Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 vs Asus Vivobook S16 (S3607)
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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
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 7
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
Advantages of the Asus Vivobook S16 (S3607)
- Higher screen refresh rate: 144 versus 60 Hz
- Can run popular games at about 58-79% higher FPS
- Around 2x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a much bigger (~56%) battery – 70 against 45 watt-hours
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.7 kg (3.75 lbs) | 1.67 kg (3.68 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 356 x 253.5 x 17.5 mm 14.02 x 9.98 x 0.69 inches |
357 x 250.7 x 15.9-17.9 mm 14.06 x 9.87 x 0.63-0.7 inches |
| Area | 902 cm2 (139.9 inches2) | 895 cm2 (138.8 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.2% | ~82.9% |
| Side bezels | 5.7 mm | 6.2 mm |
| Colors | Gray | Silver, Gray |
| 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 | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 32.6 dB | 47.6 dB |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 142 ppi | 142 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 | Yes |
| Contrast | 1200:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 100% | - |
| Adobe RGB profile | 43% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 41.6% | - |
| Response time | 17 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:10 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 |
| Weight of AC adapter | 276 grams | 225 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.3 GHz | 1.7 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.3 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Cores | 12 (2P + 10E) | 14 (4P + 10E) |
| Threads | 14 | 14 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 18 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Arc Graphics 130T |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 3 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 14 W | 35 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1850 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.9 TFLOPS | 3.9 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 5.6 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 896 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 56 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 28 |
| GPU performance | 1.9 TFLOPS | 3.9 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 574 |
| Solar Bay | - | 13131 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 6400 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 | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | - |
| Loudness | ~78.3 dB | ~87.1 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | No |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | Optional |
| 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 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| 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 | Yes | Yes |
| Backlight | Optional | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.7 mm |
| Size | 12.0 x 7.5 cm | - |
| Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
Further details
Notes on ThinkBook 16 Gen 7:
- The AMD model features DDR5 at 4800 MHz.
- Thunderbolt support is exclusive to Intel versions.
Notes on Vivobook S16 (S3607):
- The Snapdragon model comes with integrated LPDDR5X memory at 8448 MHz, while the Intel version uses slower DDR5 at 6400 MHz and includes one SO-DIMM slot for upgrades.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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