Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 AMD Review: affordable laptop with good upgradeability and battery life

Name: Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900
Brand: Lenovo

Affordable black box. Lenovo sells their more affordable ThinkPad laptops for business customers as the ThinkPad L series. The ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 AMD is a budget model with AMD - though with Ryzen 7030. The fact that Lenovo does not use Ryzen 7040 does not make the L14 into a bad laptop, but it has some negative consequences.

Benjamin Herzig 👁 (translated by Benjamin Herzig), Published 08/10/2023 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 ...

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In the ThinkPad world, the ThinkPad L series marks the entry into the business series. This means that it is a laptop series for business customers, which is heavily optimized for cost and it offers a low entry level price. The Lenovo THinkPad L14 Gen 4 AMD is today's review device, the fourth generation of the 14 inch model ThinkPad L14, in this case with AMD Ryzen 7000.

Since the design remains unchanged compared with the third generation of the ThinkPad L14, areas like the connectivity options, the chassis/design and input devices are described in our comprehensive review of the Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 3.

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Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 (ThinkPad L14 G4 Series)

Processor

AMD Ryzen 5 7530U 6 x 2 - 4.5 GHz, 40 W PL2 / Short Burst, 23.5 W PL1 / Sustained, Barcelo-U Refresh

Graphics adapter

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Memory

16 GB

, DDR4-3200, 2x SO-DIMM, Single-Channel

Display

14.00 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel 157 PPI, B140HAN06.9, IPS LED, glossy: no

Mainboard

AMD Promontory/Bixby FCH

Storage

Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G, 512 GB

, M.2 2242, NVMe PCIe 4.0, 512 GB free

Soundcard

Realtek ALC3287

Connections

2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 2 USB 3.1 Gen2, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 1 HDMI, 2 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: 3.5mm Audio, Card Reader: microSD, 1 Fingerprint Reader

Networking

Realtek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (10/100/1000MBit/s), MediaTek RZ616 (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/ Wi-Fi 6E 6 GHz), Bluetooth 5.2

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 19.83 x 325.4 x 217 ( = 0.78 x 12.81 x 8.54 in)

Battery

57 Wh Lithium-Polymer

Camera

Webcam: 1080p w/IR & ThinkShutter

Additional features

Speakers: 2 W Stereo, Keyboard: 6 row Chiclet full-size, 1.5 mm travel, Keyboard Light: yes, 65 W USB C charger, 36 Months Warranty

Weight

1.509 kg ( = 53.23 oz / 3.33 pounds), Power Supply: 338 g ( = 11.92 oz / 0.75 pounds)

Price

700 Euro

Links

Lenovo homepage
Lenovo notebook section

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Rating	Date	Model	Weight	Height	Size	Resolution
88.6 %	08/2023	Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 R5 7530U, Vega 7	1.5 kg	19.83 mm	14.00"	1920x1080
86.5 %	10/2022	Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE R5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	1.6 kg	19.83 mm	14.00"	1920x1080
85.3 %	06/2023	Dell Latitude 3440 i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	1.5 kg	19.4 mm	14.00"	1920x1080
89.1 %	05/2023	HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U R7 5825U, Vega 8	1.4 kg	19.9 mm	14.00"	1920x1080
85.3 %	03/2023	HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	1.4 kg	20.4 mm	14.00"	1920x1080
88.8 %	09/2022	Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE R7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	1.4 kg	17.9 mm	14.00"	1920x1200

Size & weight comparison

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Dell Latitude 3440 Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE DIN A4 ❌

Connectivity

left: RJ45 Ethernet, 2x USB C 3.2 Gen 2, HDMI, USB A 3.2 Gen 1, 3.5mm audio

right: microSD, USB A 3.2 Gen 1, Kensington Lock slot

SD Card Reader
average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs)
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	60.98 MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	59.78 MB/s -2%
Average of class Office (8 - 82.7, n=49, last 2 years)	53 MB/s -13%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U (AV Pro SD microSD 128 GB V60)	8 MB/s -87%
maximum AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB)
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (AV Pro V60)	89.7 MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	89.04 MB/s -1%
Average of class Office (25 - 90.5, n=43, last 2 years)	64.7 MB/s -28%

Networking
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 MediaTek RZ616
iperf3 transmit AXE11000	783 (min: 529) MBit/s ∼49%
iperf3 receive AXE11000	1660 (min: 1594) MBit/s ∼95%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz	960 (min: 629) MBit/s ∼51%
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz	1735 (min: 1685) MBit/s ∼98%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE MediaTek RZ616
iperf3 transmit AXE11000	1556 (min: 816) MBit/s ∼96%
iperf3 receive AXE11000	1694 (min: 1649) MBit/s ∼97%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211
iperf3 transmit AXE11000	1180 (min: 1037) MBit/s ∼73%
iperf3 receive AXE11000	1075 (min: 897) MBit/s ∼61%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz	1303 (min: 995) MBit/s ∼69%
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz	1254 (min: 1121) MBit/s ∼71%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Qualcomm Fast Connect 6900 Wi-Fi 6E Dual Band Simultaneous
iperf3 transmit AXE11000	1613 (min: 784) MBit/s ∼100%
iperf3 receive AXE11000	1748 (min: 1703) MBit/s ∼100%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz	1750 (min: 1489) MBit/s ∼92%
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz	1762 (min: 1637) MBit/s ∼100%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211
iperf3 transmit AXE11000	1471 (min: 1299) MBit/s ∼91%
iperf3 receive AXE11000	1673 (min: 1649) MBit/s ∼96%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz	1596 (min: 1404) MBit/s ∼84%
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz	1665 (min: 868) MBit/s ∼94%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Qualcomm WCN685x
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz	1892 (min: 1820) MBit/s ∼100%
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz	1724 (min: 1705) MBit/s ∼98%

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900; iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz; iperf 3.1.3: Ø961 (629-1568)

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900; iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1734 (1685-1761)

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900; iperf3 transmit AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø783 (529-1434)

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900; iperf3 receive AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1659 (1594-1748)

ColorChecker Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900: 10.47 ∆E min: 2.01 - max: 22.32 ∆E

Display: low power screen for the first time in the ThinkPad L

backlight bleeding (shown enhanced here)

Traditionally, a weak spot of the ThinkPad L series is the screen quality. As a budget business series, the screens are usually one of the areas where cost savings are made. Subsequently, displays used in these laptops often have a low brightness and color gamut coverage. In the case of the Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 AMD, three of the four 14 inch monitor options fit that characterization. Luckily, we have the option number four. All displays are still using the 16:9 aspect ratio, making the ThinkPad L14 one of the last ThinkPad models with this aspect ratio:

HD (1,366 x 768), TN, 220 cd/m², 45 % NTSC
Full-HD (1,920 x 1,080), IPS, 250 cd/m², 45 % NTSC
Full-HD (1,920 x 1,080), IPS, 300 cd/m², 45 % NTSC, Multitouch
Full-HD (1,920 x 1,080), IPS, 400 cd/m², 72 % NTSC, low power

The low power screen used here is already known to us from older ThinkPads of the T series, which we are reviewing here for the first time in the ThinkPad L14. The display delivers the promised brightness, with an overall result of 409 cd/m². This is a good brightness compared with the other affordable business competitors. Less good are the response times of the AUD panel,, no of the competing laptops is as slow here. For office usage, it is not extremely critical, but users will face some ghosting.


