The Best Notebooks with the Best Displays

June 2021 Update. Is the display the most important part of a notebook, tablet, or convertible for you and does it play a leading role in your purchasing decision? Our overview of the best displays in current notebooks as reviewed by Notebookcheck might be helpful for you.

J. Simon Leitner (translated by Finn D. Boerne), 06/18/2021 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 ...

As part of our tests, we put much effort into analyzing the displays on our devices of all kinds and sizes. The results have a considerable impact on our total rating. The display has to convince in many aspects for a top display rating. The following criteria influence it: average brightness, distribution of brightness, black value, contrast, color precision in the Calman Colorchecker and Grayscale test (sRGB), covered color space, viewing angles, PWM, response time, level of adverse effects of clouding and glare and fineness of the resolution.

The following table shows an overview of the most important features and measured values of the 50 best displays (rated "Very Good" >88%) used in laptops and convertibles reviewed by Notebookcheck in the last 12 months (or still available). Due to the only recently introduced measurements on the part of PWM and Response Times, these values are not available for older models. The value "0" in the PWM measurement means that we could not determine any PWM. The table can be limited via the search function, for example "Acer" or "OLED". The list is updated automatically every day.

Laptops with the Best Displays

Position	Displayrating	Total Rating	Date	Modell	Screen	Size	Resolution	PPI	Ratio	Surface	Color Temperature (CCT)	Uniformity	PWM (Hz)	Response Time B/W (ms)	Response Time G/G (ms)	Brightness avg.	Black Level	Contrast (max.)	DeltaE Colorchecker	DeltaE Grayscale	Gamma	sRGB Coverage	Adobe RGB Coverage
1	95.4 %	85.3 %	06/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad P15s Gen2-20W6000GGE	IPS LED	15.60"	3840x2160	282 PPI	16:9	matte	6656	91 %	0	23.2	40	609 cd/m²	0.34 cd/m²	1776:1	0.9	1.1	2.15	98.6 %	84.5 %
2	94.8 %	86.6 %	02/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad T15p-20TN0006GE	IPS LED	15.60"	3840x2160	282 PPI	16:9	matte	6492	94 %	0	21.2	41.6	594 cd/m²	0.32 cd/m²	1859:1	1.2	1.4	2.1	99.2 %	85.3 %
3	94.7 %	87.9 %	11/2021	Lenovo Legion S7 15ACH6 82K80030GE	IPS	15.60"	3840x2160	282 PPI	16:9	matte	6648	93 %	0	16	31.6	605 cd/m²	0.41 cd/m²	1480:1	0.84	1.1	2.131
4	94.6 %	90.6 %	03/2021	HP ZBook Studio G7	IPS	15.60"	3840x2160	282 PPI	16:9	matte	6484	92 %	0	37.6	56.4	707 cd/m²	0.35 cd/m²	2066:1	1.4	2	2.14	99.9 %	77.3 %
5	94.5 %	88 %	05/2021	Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR YD	IPS	17.30"	3840x2160	255 PPI	16:9	matte	6614	86 %	0	26	52	467 cd/m²	0.33 cd/m²	1479:1	1.23	1.5	2.169	99 %	99 %
