Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ review: Good multimedia laptop with a lot of power
With the ThinkBook 16 G4+, Lenovo is introducing a 16-inch multimedia notebook with powerful components and plenty of modern features for an RRP of 1,200 Euros (~US$ 1,200). In addition to the latest Intel Core i7-12700H processor, there is the dedicated GeForce RTX 2050 from Nvidia, as well as modern features such as Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6E or PCIe 4.0. The display is a matte WQHD IPS panel and there is a large 1 TB SSD, alongside 16 GB of RAM. Our review sample is a campus model without an operating system.
Possible Competitors in Comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
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88.4 % | 09/2022 | Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile | 1.8 kg | 16.5 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
87.4 % | 08/2022 | Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.1 kg | 18.99 mm | 16.00" | 3072x1920 | |
86.2 % | 07/2022 | Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 i5-11320H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU | 1.8 kg | 18.9 mm | 16.10" | 1920x1080 | |
12/2021 | Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE R9 5900HX, GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU | 1.9 kg | 19 mm | 16.10" | 3840x2400 | ||
83.6 % | 07/2022 | Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 i7-12700H, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.7 kg | 18.4 mm | 16.00" | 1920x1200 | |
79.8 % | 08/2022 | Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 i7-1260P, A350M | 1.6 kg | 15 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 |
Case - Lenovo makes use of aluminum
Lenovo mainly uses aluminum for the case (i.e. the lid and base unit) and the surfaces are sandblasted as well as anodized. The smooth surfaces feel pleasant and convey a high-quality impression. Fingerprints can be seen relatively quickly, but can also be removed easily. Visually, the silver-colored case looks elegant and fits well in professional environments. The only visual accent is the two-tone display lid with two different shades of gray.
In terms of workmanship, the ThinkBook gives a fundamentally good impression, but there is still room for improvement. We were able to elicit quiet creaking noises from the base unit and the keyboard area can also be pressed in. The display lid proves to be more stable - we were unable to bring about any image errors, but the display clearly teeters when the opening angle is changed. A maximum of 180 degrees is possible and the hinges are well adjusted, as one-handed opening presents no issue.
With the exception of the Acer Swift X, the 16-inch devices in the comparison field are very similar in terms of size. However, the ThinkBook is a little thinner than most of the rivals at only 1.65 cm. The weight amounts to 1.82 kg, not including the additional 400 grams for the power adapter.
Equipment - ThinkBook with Thunderbolt 4
The ThinkBook 16 G4+ offers practically all the ports you could want. In addition to a modern Thunderbolt 4 port, there are also regular USB-A ports, a full-fledged HDMI output, and a Gigabit Ethernet port. There is even a hidden USB port under a flap on the right side, which conforms only to the 2.0 standard, but is perfect for permanently connected dongles, such as external input devices.
SD Card Reader
There is an SD card reader on the right side that does not fully accommodate the memory cards (they protrude by about 2 cm). We measured transfer rates of almost 90 MB/s via our reference card (Angelbird AV Pro V60 UHS-II), which puts the ThinkBook ahead of competitors whose card readers only function via USB 2.0.
SD Card Reader | |
average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs) | |
Average of class Multimedia (17.6 - 205, n=62, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP (Angelbird AV Pro V60) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE (AV Pro SD microSD 128 GB V60) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 (Angelbird AV Pro V60) | |
maximum AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB) | |
Average of class Multimedia (16.8 - 266, n=58, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP (Angelbird AV Pro V60) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE (AV Pro SD microSD 128 GB V60) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 (Angelbird AV Pro V60) |
Communication
In addition to the Gigabit Ethernet module (Intel I219-V), Lenovo installs the very modern Intel AX211E Wi-Fi 6E module, which theoretically supports the latest 6 GHz networks. However, we were unable to connect to the 6 GHz network of our reference router from Asus. Yet the transfer rates were very high and stable on the 5 GHz network, which is why there are no real limitations in practice.
