Comparing all three major configurations of the Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 16

The Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 16 has earned high marks in our reviews. With three major GPU configurations to choose from, however, is there a "sweet spot" option or one to avoid? How do they compare to each other?

After testing all three options ranging from the GeForce RTX 5050 up to the RTX 5070, we can comfortably show how much of a performance differential users can expect when choosing between the three SKUs. The graphs below show that the performance gap between the RTX 5050 and RTX 5060 is decently wider than the gap between the RTX 5060 and RTX 5070. While some users might expect this to mean longer battery life for the slowest GPU, that is unfortunately not the case as all three configurations show nearly the same runtimes anyway.

Furthermore, the price differential between the Yoga Pro 9 16 RTX 5050 and RTX 5060 SKUs is quite minor as the RTX 5050 retails for around $1800 compared to $2000 for the latter at the time of writing. It would take a larger sale on the RTX 5050 configuration to make it the more compelling option.

There are, however, a few benefits that the RTX 5050 configuration brings. Core temperature when gaming runs cooler by about 7 C while the fans take longer to reach the same RPM ceiling. These advantages are nonetheless arguably minor when compared to the greater performance advantages than the RTX 5060 or 5070 options can offer.

Users can check out our reviews on the Yoga Pro 9 16 RTX 5070 configuration, 5060 configuration, and 5050 configuration for more benchmarks and comparisons.