Lenovo recently provides quite a few subnotebooks and multimedia laptops with 14-inch displays. We already reviewed the Yoga Professional 7 (or Yoga Narrow Professional 7 in some areas), now now we have a better take a look at the even slimmer Yoga Narrow 7 14 G8. This pc isn’t to be had with discrete graphics playing cards, however 35W processors from AMD, which can be unique for Lenovo laptops. There may be a brand-new 2.9K OLED panel with 90 Hz, which replaces the former 2.8K OLED.
Our evaluation unit is an schooling fashion provided with the Ryzen 7 7840S, Radeon 780M iGPU, 32 GB LPDDR5x-6400 RAM, a 1 TB PCIe-4.0 SSD in addition to the two.9K OLED display for 1260 Euros with Home windows 11 House and can also be configured beginning at 1150 Euros in Germany. The software is recently no longer but indexed on Lenovo’s personal U.S. website online.
The chassis of the Yoga Narrow 7 14 G8 is totally manufactured from aluminum and the design with the roundest and shiny edges across the base unit is very similar to closing yr’s Yoga Narrow 9. Whilst you use the pc and elevate it round, you are going to realize how narrow the lid is. There’s a digital camera bump very similar to different trendy Lenovo laptops and it does no longer actually glance superb, but it surely makes it more straightforward to open the lid, which is conceivable with one hand. The bezels are very slender and the total design is trendy. Lenovo provides the Narrow 7 14 in silver or teal. The matte surfaces of our silver unit had been beautiful resistant in opposition to filth and fingerprints all the way through our evaluation length. There aren’t many visible accents because the keyboard may be silver, handiest the black bezels stand out.
All in all, the pc feels top class and there aren’t any issues of the steadiness. We can’t twist the bottom unit and there aren’t any creaking sounds, both, handiest the middle keyboard house an be visibly driven in underneath force. Alternatively, this will have to no longer be a topic all the way through on a regular basis typing. The narrow lid may be beautiful inflexible, however the hinges can’t fairly stay up. The lid could be very mild, however there’s nonetheless some wobbling while you modify the outlet perspective (as much as 180 levels), despite the fact that the hinges securely hang the lid in place at very small angles.
At simply 13.9 millimeters, the brand new Yoga Narrow 7 14 is without doubt one of the thinnest units inside of our comparability workforce and is handiest crushed the present MacBook Air M2. The location adjustments just a little for the footprint and the evaluation unit in addition to the Yoga Professional 7 are the most important units right here since they use better 14.5-inch displays. At 1.3 kg, the Narrow 7 14 is lighter than the Yoga (Narrow) Professional 7 and is as soon as once more handiest crushed through the 13.6-inch MacBook Air M2. The 65W energy adapter guidelines the size at 312 grams.
The port state of affairs of the Yoga Narrow 7 is similar to the dearer Yoga Narrow 9 and also you handiest get USB-C ports. The 2 connectors at the left aspect enhance USB 4 with as much as 40 Gbps and the only at the proper aspect USB 3.2 Gen.2 with 10 Gbps. All 3 ports enhance energy supply in addition to DisplayPort connectivity. Alternatively, this implies you are going to almost certainly want some adapters once in a while. The Yoga Professional 7 with further HDMI and USB-A certainly has a bonus on this appreciate. Opposite to the Yoga Narrow 9 there is not any USB hub within the field of the Narrow 7.
Lenovo makes use of a Wi-Fi adapter from Realtek (8852CE) for the Yoga Narrow 7 14, which helps trendy 6 GHz networks (Wi-Fi 6E) in addition to Bluetooth 5.1. Mixed with our reference router from Asus we organize very excessive and strong switch charges. With values between 1.7-1.9 Gbps, the Yoga is without doubt one of the quickest units on this appreciate and we didn’t realize any connection issues or problems with huge downloads all the way through our evaluation length.
Lenovo makes use of the usual 1080p webcam, which takes first rate footage in excellent lights stipulations. You will have to clearly no longer be expecting any miracles from a 2 MP webcam, but it surely does its activity. There’s a button for the eShutter at the proper aspect of the chassis and also you additionally get an IR module for facial reputation by means of Home windows Hi.