Networking | |
iperf3 transmit AX12 | |
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (1003 - 1501, n=4) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Average of class Multimedia (285 - 1094, n=5, last 2 years) | |
iperf3 receive AX12 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (1178 - 1623, n=4) | |
Average of class Multimedia (625 - 1675, n=5, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Average of class Multimedia (358 - 1735, n=69, last 2 years) | |
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (464 - 1861, n=171) | |
iperf3 receive AXE11000 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Average of class Multimedia (701 - 1789, n=71, last 2 years) | |
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (582 - 1890, n=171) |
Webcam
The ThinkBook offers a 1080p webcam with a mechanical shutter that delivers better images than previous 720p modules. Additionally, there is an IR camera for face recognition via Windows Hello.
Maintenance
The baseplate is fastened with a total of 10 Torx screws (T5) and can be removed easily. Afterwards, you are able to clean the two fans and access the two M.2-2280 slots for SSDs. The WLAN module is partially glued over, but can be replaced in principle. Only the RAM is soldered and cannot be upgraded.
Input Devices - Multimedia laptop with an average keyboard
The dark gray keyboard offers a two-level white backlight as well as a dedicated number pad on the right side, although the keys are a bit narrower here. In terms of typing feel, the ThinkBook is more along the lines of the manufacturer's IdeaPads rather than the ThinkPads. Key travel is quite short, but at least the feedback is very precise and the keys do not rattle either. In our opinion, Lenovo wastes some potential here; there are more comfortable inputs if you frequently type very long texts. The power button is located on the right above the keyboard and includes a fingerprint scanner.
The large ClickPad has been shifted slightly to the left and, at 12 x 7.5 cm, offers enough space for pointer navigation as well as gestures with up to four fingers. This works very well thanks to the Microsoft Precision standard and the pad doesn't rattle either. The lower half can be pressed physically, but this is characterized by loud and cheap-sounding clicking noises, so you should only tap the pad (tap to click).
Display - Matte WQHD IPS panel
Lenovo equips the ThinkBook 16 G4+ with a matte WQHD panel in 16:10 format, but there are two different versions of the IPS screen. Our review sample uses a 60 Hz panel, but according to the spec sheet, a 120 Hz model with factory color calibration is also available as an option.
Our subjective image impression of the matte panel is very good. Content is displayed clearly, colors are vivid and bright areas are not grainy. We determined a very good contrast ratio of almost 1700:1 (black value 0.23), which certainly also contributes to the vivid image impression. Lenovo specifies a brightness of 350 cd/m², which our panel just surpasses. There is no PWM flickering and response times are inconspicuous, but there are clearly visible halos on dark backgrounds at high brightness levels. The viewing angle stability of the IPS display is very good, but HDR content is not supported.
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Brightness Distribution: 91 %
Center on Battery: 372 cd/m²
Contrast: 1613:1 (Black: 0.23 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2.6 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5, calibrated: 1.3
ΔE Greyscale 3.7 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
71.7% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
97.5% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
69.6% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.32
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP LEN160WQXGA, IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 BOE NE16N41, IPS, 3072x1920, 16.00 | Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 Chi Mei N161HCA-EA3, , 1920x1080, 16.10 | Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE Samsung ATNA60YV02-0, OLED, 3840x2400, 16.10 | Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 BOE NV160WUM-NH0, IPS, 1920x1200, 16.00 | Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 NE156FHM-NS0, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | |
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Display | 2% | -5% | 27% | -4% | -27% | |
Display P3 Coverage | 69.6 | 70.8 2% | 65.1 -6% | 99.8 43% | 66.2 -5% | 49.6 -29% |
