Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 (14″) vs Apple MacBook Air 13 M3 (2024)
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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 Pro 7 (14″)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Higher screen refresh rate: 90 versus 60 Hz
- Features a much bigger (~39%) battery – 73 against 52.6 watt-hours
- Around 32% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air 13 M3 (2024)
- Easier to carry: weighs 250 grams less (around 0.55 lbs)
- MacBook with the Apple M3 chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Provides 43% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 350 nits
- Smaller footprint: 11% more compact case (101.4 vs 114.2 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.49 kg (3.29 lbs) | 1.24 kg (2.73 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 325.5 x 226.49 x 16.6 mm 12.81 x 8.92 x 0.65 inches |
304.1 x 215 x 11.3 mm 11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 inches |
| Area | 737 cm2 (114.3 inches2) | 654 cm2 (101.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.7% | ~82% |
| Side bezels | 6.6 mm | 5.6 mm |
| Colors | Gray, Green | Black, Silver, Gold, Gray |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 130° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Passive |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | - |
Display
| Size | 14.5 inches | 13.6 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 208 ppi | 225 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2560 x 1664 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Screen space comparison
Yoga Pro 7 (14″)
14.5″ (16:10 ratio) = 94.5 in2
MacBook Air 13 M3 (2024)
13.6″ (16:10 ratio) = 83.1 in2
~13% more screen space
| Contrast | 1500:1 | 1250:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 99.9% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 87.9% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 98.4% |
| Response time | - | 30 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 2:30 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes, 70 W |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 100 / 140 W | 30 / 35 / 70 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 394 grams | 184 / 208 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 3.8 GHz | 4.05 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5.1 GHz | - |
| Cores | 8 | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 780M | Apple M3 GPU |
| Fabrication process | 4 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 | 63 W | 15 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | Yes, Advanced Optimus | - |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 8 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | 1237 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1500 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| FLOPS | 6.1 TFLOPS | 3.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 6 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 12 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 2048 | 1280 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 40 | 40 |
| GPU performance | 6.1 TFLOPS | 3.5 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 975 | 145 |
| Solar Bay | 18591 | 12078 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 6400 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | Custom |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 1 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3306 | - |
| Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) |
| Power | 4x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~83.2 dB |
| Microphones | 4 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | No | Yes |
| 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 | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 3 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1 mm |
| Size | 13.5 x 8.0 cm | - |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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