Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1 OLED Review - Business Laptop with an AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z ^↺

Name: Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE
Brand: Lenovo

Is it still a ThinkPad?

Lenovo’s new AMD ThinkPad Z13 comes with an exclusive AMD processor and the high-end version also gets an OLED screen and a leatherette lid that flaunts bronze-hued trim. It looks stylish, but is it still a 'business laptop'?

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AMD Business Laptop ThinkPad Touchscreen Ultrabook Windows

With its ThinkPad Z series, Lenovo has had a dedicated product line for its AMD models for several months now. We have already extensively tested the entry-level model of the ThinkPad Z13 with a Ryzen 5 Pro and a normal Full HD IPS panel. The completely new design offers some new approaches and long-time ThinkPad users will have to get used to some changes (TrackPoint without dedicated keys, hinge only opens up to 135 degrees, repositioning of the Fn key, no Kensington Lock).

Today we take a look at the high-end model of the ThinkPad Z13 with its AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z which is offered exclusively in the ThinkPad Z13. This configuration has an OLED screen, an LTE module and a special design with an imitation leather screen lid with bronze-hued highlights. In this report, we focus primarily on the differences to the entry-level model and will not go over their similarities. Pertinent information is available in our detailed review of the ThinkPad Z13 with the Ryzen 5 Pro 6650U:

• Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 laptop review: AMD's premium ThinkPad with long battery life

• Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 laptop review: Powerful AMD flagship with a hiccup

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Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE (ThinkPad Z13 Series)

Processor

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z 8 x 2.7 - 4.8 GHz, 51 W PL2 / Short Burst, 27 W PL1 / Sustained, Rembrandt U (Zen 3+)

Graphics adapter

AMD Radeon 680M, Core: 2200 MHz

Memory

32 GB

, LPDDR5-6400, Dual-Channel, onboard

Display

13.30 inch 16:10, 2880 x 1800 pixel 255 PPI, capacitive, ATNA33AA02-0, OLED, glossy: yes, HDR, 60 Hz

Mainboard

AMD Promontory/Bixby FCH

Storage

Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK, 1024 GB

, 899 GB free

Soundcard

AMD Zen - Audio Processor - HD Audio Controller

Connections

2 USB 4.0 40 Gbps, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 2 DisplayPort, Audio Connections: 3.5 mm Stereo, 1 Fingerprint Reader

Networking

Qualcomm WCN685x (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/ Wi-Fi 6E 6 GHz), Bluetooth 5.1, Quectel EM05-G, LTE Cat.4, LTE

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 14 x 294.4 x 199.6 ( = 0.55 x 11.59 x 7.86 in)

Battery

51.5 Wh, 4425 mAh Lithium-Ion

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro

Camera

Webcam: 1080p
Primary Camera: 2 MPix

Additional features

Speakers: Stereo 2x 2W, Keyboard: Chiclet, Keyboard Light: yes, 65W USB-C PSU, 36 Months Warranty

Weight

1.289 kg ( = 45.47 oz / 2.84 pounds), Power Supply: 300 g ( = 10.58 oz / 0.66 pounds)

Price

2900 Euro

Links

Lenovo homepage
Lenovo notebook section

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Potential Competitors in Comparison

Rating	Date	Model	Weight	Height	Size	Resolution
88.8 % v7 ^(old)	10 / 2022	Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE R7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	1.3 kg	14 mm	13.30"	2880x1800
90.1 % v7 ^(old)	07 / 2022	Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED R7 6800U, Radeon 680M	1.1 kg	14.9 mm	13.30"	2880x1800
87.3 % v7 ^(old)	09 / 2022	Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	1.3 kg	15.28 mm	13.40"	3456x2160
92 % v7 ^(old)	08 / 2022	Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU M2, M2 10-Core GPU	1.2 kg	11.3 mm	13.60"	2560x1664
90.5 % v7 ^(old)	08 / 2022	Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW R5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	1.2 kg	13.99 mm	13.30"	1920x1200

Case

The case is basically identical to the entry-level model of the ThinkPad Z13, but in the high-end version there is a screen lid with a black imitation leather surface with bronze-hued trim. It’s undoubtedly a question of personal taste and Lenovo does offer alternatives, but comparison with a handbag is hard to avoid. Whether the current Z13 has become more of a fashion item or visually still fits into a business setting, is a question of personal choice. From a quality perspective, however, there is nothing wrong with the case and the ThinkPad Z13 is indeed of extremely high-quality.

Size Comparison

Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW DIN A4 ❌

Left: USB-C 4.0 (40 GBit/s, DisplayPort 1.4a, Power Delivery 3.0)

Right: 3.5 mm audio jack, nano-SIM slot, power button, USB-C 4.0 (40 GBit/s, DisplayPort 1.4a, Power Delivery 3.0)

Connectivity - Z13 with Wi-Fi 6E and LTE

Our review unit was equipped with a Wi-Fi 6E module (Qualcomm WCN685x) and we were able to easily connect to the 6 GHz network on our Asus reference router. The transfer rates in the test were very high and also stable. A WWAN module from Quectel was also installed in the test device, which only supports LTE Cat.4. In addition to an eSIM, a nano-SIM card can also be inserted on the right edge. We were able to use a Telekom (Germany) SIM card in the LTE network without issue. However, a 5G module is not available.

Networking
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Qualcomm WCN685x
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz	1771 (min: 1736) MBit/s ∼100%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz	1735 (min: 1622) MBit/s ∼100%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E MT7922 160MHz Wireless LAN Card
iperf3 receive AXE11000	1553 (min: 1443) MBit/s ∼93%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000	1492 (min: 1365) MBit/s ∼96%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Qualcomm WCN685x
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz	1715 (min: 1465) MBit/s ∼97%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz	1559 (min: 1265) MBit/s ∼90%
Apple MacBook Air M2 Entry 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax
iperf3 receive AXE11000	945 (min: 924) MBit/s ∼57%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000	865 (min: 856) MBit/s ∼56%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 4K Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211
iperf3 receive AXE11000	1662 (min: 1600) MBit/s ∼100%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000	1558 (min: 1401) MBit/s ∼100%
Average Qualcomm WCN685x
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz	1660 (min: 886) MBit/s ∼94%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz	1471 (min: 623) MBit/s ∼85%
iperf3 receive AXE11000	1606 (min: 852) MBit/s ∼97%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000	1321 (min: 521) MBit/s ∼85%

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE; iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz: Ø1735 (1622-1813)

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE; iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz: Ø1771 (1736-1781)

ColorChecker Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE: 7.28 ∆E min: 1.3 - max: 12.42 ∆E

Display - 2.8K OLED Touchscreen

Our test device uses the optional 13.3-inch OLED touchscreen with a resolution of 2,880 x 1,800 pixels. Subjectively, the image of the reflective panel makes a good impression in principle. Content is displayed very sharply, and colors are very strong. With bright content, however, a grid effect (moiré effect) is visible and requires that one sit relatively close to the display. Windows uses its dark color mode by default to save power, so in practice the effect is not noticeable.