sRGB Coverage | 97.5 | 99.5 2% | 95.65 -2% | 100 3% | 96.4 -1% | 74.8 -23% |
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 71.7 | 73.2 2% | 66.75 -7% | 96.9 35% | 68.3 -5% | 51.3 -28% |
Response Times | -42% | -6% | 91% | -2% | -24% | |
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 32.7 ? | 38 ? -16% | 30 ? 8% | 2 ? 94% | 30.5 ? 7% | 32.3 ? 1% |
Response Time Black / White * | 16.8 ? | 28 ? -67% | 20 ? -19% | 2 ? 88% | 18.7 ? -11% | 25 ? -49% |
PWM Frequency | 60 ? | |||||
Screen | 8% | 11% | 14% | -19% | -71% | |
Brightness middle | 371 | 288.9 -22% | 276 -26% | 392 6% | 319 -14% | 337 -9% |
Brightness | 357 | 276 -23% | 264 -26% | 396 11% | 317 -11% | 325 -9% |
Brightness Distribution | 91 | 92 1% | 85 -7% | 98 8% | 90 -1% | 89 -2% |
Black Level * | 0.23 | 0.26 -13% | 0.16 30% | 0.23 -0% | 0.4 -74% | |
Contrast | 1613 | 1111 -31% | 1725 7% | 1387 -14% | 843 -48% | |
Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 2.6 | 1.88 28% | 1.8 31% | 1.74 33% | 3.4 -31% | 4.7 -81% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 4.4 | 4.37 1% | 3.77 14% | 3.18 28% | 8.1 -84% | 15.7 -257% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 1.3 | 0.42 68% | 0.63 52% | 1.85 -42% | 0.8 38% | 2.8 -115% |
Greyscale dE 2000 * | 3.7 | 1.4 62% | 2.76 25% | 1.77 52% | 5.7 -54% | 5.4 -46% |
Gamma | 2.32 95% | 2.3 96% | 2.37 93% | 2.22 99% | 2.1 105% | 2.07 106% |
CCT | 7271 89% | 6634 98% | 6564 99% | 6483 100% | 7433 87% | 7727 84% |
Total Average (Program / Settings) | -11% /
-0% | 0% /
5% | 44% /
30% | -8% /
-13% | -41% /
-55% |
* ... smaller is better
Our analysis with the professional CalMAN software (X-Rite i1 Pro 2) reveals a slightly bluish tint in conjunction with a color temperature that is slightly too cool. On the other hand, the deviations of the grayscale and also the colors compared to the sRGB reference color space are already quite low. If you do not want to edit pictures, you don't necessarily have to calibrate the panel, but there is still a lot of potential here and after our calibration, the results are much better and all colors are below the important DeltaE-2000 deviation of 3. Together with the almost complete sRGB coverage, image/video editing is also possible.
Display Response Times
↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
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16.8 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 6.4 ms rise | |
↘ 10.4 ms fall | ||
The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 33 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (21.6 ms). | ||
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
32.7 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 15.7 ms rise | |
↘ 17 ms fall | ||
The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.2 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 37 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is similar to the average of all tested devices (33.9 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 18100 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. |
The matte screen surface helps outdoors, of course, and you can work comfortably on cloudy days, but the display needs to be a little brighter on very bright days.
Performance - Alder Lake & GeForce RTX
Testing Conditions
As usual, Lenovo offers its own power settings that can be set either via the preinstalled Vantage software or the Fn+P key combination. We have listed the respective TDP/TGP values for the CPU and GPU in the table below. We used the High Performance setting for testing.
Performance mode | CPU load | GPU load | Stress test | Max. fan volume |
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Battery Saving | 64 -> 20 watts | 20 watts | CPU: 20 watts GPU: 20 watts |
30.5 dB(A) |
Intelligent Cooling | 72 -> 35 watts | 36 watts | CPU: 24 watts GPU: 36 watts |
43.7 dB(A) |
High Performance | 80 -> 55 watts | 60 watts | CPU: 20 watts GPU: 50 watts |
47 dB(A) |
Processor
The Core i7-12700H is a fast processor from Intel's current Alder Lake generation that relies on a hybrid architecture with 6 fast performance and 8 efficiency cores. Thanks to high power limits, the performance yield of the ThinkBook 16 G4+ is very good and CPU performance is better that of the rivals. Even under sustained load, the processor remains at 55 watts and delivers good results. However, maximum consumption is limited to 70 watts in battery mode and then quickly reaches 64 watts, which is why the multi-core performance is ~12% lower when not plugged in. More CPU benchmarks are available here.