426 cd/m²	422 cd/m²	391 cd/m²
406 cd/m²	430 cd/m²	380 cd/m²
428 cd/m²	415 cd/m²	382 cd/m²

Distribution of brightness

B140HAN06.9 tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2

Maximum: 430 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 408.9 cd/m² Minimum: 8 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 88 %
Center on Battery: 430 cd/m²
Contrast: 1387:1 (Black: 0.31 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2.4 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5, calibrated: 1.4
ΔE Greyscale 3 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
73.9% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
98.9% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
73.2% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.3

Download ICC File (X-Rite i1Pro 2)

	Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 B140HAN06.9, IPS LED, 1920x1080, 14.00	Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE BOE NV140FHM-N4U, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00	Dell Latitude 3440 BOE NE140FH, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00	HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Chi Mei CMN141D, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00	HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA AUO559C, , 1920x1080, 14.00	Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE LP140WU1-SPB2, IPS, 1920x1200, 14.00
Display		-41%	-42%	-7%	-47%	-3%
Display P3 Coverage	73.2	41.4 -43%	40.4 -45%	66.2 -10%	37 -49%	69.2 -5%
sRGB Coverage	98.9	60.8 -39%	60.7 -39%	95.7 -3%	55.5 -44%	97.4 -2%
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage	73.9	42.7 -42%	41.8 -43%	67.3 -9%	38.2 -48%	71.5 -3%
Response Times		67%	24%	58%	41%	35%
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% *	58.1 ?(27.2, 30.9)	25 ?(12, 13) 57%	35.3 ?(16.3, 19) 39%	22 ?(1, 21) 62%	42 ?(18, 24) 28%	41.4 ?(18.8, 22.6) 29%
Response Time Black / White *	32.7 ?(15.4, 17.3)	8 ?(8, 8) 76%	29.8 ?(17.1, 12.7) 9%	15 ?(3, 12) 54%	15 ?(4, 11) 54%	19.2 ?(6.8, 12.4) 41%
PWM Frequency
Screen		-80%	-48%	26%	-113%	13%
Brightness middle	430	292 -32%	292.6 -32%	419 -3%	255 -41%	451 5%
Brightness	409	282 -31%	270 -34%	392 -4%	233 -43%	435 6%
Brightness Distribution	88	91 3%	88 0%	86 -2%	86 -2%	94 7%
Black Level *	0.31	0.24 23%	0.19 39%	0.24 23%		0.21 32%
Contrast	1387	1217 -12%	1540 11%	1746 26%		2148 55%
Colorchecker dE 2000 *	2.4	5.8 -142%	4.63 -93%	1.13 53%	8.41 -250%	2.4 -0%
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. *	4.7	18.1 -285%	17.1 -264%	2.46 48%	13.51 -187%	4.1 13%
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated *	1.4	4.5 -221%	2.13 -52%			1.3 7%
Greyscale dE 2000 *	3	3.7 -23%	3.2 -7%	0.94 69%	7.6 -153%	3.3 -10%
Gamma	2.3 ^96%	2.07 ^106%	2.34 ^94%	2.38 ^92%	3.12 ^71%	2.13 ^103%
CCT	6489 ^100%	7071 ^92%	7184 ^90%	6585 ^99%	6233 ^104%	6848 ^95%
Total Average (Program / Settings)		-18% / -51%	-22% / -37%	26% / 23%	-40% / -67%	15% / 13%

* ... smaller is better

Ex factory, the screen is slightly too cool, which we measured with the X-Rite i1Pro 2 and CalMan. After a calibration with the X-Rite i1Profiler, we were able to lower the deltaE from 2.4 to 1.4 - a good, but not a very good value in terms of color accuracy. Especially the color blue is rather inaccurate.

The color gamut coverage of the panel is enough for simple photo editing, as the sRGB color gamut is basically completely covered. The lacking coverage of DCI P3 and AdobeRGB shows that this is not a high end panel.

With the screen brightness of roughtly 400 cd/m² and the matte surface of the screen, the Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 AMD is usable in the outdoors. Direct sunlight should be avoided though.

Display Response Times

ℹ

Display response times show how fast the screen is able to change from one color to the next. Slow response times can lead to afterimages and can cause moving objects to appear blurry (ghosting). Gamers of fast-paced 3D titles should pay special attention to fast response times.

↔ Response Time Black to White
32.7 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 15.4 ms rise
32.7 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 17.3 ms fall
The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 87 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (21.5 ms).
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey
58.1 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 27.2 ms rise
58.1 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 30.9 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. » 94 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (33.7 ms).

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

ℹ

To dim the screen, some notebooks will simply cycle the backlight on and off in rapid succession - a method called Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) . This cycling frequency should ideally be undetectable to the human eye. If said frequency is too low, users with sensitive eyes may experience strain or headaches or even notice the flickering altogether.

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 17900 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured.

Performance: only AMD Ryzen 7030U instead of Ryzen 7040U

Lenovo lists three different CPUs in the spec sheet of the ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 AMD. All of them are part of the Ryzen 7030 series / Barcelo Refresh: AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 7330U, Ryzen 5 Pro 7530U and Ryzen 7 Pro 7730U. We see the Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 as being primarily offered.

The L14 G4 AMD is only available with integrated graphics, which means exact type of Vega GPU depends on the chosen processor. In any case, the ThinkPad L14 has two SO-DIMM slots, which enable up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 memory. Lenovo is less generous when it comes to mass storage, as the ThinkPad L14 G4 has only one M.2 2242 SSD slot.

Testing conditions

As usual with Lenovo ThinkPads, no OEM software is used to regulate the CPU performance and system power consumption. Instead, Lenovo uses the Windows energy profiles:

Best performance: PL1 20.5 W / PL2 40 W
Balanced: PL1 12 W / PL2 15 W
Best battery life: PL1 10 W / PL2 10 W

The power limit 1 (PL1) describes the CPU power consumption under sustained load. The power limit 2 (PL2) on the other hand refers to the maximum consumption for short term boost-performance.

Processor

The AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 7530U is s "Barcelo Refresh" processor of the Ryzen 7000 series. The codename of this platform already reveals that this is not actually new technoloty, but rather just a refresh of last years "Barcelo" platform - which itself was already just a renamed Ryzen 5000 aka "Cezanne". Subsequently, the hexacore chip is a two year old processor. The clock rates sit between 2 and 4.5 GHz. The "Pro" in the name shows that this is a chip with a business featureset, like Intel vPro. Our CPU comparison list can be used for more extensive comparisons with other processors.

CPU benchmarks are mixed. In terms of multicore performance, the Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 AMD performs well, as it is close to the HP EliteBook 645 G9 with its Ryzen 7 in the boost department. Under sustained load, the multicore performance decreses, though it stays above the Intel competitors. This reverses for the single core benchmarks, where the Intel laptops have the edge.

We could not detect any throttling of the CPU in battery mode.