Lenovo advertises brightness of 400 cd/m², whereby one must distinguish here (as is the norm with OLED panels) between SDR and HDR content. In normal SDR mode, we determined a brightness of around 380 cd/m² and together with the extremely low black level, an extremely high contrast ratio is obtained. In HDR mode (which has to be activated manually), it reaches a maximum of 582 cd/m² for small image sections and around 470 cd/m² for an almost completely bright image. The viewing angle stability is very good and the response times are extremely fast. There are no halos on OLED panels.


379 cd/m²	377 cd/m²	380 cd/m²
378 cd/m²	371 cd/m²	378 cd/m²
379 cd/m²	379 cd/m²	380 cd/m²

Distribution of brightness

ATNA33AA02-0 tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2

Maximum: 380 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 377.9 cd/m² Minimum: 4.4 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 98 %
Center on Battery: 373 cd/m²
Contrast: 9275:1 (Black: 0.04 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2.5 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.87, calibrated: 1.9
ΔE Greyscale 2 | 0.5-98 Ø5.1
97.5% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
100% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
99.9% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.17

Download ICC File (X-Rite i1Pro 2)

	Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE ATNA33AA02-0, OLED, 2880x1800, 13.3"	Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED SDC4172, OLED, 2880x1800, 13.3"	Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Samsung 134XK04, OLED, 3456x2160, 13.4"	Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW NV133WUM-N63, IPS LED, 1920x1200, 13.3"	Apple MacBook Air M2 Entry IPS, 2560x1664, 13.6"
Display		0%	0%	-21%	-4%
Display P3 Coverage	99.9	99.8 0%	99.5 0%	67.7 -32%	98.4 -2%
sRGB Coverage	100	100 0%	100 0%	96.5 -3%	99.9 0%
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage	97.5	97.8 0%	98.4 1%	69.7 -29%	87.6 -10%
Response Times		-5%	-48%	-1909%	-1544%
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% *	1.9 ?(1, 0.9)	2.1 ?(1.1, 1) -11%	2.6 ?(1.3, 1.3) -37%	49 ?(22, 27) -2479%	32.9 ?(17.8, 15.1) -1632%
Response Time Black / White *	1.6 ?(0.8, 0.8)	1.68 ?(0.86, 0.82) -5%	2.1 ?(0.8, 1.3) -31%	23 ?(11, 12) -1338%	24.9 ?(10.4, 14.5) -1456%
PWM Frequency	240 ?(50, 86)	240.4 ?(53) 0%	59.5 -75%
Screen		24%	-6%	-81%	-81%
Brightness middle	371	336 -9%	371.8 0%	418 13%	526 42%
Brightness	378	338 -11%	374 -1%	379 0%	486 29%
Brightness Distribution	98	99 1%	98 0%	81 -17%	87 -11%
Black Level *	0.04	0.02 50%		0.33 -725%	0.38 -850%
Contrast	9275	16800 81%		1267 -86%	1384 -85%
Colorchecker dE 2000 *	2.5	1.8 28%	2.37 5%	1.7 32%	1.3 48%
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. *	4.4	3.8 14%	6.1 -39%	3.3 25%	2.7 39%
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated *	1.9	1.8 5%		1.1 42%	0.7 63%
Greyscale dE 2000 *	2	0.9 55%	2 -0%	2.3 -15%	2 -0%
Gamma	2.17 ^101%	2.22 ^99%	2.29 ^96%	2.14 ^103%	2.25 ^98%
CCT	6228 ^104%	6580 ^99%	6261 ^104%	6499 ^100%	6858 ^95%
Total Average (Program / Settings)		6% / 13%	-18% / -15%	-670% / -329%	-543% / -273%

* ... smaller is better

CalMAN grayscale (Target Color Space P3)

CalMAN saturation (Target Color Space P3)

CalMAN ColorChecker (Target Color Space P3)

CalMAN grayscale calibration (Target Color Space P3)

CalMAN ColorChecker calibration (Target Color Space P3)

Our analysis using professional CalMAN software (X-Rite i1 Pro 2) shows that the OLED screen as delivered is already properly calibrated. There is minimal color cast in true red in conjunction with a color temperature that is slightly too warm. We were able to further improve the display with our own calibration (profile is available for download above) and most of the colors are below the important limit of 3. The P3 color space is fully covered.

Display Response Times

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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
1.6 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 0.8 ms rise
1.6 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 0.8 ms fall
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 7 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (20.7 ms).
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey
1.9 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 1 ms rise
1.9 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 0.9 ms fall
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.165 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 7 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (32.5 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 detected

240 Hz

≤ 50 % brightness setting

≤ 86 cd/m² brightness

The display backlight flickers at 240 Hz (worst case, e.g., utilizing PWM) Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 50 % (86 cd/m²) and below. There should be no flickering or PWM above this brightness setting.

The frequency of 240 Hz is relatively low, so sensitive users will likely notice flickering and experience eyestrain at the stated brightness setting and below.

Flickering occurs at relatively low brightness settings, so extended use at this brightness setting or lower can cause eyestrain.

In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 8492 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured.

In the range of 51-90% brightness, DC dimming with a frequency of 60 Hz is deployed, but since the amplitude is very low here, there should be no issue. Starting at a brightness of 50 % (~86 cd/m²) and less we can detect the well-known PWM flickering at 240 Hz. Lenovo does not offer a software solution such as the Asus Zenbook S 13 to enable DC dimming even at lower brightness levels.

Reflections are of course an issue on the reflective display when they occur, but as long as you can avoid them, the screen content can be read properly outdoors thanks to the extremely high contrast ratio even on bright days.

Performance - AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z

Test conditions

In addition to the normal Windows performance settings, the AMD ThinkPad offers intelligent cooling, which can be deactivated via the key combination Fn+T. In our tests with the Ryzen 7 Pro we got slightly better results when the function was activated. Basically, the processor is allocated 51 watts for a short period and then settles down to 27 watts.

Processor

Lenovo equips the top model of the ThinkPad Z13 with an AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z, which is exclusive to this model. Very little documentation about adjustments for this chip is available and even following our test we are not much the wiser. In principle, it is a standard Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U (which is also available for the Z13), only the maximum boost clock is set 50 MHz higher at 4.75 GHz. Both Ryzen 7 Pro models can be configured with up to 32GB of RAM.

CPU performance is very good, especially in the first few minutes, as power consumption does not drop immediately. Under permanent load, however, the Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z is on par with the Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U and also the consumer Ryzen 7 6800U, if they are operated at the same/similar TDP (generally 25 watts). The Ryzen 5 Pro 6650U in the ThinkPad Z13 is 19% slower on average across all our CPU benchmarks.

Cinebench R15 score

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z: Ø1748 (1679.4-1992.13)

Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U: Ø1607 (1576.98-1742.1)

Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P: Ø1467 (1369.16-1905.49)

Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU Apple M2: Ø994 (917.47-1212.01)

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U: Ø1239 (1154.73-1539.23)

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

Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H: Ø2035 (1986.69-2081.49)

On battery power, multi-core performance is about 30% lower, but single-core performance remains stable. More CPU benchmarks are available in our tech section.

