Against the backdrop of AMD's ThinkPad T14s Gen2, this is just a total shame! Not only does the processor drop in loop CineBench R15 to the performance for infamous 2018 Ryzen 5 3500U on antique Zen+ cores, but it manages to be louder than the T14, which weighs less than 200 grams more! Lenovo how could you make such garbage in 2022? Are Intel processors really so bad that AMD with the 5850U leaves it no chance?
The only plus is the TB4.0 ports to which you can connect an eGPU, even the level of the future GTX4090Ti. But what's the point if the 1250P alone drops quickly to the level of an antique 2018 R5 3500U?
The irony is that the Intel variants have built-in TB4.0 in the SoC and the AMD variants don't in the Zen3, although the 5850U delivers excellent long-term performance, making it easy to service even a desktop version GTX4090Ti in an eGPU card. It turns out that both options from Lenovo are unusable (with AMD, it's more likely due to its fault) - Carbon has an eGPU port, but cannot properly serve it, because. the processor quickly drops to a measly performance level for 2022. And the T14s has excellent performance, but without the eGPU option - it's a useless castrate with a powerful 5850U. Dilemma? Better not buy both until Zen4(In addition, there will finally be the long-awaited DP2.0 allowing you to use luxurious 8k monitors over one cable) finally comes out and Intel finally manages to make something similar to AMD processors with the same power and low consumption...