Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 (15, Gen 8) review – decent unpretentious budget daily driver
Performance: CPU, GPU, Gaming Tests
All benchmarks and tests were conducted with the “Extreme Performance” preset activated in the Lenovo Vantage app. Also, the “Best performance” preset is applied in the Windows “Power & Battery” menu. In addition, the “UMA Frame Buffer Size” in the BIOS is set to 2GB.
CPU options
This laptop can be found with the AMD Ryzen 3 7330U, Ryzen 5 7530U, or Ryzen 7 7730U.
Results are from the Cinebench R23 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)
Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)
GPU options
There no dGPU options here, just iGPUs – AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (R4000/5000, 15W), Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 15W), or AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W).
Results are from the 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the 3DMark: Wild Life benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Gaming tests
CS:GO | HD 1080p, Low (Check settings) | HD 1080p, Medium (Check settings) | HD 1080p, MAX (Check settings) |
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Average FPS | 113 fps | 74 fps | 56 fps |
DOTA 2 | HD 1080p, Low (Check settings) | HD 1080p, Normal (Check settings) | HD 1080p, High (Check settings) |
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Average FPS | 118 fps | 68 fps | 40 fps |