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 Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	79.2 pt
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	79 pt
Average of class Subnotebook	77 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	76.1 pt
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	76.1 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	72.3 pt
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	70.8 pt
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU ^-5! Apple M2	66.3 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	61.5 pt

Cinebench R23 / Multi Core
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	12016 Points +2%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	11852 (9209.64^min - 11852^max) Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	11822 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	11822 Points 0%
Average of class Subnotebook (1555 - 21812, n=74, last 2 years)	11652 Points -1%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	10468 Points -11%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	10032 Points -15%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	9195 Points -22%
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU Apple M2	8517 Points -28%

Cinebench R23 / Single Core
Average of class Subnotebook (358 - 2165, n=74, last 2 years)	1683 Points +15%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	1615 Points +10%
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU Apple M2	1580 Points +8%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	1493 Points +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	1491 Points +2%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	1488 Points +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	1468 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	1468 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	1451 Points -1%

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core)
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	4887 Points +7%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	4571 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	4555 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	4555 Points 0%
Average of class Subnotebook (579 - 8541, n=69, last 2 years)	4525 Points -1%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	4203 Points -8%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	4060 Points -11%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	3564 Points -22%
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU Apple M2	2306 Points -49%

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core)
Average of class Subnotebook (128 - 826, n=69, last 2 years)	639 Points +9%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	622 Points +6%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	588 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	588 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	587 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	583 Points -1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	566 Points -4%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	564 Points -4%
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU Apple M2	380 Points -35%

Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	2081 (1986.69^min - 2081.49^max) Points +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	1992 (1679.4^min - 1992.13^max) Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	1992 Points 0%
Average of class Subnotebook (327 - 3345, n=74, last 2 years)	1951 Points -2%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	1905 (1369.16^min - 1905.49^max) Points -4%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	1766 (1654.33^min - 1766.16^max) Points -11%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	1742 Points -13%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	1539 (1154.73^min - 1539.23^max) Points -23%
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU Apple M2	1212 (917^min - 1212^max) Points -39%

Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit
Average of class Subnotebook (72.4 - 322, n=70, last 2 years)	253 Points +9%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	244 Points +5%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	237 Points +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	237 Points +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	233 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	233 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	233 Points 0%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	229 Points -2%
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU Apple M2	223 Points -4%

Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU Apple M2	616.7 Seconds * -125%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	440 Seconds * -61%
Average of class Subnotebook (159 - 2271, n=72, last 2 years)	379 Seconds * -38%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	310 Seconds * -13%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	297 Seconds * -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	274 Seconds *
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	274 Seconds * -0%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	268 Seconds * +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	235 Seconds * +14%

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	56498 MIPS +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	52568 MIPS
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	52568 MIPS 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	49615 MIPS -6%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	49572 MIPS -6%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	47500 MIPS -10%
Average of class Subnotebook (11668 - 77867, n=65, last 2 years)	46768 MIPS -11%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	32613 MIPS -38%

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1
Average of class Subnotebook (2643 - 6442, n=67, last 2 years)	5468 MIPS +3%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	5431 MIPS +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	5374 MIPS +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	5314 MIPS 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	5289 MIPS
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	5289 MIPS 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	5191 MIPS -2%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	4995 MIPS -6%

Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	11434 Points +31%
Average of class Subnotebook (2557 - 17218, n=66, last 2 years)	10217 Points +17%
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU Apple M2	8991 Points +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	8851 Points +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	8734 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	8734 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	7967 Points -9%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	7613 Points -13%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	6664 Points -24%

Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU Apple M2	1925 Points +33%
Average of class Subnotebook (726 - 2350, n=66, last 2 years)	1826 Points +26%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	1802 Points +24%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	1514 Points +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	1514 Points +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	1481 Points +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	1463 Points +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	1452 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	1452 Points 0%

HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	15.9 fps +8%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	14.7 fps
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	14.7 fps 0%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	13.8 fps -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	13.3 fps -10%
Average of class Subnotebook (0.97 - 25.1, n=68, last 2 years)	12.9 fps -12%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	12.6 fps -14%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	8.71 fps -41%

LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	56.9 s * -14%
Average of class Subnotebook (38.5 - 220, n=66, last 2 years)	54.7 s * -9%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	54.1 s * -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	51.4 s * -3%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	50.7 s * -1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	50 s *
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	50 s * -0%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	49.2 s * +2%

R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	0.552 sec * -6%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	0.529 sec * -1%
Average of class Subnotebook (0.403 - 1.456, n=68, last 2 years)	0.528 sec * -1%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	0.523 sec * -0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	0.523 sec *
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	0.523 sec * -0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	0.516 sec * +1%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P	0.4998 sec * +4%

* ... smaller is better

However, the high power consumption values also have a negative effect on efficiency, and you can clearly see that the Ryzen 7 CPUs run much more efficiently in the range of 25-30 watts. In the following analysis, we look at efficiency in the two CPU benchmarks Cinebench R15 & Cinebench R23 Multi each running on an external monitor. That way we can exclude the varying monitor performance as influence factors. Here you can clearly see that the Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z falls behind the Asus Zenbook S 13 (Ryzen 7 6800U) and the Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3 (Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U).

Power Consumption: Cinebench R23 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor | Cinebench R15 Multi Efficiency (external Monitor)

Power Consumption / Cinebench R23 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU M2 10-Core GPU, M2, Apple SSD AP1024Z	342 Points per Watt +76%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	240 Points per Watt +24%
Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNT1T02	232 Points per Watt +20%
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Carbon 13IAP7-82U9005FGE Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1260P, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	207 Points per Watt +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6860Z, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	194.1 Points per Watt
SCHENKER Vision 14 2022 RTX 3050 Ti GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H, Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB MZ-V8P1T0BW	153.8 Points per Watt -21%

Power Consumption / Cinebench R15 Multi Efficiency (external Monitor)
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	40.2 Points per Watt +26%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	39.9 Points per Watt +25%
Lenovo Yoga 7-14ARB G7 Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNT1T02	34.1 Points per Watt +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6860Z, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	32 Points per Watt
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1280P, WDC PC SN810 512GB	30.3 Points per Watt -5%
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Carbon 13IAP7-82U9005FGE Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1260P, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	28.8 Points per Watt -10%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Radeon 660M, R5 PRO 6650U, Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	28.1 Points per Watt -12%
SCHENKER Vision 14 2022 RTX 3050 Ti GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H, Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB MZ-V8P1T0BW	23.1 Points per Watt -28%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 Radeon RX 6500M, R7 PRO 6850H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	20.2 Points per Watt -37%

Cinebench R10 Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit

36959

Cinebench R10 Rendering Single 32Bit

6238

Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit

13801

Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit

113.68 fps

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

2.87 Points

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64Bit

23.11 Points

Cinebench R15 Ref. Match 64Bit

98 %

Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64Bit

116.2 fps

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

1992 Points

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

233 Points

Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)

4555 Points

Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)

588 Points

Cinebench R23 Single Core

1468 Points

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

11822 Points

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Performance Rating
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	91.5 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	82.4 pt
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	82.4 pt
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	77 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	75.7 pt
Average of class Subnotebook	74.8 pt
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	73.5 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	62.2 pt

AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	15301 KRay/s +19%
Average of class Subnotebook (1135 - 32888, n=68, last 2 years)	12979 KRay/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	12888 KRay/s
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	12888 KRay/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	12021 KRay/s -7%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	11187 KRay/s -13%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	10787 KRay/s -16%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	9235 KRay/s -28%

