Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9) vs 7i Gen 8 (14″ Intel)

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Review

Evaluation of Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9) and 7i Gen 8 (14″ Intel) important characteristics
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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Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 165 versus 60 Hz
  • Can run popular games at about 347-473% higher FPS
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port
  • Around 88% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • Features a bigger (~18%) battery – 84 against 71 watt-hours
  • Better webcam recording quality
  • 46% sharper screen – 236 versus 162 pixels per inch (PPI)
Advantages of the Lenovo Yoga 7i Gen 8 (14″ Intel)
  • Significantly easier to carry: weighs 630 grams less (around 1.39 lbs)
  • Display has support for touch input
  • Much smaller footprint: 23% more compact case (109.6 vs 142.6 square inches)

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 2.18 kg (4.81 lbs) 1.55 kg (3.42 lbs)
Dimensions 362.72 x 253.69 x 17.9-18.3 mm
14.28 x 9.99 x 0.7-0.72 inches
317.87 x 222.5 x 16.49 mm
12.51 x 8.76 x 0.65 inches
Area 920 cm2 (142.7 inches2) 707 cm2 (109.6 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~80.7% ~80.4%
Side bezels 9.1 mm 8.2 mm
Colors Gray, Green Gray, Blue
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Transformer No Yes
Opening angle 150° 360°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 1
Noise level (max. load) 53.9 dB -

Display

Size 16 inches 14 inches
Type IPS LCD OLED
Refresh rate 165 Hz 60 Hz
PPI 236 ppi 162 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 3200 x 2000 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No Yes
Coating Matte Glossy
Ambient light sensor Yes Yes
Screen space comparison
Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
Yoga 7i Gen 8 (14″ Intel)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~30% more screen space
Display tests
Contrast 1200:1 100000:1
sRGB color space 100% -
Adobe RGB profile 86.5% -
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% 100%
Response time 21 ms 1 ms
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time 1:30 hr 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 Left
Charge power 100 / 170 W 65 W
Weight of AC adapter 556 grams 187 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 1.2 GHz 1.3 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz 4.6 GHz
Cores 14 (4P + 10E) 10 (2P + 8E)
Threads 18 12
L3 Cache 18 MB 12 MB
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Fabrication process 7 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 100 W 15 W
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus -
Type Dedicated Integrated
Fabrication process 5 nm 10 nm
GPU base clock 1905 MHz 300 MHz
GPU boost clock 2280 MHz 1250 MHz
FLOPS 11.7 TFLOPS 1.6 TFLOPS
Memory size 6 GB System Shared
Memory type GDDR6 LPDDR5
Memory bus 96 bit -
Memory speed ~16 Gbps 5.2 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2560 640
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 40
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 20
GPU performance 11.7 TFLOPS 1.6 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 2460 -
Solar Bay 34776 -
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x4 GB
Clock 7467 MHz 5200 MHz
Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
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 2 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip Realtek ALC3306 Realtek ALC3306
Speakers 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) 2.0
Power 6x2W 2x2W
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Loudness ~84.5 dB -
Microphones 4 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v6E
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.2
Fingerprint No Optional
Infrared sensor Yes Yes
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 2560 x 1440 1920 x 1080
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 1x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 Thunderbolt 4
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 1.4
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 Yes No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes No
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm 1.5 mm
Touchpad
Size 15.0 x 9.5 cm 12.0 x 7.5 cm
Surface Glass Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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