Lenovo ThinkBook 15 Gen 3 (AMD) vs ThinkBook 14 Gen 4 (AMD)
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Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
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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 ThinkBook 14 Gen 4 (AMD)
- Easier to carry: weighs 300 grams less (around 0.66 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Better webcam recording quality
- High-speed PCI Express Gen 4 interface
- Much smaller footprint: 16% more compact case (109.4 vs 130 square inches)
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 1.7 kg (3.75 lbs) | 1.4 kg (3.09 lbs) |
Dimensions | 357 x 235 x 18.9 mm 14.06 x 9.25 x 0.74 inches |
324 x 218 x 17.9 mm 12.76 x 8.58 x 0.7 inches |
Area | 839 cm2 (130.1 inches2) | 706 cm2 (109.5 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~73.9% | ~76.5% |
Side bezels | 12.4 mm | 7.1 mm |
Colors | Gray | Gray |
Transformer | No | No |
Opening angle | 180° | 180° |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Active |
Vapor chamber | No | No |
Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
Noise level (max. load) | 45.6 dB | 38.6 dB |
Display
Size | 15 inches | 14 inches |
Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
PPI | 147 ppi | 157 ppi |
Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
HDR support | No | No |
Touchscreen | No | No |
Coating | Matte | Matte |
Contrast | 1200:1 | 805:1 |
sRGB color space | 100% | 62.9% |
Adobe RGB profile | - | 43.6% |
DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 42.2% |
Response time | - | 24 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
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 | 65 W | 45 / 65 W |
Weigh of AC adapter | - | 186 grams |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 2.6 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 3.8 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
Cores | 4 | 4 |
Threads | 8 | 8 |
L3 Cache | 4 MB | 8 MB |
Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 6 | AMD Radeon Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000) |
Fabrication process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
Type | Integrated | Integrated |
Fabrication process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
GPU base clock | 0 MHz | 0 MHz |
GPU boost clock | 1500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
Memory type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Memory speed | 3.2 Gbps | 3.2 Gbps |
Shading units (cores) | 384 | 384 |
Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 24 | 24 |
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 8 | 8 |
RAM
RAM size
Channels | 2x4 GB | 1x8 GB |
Clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | 1 |
Max. ram size | 40 GB | 40 GB |
Storage
Storage size
Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
Channels | 1x128 GB | 1x256 GB |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | 2 |
NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
Audio chip | Realtek ALC3287 | Realtek ALC3287 |
Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Loudness | 81.7 dB | 67.7 dB |
Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6E |
Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.2 |
Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
Optical drive | No | No |
Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1920 x 1080 |
USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
Thunderbolt | No | No |
HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
DisplayPort | No | No |
VGA | No | No |
Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | Yes |
SD card reader | Yes | Yes |
Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
Keyboard type | Island | Island |
Numpad | Yes | No |
Backlight | Yes | Yes |
Size | 10.5 x 7.0 cm | - |
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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