AIDA64 / FPU Julia
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	94997 Points +10%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	86078 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	86078 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	76396 Points -11%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	71474 Points -17%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	61725 Points -28%
Average of class Subnotebook (5218 - 123315, n=68, last 2 years)	59147 Points -31%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	56649 Points -34%

AIDA64 / CPU SHA3
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	3169 MB/s +9%
Average of class Subnotebook (444 - 5287, n=68, last 2 years)	2906 MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	2901 MB/s
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	2901 MB/s 0%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	2683 MB/s -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	2571 MB/s -11%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	2455 MB/s -15%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	2103 MB/s -28%

AIDA64 / CPU Queen
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	102905 Points +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	99291 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	99291 Points 0%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	94234 Points -5%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	87263 Points -12%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	82608 Points -17%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	78797 Points -21%
Average of class Subnotebook (10579 - 115682, n=68, last 2 years)	73308 Points -26%

AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	12638 Points +6%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	11910 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	11910 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	11321 Points -5%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	10724 Points -10%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	8742 Points -27%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	7547 Points -37%
Average of class Subnotebook (744 - 18418, n=68, last 2 years)	7353 Points -38%

AIDA64 / FPU Mandel
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	51802 Points +12%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	46317 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	46317 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	39609 Points -14%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	39378 Points -15%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	33175 Points -28%
Average of class Subnotebook (3341 - 65433, n=68, last 2 years)	30877 Points -33%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	26694 Points -42%

AIDA64 / CPU AES
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	101595 MB/s +77%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	60476 MB/s +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	57472 MB/s
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	57472 MB/s 0%
Average of class Subnotebook (638 - 161430, n=68, last 2 years)	56243 MB/s -2%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	54261 MB/s -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	50859 MB/s -12%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	42455 MB/s -26%

AIDA64 / CPU ZLib
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	806 MB/s +18%
Average of class Subnotebook (164.9 - 1379, n=68, last 2 years)	734 MB/s +8%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	725 MB/s +6%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	688 MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	682 MB/s
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	682 MB/s 0%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	630 MB/s -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	520 MB/s -24%

AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	8104 KRay/s +19%
Average of class Subnotebook (610 - 17495, n=68, last 2 years)	6877 KRay/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	6831 KRay/s
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	6831 KRay/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	6259 KRay/s -8%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	5993 KRay/s -12%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	5825 KRay/s -15%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	4776 KRay/s -30%

AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	47506 MPixel/s +91%
Average of class Subnotebook (6569 - 64588, n=68, last 2 years)	42432 MPixel/s +71%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	26176 MPixel/s +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	26137 MPixel/s +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	25448 MPixel/s +2%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	25037 MPixel/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	24838 MPixel/s
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	24838 MPixel/s 0%

System Performance

The ThinkPad Z13 is a very responsive device and the synthetic benchmark results are also very good. We could not detect any issues while running the test.

PCMark 10 / Score
Average of class Subnotebook (4993 - 7788, n=57, last 2 years)	6557 Points +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 Radeon RX 6500M, R7 PRO 6850H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	6530 Points +5%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	6346 Points +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6860Z, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	6240 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, AMD Radeon 680M (n=1)	6240 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	6060 Points -3%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1280P, WDC PC SN810 512GB	5644 Points -10%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Radeon 660M, R5 PRO 6650U, Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	5513 Points -12%

PCMark 10 / Essentials
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	10709 Points +4%
Average of class Subnotebook (9363 - 11331, n=57, last 2 years)	10470 Points +2%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1280P, WDC PC SN810 512GB	10435 Points +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6860Z, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	10256 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, AMD Radeon 680M (n=1)	10256 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 Radeon RX 6500M, R7 PRO 6850H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	10225 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	9772 Points -5%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Radeon 660M, R5 PRO 6650U, Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	9578 Points -7%

PCMark 10 / Productivity
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	8984 Points +11%
Average of class Subnotebook (5435 - 10623, n=57, last 2 years)	8670 Points +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	8523 Points +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 Radeon RX 6500M, R7 PRO 6850H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	8359 Points +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6860Z, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	8102 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, AMD Radeon 680M (n=1)	8102 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Radeon 660M, R5 PRO 6650U, Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	7848 Points -3%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1280P, WDC PC SN810 512GB	6698 Points -17%

PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 Radeon RX 6500M, R7 PRO 6850H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	8842 Points +11%
Average of class Subnotebook (5305 - 12442, n=57, last 2 years)	8526 Points +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6860Z, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	7935 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, AMD Radeon 680M (n=1)	7935 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	7252 Points -9%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	7208 Points -9%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1280P, WDC PC SN810 512GB	6983 Points -12%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Radeon 660M, R5 PRO 6650U, Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	6049 Points -24%

CrossMark / Overall
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1280P, WDC PC SN810 512GB	1747 Points +16%
Average of class Subnotebook (365 - 2038, n=67, last 2 years)	1595 Points +6%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6860Z, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	1505 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, AMD Radeon 680M (n=1)	1505 Points 0%
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU M2 10-Core GPU, M2, Apple SSD AP1024Z	1496 Points -1%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1481 Points -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 Radeon RX 6500M, R7 PRO 6850H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1478 Points -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Radeon 660M, R5 PRO 6650U, Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	1419 Points -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	1401 Points -7%

CrossMark / Productivity
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1280P, WDC PC SN810 512GB	1658 Points +10%
Average of class Subnotebook (364 - 1918, n=67, last 2 years)	1528 Points +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6860Z, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	1508 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, AMD Radeon 680M (n=1)	1508 Points 0%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1476 Points -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 Radeon RX 6500M, R7 PRO 6850H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1457 Points -3%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Radeon 660M, R5 PRO 6650U, Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	1415 Points -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	1399 Points -7%
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU M2 10-Core GPU, M2, Apple SSD AP1024Z	1377 Points -9%

CrossMark / Creativity
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1280P, WDC PC SN810 512GB	1928 Points +22%
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU M2 10-Core GPU, M2, Apple SSD AP1024Z	1819 Points +15%
Average of class Subnotebook (372 - 2396, n=67, last 2 years)	1766 Points +12%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 Radeon RX 6500M, R7 PRO 6850H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1581 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6860Z, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	1581 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, AMD Radeon 680M (n=1)	1581 Points 0%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1554 Points -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Radeon 660M, R5 PRO 6650U, Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	1517 Points -4%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	1488 Points -6%

CrossMark / Responsiveness
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1280P, WDC PC SN810 512GB	1520 Points +18%
Average of class Subnotebook (312 - 1899, n=67, last 2 years)	1344 Points +4%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1293 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6860Z, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	1293 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, AMD Radeon 680M (n=1)	1293 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 Radeon RX 6500M, R7 PRO 6850H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1259 Points -3%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	1174 Points -9%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Radeon 660M, R5 PRO 6650U, Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	1172 Points -9%
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU M2 10-Core GPU, M2, Apple SSD AP1024Z	1065 Points -18%

PCMark 10 Score		6240 points
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AIDA64: Memory Copy | Memory Read | Memory Write | Memory Latency

AIDA64 / Memory Copy
Average of class Subnotebook (14554 - 109035, n=68, last 2 years)	76598 MB/s +59%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	72478 MB/s +50%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	48605 MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	48558 MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	48504 MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	48181 MB/s
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	48181 MB/s 0%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	47701 MB/s -1%

