Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 Series
Processor: Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 5 125H, Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 7 155H, Intel Meteor Lake-U Ultra 5 125U, Qualcomm Snapdragon X SD X Plus X1P-42-100Graphics Adapter: Intel Arc 7-Core, Intel Arc 8-Core, Intel Graphics 4-Core, Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS
Display: 16.00 inch
Weight: 1.7kg, 1.798kg, 1.861kg
Price: 750, 800, 960, 1050 euro
Average of 9 scores (from 14 reviews)
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 IML
Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 IMLProcessor: Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 7 155H
Graphics Adapter: Intel Arc 8-Core
Display: 16.00 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 1.7kg
Price: 1050 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
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Reviews
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Short, Date: 09/20/2024
Source: Techradar
The Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 IML offers solid performance and built-in connectivity, offering a sleek and professional design with impressive display quality. Minor drawbacks include its weight and limited battery life in some configurations. It features the latest Intel Core Ultra processors, up to 64GB DDR5 memory, and Intel Arc graphics, providing superior performance for even the most demanding of tasks. This laptop also boasts a high-resolution display, robust connectivity options, and a modern design, making it a top choice for business users.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/09/2024
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 80% workmanship: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Unlimited Tech
→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/21/2024
Rating: Total score: 85%
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 IML, Ultra 5 125H
Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 IML, Ultra 5 125HProcessor: Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 5 125H
Graphics Adapter: Intel Arc 7-Core
Display: 16.00 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 1.7kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
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Reviews
Source: PC World
Lenovo’s ThinkBook lineup isn’t supposed to blow you away with raw power—these machines target value, and the ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 is the truest expression of that tradition. It would be easy to dismiss Lenovo’s new ThinkBook on the basis of its middling performance and build quality, but the price makes this notebook worth thinking about. This is a solid productivity machine for well under a grand. You should keep its shortcomings in mind, though. It’s running a last-gen processor, and the base model doesn’t have enough RAM. The small battery and iffy build quality are also sticking points. Lenovo’s pricing is constantly changing, and its “estimated value” discounts are plainly misleading.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/17/2024
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Laptop Media
No surprises here, the Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 is as capable as its predecessor. It’s a good choice for people who need a capable daily driver or a standard office machine. The lid and the base are decently solid, and the input devices are comfortable. During heavy CPU loads, the keyboard doesn’t feel scorching hot and the fan noise isn’t intrusive. At the same time, the Core Ultra 5 125U can sustain a 2.90 GHz / 2.40 GHz P and E-core clock in long loads which is a pretty respectable result considering the single fan cooling. The port selection is more than adequate with its four USB connectors and the fine upgradability makes this notebook future-proof. The 1200p IPS display (LEN160WUXGA (LEN9156)) is suitable for such a laptop workhorse.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/20/2024
Source: Laptop Media
User Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/20/2024
Source: PC Mag
A brighter, more vivid panel would help considerably, but it would probably lift the ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 out of the economy class and into more direct competition with higher-end Lenovo ThinkPad, Dell Latitude, and HP EliteBook business laptops. But a display that's lacking but not terrible is the worst complaint we can muster against this system, which provides reasonable connectivity and an excellent keyboard in a relatively trim package for a big-screen machine. Keep its price in mind, and you'll be well satisfied, but just know you can save even more cash with the award-winning Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 5.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/16/2024
Foreign Reviews
Source: Cell Phones
VN→ENPositive: Powerful processor; premium design; great built quality; high security; beautiful display; long battery life.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/24/2024
Source: Laptopmedia CN
zh-CN→ENPositive: Compact size; light weight; high performance; comfortable keyboard; rich set of ports; long battery life; affordable price. Negative: Plastic base; dark display.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/20/2024
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE
Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GEProcessor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X SD X Plus X1P-42-100
Graphics Adapter: Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS
Display: 16.00 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 1.861kg
Price: 960 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
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Qualcomm and Microsoft want to bring the advantages of the efficient ARM architecture to the Windows segment. The Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 QOY demonstrates how this is done: This big-screened 16-inch laptop costs less than $1,000 while offering a battery life of more than 24 hours.
