Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X (14″ AMD) vs Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022)
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Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X (14″ AMD)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- Features a much bigger (~33%) battery – 70 against 52.6 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Around 15% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022)
- Easier to carry: weighs 210 grams less (around 0.46 lbs)
- Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits
- Smaller footprint: 10% more compact case (101.4 vs 112.7 square inches)
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 1.45 kg (3.2 lbs) | 1.24 kg (2.73 lbs) |
Dimensions | 328.2 x 221.4 x 15.9 mm 12.92 x 8.72 x 0.63 inches |
304.1 x 215 x 11.3 mm 11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 inches |
Area | 727 cm2 (112.7 inches2) | 654 cm2 (101.3 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~83.9% | ~82% |
Side bezels | 7.9 mm | 5.6 mm |
Colors | Gray | Silver, Gold, Gray, Blue |
Transformer | No | No |
Opening angle | 180° | 130° |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Passive |
Vapor chamber | No | - |
Liquid metal | No | - |
Number of fans | 1 | - |
Noise level (max. load) | 47.7 dB | - |
Display
Size | 14.5 inches | 13.6 inches |
Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
PPI | 250 ppi | 225 ppi |
Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
Resolution | 3072 x 1920 pixels | 2560 x 1664 pixels |
HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10 |
Touchscreen | No | No |
Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
Contrast | 1500:1 | 1384:1 |
sRGB color space | 100% | 99.9% |
Adobe RGB profile | - | 87.6% |
DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 98.4% |
Response time | - | 29 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
Full charging time | - | 2:30 hr |
Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
Replaceable | No | No |
Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
Charging port position | Left | Left |
Charge power | 100 W | 30 / 35 / 67 W |
Cable length | - | 2 meters |
Weigh of AC adapter | 411 grams | 174 / 189 / 250 grams |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 3.3 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | - |
Cores | 6 | 8 (4P + 4E) |
Threads | 12 | 8 |
L3 Cache | 16 MB | - |
Integrated GPU | AMD Radeon 660M | Apple M2 GPU |
Fabrication process | 6 nm | 5 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
TGP | 55 W | 15 W |
Nvidia Optimus | Yes, Advanced Optimus | - |
Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
Fabrication process | 12 nm | 5 nm |
GPU base clock | 1380 MHz | 500 MHz |
GPU boost clock | 1560 MHz | 1456 MHz |
FLOPS | 3.195 TFLOPS | 3 TFLOPS |
Memory size | 4 GB | System Shared |
Memory type | GDDR6 | LPDDR5 |
Memory bus | 128 bit | 128 bit |
Memory speed | ~12 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
Shading units (cores) | 1024 | 1024 |
Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 | 64 |
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 32 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
Channels | 2x8 GB | - |
Clock | 6400 MHz | 6400 MHz |
Type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | Custom |
Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x256 GB |
Upgradable | Yes | No |
Total slots | 1 | - |
NVMe | Yes | - |
Sound
Audio chip | Realtek ALC3287 | - |
Speakers | 2.0 | 2.2 |
Power | 2x2W | - |
Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Loudness | 77.8 dB | 82.7 dB |
Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6 |
Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5 |
Fingerprint | No | Yes |
Optical drive | No | No |
Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | No |
USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 4.0 |
Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 3 |
HDMI | No | No |
DisplayPort | No | No |
VGA | No | No |
Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
SD card reader | No | No |
Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
Keyboard type | Island | Island |
Numpad | No | No |
Backlight | Yes | Yes |
Key travel | - | 1 mm |
Size | 13.5 x 8.0 cm | - |
Surface | Glass | Glass |
Windows Precision | Yes | No |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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