Cinebench R15 multi sustained loop test

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U: Ø1246 (1194.78-1499.93)

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U: Ø1306 (1291.99-1365.51)

Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U: Ø923 (844.18-1192.53)

HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U: Ø1558 (1546.85-1575.36)

HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U: Ø1166 (1136.78-1371.84)

Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U: Ø1673 (1654.33-1766.16)

CPU Performance Rating: Percent
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

CPU Performance Rating
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	81.4 pt
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	72.1 pt
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	70.7 pt
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	70.4 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	70.2 pt
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	68.1 pt
Average of class Office	65.4 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	63.8 pt

Cinebench R23 / Multi Core
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	10032 Points +21%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	9339 Points +13%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (6931 - 9347, n=8)	8479 Points +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	8291 (7179.95^min - 8290.57^max) Points
Average of class Office (1056 - 15743, n=122, last 2 years)	8116 Points -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	7939 Points -4%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	7801 Points -6%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	7710 (5593.75^min - 7710.23^max) Points -7%

Cinebench R23 / Single Core
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	1716 Points +19%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	1671 Points +16%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	1493 Points +4%
Average of class Office (529 - 1995, n=121, last 2 years)	1462 Points +1%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	1442 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	1441 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (1371 - 1470, n=8)	1438 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	1393 Points -3%

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core)
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	4203 Points +28%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	3645 Points +11%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (2833 - 3655, n=8)	3304 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	3295 Points
Average of class Office (356 - 5904, n=120, last 2 years)	3121 Points -5%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	3082 Points -6%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	2975 Points -10%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	2806 Points -15%

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core)
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	660 Points +17%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	643 Points +14%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	587 Points +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	564 Points
Average of class Office (181.3 - 764, n=120, last 2 years)	562 Points 0%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (528 - 574, n=8)	561 Points -1%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	547 Points -3%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	540 Points -4%

Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	1766 (1654.33^min - 1766.16^max) Points +18%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	1575 (1546.85^min - 1575.36^max) Points +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	1500 (1194.78^min - 1499.93^max) Points
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (1289 - 1599, n=8)	1447 Points -4%
Average of class Office (160.8 - 2642, n=120, last 2 years)	1405 Points -6%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	1372 (1136.78^min - 1371.84^max) Points -9%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	1366 (1291.99^min - 1365.51^max) Points -9%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	1193 (844.18^min - 1192.53^max) Points -20%

Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	238 Points +3%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	161 Points -30%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	237 Points +3%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	237 Points +3%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	232 Points +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	230 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (213 - 237, n=8)	230 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	222 Points -3%
Average of class Office (82.6 - 284, n=118, last 2 years)	218 Points -5%

Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU
Average of class Office (214 - 2844, n=121, last 2 years)	534 Seconds * -38%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	415 Seconds * -7%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	408 Seconds * -5%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	387 Seconds *
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	385 Seconds * +1%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (330 - 469, n=7)	377 Seconds * +3%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	322 Seconds * +17%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	297 Seconds * +23%

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	49615 MIPS +34%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	42883 MIPS +16%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (32204 - 42364, n=7)	37957 MIPS +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	37126 MIPS
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	34915 MIPS -6%
Average of class Office (4226 - 62349, n=121, last 2 years)	34839 MIPS -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	33144 MIPS -11%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	30138 MIPS -19%

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	5626 MIPS +5%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	5468 MIPS +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	5339 MIPS
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (5113 - 5544, n=7)	5328 MIPS 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	5314 MIPS 0%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	5218 MIPS -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	5094 MIPS -5%
Average of class Office (2233 - 6687, n=121, last 2 years)	5026 MIPS -6%

Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	7967 Points +46%
Average of class Office (1018 - 11980, n=122, last 2 years)	6683 Points +22%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	6300 Points +15%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	6209 Points +13%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (5475 - 6648, n=7)	6121 Points +12%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	5827 Points +6%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	5475 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	4513 Points -18%

Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	1653 Points +15%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	1566 Points +9%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	1514 Points +6%
Average of class Office (510 - 1974, n=122, last 2 years)	1480 Points +3%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (1393 - 1498, n=7)	1464 Points +2%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	1438 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	1434 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	1300 Points -9%

HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	13.3 fps +33%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	11.1 fps +11%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (8.17 - 11.6, n=7)	10.3 fps +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	10 fps
Average of class Office (1.55 - 17.4, n=120, last 2 years)	9.27 fps -7%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	8.8 fps -12%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	8.78 fps -12%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	8.6 fps -14%

LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	66.6 s * -49%
Average of class Office (31.3 - 117.5, n=120, last 2 years)	56.4 s * -26%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	53.4 s * -20%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	52 s * -17%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (44.6 - 58.1, n=7)	52 s * -17%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	51.4 s * -15%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	49.8 s * -12%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	44.6 s *

R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	0.591 sec * -10%
Average of class Office (0.4244 - 1.397, n=119, last 2 years)	0.586 sec * -9%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	0.537 sec *
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	0.535 sec * -0%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (0.515 - 0.567, n=7)	0.533 sec * +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	0.523 sec * +3%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U	0.515 sec * +4%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U	0.4979 sec * +7%

* ... smaller is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

1500 Points

Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64Bit

77.9 fps

Cinebench R15 Ref. Match 64Bit

97.9 %

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

230 Points

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... in comparison

Performance Rating
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	96.1 pt
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	82.8 pt
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	77.5 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	75.9 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	70 pt
Average of class Office	70 pt
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	60.8 pt
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	55.3 pt

AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	12021 KRay/s +36%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	10886 KRay/s +23%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (8845 - 10970, n=7)	9684 KRay/s +9%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	9192 KRay/s +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	8845 KRay/s
Average of class Office (763 - 24250, n=120, last 2 years)	8374 KRay/s -5%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	7101 KRay/s -20%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	6731 KRay/s -24%

AIDA64 / FPU Julia
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	76396 Points +30%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	69640 Points +18%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (57481 - 68384, n=7)	61842 Points +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	58983 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	58914 Points
Average of class Office (4027 - 102228, n=120, last 2 years)	44553 Points -24%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	35329 Points -40%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	34037 Points -42%

AIDA64 / CPU SHA3
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	2571 MB/s +25%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	2315 MB/s +12%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (1923 - 2323, n=7)	2088 MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	2060 MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	2019 MB/s -2%
Average of class Office (279 - 4442, n=119, last 2 years)	1953 MB/s -5%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	1902 MB/s -8%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	1786 MB/s -13%

AIDA64 / CPU Queen
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	87263 Points +15%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	84150 Points +11%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	75683 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (68103 - 78105, n=7)	73792 Points -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	70167 Points -7%
Average of class Office (8031 - 113016, n=120, last 2 years)	67103 Points -11%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	64367 Points -15%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	61382 Points -19%

AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	11321 Points +36%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	10550 Points +27%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (8277 - 9248, n=7)	8688 Points +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	8482 Points +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	8303 Points
Average of class Office (404 - 14288, n=120, last 2 years)	6626 Points -20%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	4656 Points -44%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	4382 Points -47%

AIDA64 / FPU Mandel
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	39609 Points +21%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	38353 Points +17%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (31632 - 37624, n=7)	34058 Points +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	32676 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	32500 Points -1%
Average of class Office (2054 - 54365, n=120, last 2 years)	23439 Points -28%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	17651 Points -46%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	16371 Points -50%

AIDA64 / CPU AES
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	83182 MB/s
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (33314 - 92360, n=7)	56469 MB/s -32%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	50859 MB/s -39%
Average of class Office (5226 - 147611, n=120, last 2 years)	46963 MB/s -44%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	40933 MB/s -51%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	40385 MB/s -51%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	36719 MB/s -56%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	34999 MB/s -58%

AIDA64 / CPU ZLib
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	688 MB/s +36%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	621 MB/s +22%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	556 MB/s +10%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (503 - 612, n=7)	545 MB/s +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	535 MB/s +6%
Average of class Office (67.6 - 1018, n=120, last 2 years)	535 MB/s +6%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	509 MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	507 MB/s

AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	6259 KRay/s +36%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	5758 KRay/s +25%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (4593 - 5738, n=7)	5059 KRay/s +10%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	4797 KRay/s +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	4593 KRay/s
Average of class Office (432 - 12755, n=120, last 2 years)	4459 KRay/s -3%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	3822 KRay/s -17%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	3659 KRay/s -20%

AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	25448 MPixel/s +159%
Average of class Office (4814 - 48177, n=120, last 2 years)	24531 MPixel/s +150%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	22065 MPixel/s +124%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (9832 - 19525, n=7)	14538 MPixel/s +48%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	13899 MPixel/s +41%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	9832 MPixel/s
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	9627 MPixel/s -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	7035 MPixel/s -28%

System performance

The results of the system performance benchmarks are acceptable. The ThinkPad is however slowed down by the single channel RAM, so there is still room for improvement. In everyday use, this is not very impactful. It makes the biggest difference for applications that use the GPU.

