[Specs and Info] Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 (15″ ITL) – Does this need to exist?

LaptopMedia.com Highlights [Specs and Info] Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 (15" ITL) - Does this need to exist?

From: Severin Kolakov 06 March 2023 / 19:42 | 0

Lenovo is surely okay with using older hardware to bolster its portfolio, but we’re wondering: Why make a device like the Yoga Slim 7 (15″ ITL), which undoubtedly has a high price tag, but equip it with hardware from 2021? While Tiger Lake’s higher-powered H-series were quite good, the U-series wasn’t really able to compete with AMD, which offered more cores and better efficiency. Still, the Tiger Lake U-series present several quad-core CPUs with high clock speeds and a TDP of up to 28W. The question is if four cores are enough in 2023, especially if it means paying a premium for a Yoga device.

Today we’re giving you a quick overview of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 (15″ ITL).

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 (15″ ITL): Full Specs

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Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 15

Processor: Intel Core i7-1165G7
VideoCard: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
RAM: 8GB RAM
STORAGE: 512GB SSD

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 15

Processor: Intel Core i5-1135G7
VideoCard: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
RAM: 16GB RAM
STORAGE: 1000GB SSD

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 15

Processor: Intel Core i7-1165G7
VideoCard: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
RAM: 16GB RAM
STORAGE: 1000GB SSD

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Design

The Yoga Slim 7 comes with an aluminum chassis and either plastic or glass for the display cover, depending on if you want a touchscreen or not. The weight fluctuates depending on it, with 1.68 kg for the plastic screen and 1.85 kg for the glass screen. The thickness is a bit different as well, however, the difference isn’t that big, with 16.1 mm for the plastic cover and 15.9 mm for the glass cover.

The port selection includes two USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) ports, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, an HDMI 1.4b port, an SD card reader, and a 3.5 mm audio jack.

Display

There is a Full HD IPS panel with a 16:9 aspect ratio that comes either with or without a touchscreen. In both cases, it maxes out at 300 nits and shows 100% sRGB coverage, making it suitable for doing creator work on the go.

Specifications and features

In terms of hardware, you’ve got two Tiger Lake U-series chips, the Core i5-1135G7, and the Core i7-1165G7, both with four cores and eight threads. Both come with the Iris Xe Graphics G7 integrated graphics, which can be good when video rendering. While the memory is soldered onto the motherboard, with up to 16GB, you will be able to harness the total potential of the processors. The laptop comes with a pretty well-sized 71Wh battery, so expect battery life to be good on it. With that said, the 12th Gen Alder Lake U-series CPUs perform much better, while being more efficient. Their prices will be going down as well, so would it make a lot of sense to go for Tiger Lake when Alder Lake is such an improvement? If it were up to us, we’d stick with the 12th gen, as the jump in performance is more than significant.