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Lenovo ThinkPad E480-20KNCTO1WW

Lenovo ThinkPad E480 (i5-8250U, UHD 620, SSD) Laptop Review by Sebastian Bade
#556 Intel Core i5-8250U
#597 Intel UHD Graphics 620
4096 MB
128 GB
SSD
14.00-inch
1920x1080
1787 g
329 x 242 x 19.9
45 Wh
599 Euro

Specifications

Lenovo ThinkPad E480-20KNCTO1WW (ThinkPad E480 Series)
Processor
Intel Core i5-8250U 4 x 1.6 - 3.4 GHz, Kaby Lake Refresh
Graphics adapter
Intel UHD Graphics 620, 22.20.16.4836
Memory
4 GB 
, DDR4-2400, 1 of 2 slots free, max. 32 GB
Display
14.00 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel 157 PPI, Innolux N140HCA-EAC, IPS LED, glossy: no
Mainboard
Intel Kaby Lake-U + iHDCP 2.2 Premium PCH
Storage
Toshiba KBG30ZMT128G, 128 GB 
, M.2 2242 PCIe, 92 GB free
Soundcard
Conexant CX11852
Connections
1 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: 3.5-mm audio combo jack, Card Reader: MicroSD, 1 Fingerprint Reader
Networking
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (10/100/1000MBit/s), Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/), Bluetooth 4.1
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 19.9 x 329 x 242 ( = 0.78 x 12.95 x 9.53 in)
Battery
45 Wh, 3980 mAh Lithium-Ion
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
Camera
Webcam: 720p
Additional features
Speakers: 1.5 W stereo speakers, Keyboard: 6-row chiclet keyboard, Keyboard Light: no, 12 Months Warranty
Weight
1.787 kg ( = 63.03 oz / 3.94 pounds), Power Supply: 358 g ( = 12.63 oz / 0.79 pounds)
Price
599 EUR
Links
Lenovo homepage
Lenovo notebook section

 

252
cd/m²		266
cd/m²		254
cd/m²
239
cd/m²		262
cd/m²		241
cd/m²
221
cd/m²		249
cd/m²		224
cd/m²
Distribution of brightness
Innolux N140HCA-EAC tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2
Maximum: 266 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 245.3 cd/m² Minimum: 3 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 83 %
Center on Battery: 262 cd/m²
Contrast: 1379:1 (Black: 0.19 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 7 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5
ΔE Greyscale 6.4 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
61.9% sRGB (Argyll 1.6.3 3D)
39.5% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 1.6.3 3D)
42.96% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
62.2% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
41.56% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.14
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Noise Level

Idle
29.1 / 29.1 / 30.3 dB(A)
Load
31.8 / 33.8 dB(A)
  red to green bar
 
 
30 dB
silent
40 dB(A)
audible
50 dB(A)
loud
  
min: dark, med: mid, max: light   Audix TM1, Arta (15 cm distance)   environment noise: 29.1 dB(A)
Power Consumption
Off / Standbydarklight 0.42 / 0.64 Watt
Idledarkmidlight 3.5 / 5.3 / 6.1 Watt
Load midlight 30 / 42.3 Watt
 color bar
Key: min: dark, med: mid, max: light        Metrahit Energy
Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.
Battery Runtime
Idle (without WLAN, min brightness)
18h 26min
WiFi Websurfing (Edge 41.16299.15.0)
8h 15min
Big Buck Bunny H.264 1080p
7h 11min
Load (maximum brightness)
1h 45min

Lenovo ThinkPad E480-20KNCTO1WW - 03/13/2018 v6(old)
Redaktion

Chassis
86 / 98 → 88%
Keyboard
94%
Pointing Device
88%
Connectivity
63 / 80 → 79%
Weight
66 / 20-67 → 97%
Battery
90%
Display
82%
Games Performance
55 / 68 → 81%
Application Performance
87 / 92 → 95%
Temperature
94%
Noise
95%
Audio
64%
Camera
42 / 85 → 49%
Average
77%
88%
Office - Weighted Average

Pros

+stylish and robust case
+excellent keyboard
+decent touchpad, very good trackpoint
+matte IPS panel with decent contrast ratio
+fast processor
+decent battery life
+low power consumption
+pleasantly quiet
 