The decrease panel is secured through a few Torx screws (T5) in addition to further plastic clips and an extra clamp, which is situated within the middle of the software (you’ll see the counter section within the higher a part of the battery). This implies it’s not that straightforward to take away the panel. There isn’t a lot to do anyway but even so cleansing the enthusiasts or exchange the M.2-2280 SSD and the Wi-Fi module. The reminiscence is soldered and can’t be changed.
The keyboard of the Yoga Narrow 7 14 G8 may be silver, which creates a topic with the white background illumination (two-stage). If it’s not totally darkish and the software routinely turns on the illumination (by means of sensor, however may also be became on manually), then there’s rarely any distinction between the keys and the lettering. We already criticized this factor on older Microsoft Floor units. The teal colour variant will have to have a bonus on this appreciate.
The typing enjoy itself could be very pleased with 1.5 mm key trip and exact key strokes. The keyboard may be very quiet, handiest the bigger house bar is just a little louder. Like at the Yoga Professional 7, this may be an excellent keyboard and it’s no drawback to sort longer texts.
The huge clickpad (13.5 x 8 cm) provides quite a few house for multi-touch gestures with as much as 4 palms in addition to excellent gliding features. We didn’t come across any problems with cursor controls. You’ll bodily click on the pad within the decrease part, which leads to beautiful loud noises that seem just a little reasonable. Our evaluation unit does no longer have a touchscreen, however it’s an possibility for the Yoga Narrow 7 14 G8.
Up to now, the Yoga fashions had been ceaselessly provided with 2.8K OLED displays, which had problems with a slight Moiré impact, particularly on brilliant contents together with a brief distance between you and the display. The brand new Yoga Narrow 7 14 G8 is the primary software with a brand new 14.5-inch 2.9K OLED, which options the odd decision of 2944 x 1840 pixels (16:10). The display could be very shiny, however does no longer enhance contact inputs.
Let’s communicate in regards to the symbol high quality and we will be able to in an instant see that the brand new OLED panel does no longer be afflicted by the prior to now discussed Moiré impact. The subjective image high quality is simply nice: Content material are razor-sharp, colours are very brilliant and the distinction ratio is very excessive since black contents are merely simply black. Actions additionally have the benefit of the upper frequency of 90 Hz.
The brightness of the brand new OLED isn’t as nice, regardless that. The SDR values are totally high quality at round 390 nits and different OLED opponents ceaselessly handiest organize between 340-370 nits, however the HDR effects are disappointing. Lenovo advertises as much as 500 nits in HDR mode, however we handiest controlled to rise up to 435 nits, which means that HDR features are restricted. The HDR implementation of Home windows may be nonetheless a topic since it’s a must to turn on HDR mode manually, which additionally approach SDR contents are restricted to sRGB and so they glance just a little paler than anticipated. The black worth is 0, which means that the utmost distinction ratio is very excessive. There is not any backlight bleeding on OLED displays and the reaction instances are very rapid.
We use the pro CalMAN tool together with the X-Ceremony i1 Professional 2 spectrophotometer for our research. The preloaded Vantage app provides 4 other colour profiles: Default, sRGB, P3, AdobeRGB. The default profile is lively through default, however colours are just a little oversaturated. The show is meant to hide the P3 colour gamut, so we used the corresponding P3 profile for our ranking.
The P3 profile is already very correct out of the field and neither the grayscale nor the colours display DeltaE2000 deviations of greater than 3 in comparison to the P3 reference colour house, so a calibration through the consumer isn’t essential. Handiest the colour temperature is fairly too heat. Lets no longer reinforce the picture high quality any more with our personal calibration, so we don’t be offering a corresponding profile at this level.
The sRGB profile may be very fascinating when you need to paintings within the smaller sRGB colour house. The corresponding profile is as soon as once more very correct and it limits the colour house, so you’ll additionally edit footage and movies. The AdobeRGB profile however does no longer make a lot sense because it the AdobeRGB gamut handiest coated through 87 %.
