Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 8 vs T16g 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
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 8
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 700 grams less (around 1.54 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 7% higher screen-to-body ratio
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
- Can run popular games at about 60-82% higher FPS
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Performs significantly better (up to 2x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Around 48% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a bigger (~11%) battery – 99.9 against 90 watt-hours
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 192GB)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.84 kg (4.06 lbs) | 2.54 kg (5.6 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 354.3 x 241 x 9.9-15.8 mm 13.95 x 9.49 x 0.39-0.62 inches |
362 x 252 x 15.8 mm 14.25 x 9.92 x 0.62 inches |
| Area | 854 cm2 (132.4 inches2) | 912 cm2 (141.4 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~86.9% | ~81.4% |
| Side bezels | 4.8 mm | 8.7 mm |
| Colors | Black | Black |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| 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 | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 47.8 dB | 57.64 dB |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 142 ppi | 142 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | Adaptive Sync | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | - | Yes |
| Contrast | 1200:1 | 1200:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:30 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, Right | Left, Bottom |
| Charge power | 140 W | 180 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 415 grams | 500 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.0 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5.1 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| Cores | 16 (6P + 10E) | 14 (6P + 8E) |
| Threads | 16 | 14 |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB | 24 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics 140T | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 75 W | 105 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | Yes | - |
| Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | - | 975 MHz |
| FLOPS | 13.4 TFLOPS | 28 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory speed | ~24 Gbps | ~28 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 3328 | 7680 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 104 | 240 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 48 | 96 |
| GPU performance | 13.4 TFLOPS | 28 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 2777 | 5436 |
| Solar Bay | 46109 | 79511 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x16 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 7467 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 4 |
| Max. ram size | - | 192 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 3 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Cirrus Logic CS42L43 | Cirrus Logic CS42L43 |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | ~85.6 dB | ~83.9 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 2560 x 1440 | 2560 x 1440 |
| USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 3x USB 4.0 | 3x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 5 | Thunderbolt 5 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | Yes |
| SD card reader | Yes | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.5 mm |
| Size | 13.5 x 8.5 cm | 11.5 x 6.7 cm |
| Surface | Glass | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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