Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 8 vs Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7441
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Review
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
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 8
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
Advantages of the Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7441
- Can run popular games at about 135-184% higher FPS
- Around 65% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a bigger (~20%) battery – 54 against 45 watt-hours
- Display has support for touch input
- 17% sharper screen – 189 versus 162 pixels per inch (PPI)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.36 kg (3 lbs) | 1.4 kg (3.09 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 313.5 x 224 x 17.5 mm 12.34 x 8.82 x 0.69 inches |
314 x 223.75 x 16.9 mm 12.36 x 8.81 x 0.67 inches |
| Area | 702 cm2 (108.8 inches2) | 703 cm2 (108.9 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~80.9% | ~80.9% |
| Side bezels | 6 mm | 6.3 mm |
| Colors | Gray | Blue |
| Material | Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 43.9 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | - |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 189 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2240 x 1400 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | Yes |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | No | No |
| Contrast | 1000:1 | 1200:1 |
| sRGB color space | 60.3% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 42.9% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 41.5% | - |
| Response time | 18 ms | 35 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:45 hr | 2:00 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 65 / 100 W | 65 W |
| Cable length | - | 1 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 311 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.1 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.6 GHz | - |
| Cores | 8 (4P + 4E) | 10 |
| Threads | 12 | 10 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 6 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) | Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 4 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 15 W | 30 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | 400 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1400 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.1 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 5.6 Gbps | 8.45 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 384 | 1536 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 24 | 96 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 12 | 48 |
| GPU performance | 1.1 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
| Solar Bay | - | 8856 |
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 8448 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| Max. ram size | 64 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3287 | Qualcomm Aqstic |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | ~80.3 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | No |
| 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 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Optional | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.3 mm |
| Size | 12.0 x 7.5 cm | 11.5 x 8.0 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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