AIDA64 / Memory Read
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	73719 MB/s +90%
Average of class Subnotebook (15948 - 122210, n=68, last 2 years)	73081 MB/s +88%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	42736 MB/s +10%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	39883 MB/s +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	39833 MB/s +2%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	39402 MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	38899 MB/s
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	38899 MB/s 0%

AIDA64 / Memory Write
Average of class Subnotebook (15709 - 117898, n=68, last 2 years)	79868 MB/s +56%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	63969 MB/s +25%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	51157 MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	51113 MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	51086 MB/s
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	51086 MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	50910 MB/s 0%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	48723 MB/s -5%

AIDA64 / Memory Latency
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, Radeon RX 6500M	132.1 ns * -5%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M	126.5 ns * -1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M	125.6 ns *
Average AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (n=1)	125.6 ns * -0%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Radeon 680M	120.1 ns * +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M	116.7 ns * +7%
Average of class Subnotebook (7.2 - 187.8, n=67, last 2 years)	104.4 ns * +17%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Core i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs	103 ns * +18%

* ... smaller is better

DPC Latency

In our standardized latency test (web browsing, 4K YouTube playback, CPU load), the test device performed very well on the current BIOS version and showed no evidence of technical performance deficiency.

DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Radeon 660M, R5 PRO 6650U, Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	785.1 μs * -27%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	731.7 μs * -19%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 G1 21D5S00T00 Radeon RX 6500M, R7 PRO 6850H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	643.2 μs * -4%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6860Z, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	616.8 μs *
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	588.9 μs * +5%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1280P, WDC PC SN810 512GB	461.6 μs * +25%

* ... smaller is better

Storage Devices

The ThinkPad Z13 only has space for a compact M.2-2242 SSD, which is at least connected via a current PCIe 4.0 interface. The Micron 2450, allows for the install of a PCIe 4.0 SSD with maximum transfer rates of around 3.3 GB/s. This may waste some potential capacity, but at least performance remains constant even under permanent load. Of the 1 TB, around 900 GB are still freely available to the user on first use of the laptop. More SSD benchmarks can be found here.

CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6

AS SSD

DiskSpd

Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK

CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1: 3339.6 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1: 3218.9 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1: 299.18 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1: 310.15 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Read 4K: 44.81 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write 4K: 134.13 MB/s

CDM 6 Write 4K Q8T8: 368.7 MB/s

CDM 6 Read 4K Q8T8: 941.12 MB/s

Drive Performance Rating | DiskSpd | AS SSD

Drive Performance Rating - Percent
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	89.3 pt
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	82.9 pt
Average of class Subnotebook	79.3 pt
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	63.9 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	60.8 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	56.6 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	50.3 pt

DiskSpd
seq read
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	3747 (3711.67^min - 3747.4^max) MB/s +88%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	3382 (3242.21^min - 3381.81^max) MB/s +69%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	3051 (3022.87^min - 3050.71^max) MB/s +53%
Average of class Subnotebook (688 - 4852, n=67, last 2 years)	2971 MB/s +49%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	2449 (2378.72^min - 2448.56^max) MB/s +23%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (1926 - 2124, n=3)	2016 MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	1998 (1951.82^min - 1997.75^max) MB/s
seq write
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	3470 (3416.05^min - 3470.37^max) MB/s +26%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	3188 (3158.91^min - 3187.67^max) MB/s +16%
Average of class Subnotebook (102.8 - 5344, n=67, last 2 years)	2907 MB/s +6%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	2750 (2675.13^min - 2749.79^max) MB/s
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (2459 - 2750, n=3)	2629 MB/s -4%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	2052 (1973.84^min - 2051.94^max) MB/s -25%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	1760 (1579.77^min - 1759.77^max) MB/s -36%
seq q8 t1 read
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	6656 (5809.03^min - 6655.73^max) MB/s +101%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	6654 (5007.16^min - 6653.54^max) MB/s +101%
Average of class Subnotebook (694 - 13544, n=67, last 2 years)	5416 MB/s +63%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (3314 - 3377, n=3)	3346 MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	3314 (3027.66^min - 3314^max) MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	3049 (2871.34^min - 3048.82^max) MB/s -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	2836 (2244.5^min - 2835.56^max) MB/s -14%
seq q8 t1 write
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	4938 (4919.31^min - 4937.74^max) MB/s +56%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	4468 (4431.23^min - 4467.85^max) MB/s +41%
Average of class Subnotebook (107 - 9702, n=67, last 2 years)	4219 MB/s +33%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (3174 - 3241, n=3)	3208 MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	3174 (3160.62^min - 3173.98^max) MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	2752 (2377.82^min - 2752.46^max) MB/s -13%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	1814 (1695.34^min - 1813.56^max) MB/s -43%
4k q1 t1 read
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	67.5 (65.71^min - 67.48^max) MB/s +38%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	67.3 (66.05^min - 67.28^max) MB/s +38%
Average of class Subnotebook (19.9 - 95.2, n=67, last 2 years)	60.4 MB/s +24%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	54.1 (53.19^min - 54.12^max) MB/s +11%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (46 - 61.2, n=3)	52 MB/s +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	50 (49.64^min - 50.03^max) MB/s +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	48.8 (46.3^min - 48.76^max) MB/s
4k q1 t1 write
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	170.9 (165.47^min - 170.92^max) MB/s +15%
Average of class Subnotebook (22.5 - 360, n=67, last 2 years)	156.9 MB/s +6%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (130 - 187.8, n=3)	155.5 MB/s +5%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	149.4 (148.22^min - 149.37^max) MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	148.7 (145.1^min - 148.68^max) MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	139.5 (135.34^min - 139.47^max) MB/s -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	134.4 (132.52^min - 134.39^max) MB/s -10%
4k q32 t16 read
Average of class Subnotebook (207 - 4286, n=67, last 2 years)	1246 MB/s +44%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1227 (1201.13^min - 1227.26^max) MB/s +42%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	866 (847.85^min - 866.45^max) MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	839 (823.21^min - 838.99^max) MB/s -3%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (666 - 923, n=3)	818 MB/s -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	721 (692.26^min - 720.59^max) MB/s -17%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	540 (532.43^min - 540.23^max) MB/s -38%
4k q32 t16 write
Average of class Subnotebook (115.9 - 5007, n=67, last 2 years)	906 MB/s +161%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	506 (496.78^min - 506.11^max) MB/s +46%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	416 (398.57^min - 416.29^max) MB/s +20%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (294 - 501, n=3)	381 MB/s +10%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	377 (357.55^min - 377.29^max) MB/s +9%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	347 (333.57^min - 347.02^max) MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	341 (324.03^min - 340.98^max) MB/s -2%

