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MagyarLenovo Slim 7 Pro X laptop review: The Asus VivoBook 14 alternative
After reviewing the Intel-powered Lenovo Slim 7i Pro X a few months ago, we're now ready to check out its AMD equivalent the Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X powered by the Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU instead of the Core i7-12700H. Otherwise, almost everything else remains identical including the 14.5-inch 3K touchscreen, 55 W GeForce RTX 3050 GPU, and overall chassis design. We recommend checking out our existing review on the Intel model to learn more about the physical features of the laptop.
Current AMD SKUs include the Ryzen 7 6800H or Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU with up to 2 TB of PCIe4 storage or 32 GB of soldered RAM. The same display and Nvidia GPU are fixed across the lineup. Prices start at $1100 USD up to $1500 for our fully configured review unit.
Alternatives to the Slim 7 Pro or Slim 7i Pro include other upper midrange 14-inch laptops like the Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420, MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo, Asus VivoBook S14, or the Acer Swift X 14.
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Potential Competitors in Comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86.9 % | 02/2023 | Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X 14ARH7 R9 6900HS, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU | 1.6 kg | 15.9 mm | 14.50" | 3072x1920 | |
| 87.7 % | 12/2022 | Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro X 14IAH7 82TK006CGE i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU | 1.5 kg | 18 mm | 14.50" | 3072x1920 | |
| 86.6 % | 09/2022 | Lenovo Yoga Slim 9 14IAP7 i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.4 kg | 14.9 mm | 14.00" | 2880x1800 | |
| 87.2 % | 08/2022 | Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU | 1.7 kg | 18.87 mm | 14.00" | 2240x1400 | |
| 86.1 % | 07/2022 | MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT i7-1260P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.6 kg | 17.9 mm | 14.00" | 2880x1800 |
Case — Thinner Than Most 14-inch Laptops With GeForce RTX Graphics
Connectivity
The Slim 7 Pro drops the HDMI port as found on the Slim 7i Pro for an extra USB-A port. It also skips out on Thunderbolt support as to be expected.
Communication
Our AMD unit ships with the Realtek RTL8852BE Wi-Fi 6 module instead of the faster Intel AX211 Wi-Fi 6E. Performance is steady but slower by half even after multiple retests on our Netgear AXE11000 router.
| Networking | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro X 14IAH7 82TK006CGE | |
| HP Dragonfly Pro 2023 | |
| Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X 14ARH7 | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro X 14IAH7 82TK006CGE | |
| HP Dragonfly Pro 2023 | |
| Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X 14ARH7 | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro X 14IAH7 82TK006CGE | |
| HP Dragonfly Pro 2023 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 9 14IAP7 | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 9 14IAP7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro X 14IAH7 82TK006CGE | |
| HP Dragonfly Pro 2023 | |
| Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
Webcam
The 2 MP webcam utilizes an electronic shutter instead of a physical one. IR comes standard for Hello support.
Maintenance
The bottom panel is secured by just 5 T5 Torx screws for easy servicing. Users can remove the SSD, WLAN, and battery modules while RAM is soldered.
Accessories and Warranty
There are no extras in the retail box other than the AC adapter and paperwork. The usual one-year limited manufacturer warranty applies if purchased in the US.
Display — G-Sync and MUX For Non-Gamers
Lenovo employs the same CSOT T3 MNE507ZA1-1 IPS panel for both the Slim 7i Pro X and Slim 7 Pro X and so the viewing experience between the two models is essentially identical. The panel supports most high-end features including a native 120 Hz refresh rate, full sRGB coverage, G-Sync, touchscreen, and low blue light emission. Black-white response times are still relatively slow and so the laptop is not ideal for playing fast-moving games. If OLED is more your fancy for the faster response times and deeper colors, then you'll have to consider the Yoga Slim 9 instead as the Slim 7 Pro X series has no such option.