Source: PC World
Lenovo pitches the Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 as a budget business laptop. Many people will be thrilled to get this kind of machine from their jobs. Yes, it’s not going to be ideal for gaming or CPU-heavy tasks, but as a 16-inch productivity machine that gets very long battery life with snappy desktop application performance, you could do a lot worse. If the applications a business needs all run well on Windows on ARM — and most do now — then it’s a fine machine. Lenovo told us that this laptop sells for $999. I’m not aware of any other 16-inch Snapdragon X-powered laptops except the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge, which is a higher-end machine that starts at a retail price of $1,450. From that perspective, I suppose it’s good value for a 16-inch Snapdragon laptop.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/31/2024
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: PC World
Lenovo pitches the Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 as a budget business laptop. Many people will be thrilled to get this kind of machine from their jobs. Yes, it’s not going to be ideal for gaming or CPU-heavy tasks, but as a 16-inch productivity machine that gets very long battery life with snappy desktop application performance, you could do a lot worse. If the applications a business needs all run well on Windows on ARM — and most do now — then it’s a fine machine. Lenovo told us that this laptop sells for $999. I’m not aware of any other 16-inch Snapdragon X-powered laptops except the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge, which is a higher-end machine that starts at a retail price of $1,450. From that perspective, I suppose it’s good value for a 16-inch Snapdragon laptop.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/31/2024
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Laptop Mag
As far as budget-friendly business laptops go, the ThinkBook offers plenty. The laptop’s performance isn’t breaking any benchmark records, but it's more than enough to handle your email, spreadsheets, and video calls. The FHD webcam is rather high-quality for a laptop webcam, making it ideal for the hybrid worker. The keyboard is also rather satisfying despite being more mushy than average. And it’s hard to argue with 21 hours of battery life. That said, the display is a massive disappointment. So if you need to do a lot of graphic design or editing work, we would not recommend the ThinkBook at all. The base configuration is a bit expensive for a budget laptop.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/16/2024
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Laptop Mag
As far as budget-friendly business laptops go, the ThinkBook offers plenty. The laptop’s performance isn’t breaking any benchmark records, but it's more than enough to handle your email, spreadsheets, and video calls. The FHD webcam is rather high-quality for a laptop webcam, making it ideal for the hybrid worker. The keyboard is also rather satisfying despite being more mushy than average. And it’s hard to argue with 21 hours of battery life. That said, the display is a massive disappointment. So if you need to do a lot of graphic design or editing work, we would not recommend the ThinkBook at all. The base configuration is a bit expensive for a budget laptop.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/16/2024
Rating: Total score: 70%
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 IML
Specifications
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 IMLProcessor: Intel Meteor Lake-U Ultra 5 125U
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics 4-Core
Display: 16.00 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 1.798kg
Price: 750 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage
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Reviews
If you don't need all the fancy and expensive features of a traditional ThinkPad, then the ThinkBook 16 G7 can save you a ton of cash especially for SMB applications. Its efficient Core Ultra 5 CPU is a highlight while the base 1200p panel could use an upgrade.
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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.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
Intel Arc 8-Core: Integrated graphics adapter based on the Xe LPG architecture (similar to the dedicated Arc GPUs, but with a focus on efficiency). Provides all 8 Xe cores (128 Xe vector engines) and 8 ray tracing units.
Intel Arc 7-Core: Integrated graphics adapter based on the Xe LPG architecture (similar to the dedicated Arc GPUs, but with a focus on efficiency). Provides 7 of the 8 Xe cores (112 Xe Vector Engines) and 7 ray tracing units.
Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS: An integrated graphics adapter that the Snapdragon X Plus 8-core X1P-42-100 SoC features. Compared to the faster 3.8 TFLOPS and 4.6 TFLOPS X1-85 iGPUs, this one does not just run at lower clock speeds but also has fewer unified shaders at its disposal, with 768 being the most likely number. The underlying architecture is reportedly not much different from what was used in the Adreno 730. As for its gaming performance, it's only just sufficient for pre-2020 games at resolutions such as HD 720p on low graphics settings.
Intel Graphics 4-Core: Integrated graphics card based on the Xe LPG architecture (similar to the dedicated Arc GPUs, but with a focus on efficiency). Provides 4 Xe cores (64 Xe vector engines) and 4 ray tracing units.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Meteor Lake-H:
Ultra 7 155H: A high-end Meteor Lake chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra processor has come to replace 13th generation Core chips; it has 16 cores (6 + 8 + 2) and 22 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 6, run at up to 4.8 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.8 GHz. The integrated AI Boost NPU offers two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. This laptop processor's Base power consumption is 28 W while its Turbo power consumption is supposed to stay within 115 W.
Ultra 5 125H: A mid-range Meteor Lake family chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra laptop processor has come to replace 13th generation Core chips; it has 14 cores (4 + 8 + 2) and 18 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 4, run at up to 4.5 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.6 GHz. The 7-core Arc GPU, just out of the oven, serves as the integrated graphics adapter (this runs at up to 2.20 GHz) and there is a bevy of other brand-new technologies on offer as well such as the integrated AI Boost NPU with two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. The chip's Intel-recommended Base power consumption is 28 W while its maximum Turbo power consumption is supposed to be within 115 W.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X:
SD X Plus X1P-42-100: A relatively affordable ARM architecture processor (SoC) for use in Windows laptops. The X Plus 8-core chip features 8 Oryon CPU cores running at up to 3.4 GHz, along with the 1.7 TFLOPS X1-45 Adreno iGPU and the 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU. The super-fast LPDDR5x-8448 memory controller known to us from other Snapdragon X chips, USB 4.0 support, TB 4 support and PCIe 4 support are all onboard as well.
Intel Meteor Lake-U:
Ultra 5 125U: A lower mid-range Meteor Lake chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra processor has come to replace 13th generation Core processors; it has 12 cores (2 + 8 + 2) and 14 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 2, run at up to 4.3 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.6 GHz. The 4-core Intel Arc Graphics, just out of the oven, serves as the integrated graphics adapter - this runs at up to 1.85 GHz - and there is a bevy of other brand-new technologies on offer as well including the integrated AI Boost NPU with two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. This laptop processor's Base power consumption is 15 W, with 57 W being its maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
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This range for display formats was and is a rarity. It is larger than the general standard of 15 inches, but not yet in the range of large workstations. One usually has higher screen resolutions available, but portability suffers from that.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
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73.4%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