AS SSD
Score Total
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	5566 Points +48%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	5114 Points +36%
Average of class Subnotebook (515 - 9875, n=66, last 2 years)	4327 Points +15%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (3758 - 4750, n=3)	4279 Points +14%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	3758 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	3311 Points -12%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	1919 Points -49%
Score Read
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1705 Points +73%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	1451 Points +47%
Average of class Subnotebook (246 - 4048, n=66, last 2 years)	1395 Points +41%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (986 - 1296, n=3)	1130 Points +15%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	1105 Points +12%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	986 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	932 Points -5%
Score Write
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	3101 Points +35%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	3046 Points +33%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (2297 - 2826, n=3)	2599 Points +13%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	2297 Points
Average of class Subnotebook (153 - 4469, n=66, last 2 years)	2281 Points -1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	1707 Points -26%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	549 Points -76%
Seq Read
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	5411.56 MB/s +96%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	4664 MB/s +69%
Average of class Subnotebook (448 - 8075, n=66, last 2 years)	4235 MB/s +53%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (2717 - 2825, n=3)	2767 MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	2759 MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	2723.45 MB/s -1%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	2117 MB/s -23%
Seq Write
Average of class Subnotebook (99 - 5120, n=66, last 2 years)	2727 MB/s +39%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	2530.01 MB/s +29%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	2179 MB/s +11%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (1852 - 2154, n=3)	1987 MB/s +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	1955 MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	1128.08 MB/s -42%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	1059 MB/s -46%
4K Read
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	70.31 MB/s +56%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	63.64 MB/s +41%
Average of class Subnotebook (19.8 - 96.2, n=66, last 2 years)	59.5 MB/s +32%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	52.73 MB/s +17%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	51.29 MB/s +14%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (45.1 - 58.4, n=3)	49.7 MB/s +10%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	45.05 MB/s
4K Write
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	232.86 MB/s +78%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (131 - 227, n=3)	183.8 MB/s +40%
Average of class Subnotebook (37.4 - 251, n=66, last 2 years)	174 MB/s +33%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	151.15 MB/s +15%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	147.51 MB/s +13%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	131.01 MB/s
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	110.24 MB/s -16%
4K-64 Read
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	1174.58 MB/s +77%
Average of class Subnotebook (181.8 - 3417, n=66, last 2 years)	912 MB/s +37%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	839.87 MB/s +26%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (665 - 955, n=3)	803 MB/s +21%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	780.1 MB/s +17%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	668.7 MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	664.77 MB/s
4K-64 Write
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	2732.34 MB/s +39%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	2560.31 MB/s +30%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (1970 - 2413, n=3)	2216 MB/s +12%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	1969.95 MB/s
Average of class Subnotebook (105.9 - 3905, n=66, last 2 years)	1831 MB/s -7%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	1446.24 MB/s -27%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	332.54 MB/s -83%
Access Time Read
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	0.082 ms * -228%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	0.081 ms * -224%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	0.067 ms * -168%
Average of class Subnotebook (0.02 - 0.167, n=66, last 2 years)	0.05706 ms * -128%
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (0.025 - 0.09, n=3)	0.047 ms * -88%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	0.025 ms *
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	0.023 ms * +8%
Access Time Write
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	0.132 ms *
Average Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK (0.131 - 0.132, n=3)	0.1317 ms * -0%
Average of class Subnotebook (0.017 - 0.352, n=66, last 2 years)	0.06618 ms * +50%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED WDC PC SN810 512GB	0.049 ms * +63%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G	0.035 ms * +73%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	0.028 ms * +79%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	0.027 ms * +80%

* ... smaller is better

Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE: Ø3281 (2926.8-3295.05)

Graphics Card

The Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z uses the well-known integrated GPU Radeon 680M with a maximum clock speed of 2.2 GHz as with the conventional Ryzen 7 CPUs. In the synthetic benchmarks, the results are also very good initially, but performance does not remain stable. The 3DMark stress test (Time Spy) fails with 82.7% and when experimenting (which would be quite possible with the Radeon 680M) with simultaneous CPU load, the chip was throttled even more (to a total of about 19 watts). The Asus Zenbook S 13 or Lenovo’s own ThinkPad T14 G3 perform significantly better under simultaneous load.

The Radeon 660M on the entry-level ThinkPad Z13 is about 35% slower and is also affected by throttling. Battery power does not reduce graphics performance. More GPU benchmarks are available here.

3DMark Performance Rating | 3DMark 11 | 3DMark

3DMark Performance Rating - Percent
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	93.8 pt
Average of class Subnotebook	93.6 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	93.5 pt
Average AMD Radeon 680M	88.6 pt
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED ^-1! AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	86.9 pt
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, Intel Core i7-1280P	64.3 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Radeon 660M, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	60.7 pt

3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance GPU
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	10714 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	10343 Points -3%
Average AMD Radeon 680M (6858 - 11755, n=37)	10088 Points -6%
Average of class Subnotebook (995 - 16296, n=66, last 2 years)	9580 Points -11%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	9095 Points -15%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, Intel Core i7-1280P	7016 Points -35%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Radeon 660M, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	6560 Points -39%

3DMark
1280x720 Cloud Gate Standard Graphics
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	47241 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	46247 Points -2%
Average AMD Radeon 680M (24634 - 50120, n=29)	40815 Points -14%
Average of class Subnotebook (5577 - 61591, n=31, last 2 years)	40108 Points -15%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Radeon 660M, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	29079 Points -38%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, Intel Core i7-1280P	25076 Points -47%
1920x1080 Fire Strike Graphics
Average of class Subnotebook (832 - 11887, n=69, last 2 years)	7191 Points +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	7050 Points +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	6865 Points
Average AMD Radeon 680M (3791 - 7706, n=39)	6718 Points -2%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	6683 Points -3%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, Intel Core i7-1280P	5393 Points -21%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Radeon 660M, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	4487 Points -35%
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics
Average of class Subnotebook (804 - 4501, n=68, last 2 years)	2763 Points +27%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	2289 Points +5%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	2287 Points +5%
Average AMD Radeon 680M (1359 - 2607, n=39)	2227 Points +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	2170 Points
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, Intel Core i7-1280P	1760 Points -19%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Radeon 660M, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	1588 Points -27%

3DMark 11 Performance		10387 points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score		31075 points
3DMark Fire Strike Score		6287 points
3DMark Time Spy Score		2416 points
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... in comparison

Blender
v3.3 Classroom HIP/AMD
Average of class Subnotebook (n=1last 2 years)	548 Seconds * -42%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Radeon 660M, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	527 Seconds * -36%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	387 Seconds *
Average AMD Radeon 680M (270 - 555, n=34)	344 Seconds * +11%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	335 Seconds * +13%
v3.3 Classroom CPU
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Radeon 660M, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U	799 Seconds * -65%
Average of class Subnotebook (241 - 1127, n=71, last 2 years)	553 Seconds * -14%
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, Intel Core i7-1280P	537 Seconds * -11%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U	525 Seconds * -9%
Average AMD Radeon 680M (389 - 980, n=35)	494 Seconds * -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	483 Seconds *

* ... smaller is better

Witcher 3 FPS-Diagramm

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE R7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M: Ø18.3 (15-24)

Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED R7 6800U, Radeon 680M: Ø23 (21-25)

Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE R7 PRO 6850U, Radeon 680M: Ø23.9 (21-26)

	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD
GTA V (2015)	136.9	122.7	46.8	20.9
The Witcher 3 (2015)	131	78	33	18.3
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	107.7	91.8	72.2	60.6
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)	59.3	30.5	21.7
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	51.8	40.6	34.3
Far Cry 5 (2018)	55	34	30	28
Strange Brigade (2018)	133.5	55.3	44.8	38.9
F1 2021 (2021)	155.3	75.1	54.9	23	15.8
F1 22 (2022)	71.4	61.1	44.5	9.35

Emissions and Power Consumption

System Noise

The ThinkPad Z13 uses cooling with two small fans. These are normally idle and for very light tasks they are usually silent. But the fans will sometimes start up even when just browsing. Due to high TDP values, the fans reach their maximum speed almost immediately under increased load, which corresponds to about 41 dB(A). The noise is clearly audible, but there are no annoying frequencies. We could not detect any other noises of electronic origin.