Cinebench R15 Multi Sustained Load
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 5.5: 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 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (4032 - 19330, n=63) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (3127 - 30789, n=97, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (778 - 1826, n=62) | |
Average of class Multimedia (878 - 2110, n=94, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (1576 - 7407, n=63) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (1192 - 11768, n=94, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (300 - 704, n=63) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Average of class Multimedia (341 - 812, n=94, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (1379 - 2916, n=69) | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (580 - 4703, n=103, last 2 years) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (113 - 263, n=64) | |
Average of class Multimedia (142.6 - 308, n=96, last 2 years) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Average of class Multimedia (107 - 956, n=92, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (168 - 732, n=62) | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP |
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (22844 - 73067, n=62) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Average of class Multimedia (11813 - 119900, n=87, last 2 years) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (2743 - 5972, n=62) | |
Average of class Multimedia (3398 - 7163, n=87, last 2 years) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (5144 - 13745, n=63) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Average of class Multimedia (3307 - 23059, n=97, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Average of class Multimedia (926 - 2342, n=97, last 2 years) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (803 - 1851, n=63) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (4.67 - 21.8, n=63) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Average of class Multimedia (4.12 - 30.5, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average of class Multimedia (6.7 - 84.9, n=89, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (34.2 - 95.3, n=62) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 |
R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Average of class Multimedia (0.3826 - 0.763, n=87, last 2 years) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (0.4441 - 1.052, n=62) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 |
* ... smaller is better
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (3804 - 27411, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (2585 - 17957, n=62) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 |
AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average of class Multimedia (16379 - 136048, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (12439 - 90760, n=62) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 |
AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (833 - 4242, n=62) | |
Average of class Multimedia (1099 - 6681, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 |
AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (57923 - 103202, n=62) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (31314 - 134321, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (3249 - 9939, n=62) | |
Average of class Multimedia (3099 - 15484, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average of class Multimedia (9602 - 68591, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (7135 - 44760, n=62) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 |
AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (31839 - 144360, n=62) | |
Average of class Multimedia (23702 - 169946, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 |
AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (305 - 1171, n=62) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (228 - 1901, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (1996 - 14590, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (1437 - 9692, n=62) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 |
AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average of class Multimedia (7419 - 52727, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (12863 - 52207, n=62) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE |
System Performance
In everyday use, the ThinkBook 16 G4+ is an extremely responsive laptop and given the powerful components, one should not worry about performance bottlenecks in the coming years. We were unable to run synthetic PCMark 10 in our review sample because it always crashed despite several reinstallations of the program and also of the drivers. This was the only problem we encountered during testing and the results in the other benchmarks are very good, as expected.
WebXPRT 3: Overall
WebXPRT 4: Overall
Jetstream 2: Total Score
Mozilla Kraken 1.1: Total
Octane V2: Total Score
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
CrossMark / Overall | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (1009 - 2146, n=88, last 2 years) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
CrossMark / Productivity | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (971 - 2064, n=88, last 2 years) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
CrossMark / Creativity | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (933 - 2865, n=88, last 2 years) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (926 - 2171, n=88, last 2 years) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
Jetstream 2 / Total Score | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Average of class Multimedia (150.6 - 337, n=60, last 2 years) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
Octane V2 / Total Score | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile | |
Average of class Multimedia (43921 - 109055, n=42, last 2 years) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 |
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» No benchmarks for this notebook found!
AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Average of class Multimedia (20513 - 92447, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (25615 - 80511, n=62) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE |
AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Average of class Multimedia (22917 - 89474, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (25586 - 79442, n=62) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE |
AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average of class Multimedia (20226 - 95196, n=85, last 2 years) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (23679 - 88660, n=62) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE |
AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Average of class Multimedia (75 - 142.4, n=84, last 2 years) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (76.2 - 133.9, n=60) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 |
* ... smaller is better
DPC Latency
In our standardized latency test (web browsing, 4K YouTube playback, CPU load), the ThinkBook 16 G4+ shows severe limitations with the present version and is therefore unsuitable for using real-time audio applications.
DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 |
* ... smaller is better
Massenspeicher
The ThinkBook 16 G4+ offers two M.2-2280 slots for SSDs, one of which uses a fast PCIe 4.0 connection, the other PCIe 3.0. A compact Micron 2450 (M.2-2242) is installed in our review sample, which is already a PCIe 4.0 SSD, but this drive is not the fastest, since the manufacturer specifies a maximum transfer rate of 3.6 GB/s. The end result is that you have a PCIe 4.0 SSD with PCIe 3.0 speed. Nevertheless, this presents no real restrictions in practice and performance remains stable even under prolonged load. The SSD offers a capacity of 1 TB, whereby 916 GB is still available after the first startup. More SSD benchmarks are available here.
