Verdict: ThinkPad L16 G2 is great on the desk, not so great on the go
If you are looking for an affordable workhorse with a 16-inch screen, the Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD should be on your list. It has great input devices, is highly repairable and upgradeable with a wide port selection, and it runs cool and mostly quiet. The performance is good enough for office tasks, whether you choose the basic Zen4 configuration we tested or a more expensive Zen5 one. And with 32 GB RAM, the memory crisis is no worry for buyers of this Lenovo ThinkPad L16 G2, which starts at around €1,000, quite affordable.
The ThinkPad laptop has weaknesses in two areas: The screen and the battery life. Battery endurance is below average for an office laptop, and the screen is basically just OK for office usage, lacking in color quality especially. Both these factors make the Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 a more ideal choice for a desk-bound laptop, tethered to an external screen and power source most of the time, with the battery and internal screen only being used sparingly.
Pros
Cons
Price and Availability
The Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD starts at around $780 in the Lenovo US store.
Table of Contents
- Verdict: ThinkPad L16 G2 is great on the desk, not so great on the go
- Specifications: Debut of the Ryzen 5 Pro 215
- Case & Connectivity: Black plastic and USB 2.0 to lower the price
- Input Devices: ThinkPad laptop does not disappoint
- Display: A weak point of the ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD
- Performance: Ryzen 5 CPU coupled with 32 GB RAM
- Emissions: ThinkPad stays mostly cool and quiet
- Energy Management: Battery life could be much better
- Notebookcheck Rating
- Potential Competitors in Comparison
Laptops for work may not be the most exciting for consumers, but they are some of the most reliable sellers for the PC manufacturers. For Lenovo, the ThinkPad L series is definitely one of these sellers, as the affordable enterprise line is attractive a huge number of business customers. The Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 is the largest model of the L series, with a 16-inch screen, and it is available both in AMD and Intel variants - we are testing the AMD model.
Specifications: Debut of the Ryzen 5 Pro 215
Case & Connectivity: Black plastic and USB 2.0 to lower the price
The Lenovo laptop has a typical boxy black ThinkPad design adapted for a lower price bracket. In this case, this results in the usage of a thicker plastic case, which is still robust, but less expensive to make. The plastic used for the Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD is mostly smooth, except for the rough-plastic screen bezel and bottom cover. While this can feel a bit cheap, the 16-inch L series variant is meant to stay on the desk anyway. The hinges of the laptop hold the screen mostly firm and they enable 180 degree opening, but it is not possible to lift the lid with just one hand.
Lenovo gives the ThinkPad a wide port selection, including both legacy and modern ports. Uniquely, the Lenovo ThinkPad L16 G2 has three USB-A ports, though one of them is sadly limited to USB 2.0. The only port the ThinkPad laptop is really missing is a SD card reader.
As a business device, Lenovo makes the ThinkPad L16 fairly easy to take apart and upgrade, with two SO-DIMM slots and a single M.2 2280 SSD. Plus, the keyboard is easily replaceable by the user. It is also 4G upgradeable.
Input Devices: ThinkPad laptop does not disappoint
As with all ThinkPad laptops, the keyboard is a strong point of the Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD. It has a good layout, a numpad for number crunching and nice typing feel. Likewise, the ThinkPad laptop has nice mouse input devices, with a good touchpad and great ThinkPad TrackPoint, the signature pointing stick of the ThinkPad brand.
Display: A weak point of the ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD
Lenovo offers just a basic screen choice for the Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD - a matte 16-inch WUXGA IPS screen with 45 percent NTSC color gamut and 400 cd/m² of brightness. The only option is to have this panel with a touch function.
The panel is an improvement over the screen used in the predecessor ThinkPad L16 Gen 1, as it is much brighter with an average of 424 cd/m² instead of 322 cd/m². Still, this is not a good panel, which is made obvious by the bad color accuracy and color gamut. Certainly, this is not a screen you want to use for watching movies or editing pictures, but for simple office work, it is good enough. There is no PWM, and thanks to the matte surface and adequate brightness, the screen provides basic outdoor-viewability.
