Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 (AMD) vs Apple MacBook Air 13 (M2, 2022)
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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 P14s Gen 4 (AMD)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Better webcam recording quality
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air 13 (M2, 2022)
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 100 grams less (around 0.22 lbs)
- MacBook with the Apple M2 chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Features a much bigger (~34%) battery – 52.6 against 39.3 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Around 8% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Provides 67% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 300 nits
- 39% sharper screen – 225 versus 162 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Smaller footprint: 9% more compact case (101.4 vs 111.7 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.34 kg (2.95 lbs) | 1.24 kg (2.73 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 317.7 x 226.9 x 17.9 mm 12.51 x 8.93 x 0.7 inches |
304.1 x 215 x 11.3 mm 11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 inches |
| Area | 721 cm2 (111.7 inches2) | 654 cm2 (101.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~78.8% | ~82% |
| Side bezels | 8.1 mm | 5.6 mm |
| Colors | Black | Silver, Gold, Gray, Blue |
| Material | Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 130° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Passive |
| Vapor chamber | No | - |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | - |
| Noise level (max. load) | 39.2 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 13.6 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 225 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2560 x 1664 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | No | Yes |
Screen space comparison
ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 (AMD)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
MacBook Air 13 (M2, 2022)
13.6″ (16:10 ratio) = 83.1 in2
~5% more screen space
| Contrast | 800:1 | 1384:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 87.6% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 98.4% |
| Response time | - | 29 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 2:30 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes, 65 W |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 45 / 65 W | 30 / 35 / 67 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 300 / 356 grams | 174 / 189 / 250 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 3.2 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.9 GHz | - |
| Cores | 6 | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 740M | Apple M2 GPU |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 5 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 | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | 800 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2500 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.3 TFLOPS | 2.9 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory bus | - | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 7.5 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 256 | 1024 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 16 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 8 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 1.3 TFLOPS | 2.9 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 97 | 270 |
| Solar Bay | 4866 | 6237 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 7500 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | Custom |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 1 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3287 | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | ~74.9 dB | ~82.7 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Yes |
| 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 | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 3 |
| 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 | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1 mm |
| Size | 11.5 x 6.1 cm | - |
| Surface | Plastic | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
Further details
Notes on ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 (AMD):
- If the laptop is black, the top cover is made of plastic, but if it's gray, it's made of aluminum.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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