* ... smaller is better
Sustained Read Performance: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
Graphics Card
In everyday use, graphics calculations are often handled by the processor's integrated Iris Xe Graphics G7. The dedicated Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 only switches on automatically under higher load. In principle, this GPU is a GeForce MX570, but also supports RayTracing and DLSS. The TGP is set at a maximum of 50 watts, whereby another 10 watts can be used by the processor. We observed a maximum core clock of 1,762 MHz.
In the synthetic benchmarks, the RTX 2050 usually ranks just behind the RTX 3050, which works a little more efficiently. Furthermore, the GPU is more than twice as fast as the Iris Xe Graphics G7 in demanding tests. There is no performance drop under prolonged load, as the demanding Time Spy stress test is easily passed with 99.7%.
However, the GPU's energy consumption is limited to 30 watts in battery mode, which leads to a performance reduction of 15%. More GPU benchmarks are available in our tech section.
3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance GPU | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (3408 - 60250, n=87, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (10598 - 15411, n=7) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 |
3DMark | |
1280x720 Cloud Gate Standard Graphics | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average of class Multimedia (14679 - 150699, n=61, last 2 years) | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (47225 - 66365, n=7) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
1920x1080 Fire Strike Graphics | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (1835 - 46022, n=87, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (8249 - 10621, n=7) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (622 - 17620, n=87, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (1072 - 3938, n=7) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 |
Geekbench 5.5 | |
OpenCL Score | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Average of class Multimedia (9849 - 120093, n=96, last 2 years) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (42403 - 49723, n=7) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Vulkan Score | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (4239 - 61294, n=87, last 2 years) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (8500 - 31142, n=7) |
V-Ray 5 Benchmark - GPU CUDA | |
Average of class Multimedia (209 - 1221, n=23, last 2 years) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (169 - 212, n=2) |
V-Ray Benchmark Next 4.10 - GPU | |
Average of class Multimedia (31 - 631, n=63, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (66 - 109, n=7) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 |
Blender - v3.3 Classroom CUDA | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (130 - 175, n=6) | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (35 - 152, n=44, last 2 years) |
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3DMark Vantage P Result | 52669 points | |
3DMark 11 Performance | 15277 points | |
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score | 40781 points | |
3DMark Fire Strike Score | 9274 points | |
3DMark Time Spy Score | 4300 points | |
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Gaming Performance
The gaming performance of the RTX 2050 is good, and the ThinkBook 16 G4+ again ranks behind the RTX 3050 Ti and in many cases also the RTX 3050. Many titles thus can be played smoothly in Full HD and high details, and native WQHD resolution is also possible in some cases. A reduction in details in FHD is only required for demanding titles such as Cyberpoint 2077. Our Witcher 3 loop shows that performance does not drop during longer gaming sessions. More gaming benchmarks are available here.
The Witcher 3 | |
1920x1080 High Graphics & Postprocessing (Nvidia HairWorks Off) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (11.2 - 290, n=90, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (46.7 - 78, n=7) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (8 - 143.2, n=95, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (24.3 - 39.6, n=8) | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 |
GTA V | |
1920x1080 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Average of class Multimedia (4.24 - 123, n=84, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (35.6 - 55.8, n=7) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
1920x1080 High/On (Advanced Graphics Off) AA:2xMSAA + FX AF:8x | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average of class Multimedia (11.8 - 181.9, n=87, last 2 years) | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (74 - 111.5, n=7) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
2560x1440 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x | |
Average of class Multimedia (8.23 - 97.6, n=43, last 2 years) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile |
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | |
1920x1080 High Preset | |
Average of class Multimedia (9.8 - 104, n=46, last 2 years) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (19.1 - 31, n=4) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
1920x1080 Ultra Preset | |
