Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 9 vs Dell 14 (2026)
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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 9
- Can run popular games at about 51-69% higher FPS
- Around 28% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a bigger (~17%) battery – 48 against 41 watt-hours
- Better webcam recording quality
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 |
313.3 x 222 x 14.3-17.7 mm 12.33 x 8.74 x 0.56-0.7 inches |
| Area | 702 cm2 (108.8 inches2) | 696 cm2 (107.8 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~80.9% | ~81.7% |
| Side bezels | 6 mm | 5.9 mm |
| Colors | Gray | Silver, Blue |
| Material | Aluminum | Plastic |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 48.2 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 162 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | - | No |
| Contrast | 1000:1 | 1000:1 |
| sRGB color space | 59% | - |
| Adobe RGB profile | 40.7% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 39.3% | - |
| Response time | 18 ms | 35 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | - | 11.25 V |
| Full charging time | 1:45 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes, 65 W | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 65 / 100 W | 65 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | - | 219 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.1 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Cores | 8 (4P + 4E) | 4 (1P + 3E) |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Xe3 Graphics | Radeon 740M |
| Fabrication process | 2 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 | 25 W | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 800 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2450 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2.5 TFLOPS | 1.3 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR5 | DDR5 |
| Memory speed | 5.6 Gbps | 5.6 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 256 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 16 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 8 |
| GPU performance | 2.5 TFLOPS | 1.3 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 88 |
| Solar Bay | - | 5023 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 2 |
| Max. ram size | 64 GB | 32 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 | 1x128 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3287 | Realtek ALC3356B |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | ~85.6 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 2560 x 1440 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 1.4 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Optional | Optional |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | - |
| Size | 12.0 x 7.5 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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