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Brightness Distribution: 86 %
Center on Battery: 440 cd/m²
Contrast: 1760:1 (Black: 0.25 cd/m²)
ΔE ColorChecker Calman: 6.8 | ∀{0.5-29.43 Ø4.76}
calibrated: 5.8
ΔE Greyscale Calman: 4 | ∀{0.09-98 Ø5}
37.1% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 3D)
52.9% sRGB (Argyll 3D)
35.7% Display P3 (Argyll 3D)
Gamma: 2.21
CCT: 5985 K
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE N160JCA-EEM, LED IPS, 1920x1200, 16", 60 Hz | Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE MNG007QS1-3, IPS, 1920x1200, 16", 60 Hz | HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI IPS, 1920x1200, 16", 60 Hz | Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 N160JCA-GT1, IPS, 1920x1200, 16", 60 Hz | Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE LEN160WUXGA , IPS LED, 1920x1200, 16", 60 Hz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | 11% | 89% | 84% | ||
| Display P3 Coverage (%) | 35.7 | 39.5 11% | 68.5 92% | 65.9 85% | |
| sRGB Coverage (%) | 52.9 | 58.7 11% | 98.6 86% | 97.2 84% | |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage (%) | 37.1 | 40.8 10% | 70.4 90% | 68 83% | |
| Response Times | 45% | -13% | 38% | 28% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * (ms) | 57.4 ? | 24.6 ? 57% | 50.2 ? 13% | 35.3 ? 39% | 27 ? 53% |
| Response Time Black / White * (ms) | 22.1 ? | 15 ? 32% | 30.7 ? -39% | 14.2 ? 36% | 21.6 ? 2% |
| PWM Frequency (Hz) | |||||
| Screen | 1% | 24% | 20% | -2% | |
| Brightness middle (cd/m²) | 440 | 334 -24% | 439.2 0% | 489 11% | 315 -28% |
| Brightness (cd/m²) | 424 | 322 -24% | 405 -4% | 469 11% | 298 -30% |
| Brightness Distribution (%) | 86 | 89 3% | 88 2% | 90 5% | 91 6% |
| Black Level * (cd/m²) | 0.25 | 0.3 -20% | 0.31 -24% | 0.26 -4% | 0.17 32% |
| Contrast (:1) | 1760 | 1113 -37% | 1417 -19% | 1881 7% | 1853 5% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 6.8 | 5.4 21% | 2.2 68% | 4.3 37% | 6.5 4% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 25.6 | 19.6 23% | 4.31 83% | 7 73% | 26.5 -4% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 5.8 | 4.9 16% | 0.49 92% | 0.9 84% | |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 4 | 2 50% | 3.2 20% | 5.8 -45% | 4.1 -2% |
| Gamma | 2.21 100% | 2.15 102% | 2.3 96% | 2.61 84% | 2.33 94% |
| CCT | 5985 109% | 6283 103% | 6438 101% | 6195 105% | 6064 107% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | 19% /
9% | 33% /
33% | 47% /
36% | 13% /
4% |
* ... smaller is better
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 22.1 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 11.9 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 10.2 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 49 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is similar to the average of all tested devices (20.1 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 57.4 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 30.5 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 26.5 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.165 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 94 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (31.4 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM not detected |  | ||
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 8013 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured. | |||
Performance: Ryzen 5 CPU coupled with 32 GB RAM
Instead of older Zen3+ CPUs like its predecessor, the Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 offers a choice between various Zen4 and Zen5 CPUs, topping out at the AMD Ryzen AI 7 Pro 350. dGPUs are not available, as Lenovo purely relies on the iGPUs of the CPUs. RAM can be configured up to 64 GB thanks to two DDR5-5600 SO-DIMM slots. And a single M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD handles storage.