Average of class Multimedia (8 - 103, n=44, last 2 years) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (16.8 - 27.4, n=4) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 |
Dota 2 Reborn | |
1920x1080 high (2/3) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (70.9 - 140, n=7) | |
Average of class Multimedia (28 - 184.4, n=87, last 2 years) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
1920x1080 ultra (3/3) best looking | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (66.1 - 130.1, n=7) | |
Average of class Multimedia (26.3 - 171.6, n=86, last 2 years) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 |
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | |
1920x1080 High Quality | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Average of class Multimedia (6.53 - 141.8, n=86, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (24.8 - 42.9, n=7) | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
2560x1440 High Quality | |
Average of class Multimedia (7.31 - 132.7, n=52, last 2 years) | |
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (20.5 - 29, n=3) |
Far Cry 5 | |
1920x1080 High Preset AA:T | |
Average of class Multimedia (18 - 154, n=55, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (35 - 71, n=5) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:T | |
Average of class Multimedia (17 - 145, n=54, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (34 - 66, n=5) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
2560x1440 Ultra Preset AA:T | |
Average of class Multimedia (18 - 117, n=35, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (35 - 39, n=2) |
F1 2021 | |
1920x1080 High Preset AA:T AF:16x | |
Average of class Multimedia (29.7 - 264, n=27, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (66.2 - 107.6, n=3) | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
1920x1080 Ultra High Preset + Raytracing AA:T AF:16x | |
Average of class Multimedia (20.2 - 149.8, n=26, last 2 years) | |
Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (36.1 - 52.3, n=3) | |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP | |
Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 |
Witcher 3 FPS Chart
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | |
GTA V (2015) | 179.1 | 175.3 | 108.1 | 52.9 | 37.3 |
The Witcher 3 (2015) | 216 | 139 | 77 | 38.3 | |
Dota 2 Reborn (2015) | 167.4 | 153.9 | 140 | 129.6 | |
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018) | 109.1 | 61 | 41.8 | 29 | |
X-Plane 11.11 (2018) | 139.6 | 106.4 | 90.1 | ||
Far Cry 5 (2018) | 118 | 68 | 62 | 60 | 39 |
Strange Brigade (2018) | 196.9 | 86.8 | 71.5 | 63.1 | 46.5 |
F1 2021 (2021) | 229 | 130.6 | 99.5 | 44.1 | 28.2 |
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 (2022) | 49 | 41 | 31 | 25 |
Emissions - Gaming requires headphones
Noise
When idling or under low load, the two fans almost always remain deactivated, even in High Performance mode. However, they quickly reach maximum speed under higher loads in this mode, corresponding to a noise level of 47 dB(A). This is already clearly audible and so we recommend headphones when gaming. In Intelligent Cooling mode, the laptop is only marginally quieter at just under 44 dB(A) when gaming. If you don't require much performance, you can easily switch to battery-saving mode, since the fans rarely kick in and are hardly audible, but this mode is hardly suitable for gaming due to the power reduction. No electronic noises were detected.
Noise Level
Idle |
| 24.2 / 24.2 / 24.2 dB(A) |
Load |
| 47 / 47 dB(A) |
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30 dB silent 40 dB(A) audible 50 dB(A) loud |
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min: , med: , max: Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 24.2 dB(A) |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, i7-12700H, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK | Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNS512G | Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, i5-11320H, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU | Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, R9 5900HX, SK Hynix HFM001TD3JX013N | Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-12700H, Silicon Motion PCIe-8 SSD | Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 A350M, i7-1260P, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU | |
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Noise | -6% | -3% | -5% | 2% | -4% | |
off / environment * | 24.2 | 23.3 4% | 25.4 -5% | 26 -7% | 24.2 -0% | 24.3 -0% |
Idle Minimum * | 24.2 | 25.7 -6% | 25.4 -5% | 27 -12% | 24.2 -0% | 24.3 -0% |
Idle Average * | 24.2 | 26.1 -8% | 25.4 -5% | 27 -12% | 25.8 -7% | 24.3 -0% |
Idle Maximum * | 24.2 | 30.6 -26% | 27.8 -15% | 27.5 -14% | 30.5 -26% | 29.8 -23% |
Load Average * | 47 | 46.2 2% | 41 13% | 41.7 11% | 39.8 15% | 47.5 -1% |
Witcher 3 ultra * | 47 | 49.2 -5% | 39.8 15% | 47.5 -1% | ||
Load Maximum * | 47 | 49.4 -5% | 47 -0% | 45.3 4% | 39.8 15% | 47.5 -1% |
* ... smaller is better
Temperature
The aluminum case does not heat up at all under low load. It only gets significantly hotter during gaming or stress testing. On the upper side of the base unit, we registered around 42 °C in the middle/upper keyboard area, which is also noticeable when typing, but is not unpleasant. On the underside, there is a hotspot in the central rear area of the case, where we measured around 50 °C. Direct skin contact with metal surfaces should be avoided here.
