Lenovo Yoga 9i 14" (Gen 8) vs Yoga 6 (13”, 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 28% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Features a bigger (~27%) battery – 75 against 59 watt-hours
- 43% sharper screen – 243 versus 170 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
Advantages of the Lenovo Yoga 6 (13”, Gen 8)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Smaller footprint: 9% more compact case (102.8 vs 113.3 square inches)
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.4 kg (3.09 lbs) | 1.37 kg (3.02 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 318 x 230 x 15.2 mm 12.52 x 9.06 x 0.6 inches |
304 x 218 x 17.46 mm 11.97 x 8.58 x 0.69 inches |
| Area | 731 cm2 (113.4 inches2) | 663 cm2 (102.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~77.7% | ~77.4% |
| Side bezels | 8.3 mm | 8.8 mm |
| Colors | Silver, Gray | Green |
| 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 | 37.6 dB |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 13.3 inches |
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 243 ppi | 170 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2880 x 1800 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touchscreen | Yes | Yes |
| Coating | Glossy | Glossy |
| Contrast | 1000000:1 | 1112:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 99.5% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 70% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 69.9% |
| Response time | 1 ms | 11 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 2:05 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 | 45 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 320 / 377 grams | 300 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.2 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Cores | 12 (4P + 8E) | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 18 MB | 16 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 | 1x256 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 | 81.5 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 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | No | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| 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 | No |
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 | - | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
Further details
Notes on Yoga 6 (13”, Gen 8):
- Two lid options: metal (in accordance with the specifications above) and fabric (0.035 inches thinner and 0.044 pounds heavier than metal).
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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