Testing Conditions
The three power modes that influence the power consumption of the CPU are as follows:
- Best Battery Life: PL1 10 W / PL2 10 W
- Balanced: PL1 14 W / PL2 17.5 W
- Best Performance: PL1 22 W / PL2 30 W
Processor
The AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 is a six core CPU with 12 threads thanks to SMT. This Zen4 "Hawk Point" chip is the weakest six core CPU of the lineup, with clock rates of 3.2 to 4.7 GHz . Uniquely, it does not have any NPU. Further benchmark comparisons are possible with our CPU benchmark list.
In terms of performance, the ThinkPad ranks overall slightly better than its predecessor, despite the fact that this is just a six core version and the ThinkPad L16 G1 we tested contained a Ryzen 7 with eight cored. It is not a very fast CPU, but plenty capable for everyday use in an office.
When running on battery, performance drops by around eight percent, to 9273 points in the Cinebench R23 multicore test.
Cinebench R15 Multi Loop
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 6.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
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 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 | |
| Average of class Office | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE -1! | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Average of class Office (1577 - 22808, n=82, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (708 - 2130, n=82, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Average of class Office (590 - 8840, n=80, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (285 - 816, n=80, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Average of class Office (246 - 3380, n=82, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (99.5 - 312, n=82, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Average of class Office (158 - 1956, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (7532 - 76886, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Average of class Office (3046 - 6469, n=82, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Geekbench 6.5 / Multi-Core | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (757 - 17846, n=89, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Geekbench 6.5 / Single-Core | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Average of class Office (462 - 2894, n=90, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Average of class Office (1719 - 16999, n=79, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (811 - 2128, n=79, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (1.72 - 26, n=81, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Average of class Office (41.5 - 129.6, n=81, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Average of class Office (0.4098 - 1.06, n=81, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
* ... smaller is better
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
| Performance rating | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 | |
| Average of class Office | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (1685 - 31245, n=87, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (8977 - 125394, n=87, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (590 - 5755, n=87, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (20636 - 115197, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (1064 - 18321, n=87, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (4415 - 66922, n=87, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (5127 - 155900, n=87, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Average of class Office (138.6 - 1366, n=87, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (859 - 17834, n=87, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (11090 - 65229, n=87, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
System Performance
PCMark 10: Score | Essentials | Productivity | Digital Content Creation
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
WebXPRT 3: Overall
WebXPRT 4: Overall
Mozilla Kraken 1.1: Total
| Performance rating | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Average of class Office | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215, AMD Radeon 740M | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE -4! | |
| PCMark 10 / Score | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Average of class Office (2823 - 9298, n=70, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215, AMD Radeon 740M (n=1) | |
| PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Average of class Office (6567 - 11594, n=70, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215, AMD Radeon 740M (n=1) | |
| PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215, AMD Radeon 740M (n=1) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Average of class Office (3041 - 17243, n=70, last 2 years) | |
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Average of class Office (2049 - 13541, n=70, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215, AMD Radeon 740M (n=1) | |
| CrossMark / Overall | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215, AMD Radeon 740M (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (381 - 2010, n=81, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| CrossMark / Productivity | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215, AMD Radeon 740M (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (464 - 1880, n=81, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| CrossMark / Creativity | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215, AMD Radeon 740M (n=1) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Average of class Office (319 - 2361, n=81, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215, AMD Radeon 740M (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (360 - 1781, n=81, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
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| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Average of class Office (129.9 - 455, n=80, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215, AMD Radeon 740M (n=1) | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| WebXPRT 4 / Overall | |
| Average of class Office (104.2 - 328, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215, AMD Radeon 740M (n=1) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Mozilla Kraken 1.1 / Total | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215, AMD Radeon 740M (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (391 - 1297, n=84, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
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| PCMark 10 Score | 5756 points | |
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| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Average of class Office (20075 - 110930, n=86, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Average of class Office (10084 - 128030, n=87, last 2 years) | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Average of class Office (20073 - 119858, n=87, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Average AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 (n=1) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Average of class Office (7.6 - 162.9, n=82, last 2 years) | |
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DPC Latency
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
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Storage Devices
The Kioxia 512 GB M.2 2280 SSD in the Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD is not very fast, but it certainly fast enough to not make the system feel slow. It also manages to keep its performance up under sustained load.