PCMark 10 / Score
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	6060 Points +6%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (5686 - 6209, n=7)	5930 Points +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Vega 7, R5 7530U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	5736 Points
Average of class Office (2325 - 7157, n=105, last 2 years)	5348 Points -7%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Vega 8, R7 5825U, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	5337 Points -7%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1255U, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	5325 Points -7%
Dell Latitude 3440 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1345U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	5276 Points -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Vega 7, R5 PRO 5675U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	5198 Points -9%

PCMark 10 / Essentials
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Vega 7, R5 7530U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	10614 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (10016 - 11242, n=7)	10608 Points 0%
Dell Latitude 3440 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1345U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	10550 Points -1%
Average of class Office (5095 - 20841, n=105, last 2 years)	9832 Points -7%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	9772 Points -8%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1255U, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	9724 Points -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Vega 7, R5 PRO 5675U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	9668 Points -9%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Vega 8, R7 5825U, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	9553 Points -10%

PCMark 10 / Productivity
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (8983 - 9967, n=7)	9514 Points +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Vega 7, R5 7530U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	9292 Points
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Vega 8, R7 5825U, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	8717 Points -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Vega 7, R5 PRO 5675U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	8608 Points -7%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	8523 Points -8%
Average of class Office (3041 - 10198, n=105, last 2 years)	7449 Points -20%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1255U, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	7200 Points -23%
Dell Latitude 3440 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1345U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	6832 Points -26%

PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	7252 Points +40%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1255U, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	5854 Points +13%
Average of class Office (1912 - 9056, n=105, last 2 years)	5810 Points +12%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (4941 - 6093, n=7)	5626 Points +8%
Dell Latitude 3440 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1345U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	5530 Points +6%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Vega 7, R5 7530U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	5193 Points
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Vega 8, R7 5825U, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	4954 Points -5%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Vega 7, R5 PRO 5675U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	4580 Points -12%

CrossMark / Overall
Dell Latitude 3440 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1345U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	1416 Points +38%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	1401 Points +36%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1255U, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	1338 Points +30%
Average of class Office (348 - 1891, n=106, last 2 years)	1325 Points +29%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (1029 - 1336, n=6)	1228 Points +19%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Vega 7, R5 PRO 5675U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	1171 Points +14%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Vega 8, R7 5825U, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	1124 Points +9%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Vega 7, R5 7530U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	1029 Points

CrossMark / Productivity
Dell Latitude 3440 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1345U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	1420 Points +27%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	1399 Points +25%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1255U, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	1370 Points +23%
Average of class Office (393 - 1870, n=106, last 2 years)	1340 Points +20%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (1115 - 1370, n=6)	1275 Points +14%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Vega 7, R5 PRO 5675U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	1245 Points +12%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Vega 8, R7 5825U, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	1189 Points +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Vega 7, R5 7530U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	1115 Points

CrossMark / Creativity
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	1488 Points +50%
Dell Latitude 3440 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1345U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	1482 Points +49%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1255U, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	1374 Points +39%
Average of class Office (340 - 1982, n=106, last 2 years)	1362 Points +37%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (992 - 1390, n=6)	1268 Points +28%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Vega 7, R5 PRO 5675U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	1172 Points +18%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Vega 8, R7 5825U, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	1169 Points +18%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Vega 7, R5 7530U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	992 Points

CrossMark / Responsiveness
Dell Latitude 3440 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1345U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	1226 Points +36%
Average of class Office (258 - 2017, n=106, last 2 years)	1195 Points +33%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	1174 Points +30%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1255U, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	1150 Points +28%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (900 - 1096, n=6)	996 Points +11%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Vega 7, R5 PRO 5675U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	970 Points +8%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Vega 7, R5 7530U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	900 Points
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Vega 8, R7 5825U, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	843 Points -6%

PCMark 10 Score		5736 points
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AIDA64: Memory Copy | Memory Read | Memory Write | Memory Latency

AIDA64 / Memory Copy
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	48605 MB/s +141%
Average of class Office (7158 - 88119, n=121, last 2 years)	42885 MB/s +113%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	38526 MB/s +91%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (20155 - 42853, n=7)	31487 MB/s +56%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	22846 MB/s +13%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	21188 MB/s +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	20155 MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	19363 MB/s -4%

AIDA64 / Memory Read
Average of class Office (7325 - 87297, n=121, last 2 years)	43181 MB/s +87%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	41894 MB/s +82%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	39883 MB/s +73%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (23068 - 40094, n=7)	34081 MB/s +48%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	24018 MB/s +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	23068 MB/s
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	22877 MB/s -1%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	21894 MB/s -5%

AIDA64 / Memory Write
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	50910 MB/s +122%
Average of class Office (7579 - 94965, n=121, last 2 years)	46727 MB/s +104%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	44821 MB/s +95%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (22954 - 41838, n=7)	32074 MB/s +40%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	23602 MB/s +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	22954 MB/s
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	22883 MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	20979 MB/s -9%

AIDA64 / Memory Latency
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	116.7 ns * -17%
Average AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (88.1 - 110.8, n=7)	101.4 ns * -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7	99.4 ns * -0%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Vega 7	99.4 ns *
Average of class Office (44.3 - 188.3, n=122, last 2 years)	96.5 ns * +3%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, Vega 8	85.9 ns * +14%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	81.9 ns * +18%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs	73.8 ns * +26%

* ... smaller is better

DPC latency

The Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 AMD had some DPC latency issues in our LatencyMon test, for which apparently the network driver is responsible. To work on real-time video and audio, the network modules should be disabled. Of course, this status quo can be amended via driver and firmware updates.

DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1255U, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	2647 μs * -48%
Dell Latitude 3440 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1345U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	1815.3 μs * -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Vega 7, R5 7530U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	1783.9 μs *
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Vega 7, R5 PRO 5675U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	1287 μs * +28%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Vega 8, R7 5825U, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	1229.7 μs * +31%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	731.7 μs * +59%

* ... smaller is better

Mass storage

A single sided M.2 2242 SSD with a capacity of 512 GB serves as the storage of the ThinkPad laptop. The SSD was made by Kioxia, it is a NVMe PCie 4.0 SSD - though the ThinkPad can only utilize it in PCIe 3.0 mode, due to the outdated Ryzen 7030 platform. This means that some speed is lost, though the SSD is not slow. Compared with the competition, the ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 AMD performs well and the SSD shows no signs of throttling under load.

