Lenovo Yoga 9i 14" (Gen 8) vs IdeaPad Flex 5 (14″ Gen 8)
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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 Yoga 9i 14" (Gen 8)
- Can run popular games at about 117-160% higher FPS
- Around 2.7x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 150 grams less (around 0.33 lbs)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Features a much bigger (~43%) battery – 75 against 52.5 watt-hours
- 50% sharper screen – 243 versus 162 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
Advantages of the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 (14″ Gen 8)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.4 kg (3.09 lbs) | 1.55 kg (3.42 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 318 x 230 x 15.2 mm 12.52 x 9.06 x 0.6 inches |
313.1 x 224.9 x 17.8 mm 12.33 x 8.85 x 0.7 inches |
| Area | 731 cm2 (113.4 inches2) | 704 cm2 (109.1 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~77.7% | ~80.7% |
| Side bezels | 8.3 mm | 5.8 mm |
| Colors | Silver, Gray | Gray, Blue |
| Transformer | Yes | Yes |
| Opening angle | 360° | 360° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 45 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 243 ppi | 162 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2880 x 1800 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Touchscreen | Yes | Yes |
| Coating | Glossy | Glossy |
| Contrast | 1000000:1 | 800:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:00 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 | 65 / 100 W | 65 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 320 / 377 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.2 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Cores | 12 (4P + 8E) | 4 |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 18 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 7 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 | 6 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | - | 2200 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.69 TFLOPS | 0.54 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory speed | 5.2 Gbps | 4.27 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 768 | 128 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 48 | 8 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 24 | 4 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 5200 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Upgradable | No | No |
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 | 1x128 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | - | Realtek ALC3287 |
| Speakers | 2.2 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x3W, 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | 84.5 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.1 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Yes |
| 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 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | No | 1x HDMI 1.4 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Size | 13.5 x 8.0 cm | 12.0 x 7.5 cm |
| Surface | - | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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