Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 14" (Intel) vs Apple MacBook Air 13 M4 (2025)
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Review
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 Slim 7i Aura Edition 14" (Intel)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Features a much bigger (~30%) battery – 70 against 53.8 watt-hours
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air 13 M4 (2025)
- MacBook with the Apple M4 (10-Core) chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Around 86% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- 39% sharper screen – 225 versus 162 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.19 kg (2.62 lbs) | 1.24 kg (2.73 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 312 x 219.3 x 13.9 mm 12.28 x 8.63 x 0.55 inches |
304.1 x 215 x 11.3 mm 11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 inches |
| Area | 684 cm2 (106 inches2) | 654 cm2 (101.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~83.1% | ~82% |
| Side bezels | 5.3 mm | 5.6 mm |
| Colors | Gray, Blue | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | - | 130° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Passive |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | - |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 13.6 inches |
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 225 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2560 x 1664 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Glossy | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | No | Yes |
Screen space comparison
Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 14" (Intel)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
MacBook Air 13 M4 (2025)
13.6″ (16:10 ratio) = 83.1 in2
~5% more screen space
| Contrast | 1000000:1 | 1494:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 99.9% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 93.4% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 99.4% |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | - | 2:40 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 | 65 W | 30 / 35 / 70 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | - | 170 / 183 / 207 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.1 GHz | 4.46 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | - |
| Cores | 8 (4P + 4E) | 10 (4P + 6E) |
| Threads | 8 | 10 |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Arc Graphics 130V | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) |
| Fabrication process | 3 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 | 30 W | 18 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | 600 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1850 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| FLOPS | 3.3 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory bus | - | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 8.53 Gbps | 7.5 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 896 | 1280 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | - | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | - | 40 |
| GPU performance | 3.3 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
| Blender GPU | 548 | 972 |
| Solar Bay | - | 14646 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 8533 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| 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 | Cirrus Logic CS42L43 | - |
| Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) |
| Power | 2x2W, 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~77 dB |
| Microphones | 4 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | 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 |
| USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| 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 | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 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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