AS SSD

DiskSpd

Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G

Sequential Read: 2289MB/s

Sequential Write: 2413MB/s

4K Read: 52.4MB/s

4K Write: 121.5MB/s

4K-64 Read: 1549MB/s

4K-64 Write: 996MB/s

Access Time Read: 0.159ms

Access Time Write: 0.033ms

Copy ISO: 1104.98MB/s

Copy Program: 595.99MB/s

Copy Game: 977.17MB/s

Score Read: 1831Points

Score Write: 1359Points

Score Total: 4138Points

Drive Performance Rating | DiskSpd | AS SSD

Drive Performance Rating - Percent
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	80 pt
Average of class Office	73.6 pt
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	65.9 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	65.6 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	51.7 pt
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	47.2 pt
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	44.3 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	43.4 pt

DiskSpd
seq read
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	3743 (1397.54^min - 3742.93^max) MB/s +65%
Average of class Office (482 - 4554, n=107, last 2 years)	2476 MB/s +9%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	2449 (2378.72^min - 2448.56^max) MB/s +8%
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (2271 - 2354, n=2)	2313 MB/s +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	2271 (2228.17^min - 2270.87^max) MB/s
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	2253 (2219.38^min - 2252.76^max) MB/s -1%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	1820 (1795.76^min - 1819.7^max) MB/s -20%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	1509 (1241.55^min - 1508.61^max) MB/s -34%
seq write
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	3209 (2978.58^min - 3209.14^max) MB/s +54%
Average of class Office (333 - 5842, n=107, last 2 years)	2382 MB/s +14%
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (2081 - 2226, n=2)	2154 MB/s +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	2081 (1864.41^min - 2081.25^max) MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	2052 (1973.84^min - 2051.94^max) MB/s -1%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	1917 (1855^min - 1917.22^max) MB/s -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	1541 (1270.45^min - 1540.99^max) MB/s -26%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	1229 (899.05^min - 1228.93^max) MB/s -41%
seq q8 t1 read
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	6129 (435.96^min - 6128.93^max) MB/s +185%
Average of class Office (535 - 7120, n=107, last 2 years)	4026 MB/s +87%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	3124 (3039.61^min - 3124.38^max) MB/s +45%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	3049 (2669.79^min - 3048.63^max) MB/s +42%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	2836 (2244.5^min - 2835.56^max) MB/s +32%
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (2153 - 2726, n=2)	2440 MB/s +13%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	2237 (2043.26^min - 2236.96^max) MB/s +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	2153 (1995.22^min - 2153.45^max) MB/s
seq q8 t1 write
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	5006 (4859.17^min - 5005.96^max) MB/s +349%
Average of class Office (276 - 6791, n=107, last 2 years)	3030 MB/s +172%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	2752 (2377.82^min - 2752.46^max) MB/s +147%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	2692 (456.13^min - 2691.63^max) MB/s +142%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	1855 (359.78^min - 1854.51^max) MB/s +67%
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (1114 - 2560, n=2)	1837 MB/s +65%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	1620 (1138.72^min - 1620.26^max) MB/s +45%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	1114 (738.82^min - 1113.8^max) MB/s
4k q1 t1 read
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	83.8 (76.57^min - 83.77^max) MB/s +90%
Average of class Office (17.7 - 89.9, n=107, last 2 years)	57.7 MB/s +31%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	55 (54.07^min - 55.04^max) MB/s +25%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	54.1 (53.19^min - 54.12^max) MB/s +23%
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (44.1 - 47.9, n=2)	46 MB/s +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	44.8 (44.11^min - 44.81^max) MB/s +2%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	44.7 (43.35^min - 44.72^max) MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	44.1 (43.66^min - 44.07^max) MB/s
4k q1 t1 write
Average of class Office (32 - 429, n=107, last 2 years)	161.5 MB/s +29%
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	136.6 (136.11^min - 136.6^max) MB/s +9%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	134.4 (132.52^min - 134.39^max) MB/s +7%
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (125.1 - 136.5, n=2)	130.8 MB/s +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	125.1 (122.37^min - 125.09^max) MB/s
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	117.8 (112.15^min - 117.79^max) MB/s -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	109.4 (101.14^min - 109.44^max) MB/s -13%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	99.9 (98.65^min - 99.93^max) MB/s -20%
4k q32 t16 read
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (1730 - 1734, n=2)	1732 MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	1730 (1720.68^min - 1730.47^max) MB/s
Average of class Office (184.2 - 4425, n=107, last 2 years)	1274 MB/s -26%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	839 (823.21^min - 838.99^max) MB/s -52%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	699 (675.98^min - 698.92^max) MB/s -60%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	637 (612.6^min - 637.06^max) MB/s -63%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	635 (580.48^min - 635.09^max) MB/s -63%
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	477 (459.41^min - 476.64^max) MB/s -72%
4k q32 t16 write
Average of class Office (192.2 - 3254, n=107, last 2 years)	937 MB/s +60%
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (587 - 842, n=2)	715 MB/s +22%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	587 (456.04^min - 586.76^max) MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	377 (357.55^min - 377.29^max) MB/s -36%
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	364 (350.56^min - 364.21^max) MB/s -38%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	346 (333.11^min - 346^max) MB/s -41%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	314 (306.3^min - 314.28^max) MB/s -47%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	275 (241.55^min - 275.47^max) MB/s -53%

AS SSD
Score Total
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	4138 Points
Average of class Office (704 - 9204, n=103, last 2 years)	3986 Points -4%
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (3826 - 4138, n=2)	3982 Points -4%
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	3817 Points -8%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	2462 Points -41%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	2355 Points -43%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	1997 Points -52%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	1919 Points -54%
Score Read
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	1831 Points
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (1661 - 1831, n=2)	1746 Points -5%
Average of class Office (252 - 3364, n=103, last 2 years)	1442 Points -21%
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	1126 Points -39%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	932 Points -49%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	840 Points -54%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	773 Points -58%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	756 Points -59%
Score Write
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	2191 Points +61%
Average of class Office (320 - 4111, n=103, last 2 years)	1850 Points +36%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	1359 Points
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (1350 - 1359, n=2)	1355 Points 0%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	1330 Points -2%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	1279 Points -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	753 Points -45%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	549 Points -60%
Seq Read
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	4259.64 MB/s +86%
Average of class Office (508 - 5796, n=103, last 2 years)	3168 MB/s +38%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	2339 MB/s +2%
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (2289 - 2295, n=2)	2292 MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	2289 MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	2117 MB/s -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	1796 MB/s -22%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	1521.2 MB/s -34%
Seq Write
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	2413 MB/s
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	2271.27 MB/s -6%
Average of class Office (304 - 5880, n=103, last 2 years)	2085 MB/s -14%
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (1470 - 2413, n=2)	1942 MB/s -20%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	1073 MB/s -56%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	1059 MB/s -56%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	837 MB/s -65%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	642.95 MB/s -73%
4K Read
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	74.47 MB/s +42%
Average of class Office (18.7 - 91.1, n=103, last 2 years)	56.3 MB/s +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	52.4 MB/s
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (51.7 - 52.4, n=2)	52.1 MB/s -1%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	51.29 MB/s -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	41 MB/s -22%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	35.85 MB/s -32%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	32.53 MB/s -38%
4K Write
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	194.85 MB/s +60%
Average of class Office (35.4 - 350, n=103, last 2 years)	158.6 MB/s +31%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	124.4 MB/s +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	121.5 MB/s
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (119.7 - 121.5, n=2)	120.6 MB/s -1%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	110.24 MB/s -9%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	96 MB/s -21%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	75.35 MB/s -38%
4K-64 Read
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	1549 MB/s
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (1380 - 1549, n=2)	1465 MB/s -5%
Average of class Office (182.3 - 2713, n=103, last 2 years)	1069 MB/s -31%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	668.7 MB/s -57%
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	625.54 MB/s -60%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	620 MB/s -60%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	588.11 MB/s -62%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	485.8 MB/s -69%
4K-64 Write
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	1768.73 MB/s +78%
Average of class Office (132.3 - 3394, n=103, last 2 years)	1482 MB/s +49%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	1190.61 MB/s +20%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	1070 MB/s +7%
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (996 - 1083, n=2)	1040 MB/s +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	996 MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	550 MB/s -45%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	332.54 MB/s -67%
Access Time Read
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	0.193 ms * -21%
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (0.159 - 0.16, n=2)	0.1595 ms * -0%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	0.159 ms *
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	0.152 ms * +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	0.133 ms * +16%
Average of class Office (0.022 - 0.295, n=103, last 2 years)	0.08014 ms * +50%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	0.067 ms * +58%
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	0.045 ms * +72%
Access Time Write
Average of class Office (0.017 - 0.619, n=103, last 2 years)	0.06444 ms * -95%
Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	0.062 ms * -88%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	0.052 ms * -58%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	0.037 ms * -12%
Average Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G (0.033 - 0.038, n=2)	0.0355 ms * -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	0.035 ms * -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	0.033 ms *
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	0.03 ms * +9%

