Lenovo Yoga 7i Gen 7 (14″ Intel) vs Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420
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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 Yoga 7i Gen 7 (14″ Intel)
- Easier to carry: weighs 260 grams less (around 0.57 lbs)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Features a much bigger (~31%) battery – 71 against 54 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Display has support for touch input
Advantages of the Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420
- Performs significantly better (up to 6.1x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Can run popular games at about 158-215% higher FPS
- Around 2.1x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 40GB)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.42 kg (3.13 lbs) | 1.68 kg (3.7 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 316.66 x 220.25 x 17.35 mm 12.47 x 8.67 x 0.68 inches |
314 x 227.5 x 16.15-18.87 mm 12.36 x 8.96 x 0.64-0.74 inches |
| Area | 697 cm2 (108.1 inches2) | 714 cm2 (110.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~81.5% | ~79.6% |
| Side bezels | 7.6 mm | 6.3 mm |
| Colors | Gray, Blue | Green |
| Material | Aluminum | Top: Aluminum Middle: Aluminum |
| Transformer | Yes | No |
| Opening angle | 360° | 140° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 41.6 dB | 51.6 dB |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 189 ppi | 189 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2240 x 1400 pixels | 2240 x 1400 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | Yes | No |
| Coating | Glossy | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | No |
| Contrast | 1500:1 | 1142:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 99.3% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 82% | 69.5% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 85% | 68.8% |
| Response time | - | 28 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | - | 15 V |
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 2:00 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 | Left |
| Charge power | 65 W | 90 / 130 W |
| Cable length | - | 1 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 187 grams | 398 / 496 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.3 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.4 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Cores | 10 (2P + 8E) | 12 (4P + 8E) |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 18 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 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 | 50 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | - | Yes |
| Type | Integrated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 8 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 1185 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1200 MHz | 1417 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS | 5.8 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | - | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 4.8 Gbps | 12 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 640 | 2048 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 40 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 20 | 40 |
| GPU performance | 1.5 TFLOPS | 5.8 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 962 |
| Solar Bay | - | 17611 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 4800 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5 | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 1 |
| Max. ram size | - | 40 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3306 | - |
| Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 2.0 |
| Power | 4x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~84.7 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5.2 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 1x 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 | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.7 mm | - |
| Size | 12.0 x 7.5 cm | 11.5 x 8.0 cm |
| Surface | Glass | 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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