6	94.2 %	87.6 %	01/2021	Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR YC	IPS-Level	17.30"	3840x2160	255 PPI	16:9	matte	6534	92 %	0	24.8	51.6	446 cd/m²	0.37 cd/m²	1238:1	1.52	1.9	2.145	100 %	100 %
7	94.2 %	91.1 %	06/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga G2	IPS LED	13.30"	2560x1600	227 PPI	16:10	glossy	6652	85 %	0	32	52	423 cd/m²	0.33 cd/m²	1394:1	1	1.2	2.26	99.12 %	64.4 %
8	94.1 %	86.4 %	03/2021	Lenovo ThinkBook 15p Gen1 4K	IPS	15.60"	3840x2160	282 PPI	16:9	matte	6842	91 %	0	26.8	44.8	599 cd/m²	0.37 cd/m²	1619:1	1.4	2.2	2.14	99.5 %	83.6 %
9	93.9 %	89.8 %	02/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE	IPS	13.00"	2160x1350	196 PPI	16:10	matte	6475	92 %	0	28	46.8	434 cd/m²	0.27 cd/m²	1704:1	1.1	1.6	2.2	99.9 %	65.7 %
10	93.8 %	92.7 %	11/2021	Apple MacBook Pro 14 2021 M1 Pro Entry	Mini-LED	14.20"	3024x1964	254 PPI	16:10	glossy		94 %	14880	40.4	58.4	479 cd/m²	0.01 cd/m²	48900:1	0.8	1.1	2.24
11	93.7 %	89.8 %	11/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad P1 G4-20Y4S0KS00	IPS LED	16.00"	3840x2400	283 PPI	16:10	matte	6886	90 %	0	31.2	55.2	622 cd/m²	0.41 cd/m²	1537:1	2.2	2.7	2.26
12	93.5 %	88.1 %	06/2021	Lenovo Legion 7 16ACHg6	IPS	16.00"	2560x1600	189 PPI	16:10	matte	6377	92 %	0	6.4	14	469 cd/m²	0.38 cd/m²	1287:1	1.45	1.6	2.197	94 %	73 %
13	93.3 %	87.4 %	08/2021	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ACH6H (82JQ001PGE)	IPS	16.00"	2560x1600	189 PPI	16:10	matte	6338	88 %	0	4.8	9.2	523 cd/m²	0.54 cd/m²	1020:1	1.8	1.85	2.3	99.41 %	72.81 %
14	92.9 %	93.2 %	11/2021	Apple MacBook Pro 16 2021 M1 Pro	Mini-LED	16.20"	3456x2234	254 PPI	16:10	glossy	6792	95 %	14880	91.6	42.8	497 cd/m²	0.02 cd/m²	25700:1	1.4	2.3	2.27
15	92.9 %	92.5 %	11/2021	Apple MacBook Pro 16 2021 M1 Max	Mini-LED	16.20"	3456x2234	254 PPI	16:10	glossy	6792	96 %				494 cd/m²	0.02 cd/m²	25350:1	1.4	2.3	2.27
16	92.5 %	89.8 %	04/2021	HP ZBook Fury 17 G7 119W5EA		17.30"	3840x2160	255 PPI	16:9	matte	6217	91 %	0	40	56	586 cd/m²	0.38 cd/m²	1508:1	1.9	2.9	2.1	100 %	77.6 %
17	92.1 %	82.5 %	01/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad P15s Gen1-20T4000JGE	IPS LED	15.60"	3840x2160	282 PPI	16:9	matte	6914	90 %	0	24.8	42	608 cd/m²	0.38 cd/m²	1653:1	2.3	3.8	2.22	99.4 %	85.6 %
18	91.7 %	87 %	09/2021	Lenovo ThinkBook 16p G2 ACH	IPS	16.00"	2560x1600	189 PPI	16:10	matte	6616	83 %	0	16.4	36	397 cd/m²	0.44 cd/m²	998:1	1.68	1.64	2.39
19	91.6 %	89.4 %	10/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad P1 G4-20Y30017GE	IPS	16.00"	2560x1600	189 PPI	16:10	matte	6479	90 %	0	26.4	40.8	401 cd/m²	0.3 cd/m²	1400:1	2.5	3.4	2.24
20	91.6 %	88.4 %	08/2021	Dell XPS 15 9510 11800H RTX 3050 Ti OLED	OLED	15.60"	3456x2160	261 PPI	16:10	glossy	6608	97 %	59.52	2.8	3.6	367 cd/m²	0.06 cd/m²	6033:1	2.1	1.4	2.18
21	91.5 %	89.1 %	06/2021	Schenker Vision 14	IPS	14.00"	2880x1800	243 PPI	16:10	matte	6174	94 %	0	20.4	32.8	387 cd/m²	0.29 cd/m²	1345:1	2.8	3.5	2.24	99 %	76.4 %
