Lenovo Yoga 7 2-in-1 laptop review: Sleek 14-inch convertible with an OLED screen

Regardless of whether AMD or Intel hardware is under the hood: Lenovo's Yoga 7 2-in-1 is a high-quality and stylishly designed 14-inch convertible that attracts customers through its good input devices and modern connections (keyword USB 4). Thanks to its fold-down function and included digitizer, the device opens up a wide range of possible uses and is a true all-rounder.

Furthermore, the Ryzen 5 8640HS with the Radeon 760M installed in our test model delivers nice and high performance with moderate consumption given its compact dimensions. The laptop also has a high-contrast OLED screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio and a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 pixels. Its battery life is similarly impressive, but without reaching any top values. Lenovo could improve its maintenance and upgrade options in particular. The laptop's RAM is soldered on and there is only a single M.2-2242 slot for installing mass storage.

Our test configuration currently retails for around $1,090 (available via Lenovo's online store).

The Yoga 7 2-in-1 is made of metal and boasts good stability. At around 1.5 kg, its weight is neither particularly low nor particularly high for a 14-inch device, but is instead about average. Thanks to its light colorway, fingerprint marks are hardly an issue—only its shiny touchscreen is very susceptible to smudges. We have nothing to complain about its build quality and the hinges (the laptop can be opened to 360°) do their job well.

The 14-inch device is equipped with three USB ports (1x Type-A 3.0, 1x Type-C 3.1 Gen 2, 1x USB 4), a reasonably fast microSD card reader, an audio jack and an HDMI 2.1 port.

Its installed wireless module from MediaTek (RZ616) achieves decent values when transmitting and very good values when receiving.

The laptop's 2 MP webcam offers typical laptop quality, which means that it could be even sharper and more color-accurate.

The device comes with a fairly compact 65-watt power supply and the aforementioned Active Pen as accessories.

Its packaging is plastic-free, as Lenovo has limited itself to paper and cardboard.

The laptop's input devices live up to the usual Lenovo standard, which is above the average for laptops and should satisfy frequent typists. The chiclet keyboard, which has to make do without a number pad, delivers good feedback and features white backlighting. The touchpad has a more than decent size of 12 x 7.5 cm and works reliably. In our test, we were only slightly annoyed by the rather rickety clicking noise given off by the click areas.

In contrast to the other two Yoga 7 versions we have tested (test #1, test #2), this version boasts an OLED display as opposed to an IPS panel, which noticeably improves its picture quality. Although its brightness of just under 350 cd/m² is hardly any better and tends to be sufficient only for indoor use, which is a bit of a shame, the OLED screen is largely ahead in all the other categories. Starting with its color space, which not only covers the sRGB range, but also AdobeRGB and DCI-P3 almost completely, meaning professional users will also get their money's worth. Gamers, on the other hand, benefit from the display's very short response times. However, the main strength of OLED panels is their rich contrast, as black content really is black. Even so, as expected, we noted flickering across almost all brightness levels—but this will only affect sensitive users.

The Ryzen 5 8640HS belongs to the mid-range, which also applies to its 16 GB RAM and 512-GB SSD capacity.

There are three operating modes to choose from in the Lenovo Vantage software. While the difference between Adaptive (Auto) and Performance is minimal, the device is sometimes noticeably slower but also quieter when using Battery Saving mode. We used the profile Performance for our measurements.

The Ryzen 5 8640HS, which has 6 cores and 12 threads, made itself relatively comfortable in the middle between the faster Ryzen 7 8840HS and the slower Core Ultra 5 125U during our test. The slightly older Core i5-1335U, for example, was also noticeably left behind.

In terms of system performance, the 14-inch laptop took second place among the comparison devices and was only beaten by the more powerful AMD version. During everyday use, the laptop is nice and fast and responds without any major delays.