Lenovo ThinkPad P15s Gen 2 vs P14s Gen 3
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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
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad P15s Gen 2
- Features a much bigger (~45%) battery – 57 against 39.3 watt-hours
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 3
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 520 grams less (around 1.15 lbs)
- Around 65% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Thinner bezels and 6% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Better webcam recording quality
- High-speed PCI Express Gen 4 interface
- Much smaller footprint: 21% more compact case (111.7 vs 140.6 square inches)
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
- 15% sharper screen – 162 versus 141 pixels per inch (PPI)
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.76 kg (3.88 lbs) | 1.24 kg (2.73 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 365.8 x 248 x 19.1 mm 14.4 x 9.76 x 0.75 inches |
317.7 x 226.9 x 17.9 mm 12.51 x 8.93 x 0.7 inches |
| Area | 907 cm2 (140.5 inches2) | 721 cm2 (111.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~74% | ~78.8% |
| Side bezels | 10.2 mm | 8.1 mm |
| Colors | Black, Gray | Black, Gray |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | - |
| Noise level | 38 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 15.6 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 141 ppi | 162 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | - |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Contrast | - | 1000:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
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 | 65 / 100 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 351 gramm | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 0.9-2.4 GHz | 1.7 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 12 |
| Threads | 8 | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 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 | 10 nm | 10 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1100 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.41 TFLOPS | 1.41 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Memory speed | 3.2 Gbps | 3.2 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 640 | 640 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 40 | 40 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 20 | 20 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 1 |
| Max. ram size | 48 GB | 48 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | - | Realtek ALC3287 |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | 76.6 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5.2 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Optional |
| 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 | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | Yes |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.8 mm | - |
| Surface | Plastic | - |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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