22	91.4 %	87.4 %	03/2021	Acer ConceptD 3 Ezel CC314-72G-7513	IPS LED	14.00"	1920x1080	157 PPI	16:9	matte	6563	83 %	0	20	43	354 cd/m²	0.19 cd/m²	1932:1	1.09	1.2	2.4	98 %	63 %
23	91.4 %	88.5 %	04/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad X12 20UVS03G00	a-Si IPS LED	12.30"	1920x1280	187 PPI	3:2	glossy	6524	94 %	0	36	63.2	406 cd/m²	0.23 cd/m²	1822:1	1.1	1.5	2.06	99.2 %	62.8 %
24	91.3 %	86 %	01/2021	Lenovo ThinkBook 13s-ITL-20V90003GE	IPS	13.30"	1920x1080	166 PPI	16:9	matte	6552	83 %	0	27	43	334 cd/m²	0.14 cd/m²	2636:1	2.02	2.34	2.44	97 %	63 %
25	91.1 %	89 %	11/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme G4-20Y5CTO1WW (3050 Ti)	IPS LED	16.00"	3840x2400	232 PPI	16:10	glossy	6390	84 %	0	42	60	612 cd/m²	0.47 cd/m²	1360:1	2.2	1.7	2.31
26	91.1 %	86.2 %	09/2021	MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH	IPS	17.30"	3840x2160	255 PPI	16:9	matte	6597	88 %	0	6.4	8.8	454 cd/m²	0.46 cd/m²	1030:1	1.5	2.8	2.158
27	90.9 %	90.3 %	05/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G9-20XWCTO1WW	IPS LED	14.00"	3840x2400	323 PPI	16:10	glossy	6690	87 %	0	30	46	488 cd/m²	0.35 cd/m²	1420:1	1.2	1.3	2.16	99.78 %	79.37 %
28	90.8 %	87.3 %	10/2021	Lenovo ThinkBook 13x G1-20WJ001KGE	IPS	13.30"	2560x1600	227 PPI	16:10	glossy	6363	90 %	0	28.8	48.4	441 cd/m²	0.28 cd/m²	1686:1	1.7	1.9	2.12
29	90.7 %	87.1 %	03/2021	Asus ExpertBook B9 B9400CE-KC0166R	IPS	14.00"	1920x1080	157 PPI	16:9	matte	6782	87 %	0	29.6	60	421 cd/m²	0.29 cd/m²	1507:1	1.8	2.3	2.18	98.7 %	65.4 %
30	90.6 %	87.4 %	09/2021	Schenker XMG NEO 17 GM7TG8S	IPS	17.30"	2560x1440	170 PPI	16:9	matte	6489	82 %	0	8.8	15.2	366 cd/m²	0.45 cd/m²	880:1	1.43	1.8	2.4
31	90.5 %	89.5 %	05/2021	HP Spectre x360 14-ea0378ng	OLED	13.50"	3000x2000	267 PPI	3:2	glossy	6154	90 %	250	2	2	374 cd/m²	0.01 cd/m²	37000:1	2.57	2.2	2.36	100 %	85.8 %
32	90.5 %	87.2 %	11/2021	Dynabook Portégé X30W-J-10K	IPS	13.30"	1920x1080	166 PPI	16:9	matte	6406	90 %	0	35.2	63.6	390 cd/m²	0.23 cd/m²	1826:1	1.7	3	2.19
33	90.5 %	86.1 %	09/2021	Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16ACH	IPS LED	16.00"	2560x1600	189 PPI	16:10	matte	6140	90 %	24940	8.8	16.4	375 cd/m²	0.32 cd/m²	1234:1	2.6	3.4	2.12
34	90.4 %	83.8 %	02/2021	VAIO Z VJZ141C11L	IPS	14.00"	3840x2160	315 PPI	16:9	matte	6071	90 %	0	28	46.8	361 cd/m²	0.22 cd/m²	1674:1	3.27	2.9	2.2	99.5 %	76.8 %
35	90.3 %	90.1 %	01/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen3-20TLS0UV00	IPS	15.60"	1920x1080	141 PPI	16:9	matte	7042	88 %	26040	22.4	33.6	513 cd/m²	0.38 cd/m²	1363:1	2.1	2.7	2.35	90.4 %	57.7 %
36	90.3 %	87.6 %	03/2021	Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Carbon 13 ITL	a-SI IPS LED	13.30"	2560x1600	227 PPI	16:10	matte	6452	83 %	0	20.8	38.4	297 cd/m²	0.26 cd/m²	1250:1	2.2	2.8	2.05	97 %	61.3 %