* ... smaller is better

Sustained load read: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G: Ø2492 (1709.53-2748.06)

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G: Ø2368 (2231.79-2978.29)

Dell Latitude 3440 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ: Ø4542 (3756.42-6679.22)

HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G: Ø2485 (2222.56-2824.86)

HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU: Ø1586 (1371.34-3043.81)

Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G: Ø2929 (2396.45-3095.4)

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 is an outdated GPU, which was already used in the Ryzen 5000 series. In the ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 AMD, it is additionally hamstrung by the single channel RAM ex factory, further limiting the already low performance. The GPU is only usable for the most simple tasks and basic games. The GPU performance can be improved by putting in a second SO-DIMM module, as that would mean that the memory could run in the faster dual-channel mode.

3DMark Performance Rating | 3DMark 11 | 3DMark

3DMark Performance Rating - Percent
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	100 pt
Average of class Office	57.5 pt
Dell Latitude 3440 ^-1! Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, Intel Core i5-1345U	51 pt
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, Intel Core i7-1255U	47.7 pt
Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	47 pt
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	39.4 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	36.8 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	28.8 pt

3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance GPU
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	10343 Points +145%
Average of class Office (1474 - 13132, n=113, last 2 years)	6062 Points +44%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, Intel Core i5-1345U	5214 Points +23%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, Intel Core i7-1255U	5125 Points +21%
Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (3353 - 6249, n=58)	5054 Points +20%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	4541 Points +8%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	4224 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	3357 Points -21%

3DMark
1280x720 Cloud Gate Standard Graphics
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	46247 Points +158%
Average of class Office (5681 - 58068, n=93, last 2 years)	24010 Points +34%
Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (13713 - 31437, n=43)	23324 Points +30%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, Intel Core i7-1255U	19082 Points +7%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	18755 Points +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	17909 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	13898 Points -22%
1920x1080 Fire Strike Graphics
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	7050 Points +196%
Average of class Office (712 - 9228, n=114, last 2 years)	4191 Points +76%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, Intel Core i5-1345U	3653 Points +53%
Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (1772 - 4037, n=62)	3189 Points +34%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, Intel Core i7-1255U	3137 Points +32%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	2532 Points +6%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	2384 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	1872 Points -21%
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	2289 Points +195%
Average of class Office (242 - 3242, n=110, last 2 years)	1372 Points +77%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, Intel Core i7-1255U	1268 Points +64%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, Intel Core i5-1345U	1162 Points +50%
Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (496 - 1249, n=57)	991 Points +28%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	854 Points +10%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	775 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	597 Points -23%

3DMark 11 Performance		4281 points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score		15595 points
3DMark Fire Strike Score		2145 points
3DMark Time Spy Score		885 points
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... in comparison

Blender
v3.3 Classroom HIP/AMD
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	1123 Seconds *
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	927 Seconds * +17%
Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (570 - 1215, n=12)	791 Seconds * +30%
Average of class Office (322 - 1215, n=18, last 2 years)	739 Seconds * +34%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	335 Seconds * +70%
v3.3 Classroom CPU
Average of class Office (343 - 3786, n=109, last 2 years)	909 Seconds * -19%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, Intel Core i5-1345U	813 Seconds * -7%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 7530U	763 Seconds *
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, Intel Core i7-1255U	741 Seconds * +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U	702 Seconds * +8%
Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (556 - 878, n=24)	702 Seconds * +8%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	562 Seconds * +26%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	525 Seconds * +31%

* ... smaller is better

Performance Rating - Percent
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, AMD Radeon 680M	100 pt
Average of class Office	64.9 pt
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA ^-2! Intel Core i7-1255U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs	56.2 pt
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs	51.8 pt
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	42.6 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	41.2 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE ^-1! AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	36.4 pt

The Witcher 3 - 1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+)
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, AMD Radeon 680M	23.9 (21^min, 22^P1) fps +191%
Average of class Office (2.66 - 34, n=110, last 2 years)	13.8 fps +68%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs	9.9 (9^min) fps +20%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	9.6 (8^min, 9^P1) fps +17%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs	9 fps +9%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	8.22 (6^min) fps
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	6.6 (5^min, 6^P1) fps -20%

GTA V - 1920x1080 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, AMD Radeon 680M	22.2 (1.572^min, 15.4^P1) fps +220%
Average of class Office (3.35 - 47.8, n=90, last 2 years)	11.7 fps +69%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	6.94 (1.624^min, 4.78^P1) fps
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	6.07 (1.339^min, 4.18^P1) fps -13%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs	5.97 (2.98^min, 3.75^P1) fps -14%

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark - 1920x1080 High Quality
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, AMD Radeon 680M	23 fps +188%
Average of class Office (2.03 - 35.7, n=102, last 2 years)	14.4 fps +80%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs	12.5 fps +56%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs	10 fps +25%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	8.56 fps +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	8 fps
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	6 fps -25%

Strange Brigade - 1920x1080 ultra AA:ultra AF:16
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, AMD Radeon 680M	41 fps +218%
Average of class Office (6.6 - 56.5, n=96, last 2 years)	24 fps +86%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs	18.5 (5^min, 5^P1) fps +43%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	13.7 (5.7^min, 7.06^P1) fps +6%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	12.9 (8.6^min, 9.74^P1) fps
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	10.3 (8.2^min, 8.41^P1) fps -20%

Dota 2 Reborn - 1920x1080 ultra (3/3) best looking
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, AMD Radeon 680M	63.1 (53.8^min) fps +102%
Average of class Office (7.8 - 121.2, n=123, last 2 years)	46.3 fps +48%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs	45.4 (41.1^min) fps +45%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	33.1 (30.7^min) fps +6%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs	32.3 (30.5^min) fps +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	31.3 (29.7^min) fps
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	24.2 (22.8^min) fps -23%

X-Plane 11.11 - 1920x1080 high (fps_test=3)
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, AMD Radeon 680M	33.5 fps +52%
HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs	31 fps +40%
Average of class Office (5.55 - 92.6, n=123, last 2 years)	28.2 fps +28%
Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs	23.8 fps +8%
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	22.1 fps
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	21.7 fps -2%
HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	21.7 fps -2%

Witcher 3 FPS diagram

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 R5 7530U, Vega 7: Ø8.64 (8-10)

	low	med.	high	ultra
GTA V (2015)	63.6	56.5	15.6	6.94
The Witcher 3 (2015)	38.9	23.8	11.8	8.22
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	97	69.6	33.5	31.3
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)	22.5	11.7	8
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	31.9	24.7	22.1
Strange Brigade (2018)	44.6	17.1	14.9	12.9
F1 22 (2022)	23.4	20.9	16.5	12.1

Emissions: fan is more active in the L14 G4 than in the L14 G3

Noise

Compared with the predecessor ThinkPad L14 G3 AMD, the maximum fan noise of the ThinkPad L14 G4 AMD has decreased, as the fan now outs out up to 38.3 dB(a). When the device is idling, the fan pretty much stays off. Positive: The fan noise is not extremely high pitched, which is more of a problem with the Dell Latitude 3440.

