Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 14 G9 review - The powerful multimedia laptop with AMD Zen 5 and 120-Hz OLED

[Redaktion]

Lenovo has equipped its Yoga Pro 7 14 G9 with a new AMD Zen 5 processor in combination with a high-resolution 120-Hz OLED screen. Its performance is great and the same can be said for its picture quality, whereas the laptop's fans can get pretty loud.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-Yoga-Pro-7-14-G9-review-The-powerful-multimedia-laptop-with-AMD-Zen-5-and-120-Hz-OLED.890179.0.html

[Nixgut]

Too bad you'll have to sit left of it. I'll never buy a device with asymmetrical cockpit.

[ArsLoginName]

Something is wrong with this laptop. This laptop in Auto mode consumes 60+ W then 54 W with 2 extra cores Zen 5 cores and is only a little over 10% faster than the Schenker 14 that runs at 54 W total (no turbo boost according to the review) with 8 Zen 4 cores. Almost seems like no IPC increase or power efficiency increase. Also, the Schenker 14" had a longer wi-fi run time by almost 10% despite 10Whr less battery capacity (only 60 Whr).

[LL]

Multimedia laptop that makes big noise while seeing movies?  if so, it is a bad joke. Notebookcheck could be more precise concerning when noise occurs: web surfing?, listening to music or viewing a concert, office work, youtube video viewing with high brightness? other social media? movies. All this also taking account the ambient temperatures.

Maybe setup a unique test of representative workflows and uses for batteries runtimes and also have at same time a microphone recording noise it makes while in those battery tests.
The most crucial aspects would be listening to music/viewing a HQ visual and sound spectacle.

[Asan]

The battery life results are indeed quite unusual, and it may be prudent for reviewers and editors to re-evaluate the data.

A similarly configured Vivobook S14 achieves over 10 hours of Wi-Fi performance. The article attributes the discrepancy to the high TDP/PL1/PL2 settings in the Yoga Pro. However, the Vivobook maintains similar TDP limits while preserving its battery performance.

As usual, thank you to the Notebookcheck team for the review. Looking forward to the long-awaited T14 G5 AMD review.