In stress testing, the processor starts at full power and then levels off at 20 watts after a few minutes, while the graphics card stabilizes at 50 watts and remains at this level. The GPU is therefore prioritized in High Performance mode, while the processor is allowed to consume a little more power in Intelligent Cooling mode (24/36 watts).
(±) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 42.9 °C / 109 F, compared to the average of 36.9 °C / 98 F, ranging from 21.1 to 71 °C for the class Multimedia.
(-) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 50.6 °C / 123 F, compared to the average of 39.1 °C / 102 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 25.3 °C / 78 F, compared to the device average of 31.2 °C / 88 F.
(±) Playing The Witcher 3, the average temperature for the upper side is 36.1 °C / 97 F, compared to the device average of 31.2 °C / 88 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are cooler than skin temperature with a maximum of 28.3 °C / 82.9 F and are therefore cool to the touch.
(±) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 28.8 °C / 83.8 F (+0.5 °C / 0.9 F).
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile | Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU | Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 Intel Core i5-11320H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU | Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU | Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 Intel Core i7-12700H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 Intel Core i7-1260P, Intel Arc A350M | |
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Heat | -7% | -13% | 3% | -3% | 1% | |
Maximum Upper Side * | 42.9 | 46 -7% | 52.4 -22% | 39.4 8% | 41.8 3% | 44.6 -4% |
Maximum Bottom * | 50.6 | 45.8 9% | 50 1% | 43.6 14% | 47.3 7% | 47.5 6% |
Idle Upper Side * | 26 | 29.2 -12% | 30.3 -17% | 27.6 -6% | 28.3 -9% | 25.8 1% |
Idle Bottom * | 26.5 | 31 -17% | 30.4 -15% | 27.5 -4% | 30.2 -14% | 26.1 2% |
* ... smaller is better
Speakers
Lenovo equips the ThinkBook 16 G4+ with two stereo speakers (2x 2 watts), which are located in the front area of the base unit and direct the sound downwards. Sound-wise, the modules are average and comparable to the direct competitor, the Dell Inspiron 16 Plus, since both models lack power and bass. For background music or occasional videos, the sound quality is sufficient and is even very good for speech reproduction (e.g. conferences) thanks the linear reproduction of trebles/highs. However, external speakers or headphones should be used for gaming or film evenings.
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP audio analysis
(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (77.6 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 17.3% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (10.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 4.6% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (4.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 1.6% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (6.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (15.7% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 32% of all tested devices in this class were better, 4% similar, 64% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 18%, worst was 45%
Compared to all devices tested
» 19% of all tested devices were better, 4% similar, 76% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (87.8 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 22.2% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (9.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 3.3% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (5.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2.5% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (4.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (13.4% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 19% of all tested devices in this class were better, 5% similar, 76% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 18%, worst was 45%
Compared to all devices tested
» 10% of all tested devices were better, 3% similar, 86% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Energy Management - ThinkBook with decent stamina
Power Consumption
The idle consumption values of the ThinkBook are perfectly acceptable in view of the large WQHD panel with a maximum of ~12 watts. However, the included 100-watt power supply quickly becomes a limiting factor under load. In extreme cases, the HWiNFO tool outputs a maximum total consumption of 162 watts at the beginning of the stress test and, upon evaluation of the data, we see that up to 70 watts also has to be extracted from the battery for a short time. The situation stabilizes after a few minutes, but this is certainly not not conducive to battery life if the battery has to be tapped again and again under load.