Noise Level

Idle		24.3 / 24.3 / 24.3 dB(A)
Load		41 / 41 dB(A)

	30 dB silent 40 dB(A) audible 50 dB(A) loud
min: , med: , max: Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 24.3 dB(A)

	Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6860Z, Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKCD1T0TFK	Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR	Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1280P, WDC PC SN810 512GB	Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW Radeon 660M, R5 PRO 6650U, Lenovo UMIS AM630 RPJTJ512MGE1QDQ	Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE Radeon 680M, R7 PRO 6850U, Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNV512G
Noise		3%	5%	5%	5%
off / environment *	24.3	24 1%	23.4 4%	23.71 2%	24.2 -0%
Idle Minimum *	24.3	24 1%	23.4 4%	23.71 2%	24.2 -0%
Idle Average *	24.3	24 1%	23.4 4%	23.71 2%	24.2 -0%
Idle Maximum *	24.3	24 1%	23.4 4%	23.71 2%	25.8 -6%
Load Average *	41	33.1 19%	35 15%	32.35 21%	32.2 21%
Witcher 3 ultra *	41	40.2 2%	41.6 -1%	38.8 5%	34.1 17%
Load Maximum *	41	41.7 -2%	39.9 3%	39.53 4%	38.8 5%

* ... smaller is better

Temperature

The surface temperatures of the ThinkPad Z13 are inconsequential under low load, but under load we measured higher values than the entry-level model. This is not surprising, since the cooling is identical and the fans also work at a comparable level, but the TDP of the processor is higher. Temperatures on the top cover surface remain within normal bounds not exceeding 45 °C and remain safe. But we measured over 50 °C in the central upper area of the bottom surface. With direct skin contact, this can quickly become uncomfortable.

While Ryzen 7 Pro power consumption stabilizes at 27 watts under pure CPU load, it is only 19 watts in the stress test with combined CPU/GPU load (in the Z13 with the Ryzen 5 Pro it was around 14 watts). In view of these low values, the surface temperatures are already quite high. It takes a few minutes before full power is available again immediately after the stress test.

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


44.5 °C 112 F	45.4 °C 114 F	42.5 °C 109 F
43 °C 109 F	45.6 °C 114 F	38.3 °C 101 F
33 °C 91 F	30.3 °C 87 F	30.8 °C 87 F

Maximum: 45.6 °C = 114 F
Average: 39.3 °C = 103 F


45.9 °C 115 F	51 °C 124 F	49 °C 120 F
39.5 °C 103 F	46.1 °C 115 F	44.9 °C 113 F
33.7 °C 93 F	37.3 °C 99 F	37.4 °C 99 F

Maximum: 51 °C = 124 F
Average: 42.8 °C = 109 F

Power Supply (max.) 40.4 °C = 105 F | Room Temperature 21.2 °C = 70 F | Fluke t3000FC (calibrated), Voltcraft IR-900

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


27 °C 81 F	26.9 °C 80 F	26.1 °C 79 F
26.3 °C 79 F	27 °C 81 F	25.5 °C 78 F
25.4 °C 78 F	24.7 °C 76 F	24.6 °C 76 F

Maximum: 27 °C = 81 F
Average: 25.9 °C = 79 F


26.6 °C 80 F	27.8 °C 82 F	27.9 °C 82 F
26.1 °C 79 F	26.9 °C 80 F	27.3 °C 81 F
25.1 °C 77 F	25.6 °C 78 F	26 °C 79 F

Maximum: 27.9 °C = 82 F
Average: 26.6 °C = 80 F

Power Supply (max.) 27.8 °C = 82 F | Room Temperature 21.1 °C = 70 F | Fluke t3000FC (calibrated), Voltcraft IR-900

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


44.2 °C 112 F	44.9 °C 113 F	42 °C 108 F
42.9 °C 109 F	45 °C 113 F	38 °C 100 F
31.4 °C 89 F	30.7 °C 87 F	30.7 °C 87 F

Maximum: 45 °C = 113 F
Average: 38.9 °C = 102 F


46.2 °C 115 F	50.2 °C 122 F	48.8 °C 120 F
39.7 °C 103 F	46.2 °C 115 F	45.5 °C 114 F
33.8 °C 93 F	37.6 °C 100 F	37 °C 99 F

Maximum: 50.2 °C = 122 F
Average: 42.8 °C = 109 F

Power Supply (max.) 39.4 °C = 103 F | Room Temperature 21.4 °C = 71 F | Fluke t3000FC (calibrated), Voltcraft IR-900

(-) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 39.3 °C / 103 F, compared to the average of 30.8 °C / 87 F for the devices in the class Subnotebook.
(-) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 45.6 °C / 114 F, compared to the average of 35.9 °C / 97 F, ranging from 21.4 to 59 °C for the class Subnotebook.
(-) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 51 °C / 124 F, compared to the average of 39.3 °C / 103 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 25.9 °C / 79 F, compared to the device average of 30.8 °C / 87 F.
(-) Playing The Witcher 3, the average temperature for the upper side is 38.9 °C / 102 F, compared to the device average of 30.8 °C / 87 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are reaching skin temperature as a maximum (33 °C / 91.4 F) and are therefore not hot.
(-) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 28.2 °C / 82.8 F (-4.8 °C / -8.6 F).

Surface temperatures stress test (bottom)

	Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, AMD Radeon 680M	Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, AMD Radeon 680M	Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU Apple M2, Apple M2 10-Core GPU	Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, AMD Radeon 660M	Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3-21CF004NGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, AMD Radeon 680M	Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 4K Intel Core i7-1260P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
Heat		-3%	8%	-4%	3%	1%
Maximum Upper Side *	45.6	47.9 -5%	44.7 2%	44.9 2%	48.2 -6%	41.1 10%
Maximum Bottom *	51	56.1 -10%	44.6 13%	44.3 13%	52.8 -4%	48.8 4%
Idle Upper Side *	27	26.8 1%	25.1 7%	31.4 -16%	24.4 10%	28 -4%
Idle Bottom *	27.9	27.3 2%	25.3 9%	31.5 -13%	24.5 12%	29.3 -5%

* ... smaller is better

Speakers

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

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE audio analysis

(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (77.6 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 15.4% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (9.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 3.2% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (5.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 3.1% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (3.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (14.7% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 29% of all tested devices in this class were better, 6% similar, 65% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 19%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 17% of all tested devices were better, 4% similar, 79% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 24%, worst was 134%

Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (82.7 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 12.2% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (12.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 1.1% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (3.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2.4% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (1.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (9.5% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 4% of all tested devices in this class were better, 2% similar, 94% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 19%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 3% of all tested devices were better, 1% similar, 96% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 24%, worst was 134%

Power Consumption

In power consumption measurements, the impact of the OLED screen is clearly noticeable. Even with the rather dark background image, we measured a maximum of 8.4 watts when idle, but with a bright image it was 11-12 watts. Under load, it is a maximum of around 63 watts, although the value quickly drops to around 46 watts under continuous load and then stabilizes at around 30 watts. The supplied 65-watt power supply is therefore completely adequate.