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Brightness Distribution: 88 %
Center on Battery: 426.5 cd/m²
Contrast: 1422:1 (Black: 0.3 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2.07 | 0.55-29.43 Ø5.2, calibrated: 0.63
ΔE Greyscale 3.2 | 0.57-98 Ø5.4
67.7% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
98.5% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
66% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.18
| Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X 14ARH7 CSOT T3 MNE507ZA1-1, IPS, 3072x1920, 14.50 | Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro X 14IAH7 82TK006CGE MNE507ZA1-1, IPS, 3072x1920, 14.50 | Lenovo Yoga Slim 9 14IAP7 LEN140WQ+, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00 | HP Envy 14-eb0252ng BOE0929, IPS, 1920x1200, 14.00 | Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 InfoVision 140NWHE, IPS, 2240x1400, 14.00 | MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT AU Optronics B140QAN04.R, IPS, 2880x1800, 14.00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | -2% | 32% | 3% | 3% | 25% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 66 | 65.7 0% | 99.61 51% | 69.3 5% | 68.8 4% | 97.8 48% |
| sRGB Coverage | 98.5 | 92.1 -6% | 99.98 2% | 98.5 0% | 99.3 1% | 99.9 1% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 67.7 | 67.7 0% | 97.18 44% | 70.4 4% | 69.5 3% | 85.9 27% |
| Response Times | 21% | 94% | 15% | 22% | 54% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 42.8 ? | 35 ? 18% | 2 ? 95% | 44.9 ? -5% | 32.8 ? 23% | 16.9 ? 61% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 28.7 ? | 22 ? 23% | 2 ? 93% | 18.9 ? 34% | 22.8 ? 21% | 15.4 ? 46% |
| PWM Frequency | 357 ? | |||||
| Screen | 27% | 105% | -12% | -11% | -33% | |
| Brightness middle | 426.5 | 430 1% | 361 -15% | 451 6% | 331.1 -22% | 496.7 16% |
| Brightness | 414 | 408 -1% | 365 -12% | 439 6% | 326 -21% | 468 13% |
| Brightness Distribution | 88 | 85 -3% | 93 6% | 92 5% | 85 -3% | 87 -1% |
| Black Level * | 0.3 | 0.29 3% | 0.02 93% | 0.31 -3% | 0.29 3% | 0.3 -0% |
| Contrast | 1422 | 1483 4% | 18050 1169% | 1455 2% | 1142 -20% | 1656 16% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 2.07 | 0.7 66% | 2.91 -41% | 2.46 -19% | 2.23 -8% | 3.93 -90% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 4.76 | 1.3 73% | 5.17 -9% | 4.24 11% | 5.44 -14% | 7.9 -66% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 0.63 | 0.4 37% | 2.32 -268% | 1.32 -110% | 0.63 -0% | 1.27 -102% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 3.2 | 1.3 59% | 2.58 19% | 3.5 -9% | 3.6 -13% | 5.9 -84% |
| Gamma | 2.18 101% | 2.22 99% | 2.4 92% | 2.24 98% | 2.21 100% | 2.04 108% |
| CCT | 6142 106% | 6526 100% | 6123 106% | 7289 89% | 6022 108% | 7618 85% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | 15% /
20% | 77% /
88% | 2% /
-5% | 5% /
-3% | 15% /
-8% |
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Lenovo advertises a pre-calibrated display and so our X-Rite colorimeter shows pretty good average grayscale and color DeltaE values of just 3.2 and 2.07, respectively. Nonetheless, we're able to achieve even better results by calibrating the display further ourselves; average grayscale and color DeltaE values would be as low as 1.1 and 0.63, respectively. Our free calibrated ICM profile is above for users to download.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 28.7 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 14.5 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 14.2 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows relatively slow response rates in our tests and may be too slow for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 70 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (22.3 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 42.8 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 19.8 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 23 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.25 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 64 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (35.1 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM not detected |  | ||
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 18925 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
Outdoor visibility is decent only when under shade. The 400-nit backlight is not bright enough to overcome most glare from the glass screen.
Performance
Testing Conditions
We set our unit to Extreme Performance mode via Lenovo Vantage and Performance mode via Windows prior to running any benchmarks below. Additionally, we made sure to enable discrete GPU mode via the Nvidia Control Panel. The system supports MUX or Advanced Optimus even though it is technically not a gaming laptop.
Processor — Just Shy Of The Core i7
Multi-thread performance is about 5 percent slower than the average laptop in our database equipped with the same Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU. The deficit may be minor, but it's enough to put our AMD CPU behind the Core i7-12700H in the Intel Slim 7i Pro X by about 5 to 10 percent.
Configuring down to the slower Ryzen 7 6800H SKU from the Ryzen 9 6900HS is expected to impact performance by another 5 to 10 percent based on our experience with the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14.
Cinebench R15 Multi Loop
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.4: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.4: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
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AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
| Performance Rating | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS | |
| Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X 14ARH7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro X 14IAH7 82TK006CGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 9 14IAP7 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS (14212 - 16072, n=5) | |
| Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X 14ARH7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro X 14IAH7 82TK006CGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 9 14IAP7 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro X 14IAH7 82TK006CGE | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 9 14IAP7 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS (25757 - 30291, n=5) | |
| Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X 14ARH7 | |
System Performance
PCMark 10 results are consistently behind the Intel Slim 7i Pro X by about 10 percent on average. This is potentially due to the faster Intel CPU when compared to our Ryzen CPU as shown by the benchmarks above.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
| PCMark 10 Score | 6231 points | |
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DPC Latency
LatencyMon reveals DPC issues when opening multiple browser tabs of our homepage. Additionally, 4K video playback at 60 FPS is imperfect with a few dropped frames even after multiple retests.
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 9 14IAP7 | |
| MSI Summit E14 Flip Evo A12MT | |
| Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X 14ARH7 | |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro X 14IAH7 82TK006CGE | |
| Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 | |
| HP Dragonfly Pro 2023 | |
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Storage Devices — One Drive Only
Our test unit ships with a 1 TB Samsung PM9A1 PCIe4 x4 NVMe SSD instead of the Micron 3400 as found on the Intel Slim 7 X Pro. Despite this, we can observe performance throttling yet again as shown by our graph below. Maximum transfer rates would be steady at around 6600 MB/s for only a minute or so before falling to as low as 3300 MB/s to suggest insufficient heat dissipation.