We could detect some coil whine with the ThinkPad L14 G3 AMD.

Noise Level

Idle		25.2 / 25.2 / 27.3 dB(A)
Load		32.1 / 38.3 dB(A)

	30 dB silent 40 dB(A) audible 50 dB(A) loud
min: , med: , max: Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 25.2 dB(A)

	Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 Vega 7, R5 7530U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G	Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE Vega 7, R5 PRO 5675U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G	Dell Latitude 3440 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1345U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ	HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U Vega 8, R7 5825U, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G	HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1255U, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU	Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G
Noise		7%	-1%	-0%	-2%	3%
off / environment *	25.2	24.2 4%	23.9 5%	27 -7%	27 -7%	24.2 4%
Idle Minimum *	25.2	24.2 4%	24.4 3%	27 -7%	27 -7%	24.2 4%
Idle Average *	25.2	24.2 4%	24.4 3%	27 -7%	27 -7%	24.2 4%
Idle Maximum *	27.3	28.6 -5%	24.4 11%	27 1%	27 1%	25.8 5%
Load Average *	32.1	28.6 11%	37.1 -16%	31 3%	31.5 2%	32.2 -0%
Witcher 3 ultra *	35.7	31.7 11%	38.2 -7%			34.1 4%
Load Maximum *	38.3	31.75 17%	40.2 -5%	32 16%	34.9 9%	38.8 -1%

* ... smaller is better

Heat

The characterization as a hot-head does not fit the Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 AMD well. The maximum temperature we measured was 46.3 degrees Celsius / 115 F at a hotspot to the left above the keyboard. This is not an area that is normally touched much during taxing usage. The palmrest does get warm compared with the situation when the laptop is idling, though the palmrest temperatures always remain below 30 degrees Celsius / 86 F.

The stress test can be summed up with two words: no throttling. Even after an hour, the CPU power consumption remained at 20 W.

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


31.5 °C 89 F	38.4 °C 101 F	34.4 °C 94 F
34.6 °C 94 F	39 °C 102 F	34.3 °C 94 F
29.1 °C 84 F	29.1 °C 84 F	28.8 °C 84 F

Maximum: 39 °C = 102 F
Average: 33.2 °C = 92 F


46.3 °C 115 F	33.7 °C 93 F	30.6 °C 87 F
29.5 °C 85 F	37.4 °C 99 F	32 °C 90 F
26.3 °C 79 F	28.1 °C 83 F	28.2 °C 83 F

Maximum: 46.3 °C = 115 F
Average: 32.5 °C = 91 F

Power Supply (max.) 32.5 °C = 91 F | Room Temperature 24.2 °C = 76 F | Fluke 62 Max+

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


24.8 °C 77 F	25.3 °C 78 F	25.4 °C 78 F
25.8 °C 78 F	26.3 °C 79 F	25.6 °C 78 F
24 °C 75 F	24.1 °C 75 F	24.4 °C 76 F

Maximum: 26.3 °C = 79 F
Average: 25.1 °C = 77 F


36 °C 97 F	28.4 °C 83 F	25.6 °C 78 F
25 °C 77 F	37.5 °C 100 F	28.2 °C 83 F
24.4 °C 76 F	24.5 °C 76 F	24.8 °C 77 F

Maximum: 37.5 °C = 100 F
Average: 28.3 °C = 83 F

Power Supply (max.) 25.5 °C = 78 F | Room Temperature 23.6 °C = 74 F | Fluke 62 Max+

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


34 °C 93 F	40.1 °C 104 F	32.9 °C 91 F
35.6 °C 96 F	40.2 °C 104 F	30.2 °C 86 F
28.3 °C 83 F	30.3 °C 87 F	27.9 °C 82 F

Maximum: 40.2 °C = 104 F
Average: 33.3 °C = 92 F


45.5 °C 114 F	39.8 °C 104 F	30.5 °C 87 F
31.8 °C 89 F	43.6 °C 110 F	33 °C 91 F
27.9 °C 82 F	29.6 °C 85 F	28.8 °C 84 F

Maximum: 45.5 °C = 114 F
Average: 34.5 °C = 94 F

Power Supply (max.) 32.8 °C = 91 F | Room Temperature 24.4 °C = 76 F | Fluke 62 Max+

(±) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 33.2 °C / 92 F, compared to the average of 29.5 °C / 85 F for the devices in the class Office.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 39 °C / 102 F, compared to the average of 34.2 °C / 94 F, ranging from 21.2 to 62.5 °C for the class Office.
(-) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 46.3 °C / 115 F, compared to the average of 36.7 °C / 98 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 25.1 °C / 77 F, compared to the device average of 29.5 °C / 85 F.
(±) Playing The Witcher 3, the average temperature for the upper side is 33.3 °C / 92 F, compared to the device average of 29.5 °C / 85 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are cooler than skin temperature with a maximum of 30.3 °C / 86.5 F and are therefore cool to the touch.
(-) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 27.7 °C / 81.9 F (-2.6 °C / -4.6 F).

	Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	Dell Latitude 3440 Intel Core i5-1345U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs	HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA Intel Core i7-1255U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs	Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, AMD Radeon 680M
Heat		3%	6%	10%	11%	1%
Maximum Upper Side *	39	40.4 -4%	35.2 10%	38.1 2%	38.9 -0%	48.2 -24%
Maximum Bottom *	46.3	45.8 1%	41 11%	42.3 9%	37.4 19%	52.8 -14%
Idle Upper Side *	26.3	28.2 -7%	29.8 -13%	26.4 -0%	26.7 -2%	24.4 7%
Idle Bottom *	37.5	28.9 23%	32 15%	26.8 29%	27.8 26%	24.5 35%

* ... smaller is better

Speakers

The upfiring speakers of the Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 AMD put out a sound that is of average loudness and lacking in base. They are acceptable speakers for an office environment, but nothing more.

Frequency diagram (checkboxes can be checked and unchecked to compare devices)

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 audio analysis

(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (78.5 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 22% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (12% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 4.6% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (4.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (4.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (20.1% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 36% of all tested devices in this class were better, 11% similar, 52% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 22%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 46% of all tested devices were better, 8% similar, 45% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%

HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U audio analysis

(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (76 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 33.9% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (9.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 4.7% away from median
(±) | linearity of mids is average (7.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 3.4% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (3.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (24% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 66% of all tested devices in this class were better, 10% similar, 24% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 22%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 68% of all tested devices were better, 7% similar, 25% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%

Energy management: low power consumption results in good battery life

Power consumption

The power consumption is lower compared with the predecessor, at least when idling. Under load, the situation reverses. Overall, the ThinkPad L14G4 AMD is pretty efficient compared to other budget laptops, but the ThinkPad T14 G3 with the Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U is even more efficient.

At the max, the ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 AMD consumes 61.3 W, representing no challenge for the 65 W charger.

Power Consumption

Off / Standby	0.5 / 0.6 Watt
Idle	3.5 / 7.2 / 7.6 Watt
Load	32.2 / 61.3 Watt


Key: min: , med: , max: Metrahit Energy Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.

	Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 R5 7530U, Vega 7, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT512G, IPS LED, 1920x1080, 14.00	Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE R5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT256G, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00	Dell Latitude 3440 i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00	HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U R7 5825U, Vega 8, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNV512G, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00	HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Samsung PM991 MZVLQ512HBLU, , 1920x1080, 14.00	Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE R7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G, IPS, 1920x1200, 14.00	Average AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	Average of class Office
Power Consumption		2%	-16%	8%	-19%	10%	-12%	-14%
Idle Minimum *	3.5	4.8 -37%	3.7 -6%	3.8 -9%	5.1 -46%	2.4 31%	4.66 ?(2.6 - 8.4, n=52) -33%	4.3 ?(2.2 - 9.6, n=107, last 2 years) -23%
Idle Average *	7.2	7.7 -7%	6.5 10%	5.3 26%	7.4 -3%	5.3 26%	7.56 ?(4.8 - 10.7, n=52) -5%	7.35 ?(3.8 - 20.6, n=107, last 2 years) -2%
Idle Maximum *	7.6	8.5 -12%	9.5 -25%	7 8%	8.4 -11%	5.6 26%	8.95 ?(5.6 - 13.8, n=52) -18%	9.15 ?(5.1 - 23.9, n=107, last 2 years) -20%
Load Average *	32.2	27.4 15%	46.9 -46%	34 -6%	42.6 -32%	39.7 -23%	38.7 ?(21.6 - 54.9, n=53) -20%	41.1 ?(8.7 - 77.9, n=106, last 2 years) -28%
Witcher 3 ultra *	35.7	32 10%	42.1 -18%	33.8 5%	42.3 -18%	42.8 -20%
Load Maximum *	61.3	36.5 40%	67 -9%	45.7 25%	64 -4%	50.6 17%	51.9 ?(31 - 73.4, n=52) 15%	58.1 ?(11.1 - 101.4, n=107, last 2 years) 5%

* ... smaller is better

Power consumption Witcher 3 / stress test

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900; Witcher 3 ultra: Ø35.7 (34.4-38.8)

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900; 1280x720 Prime95 28.10 and Furmark 1.25: Ø45.4 (37.9-61.3)

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900; Idle 150cd/m2: Ø5.25 (4.9-6.87)

Power consumption with external monitor

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900; Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): Ø41.8 (35.5-59.1)

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900; Cinebench R23 Multi (external Monitor): Ø31.5 (28.7-43.1)

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900; 1280x720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): Ø31.8 (30.9-35.1)

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900; 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): Ø33.2 (31.5-35.2)

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900; Idle 1min (external Monitor): Ø6.94 (6.2-8.15)

Battery life

There are three internal battery options for the ThinkPad Gen 4 AMD. Our unit has a 57 Wh battery, the middle option. There is also a 46.5 Wh battery and a 63 Wh battery available.

Combined with the low power screen, the ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 AMD delivers a very good battery life. 13 hours and 34 minutes in the WiFi test (150 cd/m² screen brightness) and eleven hours and 10 minutes in the WiFi test with max screen brightness are bot admirable results, meaning that the device will be able to last a whole workday.

Battery Runtime

WiFi Websurfing (Edge 114)		13h 34min
WiFi Websurfing max. Brightness (Edge 115)		11h 10min
Load (maximum brightness)		1h 16min

	Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 R5 7530U, Vega 7, 57 Wh	Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G3 21C50030GE R5 PRO 5675U, Vega 7, 57 Wh	Dell Latitude 3440 i5-1345U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, 54 Wh	HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U R7 5825U, Vega 8, 51.3 Wh	HP ProBook 440 G9-5Y3Z3EA i7-1255U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 42 Wh	Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE R7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M, 52.5 Wh	Average of class Office
Battery Runtime		16%	-35%	-3%	-58%	-3%	14%
WiFi v1.3	814	795 -2%	528 -35%	592 -27%	344 -58%	772 -5%	594 ?(300 - 1137, n=107, last 2 years) -27%
Load	76	101 33%		93 22%		76 0%	117.7 ?(56 - 218, n=67, last 2 years) 55%

Pros

+ good performance

+ over 13 hours of battery life

+ great upgradeability & repairability

+ bright Low Power screen

+ good input devices & TrackPoint

+ wide port selection including RJ45

+ more affordable than other ThinkPads

+ upgradeable WiFi 6E card

+ WWAN ready

Cons

- no Ryzen 7040

- no DDR5, PCIe 4.0 or USB4

- single channel RAM ex factory

- M.2 2242 SSD not ideal for upgradeability

- coil whine

- slow screen response times

- 16:9 aspect ratio

Verdict: Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 AMD is a good workhorse for less money

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Backlight keyboards, IPS screens, those features were not present in Lenovo's affordable ThinkPad L series for a long time. They are options now, and the same is true for the low power screens, which were able to test in the Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 AMD as a first for the budget series.

This solves one of the central points of criticism of the predecessor, the bad screen, at least for this specific variant. Still, the low power screen is not perfect either, the panel used here has bad response times - but this is not a huge deal for an office laptop, compared to a low brightness or bad color gamut.

Apart from the display, the ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 AMD is not much different than the ThinkPad L14 Gen 3 AMD. Chassis, input devices and the connectivity options have not changed, all three aspects of the device are very good (input devices, connectivity) to good (chassis). The chassis is a little bit of a downgrade compared with more expensive models in terms of materials and stability. Very positive is the battery life of the ThinkPad L14 G4 AMD.

A definite weak point is the outdated platform. Ryzen 7030U has a new name, but it is still Ryzen 5000 basically. This means no USB4, no DDR5 memory and no PCIe 4.0. The performance is also hampered by the single-channel RAM, but the user can easily solve this by adding a second RAM module. A small problem is the fact that the L14 G4 uses the M.2 2242 SSD size, limiting upgrade options. On the other hand, the two RAM slots make the ThinkPad L14 into the most upgradable 14 inch ThinkPad by default.

Long battery life and upgradeable: The Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 AMD is a solid workhorse in the lower price range.

All in all, we think the Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 AMD is a very solid work device for a more affordable price range. This lower pricing means that some newer technologies are not present and the materials used for the chassis are not as high-quality as other ThinkPads, but it will do a good job in the office.

An alternative could be the Dell Latitude 3440. This Intel-based competitor has a higher single core performance, but users have to forgo the second USB C port and microSD slot if they choose the Dell.

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Pricing and availability

The Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 AMD model 21H6S00900, which we reviewed, is a special model for students as part of the German Lenovo education program. It costs €700 from Campuspoint.

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Chassis

82 / 98 → 84%

Keyboard

89%

Pointing Device

89%

Connectivity

71 / 80 → 89%

Weight

69 / 20-75 → 89%

Battery

90%

Display

90%

Games Performance

53 / 78 → 68%

Application Performance

89 / 95 → 94%

Temperature

90%

Noise

95%

Audio

74%

Camera

42 / 85 → 49%

Average

79%

89%

Office - Weighted Average

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Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 AMD Review: affordable laptop with good upgradeability and battery life

Possible competitors in comparison

Size & weight comparison

Connectivity

Display: low power screen for the first time in the ThinkPad L

Display Response Times

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

Performance: only AMD Ryzen 7030U instead of Ryzen 7040U

Testing conditions

Processor

Cinebench R15 multi sustained loop test

System performance

DPC latency

Mass storage

Sustained load read: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

GPU

Witcher 3 FPS diagram

Emissions: fan is more active in the L14 G4 than in the L14 G3

Noise

Heat

Speakers

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 21H6S00900 audio analysis

HP EliteBook 645 G9, Ryzen 7 5825U audio analysis

Energy management: low power consumption results in good battery life

Power consumption

Power consumption Witcher 3 / stress test

Power consumption with external monitor

Battery life

Pros

Cons

Verdict: Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4 AMD is a good workhorse for less money

Pricing and availability

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