37	90.2 %	91.4 %	04/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga G6-20Y0S00200	IPS	14.00"	1920x1200	162 PPI	16:10	matte	6545	93 %	0	22	49.2	404 cd/m²	0.22 cd/m²	1895:1	2.8	3.7	2.08	96.6 %	65.9 %
38	90.1 %	88 %	04/2021	Schenker VIA 14 Late 2020	a-Si AHVA-IPS	14.00"	1920x1080	157 PPI	16:9	matte	6492	91 %	0	28.4	53.6	296 cd/m²	0.16 cd/m²	1919:1	1	0.8	2.18	99.6 %	65.1 %
39	90 %	90.6 %	11/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad X13 G2 AMD 20XH001KGE	IPS LED	13.30"	1920x1200	170 PPI	16:10	matte	6315	81 %	0	22	34	297 cd/m²	0.26 cd/m²	1188:1	1.6	2	2.24
40	90 %	87.5 %	05/2021	Razer Blade 15 Advanced Model Early 2021	IPS	15.60"	1920x1080	141 PPI	16:9	matte	6626	94 %	0	10.4	16	334 cd/m²	0.24 cd/m²	1408:1	1.39	1.6	2.291	89 %	68 %
41	90 %	85.2 %	09/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G2 AMD	IPS LED	14.00"	3840x2160	315 PPI	16:9	matte	6373	90 %	0	28	52	487 cd/m²	0.35 cd/m²	1463:1	3.1	5.5	2.22
42	90 %	85.6 %	08/2021	Gigabyte Aero 15 OLED XD	OLED	15.60"	3840x2160	282 PPI	16:9	matte	6371	92 %	240	2	2.8	446 cd/m²	0.04 cd/m²	11000:1	2.53	1.2	2.206
43	90 %	85.6 %	03/2021	Gigabyte Aero 15 OLED XC	OLED	15.60"	3840x2160	282 PPI	16:9	glossy	6434	95 %	240	1.8	2.4	452 cd/m²	0.05 cd/m²	8840:1	2.69	0.9	2.172	100 %	99 %
44	90 %	85.5 %	07/2021	Medion Erazer Beast X20	IPS	17.30"	2560x1440	170 PPI	16:9	matte	6543	82 %	0	9.6	16	341 cd/m²	0.42 cd/m²	881:1	1.76	1.8	2.176
45	89.8 %	86 %	08/2021	Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6	IPS	16.00"	2560x1600	189 PPI	16:10		6294	80 %	0	8	13	322 cd/m²	0.27 cd/m²	1319:1	2.4	2.81	2.4
46	89.8 %	87.6 %	07/2021	ADATA XPG Xenia 14	IPS	14.00"	1920x1200	162 PPI	16:10	matte	6787	89 %	0	30.4	50	321 cd/m²	0.22 cd/m²	1566:1	1.51	1.9	2.17
47	89.7 %	85.6 %	07/2021	Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H	IPS	16.00"	2560x1600	189 PPI	16:10	matte	6826	86 %	0	6	4.8	446 cd/m²	0.48 cd/m²	933:1	2.76	3.1	2.153	100 %	87 %
48	89.7 %	87.2 %	10/2021	Lenovo ThinkPad P15 G2-20YQ001JGE	IPS	15.60"	1920x1080	141 PPI	16:9	matte	7162	95 %	26040	16	37.6	490 cd/m²	0.39 cd/m²	1277:1	2.1	3.4	2.32
49	89.6 %	88.5 %	03/2021	Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Plus	IPS	12.30"	2736x1824	267 PPI	3:2	glossy	6432	85 %	199.2	33.6	50.8	425 cd/m²	0.34 cd/m²	1200:1	1.5	1.6	2.05	96.8 %	63.7 %
50	89.5 %	89.1 %	11/2021	Microsoft Surface Pro 8, i7-1185G7	IPS	13.00"	2880x1920	266 PPI	3:2	glossy	6417	91 %	29760	23.2	46.4	451 cd/m²	0.43 cd/m²	1033:1	2	1.8	2.11

The table above contains an overview over the best notebook displays reviewed by Notebookcheck over the course of the past 12 months as well as still relevant and available older products. In cases of identical score the more recent device is listed first. All prices in above table and price comparisons are updated daily and can thus differ
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