unsteady. When idling on Witcher 3 on low settings, as an example, body charges would vary between 70 and 85 FPS as proven via the graph underneath to signify fluctuating clock charges over the years. The ThinkPad L13 is fortunately now not a gaming computer and so this explicit drawback should not be a deal breaker to the objective target market. Streaming programs nonetheless run easily at the gadget.
Fan noise can also be louder at the Intel model than at the AMD model when working hard quite a bit like 3DMark that could be attributed to the quicker graphics efficiency and total energy intake of the Intel model. In a different way, fan noise would normally hover within the low 30 dB(A) vary when internet surfing or streaming to be simply ignorable in maximum place of job or convention settings.
Scorching spots can succeed in 40 C at the proper facet of the keyboard very similar to what we recorded at the AMD configuration. Thus, the Intel unit does now not run considerably cooler or hotter regardless of their efficiency variations.
When starting up Prime95 tension, the CPU would spice up to a few GHz, 89 C, and 35 W for best the primary few seconds sooner than regularly falling and stabilizing at 2.2 GHz, 75 C, and 19 W. This conduct aligns with our CineBench R15 xT observations above the place efficiency can be very best all over the beginning of the check sooner than trailing off.
GPU clock charges when working Witcher 3 would cycle between 950 and 1150 MHz which contributes to the biking body charges discussed above.
Energy intake is larger around the board at the Intel configuration when in comparison to AMD specifically when working larger quite a bit. Those variations may well be because of each the upper preliminary Turbo Spice up attainable of the Core i7 CPU when in comparison to Ryzen 5 and the quicker built-in graphics efficiency when in comparison to the Radeon RX Vega 7. Operating Witcher 3, as an example, would devour about 30 % extra energy on our Intel unit.
The most often larger energy intake discussed above takes its toll on battery lifestyles. Internet surfing on our Intel unit would closing simply over 6 hours in comparison to 7.5 hours at the AMD unit when each are at the identical Balanced energy profile. Charging could also be slower than anticipated at round 2 hours even if Lenovo Fast Rate is enabled.
Most likely probably the most sudden discovering concerning the Intel model of the ThinkPad L13 Yoga G4 is the steeper-than-expected CPU efficiency throttling. Whilst we by no means be expecting any Core U processor to care for prime Turbo Spice up clock charges for prolonged sessions, the Core i7 on this explicit Lenovo style would throttle greater than on maximum different laptops with the very same CPU. This efficiency deficit mitigates a key benefit level for Intel towards AMD particularly for the reason that throttling factor isn’t as critical at the AMD configuration.
Every other side price citing is the upper energy intake of the Intel model resulting in shorter runtimes via 1 to two hours. Customers who worth longer battery lifestyles might due to this fact need to make a choice the AMD model of the ThinkPad L13 Yoga G4 as an alternative.
Except if you happen to truly want the additional graphics efficiency and Thunderbolt beef up from Intel, the AMD model of the ThinkPad L13 Yoga G4 must be enough for almost all of customers.
The primary causes for opting for the Intel model of style over AMD are for vPro (as an alternative of AMD PRO), Thunderbolt beef up, and sooner graphics efficiency and single-thread CPU efficiency. In a different way, the AMD SKUs have the upper-hand relating to multi-thread CPU efficiency, battery lifestyles, and value.
Lenovo isn’t but delivery the ThinkPad L13 Yoga Gen 4 on the time of publishing. Then again, CDW is recently delivery our Core i7 configuration for $1419 USD.
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