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Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 (Intel) vs T14 Gen 2 (Intel)

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Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 (Intel)
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Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 (Intel)
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 (Intel)
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 (Intel)
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Key Differences

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Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 (Intel)
  • Easier to carry: weighs 190 grams less (around 0.42 lbs)
  • Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Features a bigger (~14%) battery – 57 against 50 watt-hours
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 (Intel)
  • Can run popular games at about 55-75% higher FPS
  • User-upgradable RAM (up to 48GB)

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Tests and Specifications

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Case

Weight 1.28 kg (2.82 lbs) 1.47 kg (3.24 lbs)
Dimensions 327.5 x 225.4 x 16.8 mm
12.89 x 8.87 x 0.66 inches		 329.4 x 227.5 x 17.9 mm
12.97 x 8.96 x 0.7 inches
Area 738 cm2 (114.3 inches2) 749 cm2 (116.2 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~73.2% ~72.1%
Side bezels 8.8 mm 9.8 mm
Colors Black, Gray Black, Gray
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Transformer No No
Opening angle 180° 180°
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Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 1 1
Noise level (max. load) 35.1 dB 40.1 dB

Display

Size 14 inches 14 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
PPI 157 ppi 157 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9 16:9
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels 1920 x 1080 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor No No
Display tests
Contrast 800:1 800:1
sRGB color space 99% 95.4%
Adobe RGB profile - 65.5%
DCI-P3 color gamut - 64.2%
Response time - 42 ms
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time 2:20 hr 2:10 hr
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 45 / 65 W 45 / 65 W
Weight of AC adapter 372 grams 363 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 0.9-2.4 GHz 0.9-2.4 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.2 GHz 4.2 GHz
Cores 4 4
Threads 8 8
L3 Cache 8 MB 8 MB
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
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Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 15 W -
Type Integrated Dedicated
Fabrication process 10 nm 12 nm
GPU base clock 300 MHz -
GPU boost clock 1100 MHz -
FLOPS 1.41 TFLOPS 2.822 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared 2 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X GDDR6
Memory bus - 64 bit
Memory speed 4.27 Gbps ~8-10 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 640 896
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 40 56
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 20 32
GPU performance

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x4 GB 1x8 GB
Clock 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Type LPDDR4X DDR4
Upgradable No Yes
Total slots - 1
Max. ram size - 48 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 1x256 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 1 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip Realtek ALC3287 Realtek ALC3287
Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power 2x2W 2x2W
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Loudness ~74.9 dB ~77.9 dB
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v6E
Bluetooth v5.2 v5.2
Fingerprint Optional Optional
Infrared sensor Optional Optional
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 2x USB 4.0
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) No Yes
SD card reader No Yes
Proprietary charging port No No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm 1.8 mm
Touchpad
Size 11.5 x 6.1 cm -
Surface Plastic Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
Further details
Notes on ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 (Intel):
    - There is a model configured with a plastic case.
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kda 12 August 2021 04:03
T14 comes with a built in RJ45 wired ethernet network port. The T14s does not. Instead the T14s has a 2nd thunderbolt port in very close proximity to a lenovo proprietary network adapter port. I believe the the port combination is specifically designed for use with a Lenovo docking station. In normal use it is impossible to have both a usb-c adapter plugged into this 2nd thunderbolt port and Lenovo unique ethernet adapter plugged in at the same time. There are videos out there describing how to shave down the ethernet adapter cable fitting so you can use both ports. Not an issue for wireless only users, but if you have need for wired connection the T14 is the better option
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