We measure a PWM frequency of 360 Hz for this panel in any respect brightness ranges. The amplitude could be very low at excessive brightness ranges regardless that and we needed to enlarge the dimension fairly just a little to hit upon it within the first position. There’s certainly PWM flickering and if you’re delicate to it, you are going to no longer be pleased with this display. Lenovo has just a little of catching as much as do in comparison to Asus (Zenbook S 13, as an example), the place the producer makes use of DC dimming in addition to a tool answer in opposition to PWM flickering at decrease brightness ranges.
The outside usability could be very restricted because the display floor of the OLED could be very shiny. Our instance footage illustrate the issue rather well. You will have to have the ability to discover a appropriate spot on cloudy days, however it’s a lot tougher when the solar is shining. The viewing perspective steadiness of the OLED panel is superb, apart from for the slight blue hue at excessive angles. Alternatively, this isn’t actually related in observe.
We already discussed that the brand new Yoga Narrow 7 14 G8 is supplied with 35W processors from AMD’s present Phoenix era with Zen4 cores. Shoppers can make a choice from the Ryzen 5 7560S or the Ryzen 7 7840S, however the specifications are just like the corresponding HS-series chips. The Ryzen 5 is handiest to be had with 16 GB RAM, whilst the Ryzen 7 can also be mixed with 16 or 32 GB RAM (LPDDR5x-6400, soldered). Graphics are treated through the built-in GPUs Radeon 760M or 780M.
The preloaded Vantage app provides other energy profiles, which can also be switched at ease by means of key aggregate (Fn+Q). The 3 profiles Top Efficiency, Clever Cooling, and Battery Saver have very other TDP levels between 12-52 Watts. We specified the detailed values within the desk beneath:
We used the profile Top Efficiency through default for the next benchmarks and measurements. You’ll simply transfer to the mode Clever Cooling in on a regular basis scenarios because it nonetheless provides quite a few efficiency, however with quieter enthusiasts.
The AMD Ryzen 7 7840S is unique for Lenovo merchandise, however it’s principally a Ryzen 7 7840HS. We’re coping with a 35W processor with 8 trendy Zen4 cores working at as much as 5.1 GHz and it may well execute as much as 16 threads concurrently. The one distinction appears to be that Lenovo has a much broader TDP vary to paintings with. For instance, the Ryzen 7 Professional 7840HS within the HP EliteBook 845 G10 nonetheless reaches as much as 35 Watts in its best mode, whilst Lenovo can cross down to only 12 Watts.
The processor can devour as much as 52 Watts within the Top Efficiency mode after which ranges off at 42 Watts. This implies the multi-core efficiency is best in comparison to the present Core i7-13700H within the Schenker Imaginative and prescient 14 (45/40 Watts), but in addition a lot quicker than the previous Core i7-1280P (52/35 Watts) in closing yr’s Yoga Narrow 9 14. The nearest rival within the multi-core exams is the Yoga (Narrow) Professional 7 with the Ryzen 7 7735HS (Zen3+), however the processor too can devour extra energy (60/50 Watts).
The Zen4 chip is set 10-13 % quicker than the 7735HS (Zen3+) within the single-core benchmarks, however remains to be crushed through the Intel chips with their rapid efficiency cores in maximum exams. Alternatively, the variations aren’t giant anymore.
The processor can devour 45/40 Watts on battery energy, so the multi-core efficiency handiest drops through round 4 %. Extra CPU benchmarks are to be had in our tech segment.
We additionally when put next the multi-core efficiency of the 3 energy profiles. If you do not want the utmost efficiency, you’ll obviously see that the mode Clever Efficiency nonetheless provides quite a few efficiency or even the Battery Saver mode is enough for mild workloads.
The machine efficiency is very good and all inputs are carried out with none delays. The leads to the unreal benchmarks also are superb and the Yoga Narrow 7 14 G8 is likely one of the quickest units in our comparability workforce. We didn’t realize any issues all the way through the evaluation. You can not improve the reminiscence, however our evaluation configuration with 32 GB will have to suffice within the subsequent couple of years.
Our standardized latency check (internet surfing, 4K YouTube playback, CPU load) presentations slight barriers for the evaluation unit with the present BIOS model when you need to make use of real-time audio programs.
