Samsung Galaxy Book 5 vs Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 6
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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 Samsung Galaxy Book 5
- Features a much bigger (~32%) battery – 61.2 against 46.5 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 6
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 170 grams less (around 0.37 lbs)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
- Better webcam recording quality
- Much smaller footprint: 13% more compact case (109.9 vs 126 square inches)
- 15% sharper screen – 162 versus 141 pixels per inch (PPI)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.55 kg (3.42 lbs) | 1.38 kg (3.04 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 356.6 x 228 x 15.1 mm 14.04 x 8.98 x 0.59 inches |
313.7 x 226 x 17.01-21.5 mm 12.35 x 8.9 x 0.67-0.85 inches |
| Area | 813 cm2 (126.1 inches2) | 709 cm2 (109.9 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.5% | ~80.2% |
| Side bezels | 5.6 mm | 6.1 mm |
| Colors | Silver, Gray | Black |
| Material | Aluminum | Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 130° | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | - | 38 dB |
Display
| Size | 15.6 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 141 ppi | 162 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | No | No |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Book 5
15.6″ (16:9 ratio) = 104 in2
ThinkPad L14 Gen 6
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~18% more screen space
| Contrast | - | 1000:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 39.9% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 38.5% |
| Response time | - | 25 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:00 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 | 45 W | 65 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 158 grams | 274 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.8 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| Cores | 12 (2P + 10E) | 12 (2P + 10E) |
| Threads | 14 | 14 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) |
| 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 | 14 W | 14 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2 TFLOPS | 2 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Memory speed | 8.4 Gbps | 5.6 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 512 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 32 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 16 |
| GPU performance | 2 TFLOPS | 2 TFLOPS |
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 8400 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 64 GB |
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 | - | Senary SN6147, Realtek ALC3287 |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~85 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | No | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 2560 x 1440 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 3x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | Yes |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Optional | Optional |
| Key travel | - | 1.5 mm |
| Size | - | 11.5 x 6.0 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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