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Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
GPU Performance
Being a budget version of a budget laptop, graphics performance is not the strong suit of this Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD. The AMD Radeon 740M is a weak iGPU that is just useful for very basic tasks. Only very old games are really playable. Of course for an office system, this is anything but priority.
| 3DMark 11 Performance | 7301 points | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Score | 4311 points | |
| 3DMark Time Spy Score | 1722 points | |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 - 1920x1080 Ultra Preset (FSR off) | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Average of class Office (6.13 - 61.5, n=67, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE | |
| Baldur's Gate 3 - 1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:T | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Average of class Office (6.83 - 65.2, n=59, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
| Strange Brigade - 1920x1080 ultra AA:ultra AF:16 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Average of class Office (12.9 - 142.1, n=54, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| X-Plane 11.11 - 1920x1080 high (fps_test=3) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 | |
| HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE | |
| Average of class Office (10.9 - 92.6, n=73, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE | |
Cyberpunk 2077 ultra FPS Chart
| low | med. | high | ultra | |
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| GTA V (2015) | 148.3 | 132.7 | 42.4 | 17.7 |
| Dota 2 Reborn (2015) | 136.1 | 104.4 | 66.5 | 57.6 |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018) | 51.2 | 24.1 | 17.9 | |
| X-Plane 11.11 (2018) | 35.8 | 30.4 | 23.4 | |
| Baldur's Gate 3 (2023) | 20.8 | 15.7 | 13.2 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 (2023) | 23.2 | 18.7 | ||
| F1 25 (2025) | 40.6 | 29.4 | 23.7 |
Emissions: ThinkPad stays mostly cool and quiet
System Noise
The ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD is a good business laptop when it comes to fan noise, as there barely is any. Under load, the single fan does come on, but it stays moderately loud, with a maximum of 38.4 dB(a).
Coil whine is is not an issue with the Lenovo ThinkPad L16 G2.
Noise level
| Idle |
| 25.6 / 25.6 / 27.1 dB(A) |
| Load |
| 34.5 / 38.4 dB(A) |
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| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE R5 PRO 215, Radeon 740M | Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE R7 PRO 7735U, Radeon 680M | HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, Radeon 860M | Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, Radeon 860M | Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE SD X Plus X1P-42-100, Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS | |
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| Noise | -2% | -7% | 2% | 5% | |
| off / environment * (dB) | 25.6 | 25.2 2% | 22.7 11% | 26.3 -3% | 23.7 7% |
| Idle Minimum * (dB) | 25.6 | 25.2 2% | 22.8 11% | 26.3 -3% | 23.7 7% |
| Idle Average * (dB) | 25.6 | 25.2 2% | 22.8 11% | 26.3 -3% | 23.7 7% |
| Idle Maximum * (dB) | 27.1 | 25.2 7% | 24.7 9% | 26.3 3% | 23.7 13% |
| Load Average * (dB) | 34.5 | 38.3 -11% | 46 -33% | 34.2 1% | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 ultra * (dB) | 38.3 | 41.5 -8% | 48.7 -27% | 34.2 11% | 31.9 17% |
| Load Maximum * (dB) | 38.4 | 41.8 -9% | 49.5 -29% | 36.2 6% | 47.8 -24% |
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Temperature
Even under load, most of the chassis of the Lenovo laptop barely gets hot. A maximum of 119 F or 48.6 degrees Celsius during the Cyberpunk 2077 test is not that concerning, especially as it is only one hot spot on the back of the bottom side.
