Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3 vs T14 Gen 7
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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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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
- Can run popular games at about 561-765% higher FPS
- Around 2.4x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a much bigger (~67%) battery – 99.9 against 60 watt-hours
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 192GB)
- Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 7
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 1270 grams less (around 2.8 lbs)
- Much smaller footprint: 24% more compact case (107.7 vs 141.4 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.54 kg (5.6 lbs) | 1.27 kg (2.8 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 362 x 252 x 15.8 mm 14.25 x 9.92 x 0.62 inches |
313.6 x 221.7 x 15.88-21.95 mm 12.35 x 8.73 x 0.63-0.86 inches |
| Area | 912 cm2 (141.4 inches2) | 695 cm2 (107.8 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~81.4% | ~81.7% |
| Side bezels | 8.7 mm | 6.1 mm |
| Colors | Black | Black, Blue |
| Material | Aluminum | Top: Carbon fiber Middle: Carbon fiber |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 57.64 dB | 37.9 dB |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 142 ppi | 162 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 | Yes | - |
Screen space comparison
ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
ThinkPad T14 Gen 7
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~30% more screen space
| Contrast | 1200:1 | 1000:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 60% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 41.4% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 40% |
| Response time | - | 20 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | - | 1:50 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left, Bottom | Left |
| Charge power | 180 W | 65 / 100 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 500 grams | 2830 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 3.1 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5.1 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Cores | 14 (6P + 8E) | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 14 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) | Intel Xe3 Graphics |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 2 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 105 W | 25 W |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | 975 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | - | 2450 MHz |
| FLOPS | 28 TFLOPS | 2.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 16 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR7 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory bus | 256 bit | - |
| Memory speed | ~28 Gbps | 6.8 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 7680 | 512 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 240 | 32 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 96 | 16 |
| GPU performance | 28 TFLOPS | 2.5 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 5436 | - |
| Solar Bay | 79511 | - |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 6800 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 4 | - |
| Max. ram size | 192 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 3 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Cirrus Logic CS42L43 | Realtek ALC3287 |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | ~83.9 dB | ~81.8 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v6.0 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 2560 x 1440 | 2560 x 1440 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 3x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 5 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| 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 | Yes |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Optional |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.5 mm |
| Size | 11.5 x 6.7 cm | 11.5 x 7.4 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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