Our evaluation unit is supplied with the 1 TB model of the Samsung PM9A1, which is the OEM fashion of the Samsung 980 Professional. The efficiency of the PCIe-4.0 SSD (M.2-2280) is superb general and in addition remains strong all the way through longer workloads. You’ll use 897 GB on your personal recordsdata after the preliminary set-up. Extra SSD benchmarks are indexed right here.
All of the graphics are treated through the built-in Radeon 780M, which is able to run at as much as 2.7 GHz together with the Ryzen 7 7840S. The efficiency of the iGPU additionally advantages from the short LPDDR5x-6400 reminiscence in a dual-channel configuration. It’s the quickest model of the Radeon 780M we reviewed to this point. Artificial benchmarks display an good thing about round 50 % for the 780M over the present Iris Xe Graphics G7 with 96 EUs, however Apple’s M2 GPU with 10 cores remains to be 25 % quicker within the Flora and fauna Excessive Limitless check. AMD’s iGPU is quicker within the OpenCL benchmarks.
Our usual gaming benchmarks as soon as once more display the Yoga Narrow 7 14 G8 forward of the opponents and plenty of older video games can also be performed at excessive settings in 1080p. Trendy titles like Cyberpunk 2077 however handiest run easily on low main points.
The graphics efficiency is strong all the way through longer workloads, which is each the case for the Time Undercover agent rigidity check (98.8 %) in addition to our Witcher 3 loop, which may be the case for battery energy. Extra GPU benchmarks are to be had right here.
The 2 enthusiasts of the Yoga Narrow 7 14 are ceaselessly silent whilst idling and all the way through mild workloads, however there is usually a quiet murmur at round 28 dB(A). Whenever you begin to rigidity the processor extra, it will get loud in no time, particularly in Top Efficiency mode and this additionally presentations the downside of the narrow chassis together with the short Ryzen processor. The enthusiasts will achieve as much as 45.5 dB(A), however the frequency isn’t hectic. The pc is noticeably quieter within the different two modes and the next desk presentations the consequences for various profiles. Our evaluation unit didn’t display indicators of every other digital sounds.
Floor temperatures of the Yoga Narrow 7 14 G8 aren’t any drawback whilst idling and underneath mild workloads, however load as soon as once more presentations the compromise of a narrow chassis together with the short processor. The center/higher a part of the keyboard warms as much as 42 °C, which is noticeable all the way through typing, however there aren’t any barriers. The larger factor is the ground within the house of the processor. We measure greater than 55 °C, so that you will have to steer clear of pores and skin touch.
The strain check with mixed CPU/GPU load leads to a intake of 43 Watts for the primary few minutes earlier than it ranges off at round 40 Watts. We didn’t realize a efficiency aid in an instant after the strain check.
Lenovo equips the Yoga Narrow 7 14 G8 with 6 audio system: 4 woofers with 2 Watts each and every and two tweeters with 2 Watts each and every. Mixed with the preloaded Dolby app and other profiles you get an excellent sound and our research additionally presentations small benefits over the superb Huawei MateBook X Professional in addition to the Apple MacBook Air M2. You additionally get 4 microphones, which permit very transparent recordings.
The idle energy intake of OLED displays relies numerous the contents proven, as a result of upper pictures require extra energy. The result of the Yoga Narrow 7 are upper in comparison to the IPS opponents, however we see transparent benefits over the two.8K OLED of closing yr’s Yoga Narrow 9 14. Our load exams obviously display that the 65W energy adapter is inadequate. The intake remains locked at 67 Watts all the way through our rigidity check, which is the prohibit of the facility adapter. The intake of the CPU adjustments and the battery share drops through 3 % all the way through the one-hour rigidity check. The is not any drawback while you use the mode Clever Cooling, but when there’s a Top Efficiency mode, the producer will have to make sure that the facility adapter is enough and the Yoga Narrow 7 14 will have to were shipped with a 90W energy adapter.