There is no throttling under combined CPU and GPU load.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 37.3 °C / 99 F, compared to the average of 34.3 °C / 94 F, ranging from 21.2 to 62.5 °C for the class Office.
(±) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 44.5 °C / 112 F, compared to the average of 36.8 °C / 98 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 22.9 °C / 73 F, compared to the device average of 29.5 °C / 85 F.
(+) 3: The average temperature for the upper side is 27.4 °C / 81 F, compared to the average of 29.5 °C / 85 F for the class Office.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are cooler than skin temperature with a maximum of 21 °C / 69.8 F and are therefore cool to the touch.
(+) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 27.5 °C / 81.5 F (+6.5 °C / 11.7 F).
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE R5 PRO 215, Radeon 740M | Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE R7 PRO 7735U, Radeon 680M | HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, Radeon 860M | Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, Radeon 860M | Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE SD X Plus X1P-42-100, Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS | |
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| Heat | 3% | 8% | -3% | 11% | |
| Maximum Upper Side * (°C) | 37.3 | 38.6 -3% | 38 -2% | 44.4 -19% | 41.3 -11% |
| Maximum Bottom * (°C) | 44.5 | 45.7 -3% | 33.4 25% | 53.8 -21% | 32.7 27% |
| Idle Upper Side * (°C) | 28 | 25.6 9% | 28 -0% | 24.9 11% | 24.8 11% |
| Idle Bottom * (°C) | 31.1 | 28.8 7% | 28.2 9% | 25.6 18% | 26 16% |
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Speakers
The bottom firing speakers of the ThinkPad L16 are improved this year, thanks to the increase in volume. They still lack in bass, though.
Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (88.6 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 15.9% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (8.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 4.3% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (5.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) | reduced highs - on average 8% lower than median
(±) | linearity of highs is average (8.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (14.9% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 13% of all tested devices in this class were better, 4% similar, 83% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 21%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 20% of all tested devices were better, 4% similar, 76% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 24%, worst was 134%
Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE audio analysis
(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (76.4 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 15.8% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (11.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 2.2% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (6.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 4.4% away from median
(±) | linearity of highs is average (8.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (16.2% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 18% of all tested devices in this class were better, 6% similar, 76% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 21%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 26% of all tested devices were better, 5% similar, 69% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 24%, worst was 134%
Energy Management: Battery life could be much better
Power Consumption
While it is not power hungry, the Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD is not among the most efficient models in our comparison. Especially the laptops with Zen5 consume less when idling, suggesting that maybe choosing a Zen5 variant would also make the L16 more efficient.
With a maximum power consumption of exactly 65 W, the charger of the ThinkPad laptop has exactly the right size.
| Off / Standby | 0.4 / 0.7 Watt |
| Idle | 4.1 / 8.5 / 9.1 Watt |
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| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE R5 PRO 215, Radeon 740M, Kioxia BG6 KBG6AZNV512G, LED IPS, 1920x1200, 16" | Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE R7 PRO 7735U, Radeon 680M, SK Hynix HFS001TEJ9X164N, IPS, 1920x1200, 16" | HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, Radeon 860M, Micron 3500 MTFDKBA512TGD, IPS, 1920x1200, 16" | Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, Radeon 860M, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X162N, IPS, 1920x1200, 16" | Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE SD X Plus X1P-42-100, Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS, WD PC SN740 512GB SDDPMQD-512G-1101, IPS LED, 1920x1200, 16" | Average AMD Radeon 740M | Average of class Office | |
