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Ryzen 9 CPU makes this Lenovo ThinkPad stand out: Compact mobile workstation offers the most CPU performance of any 14-inch ThinkPad laptop

Ryzen 9 CPU makes this Lenovo ThinkPad stand out: Compact mobile workstation offers the most CPU performance of any 14-inch ThinkPad laptop, pictured: Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 AMD (image source: Benjamin Herzig)
Ryzen 9 CPU makes this Lenovo ThinkPad stand out: Compact mobile workstation offers the most CPU performance of any 14-inch ThinkPad laptop, pictured: Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 AMD (image source: Benjamin Herzig)
Lenovo has many, many laptops with AMD Ryzen AI CPUs. But there is only a single 14-inch Lenovo ThinkPad with the twelve core variant of Strix Point: The Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 AMD offers the most CPU performance out of any 14-inch ThinkPad.

Among the 1611 Lenovo laptops listed on the German market, 466 use AMD processors. Of those, only 39 listings use Ryzen AI 300 processors, AMD's newest CPU series. Even rarer are Lenovo laptops with AMD Ryzen AI 9 series CPUs, there are only three: The Lenovo Yoga Pro 7, the Lenovo ThinkPad P16s Gen 4 - and the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6.

The last one stands out thanks to its processor - after all, it is the only 14-inch model of the well-known ThinkPad brand in existence with a Ryzen 9 CPU. This gives it a special position as one of the most powerful small ThinkPad laptops. In our comprehensive review of the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 AMD, the Ryzen AI 9 HX Pro 370 CPU did not disappoint.

Performance Rating: Percent | Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Performance Rating
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 21RV0017GE
Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 (51 W/36 W)
99.5 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G5 21G3S00A00
Ultra 7 155H (80 W/50 W)
93.1 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 21M2S00G00
Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (32 W/25 W)
87.2 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G5 21ME000TGE
R7 PRO 8840HS (50 W/35 W)
83.2 pt
Cinebench R23 / Multi Core
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 21RV0017GE
Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 (51 W/36 W)
18520 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G5 21G3S00A00
Ultra 7 155H (80 W/50 W)
17612 Points -5%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G5 21ME000TGE
R7 PRO 8840HS (50 W/35 W)
14621 Points -21%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 21M2S00G00
Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (32 W/25 W)
13794 Points -26%
Cinebench R23 / Single Core
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 21M2S00G00
Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (32 W/25 W)
1958 Points +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 21RV0017GE
Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 (51 W/36 W)
1939 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G5 21G3S00A00
Ultra 7 155H (80 W/50 W)
1785 Points -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G5 21ME000TGE
R7 PRO 8840HS (50 W/35 W)
1712 Points -12%

When compared to its direct predecessor P14s Gen 5 AMD, the 2025 model easily outperforms it, with an overall performance advantage of 20 percent on average in the Cinebench R23 rendering benchmark. Even more impressive might be the benchmark numbers in comparison to the ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 Intel (available on Amazon.com). The Strix Point ThinkPad beats it by around five percent when all cores are loaded, which does not sound like much - until you consider that the new AMD model runs at a power limit of just 36 W, while the older Intel variant with two fans ran with a TDP of 50 W.

This means that the new ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 AMD is not just the most powerful P14s-variant yet and thus also the most powerful 14-inch ThinkPad - it also means it is the most efficient one.

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Benjamin Herzig, 2025-06-25 (Update: 2025-06-25)