Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 5 vs IdeaPad Slim 5 (15″ Gen 10)
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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 ThinkPad L14 Gen 5
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 130 grams less (around 0.29 lbs)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Can run popular games at about 15-20% higher FPS
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
- Better webcam recording quality
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
- Smaller footprint: 11% more compact case (109.9 vs 124.1 square inches)
Advantages of the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 (15″ Gen 10)
- Thinner bezels and 6% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Around 22% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a bigger (~18%) battery – 54.7 against 46.5 watt-hours
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.36 kg (3 lbs) | 1.49 kg (3.29 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 313.7 x 226 x 18.66 mm 12.35 x 8.9 x 0.73 inches |
339.33 x 236 x 15.6 mm 13.36 x 9.29 x 0.61 inches |
| Area | 709 cm2 (109.9 inches2) | 801 cm2 (124.1 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~80.2% | ~84.8% |
| Side bezels | 6.1 mm | 4.9 mm |
| Colors | Black | Gray, Green |
| Material | Top: Aluminum Middle: Carbon fiber Bottom: Carbon fiber |
Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 170° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 41.5 dB | 40.8 dB |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 15.3 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 148 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 | No |
Screen space comparison
IdeaPad Slim 5 (15″ Gen 10)
15.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 105.2 in2
ThinkPad L14 Gen 5
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~19% more screen space
| Contrast | 1500:1 | 1200:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 39% | 72.3% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 37.7% | 70.4% |
| Response time | - | 31 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 45 / 65 W | 65 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 350 grams | 186 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.3 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.3 GHz | 4.55 GHz |
| Cores | 12 (2P + 10E) | 6 |
| Threads | 14 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Radeon 660M |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 6 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 | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 6 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1850 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.9 TFLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 5.6 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 384 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 24 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 16 |
| GPU performance | 1.9 TFLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 89 |
| Solar Bay | - | 6024 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 2x8 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 | 1 | 2 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Senary SN6147, Realtek ALC3287 | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | ~80.5 dB | ~83.1 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | No |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 2560 x 1440 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 3x 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 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | No |
| SD card reader | No | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Optional | Optional |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.3 mm |
| Size | 11.5 x 6.0 cm | 13.5 x 8.0 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
Further details
Notes on ThinkPad L14 Gen 5:
- The fully plastic version is 0.26 mm thicker and 0.04 kg heavier.
- The model without an IR sensor has a 1280 x 720 camera (instead of 2560 x 1440).
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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