Off / Standby | 0.34 / 0.69 Watt |
Idle | 5 / 11.2 / 11.6 Watt |
Load |
89.3 / 102 Watt |
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK, IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNS512G, IPS, 3072x1920, 16.00 | Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 i5-11320H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU, , 1920x1080, 16.10 | Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE R9 5900HX, GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, SK Hynix HFM001TD3JX013N, OLED, 3840x2400, 16.10 | Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 i7-12700H, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Silicon Motion PCIe-8 SSD, IPS, 1920x1200, 16.00 | Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 i7-1260P, A350M, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile | Average of class Multimedia | |
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Power Consumption | -29% | 0% | -22% | 12% | 30% | 12% | -16% | |
Idle Minimum * | 5 | 6.8 -36% | 7 -40% | 8.2 -64% | 6.1 -22% | 4 20% | 4.62 ? 8% | 7.28 ? -46% |
Idle Average * | 11.2 | 9.6 14% | 10.1 10% | 16.2 -45% | 10.6 5% | 7.8 30% | 9.6 ? 14% | 11.8 ? -5% |
Idle Maximum * | 11.6 | 17 -47% | 15 -29% | 19.7 -70% | 11.5 1% | 8.5 27% | 11.7 ? -1% | 14.6 ? -26% |
Load Average * | 89.3 | 117.5 -32% | 63.3 29% | 65.8 26% | 65.5 27% | 59.1 34% | 69.5 ? 22% | 77.3 ? 13% |
Witcher 3 ultra * | 83 | 113.1 -36% | 63.3 24% | 65.6 21% | 61.2 26% | 56.7 32% | ||
Load Maximum * | 102 | 137.4 -35% | 94 8% | 104 -2% | 68.4 33% | 62.4 39% | 85.3 ? 16% | 119.3 ? -17% |
* ... smaller is better
Power consumption Witcher 3 / Stress test
Power cosumption with an external monitor
Battery Life
The 71 Wh battery allows for decent runtimes, as our review sample lasted between 6:43 hours and 8:09 hours in WLAN testing, depending on screen brightness. A little more than 12 hours is even possible with video playback at 150 cd/m² (corresponding to 71% of maximum brightness). This big difference to the WLAN test shows once again that the current Alder Lake CPUs do not work particularly efficiently, even under single-core load (i.e. when surfing the internet).
The complete charging process with the device turned on takes around 100 minutes with a linear charging curve, but there is also an express charge option that takes just 73 minutes (60% is already available after 28 minutes).
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, 71 Wh | Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, 86 Wh | Acer Swift X SFX16-51G-5388 i5-11320H, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, 58.7 Wh | Asus Vivobook Pro 16X-M7600QE R9 5900HX, GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, 96 Wh | Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 i7-12700H, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 60 Wh | Samsung Galaxy Book2 15 i7-1260P, A350M, 54 Wh | Average of class Multimedia | |
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Battery Runtime | -3% | -11% | 6% | -13% | -5% | 4% | |
H.264 | 757 | 506 -33% | 635 -16% | 680 ? -10% | |||
WiFi v1.3 | 489 | 575 18% | 484 -1% | 675 38% | 424 -13% | 494 1% | 562 ? 15% |
Load | 90 | 69 -23% | 90 0% | 66 -27% | 90 0% | 96.7 ? 7% |
Pros
Cons
Verdict - The ThinkBook 16 G4+ is a very good multimedia laptop
The Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ is a very solid multimedia notebook that has few points of criticism, apart from the weak power supply during peak loads. The base unit could be a little more stable and Lenovo also has room for improvement in the keyboard, but these points wouldn't deter us from buying it.
The large 16-inch IPS display offers very good image picture quality free of PWM and bright surfaces do not appear grainy despite the matte surface. While lacking in additional features such as HDR, a higher refresh rate or an extended color space here, the panel is nonetheless perfectly sufficient for its intended purpose. Performance values, thanks to the combination of an Intel Core i7-12700H and a Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050, are very good. Even gaming is not a problem with the ThinkBook.
In the ThinkBook 16 G4+, Lenovo offers a very good multimedia notebook that does not have any major weak points and impresses with its extensive connectivity, high performance and good IPS display in everyday use.
Competing devices, such as the Dell Inspiron 16 Plus or the Acer Swift X, offer slightly faster and more efficient GPUs in the RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti, but struggle with darker displays. Overall, the ThinkBook 16 G4+ is a very solid laptop that, all things considered, ranks ahead of its rivals.
Price and Availability
Availability of the Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ appears to be sparse worldwide. For example, Lenovo's official website lists the laptop in France (1,079.00€), Italy (1,659.00€), Singapore (SG$1,504.07) and the United Arab Emirates.
This list is not exhaustive. Prices are as of 20.09.2022 and subject to change.
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G4+ IAP
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09/20/2022 v7
Andreas Osthoff