Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 16AHP9
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Reviews for the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 16AHP9
Source: PC Mag
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i 16 Gen 9 is a decent-looking, well-enough-performing, and less-than-$800 desktop replacement. Its shortcomings, mostly a mediocre screen and awkward cursor control keys, keep it from competing for Editors' Choice honors, but it's worth a look if Costco or another favorite retailer puts up a discount. Again, we have two similarly big-screen Acer laptops to recommend instead, the Acer Swift Go 16 or the Acer Aspire 3, for either a bit more cash or a lot less, respectively.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/13/2024
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Short, Date: 07/18/2024
Source: Laptop Media
Most of the things that we said about the IdeaPad Slim 5 Gen 9 (14″ AMD) also apply to the IdeaPad Slim 5 (16″ AMD). This is a well-built 16-inch machine that offers impressively powerful CPU options for such a thin profile. We bought a laptop with the Ryzen 7 8845HS which is the top chip model for this Lenovo series. Let’s start with the good news. During max processor loads, the two fans are audible but not noisy and the processor can maintain decent clocks in short and medium stress. When the AMD chip is pushed hard for a long time, the clocks here are below the official base ones and the WASD section reaches 55°C. On the bright side, this machine always feels responsive and the SSD is also fast. The optional OLED panel (LEN160 2K (LEN8ABC)) boasts a 120 Hz refresh rate, infinite contrast ratio, and full DCI-P3 coverage.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 07/17/2024
Foreign Reviews
Source: Laptopmedia CN
zh-CN→ENPositive: Slim size; light weight; microSD card slot; high performance; long battery life; silent system; comfortable keyboard; great speakers; nice iGPU. Negative: Non-expandable RAM; weak connectivity.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 07/17/2024
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AMD Radeon 760M: Integrated graphics card in the Ryzen 7040 mobile series APUs based on the RDNA3 architecture with 8 of the 12 CUs (= 512 shaders) and a clock speed of up to 2.8 GHz.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
R5 8645HS: An upper mid-range processor (APU) of the Hawk Point family. This isn't an entirely new chip; instead, the 8645HS is a rebadged Ryzen 5 7640HS with higher clock speeds on the Ryzen AI NPU. The 8645HS was brought to life in Q4 2023 and it has 6 SMT-enabled Zen 4 cores (12 threads) running at 4.3 GHz to 5.0 GHz. The Radeon 760M iGPU is responsible for carrying out 3D calculations and similar duties.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
16.00":
15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Lenovo: Lenovo ("Le" from English legend, novo (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. As of 2004, the company was the largest laptop manufacturer in China and, after acquiring IBM's PC division in 2005, the fourth largest in the world. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company manufactures monitors, projectors, servers, etc, and specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, enterprise solutions and related services.
In 2016, the company ranked first in the world in computer sales. It still held it in 2023 with about 23% global market share. Important product lines are Thinkpad, Legion and Ideapad.
In 2011, it acquired a majority stake in Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Motorola Mobility was purchased, which gave Lenovo a boost in the smartphone market.
60%: Such a poor rating is rare. There are only a few notebooks that were rated even worse. The rating websites do not give a purchase recommendation here.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
