VAIO SX14-R
Specifications
Primary Camera: 9 MPix
Price comparison
Reviews for the VAIO SX14-R
Source: Hardware Zone
The Vaio SX14-R Kachi-Iro offers its own blend of features, power, portability, and style, but it does come with its share of foibles. It offers enough performance needed for everyday tasks and light creative work. But perhaps what's most glaring is that it uses an older processor. This means slightly poorer performance, efficiency, and the lack of Copilot+ features. We reached out to Vaio regarding this and this was what they said: To uphold Vaio’s core values of quality and reliability, we have taken a deliberate and extended development approach for the SX14-R. This allows us to elevate product quality and achieve a greater level of refinement. We believe this commitment is something users will experience first-hand when using the device. At Vaio, we prioritise product reliability and refinement and therefore take time to rigorously evaluate new processors before adoption.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/06/2025
Foreign Reviews
Source: SMHN
JA→ENPositive: Premium design; rich set of ports; excellent display; long battery life; support 5G; high performance.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/31/2024
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Intel Arc 8-Core: Integrated graphics adapter based on the Xe LPG architecture (similar to the dedicated Arc GPUs, but with a focus on efficiency). Provides all 8 Xe cores (128 Xe vector engines) and 8 ray tracing units.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Ultra 7 155H: A high-end Meteor Lake chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra processor has come to replace 13th generation Core chips; it has 16 cores (6 + 8 + 2) and 22 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 6, run at up to 4.8 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.8 GHz. The integrated AI Boost NPU offers two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. This laptop processor's Base power consumption is 28 W while its Turbo power consumption is supposed to stay within 115 W. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
14.00":
There are hardly any tablets in this display size range anymore. For subnotebooks, on the other hand, it is the standard format.
The advantage of subnotebooks is that the entire laptop can be small and therefore easily portable. The smaller display also has the advantage of requiring less power, which further improves battery life and thus mobility. The disadvantage is that reading texts is more strenuous on the eyes. High resolutions are more likely to be found in standard laptops.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