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| Power Consumption | -4% | -19% | -9% | 29% | 8% | 3% | |
| Idle Minimum * (Watt) | 4.1 | 4.6 -12% | 2.9 29% | 3.1 24% | 2.2 46% | 4.75 ? -16% | 4.46 ? -9% |
| Idle Average * (Watt) | 8.5 | 8.2 4% | 6.5 24% | 8.4 1% | 6.5 24% | 6.83 ? 20% | 7.37 ? 13% |
| Idle Maximum * (Watt) | 9.1 | 8.9 2% | 6.7 26% | 9.1 -0% | 7.7 15% | 8.33 ? 8% | 8.62 ? 5% |
| Load Average * (Watt) | 44.9 | 45.8 -2% | 65.6 -46% | 53.3 -19% | 40.6 ? 10% | 42.5 ? 5% | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 ultra * (Watt) | 37.5 | 42.4 -13% | 65.8 -75% | 48.6 -30% | 21 44% | ||
| Cyberpunk 2077 ultra external monitor * (Watt) | 37.9 | 41.4 -9% | 62.8 -66% | 42.6 -12% | 19.9 47% | ||
| Load Maximum * (Watt) | 65 | 65.5 -1% | 80.6 -24% | 83.9 -29% | 66.5 -2% | 54.5 ? 16% | 64.5 ? 1% |
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Power Consumption Cyberpunk / Stress Test
Power Consumption external Monitor
Battery Life
Battery life is not a strong suit of the ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD that is equipped with the AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215. With the 57 Wh battery, it achieves only around nine hours, less even than the predecessor ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 AMD.
| Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE R5 PRO 215, Radeon 740M, 57 Wh | Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE R7 PRO 7735U, Radeon 680M, 57 Wh | HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, Radeon 860M, 77 Wh | Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, Radeon 860M, 86 Wh | Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE SD X Plus X1P-42-100, Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS, 84 Wh | Average of class Office | |
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| Battery runtime | 69% | 46% | 88% | 196% | 36% | |
| WiFi v1.3 (h) | 9.1 | 11.2 23% | 13.3 46% | 17.1 88% | 26.9 196% | 12.7 ? 40% |
| Load (h) | 1.4 | 3 114% | 1.851 ? 32% | |||
| H.264 (h) | 10.9 | 15 ? |
Notebookcheck Rating
If you laptop lives mostly on the desk of your home- or company-office, then the Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD is a good office laptop. More than occasionally using it on the go? If that is the case, there are certainly better choices, although the ThinkPad L does have good value for the money.
Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE
- 02/20/2026 v8
Benjamin Herzig
Total Sustainability Score: Potential Competitors in Comparison
Image | Model / Review | Price | Weight | Height | Display |
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1. 84.8%  | Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 21SC0029GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 215 ⎘ AMD Radeon 740M ⎘ 32 GB Memory, 512 GB SSD | Amazon: List Price: 1090 Euro | 1.9 kg | 25 mm | 16.00" 1920x1200 142 PPI LED IPS |
2. 84.8%  | Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 21L70010GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7735U ⎘ AMD Radeon 680M ⎘ 32 GB Memory, 1024 GB SSD | Amazon: List Price: 1250€ | 1.9 kg | 25.2 mm | 16.00" 1920x1200 142 PPI IPS |
3. 87%  | HP EliteBook 8 G1a 16 AI AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 ⎘ AMD Radeon 860M ⎘ 32 GB Memory, 512 GB SSD | Amazon: List Price: 4400 USD | 1.9 kg | 15.5 mm | 16.00" 1920x1200 142 PPI IPS |
4. 87.4%  | Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21QQS06M00 AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 ⎘ AMD Radeon 860M ⎘ 32 GB Memory, 1024 GB SSD | Amazon: 1. Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 AM... 2. Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 21... 3. ANTIEE L21M4P74 L21C4P72 Lap... List Price: 1349€ | 2 kg | 18.1 mm | 16.00" 1920x1200 142 PPI IPS |
5. 82.6%  | Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7 QOY 21NH0005GE Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 ⎘ Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS ⎘ 16 GB Memory, 512 GB SSD | Amazon: List Price: 960 Euro | 1.9 kg | 15.2 mm | 16.00" 1920x1200 142 PPI IPS LED |
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