Power Consumption

Off / Standby	0.4 / 1.35 Watt
Idle	5.7 / 7.6 / 8.4 Watt
Load	54.4 / 62.7 Watt


Key: min: , med: , max: Metrahit Energy

Power Consumption Witcher 3 / Stresstest

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE; Witcher 3 ultra: Ø48.1 (43.3-53.5)

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE; 1280x720 Prime95 28.10 and Furmark 1.25: Ø55.1 (45.2-62.7)

Power Consumption external Monitor

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE; Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): Ø45.6 (37.7-62.5)

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE; Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor): Ø62.3 (61.7-62.7)

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE; Cinebench R23 Single (external Monitor): Ø27.2 (26.2-36.3)

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE; Cinebench R23 Multi (external Monitor): Ø60.9 (56.9-62.5)

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE; 1280x720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): Ø53.5 (41.9-61.3)

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE; 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): Ø50.1 (41.3-57.3)

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE; Idle 1min (external Monitor): Ø6.59 (4.79-9.32)

Battery Life

The OLED screen significantly reduces battery life, and our WLAN test that includes a large number of websites evokes a worst-case scenario for OLED panels. Battery life is significantly worse than for the entry-level model of the Z13 with the IPS panel, which managed more than 10 hours even at full brightness. The OLED model, on the other hand, achieves only 7.5 hours at 150 cd/m² and less than 6 hours at full SDR brightness and thus also a significantly shorter runtime than the Zenbook S 13 with the larger 67 Wh battery.

Full charging takes just over two hours when the device is on; 80% of the capacity is available again after around 64 minutes.

Battery Runtime


WiFi Websurfing (Edge 106)		7h 31min
WiFi Websurfing max. Brightness (Edge 106)		5h 48min

Battery Runtime
WiFi Websurfing
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU M2, M2 10-Core GPU, 52.6 Wh	884 min +96%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW R5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M, 51.5 Wh	863 min +91%
Average of class Subnotebook (389 - 1585, n=71, last 2 years)	762 min +69%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED R7 6800U, Radeon 680M, 67 Wh	550 min +22%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE R7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M, 51.5 Wh	451 min
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED i7-1280P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 55 Wh	346 min -23%
WiFi Websurfing max. Brightness
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 21D2CTO1WW R5 PRO 6650U, Radeon 660M, 51.5 Wh	624 min +79%
Average of class Subnotebook (297 - 945, n=48, last 2 years)	496 min +43%
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED R7 6800U, Radeon 680M, 67 Wh	430 min +24%
Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU M2, M2 10-Core GPU, 52.6 Wh	358 min +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE R7 PRO 6860Z, Radeon 680M, 51.5 Wh	348 min

Pros

+ high-quality metal housing

+ good keyboard and touchpad

+ USB 4, Wi-Fi 6E & PCIe 4.0

+ Excellent CPU and system performance

+ good image quality

+ LTE

Cons

- no dedicated TrackPoint buttons

- PWM flicker

- GPU and gaming performance not consistent

- OLED significantly shortens battery life

- only 2x USB-C ports

- limited opening angle of the lid

Verdict - ThinkPad Z13 poses some questions

Review: Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1 OLED. Test unit supplied by Lenovo Germany

After testing the high-end version of the ThinkPad Z13, we wonder whether this is indeed still a business laptop, whether it really is still a ThinkPad. In the configuration with the OLED screen and the leatherette lid, it is in effect an ideal competitor for the consumer model Asus Zenbook S 13. What’s more, you have to do without some ThinkPad-typical features. These include a limited opening angle of the display, the omission of the slot for a Kensington Lock and also a changed button layout that doesn’t include dedicated buttons for Page Up & Page Off. The biggest problem for long-time ThinkPad users, however, is the elimination of dedicated TrackPoint keys. We can only hope that Lenovo does not adopt this solution for other model series.

The notebook itself proves convincing for everyday use with its high-quality housing, its great keyboard and glass touchpad and also its excellent system performance. However, one has to seriously question why the Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z exists as a processor in the first place, since it is in effect a regular 6850U. And while the high-power limit ensures good benchmark results, it also leads to more fan activity and performance inconsistencies. Above all, graphics performance tends to be somewhat erratic under permanent load, something that other devices such as the ThinkPad T14 G3 or the Asus Zenbook S 13 are not affected by. The OLED screen with its extremely high contrast ratio basically provides very good image quality, but a slight grid effect is noticeable in bright areas. There is PWM flickering, and the OLED screen draws heavily on the battery.

With the OLED panel and the use of imitation leather, the ThinkPad Z13 high-end model looks more like a fashion item than a business laptop. Overall, it is a very good subnotebook, but not necessarily a very good business notebook.

For productive use, the ThinkPad Z13 with a regular IPS panel is the better choice, as it allows for significantly longer battery runtimes. If you have been using and liked the TrackPoint as a ThinkPad user, you should try out the new Z13 before purchasing it, as the omission of the dedicated TrackPoint keys would be a reason not to buy for many users. On the other hand, if you are looking for a subnotebook with OLED panel and AMD CPU, you should have a look at the Asus Zenbook S13, which has a good keyboard, more stable performance, and a software solution for annoying PWM flickering. It’s simply the better overall package.

Price and Availability

The ThinkPad Z13 with an AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z can be configured on the Lenovo website with prices starting at around 2,700 euros (US$ 2,700).

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE - 10/28/2022 v7 ^(old)
Andreas Osthoff

Chassis

90 / 98 → 92%

Keyboard

91%

Pointing Device

93%

Connectivity

63 / 75 → 84%

Weight

72 / 20-75 → 94%

Battery

77%

Display

90%

Games Performance

65 / 78 → 84%

Application Performance

92 / 85 → 100%

Temperature

85%

Noise

92%

Audio

69 / 91 → 75%

Camera

36 / 85 → 42%

Average

78%

89%

Subnotebook - Weighted Average

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Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1 OLED Review - Business Laptop with an AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z ^↺

Is it still a ThinkPad?

Potential Competitors in Comparison

Case

Size Comparison

Connectivity - Z13 with Wi-Fi 6E and LTE

Display - 2.8K OLED Touchscreen

Display Response Times

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

Performance - AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z

Test conditions

Processor

Cinebench R15 score

System Performance

DPC Latency

Storage Devices

Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

Graphics Card

Witcher 3 FPS-Diagramm

Emissions and Power Consumption

System Noise

Temperature

Speakers

Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 G1-21D20016GE audio analysis

Apple MacBook Air M2 10C GPU audio analysis

Power Consumption

Power Consumption Witcher 3 / Stresstest

Power Consumption external Monitor

Battery Life

Pros

Cons

Verdict - ThinkPad Z13 poses some questions

Price and Availability

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