The 70 Wh battery supplies first rate battery runtimes, however the Yoga nonetheless has a troublesome time compared to the IPS opponents. The Wi-Fi check at 150 nits (67 % of the utmost SDR brightness) and 60 Hz leads to round 9.5 hours and therefor a lot more in comparison to closing yr’s Yoga Narrow 9 14. The Wi-Fi check at complete brightness runs for 7.5 hours and the video check (additionally 150 nits) for round 11.5 hours. The runtimes at 90 Hz are decrease and we indexed the leads to the desk beneath:
All in all, the consequences are superb for a high-resolution OLED display (which may be just a little better than maximum comparability units), however you will have to no longer overlook that some opponents closing for much longer. This contains fashions just like the Schenker Imaginative and prescient 14 and particularly the Yoga Professional 7 14 in addition to the fairly smaller MacBook Air M2, the place we recorded runtimes of greater than 13 hours (every now and then for much longer).
In case you watch an HDR video at complete brightness, the runtime will handiest be little greater than 3 hours (196 mins) and you’ll drain the battery in little a couple of hour underneath complete load with the Top Efficiency mode. A complete recharge takes 120 mins when the software is became on, and 80 % of the capability is to be had after 68 mins.
Lenovo recently provides quite a few superb subnotebooks/multimedia laptops with 14-inch presentations and the brand new Yoga Narrow 7 14 G8 is not any exception. In comparison to the Yoga Professional 7, it’s slimmer and lacks some ports like HDMI or USB-A, but it surely additionally provides the extra trendy Zen4 processor from AMD in addition to the brand-new 2.9K OLED display.
The processor Ryzen 7 7840S is unique for Lenovo laptops, however we didn’t discover a distinction in comparison to the common Ryzen 7 7840HS. Handiest the minimal TDP can also be set to not up to 35 Watts, so Lenovo has extra affect at the energy profiles, which may be visual. The efficiency is superb in Top Efficiency mode and the multi-core efficiency particularly is awesome to trendy Intel CPUs on this TDP vary, however we even have to mention that the cooling answer within the narrow chassis is having a troublesome time with the robust processor. In case you actually use the efficiency, the enthusiasts get loud temporarily and the chassis warms up fairly just a little. You’ll clearly use the extra environment friendly energy profiles, however a U-series processor would were a extra appropriate selection for the cooling efficiency.
The aluminum chassis itself leaves an excellent impact and could be very strong, and you are going to in an instant realize the narrow lid. The hinges is usually a bit less attackable and the silver colour variant does no longer supply a large distinction between the important thing caps and the white background illumination. The keyboard itself supplies an excessively at ease typing enjoy. Lenovo additionally equips the chassis with a 6-speaker sound machine, which is without doubt one of the easiest on this measurement magnificence.
The brand new Lenovo Yoga Narrow 7 14 G8 is an excellent subnotebook with an impressive AMD Zen4 processor, however it is usually a large problem for the cooling answer. The brand new 2.9K OLED display be offering progressed high quality over its predecessor, however the HDR features are restricted because of the relatively low most brightness.
The brand new 2.9K OLED display leaves a excellent impact generally. The issues with the Moiré impact of the previous 2.8K variations are long gone and Lenovo provides very correct colour profiles for P3 in addition to sRGB. Alternatively, there also are problems just like the low most HDR brightness in addition to the consistent PWM flickering. Asus presentations how this can also be performed higher with its personal OLED laptops. Nonetheless, this doesn’t exchange the truth that the image high quality is superb and that the shiny floor is a larger factor in observe.
The battery runtime is superb for an OLED software, however the IPS festival simply provides longer runtimes. Some of the largest opponents is Lenovo’s personal Yoga Professional 7, which isn’t a lot slower with the Zen3+ chip, however the IPS panel does no longer use PWM and the battery runtime is much better. There may be a model with the discrete GeForce RTX 4050 Pc, which provides a lot more graphics efficiency. Huawei’s MateBook X Professional may be an excellent, but in addition a lot more pricey selection. In case you favor a fairly extra compact software with out fan noise, there is not any approach across the MacBook Air M2, despite the fact that it is usually dearer with similar specifications (1 TB SSD, 24 GB RAM). The Schenker Imaginative and prescient 14 convinces with higher upkeep choices, extra ports and longer battery runtimes, however is just a little slower and in addition dearer.
The brand new Lenovo Yoga Narrow 7 14 G8 is recently no longer but to be had within the U.S.
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