Cons

-slow PCIe NVMe SSD (write)
-MicroSD instead of SD card reader
-12 month warranty
-just 4 GB of RAM
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Write 4k QD32: 100.2 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Read 4k QD32: 197.5 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Write 4k: 82.3 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Read 4k: 33.35 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Write 512: 127 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Read 512: 715 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Write Seq: 128.4 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Read Seq: 909 MB/s
Cinebench R10 Shading 64Bit: 6804 Points
Cinebench R10 Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit: 23873 Points
Cinebench R10 Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit: 7202 Points
Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit: 6744
Cinebench R10 Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit: 18051
Cinebench R10 Rendering Single 32Bit: 5539
AS SSD Copy Game MB/s: 105.5 MB/s
AS SSD Copy Program MB/s: 78 MB/s
AS SSD Copy ISO MB/s: 108.2 MB/s
AS SSD Score Total: 638 Points
AS SSD Score Write: 182 Points
AS SSD Score Read: 324 Points
AS SSD Access Time Write: 0.235 ms*
AS SSD Access Time Read: 0.106 ms*
AS SSD 4K-64 Write: 92.1 MB/s
AS SSD 4K-64 Read: 190.9 MB/s
AS SSD 4K Write: 78.9 MB/s
AS SSD 4K Read: 31.13 MB/s
AS SSD Seq Write: 115.4 MB/s
AS SSD Seq Read: 1015 MB/s
Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit: 144 Points
Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit: 540 Points
Cinebench R15 Ref. Match 64Bit: 97.8 %
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64Bit: 39.6 fps
Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit: 1.63 Points
Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64Bit: 6.1 Points
Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit: 35.59 fps
3DMark 11 Performance Combined: 959 Points
3DMark 11 Performance Physics: 5016 Points
3DMark 11 Performance GPU: 1518 Points
3DMark 11 Performance: 1591 Points
3DMark Time Spy CPU: 2131 Points
3DMark Time Spy Graphics: 299 Points
3DMark Time Spy Score: 343 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra Combined: 93 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra Physics: 7194 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra Graphics: 196 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra Score: 203 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme Combined: 141 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme Physics: 7675 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme Graphics: 381 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme Score: 370 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Combined: 297 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Physics: 7828 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics: 882 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Score: 829 Points
3DMark Sky Diver Stress Test: 94.4 %
3DMark Sky Diver Physics: 6280 Points
3DMark Sky Diver Graphics: 3578 Points
3DMark Sky Diver Score: 3786 Points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Physics: 5442 Points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Graphics: 7231 Points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score: 6738 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics: 50444 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score: 72604 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Score: 66146 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics: 45335 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics: 37547 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Score: 39037 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Standard Physics: 45975 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Standard Graphics: 61297 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Standard Score: 57070 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 Total: 1333 ms*
Octane V2 Total Score: 30373 Points
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Write 4K: 81.4 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Read 4K: 33.74 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Write Seq: 129 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Read Seq: 905 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Write 4K Q32T1: 107.2 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Read 4K Q32T1: 197.1 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Write Seq Q32T1: 128.9 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Read Seq Q32T1: 906 MB/s
PCMark 8 Storage Score v2: 4730 Points
PCMark 8 Work Score Accelerated v2: 4849 Points
PCMark 8 Creative Score Accelerated v2: 4618 Points
PCMark 8 Home Score Accelerated v2: 3574 Points
JetStream 1.1 Total Score: 217.7 Points
PCMark 10 Digital Content Creation: 2680 Points
PCMark 10 Productivity: 5555 Points
PCMark 10 Essentials: 6999 Points
PCMark 10 Score: 2279 Points
BioShock Infinite Ultra Preset, DX11 (DDOF): 6.8 fps
BioShock Infinite High Preset: 19.9 fps
BioShock Infinite Medium Preset: 24.4 fps
BioShock Infinite Very Low Preset: 37.8 fps
The Witcher 3 High Graphics & Postprocessing (Nvidia HairWorks Off): 5.2 fps
The Witcher 3 Medium Graphics & Postprocessing: 9.4 fps
The Witcher 3 Low Graphics & Postprocessing: 14.8 fps
Rise of the Tomb Raider High Preset: 5.9 fps
Rise of the Tomb Raider Medium Preset: 10.4 fps
Rise of the Tomb Raider Lowest Preset: 16.9 fps
SD Card Reader JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs): 76.1 MB/s
SD Card Reader AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB): 87.3 MB/s
Battery Runtime WiFi Websurfing: 495 min
Response Times Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80%: 44.8 ms*
Response Times Response Time Black / White: 31.2 ms*
Response Times PWM Frequency: 25000 Hz
Emissions Fan Noise: 33.8 dB(A)
Networking iperf3 receive AX12: 306 MBit/s
Networking iperf3 transmit AX12: 300 MBit/s
Display Display P3 Coverage: 41.56 %
Display sRGB Coverage: 62.2 %
Display AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage: 42.96 %
* Smaller values are better.
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Redaktion, 2014-09-29 (Update: 2014-09-29)