Pros
- Fresh, sleek premium look
- A hodgepodge of aluminum, leather, and glass
- There is an included stylus
- 4K resolution with 477 nits of maximum brightness, Dolby Vision, and VESA HDR500 support (BOE NV140QUM-N54)
- The display doesn't flicker at any brightness level (BOE NV140QUM-N54)
- Fully covers the sRGB gamut and is able to display 89% of the colors in the DCI-P3 gamut (BOE NV140QUM-N54)
- Tiger Lake onboard + Thunderbolt 4 support
- Our Gaming and Web design profile helps achieve standard-matching color accuracy
Cons
- Lacks an SD card reader
- Glass palm-rest area, which is a magnet for fingerprints
- The touchpad vibration needs improvement
- 4K unit offers less than 8 hours of light usage on battery
- Uneven luminance uniformity across the screen (BOE NV140QUM-N54)
Lenovo Yoga 9i 14 - Specs
- Intel Core i7-9850H 56.4%
- Intel Core i7-8750H 63%
- Intel Core i7-1185G7
- Intel Core i7-10810U
- Intel Core i7-1165G7
- Intel Core i7-10710U 4864.6%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (2GB GDDR5) 1.6%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (4GB GDDR5) 1.4%
- Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
- NVIDIA GeForce MX350 (25W) 3.1%
- NVIDIA Quadro M1200 (4GB GDDR5) 3.6%
Display
14.0”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
RAM
16GB LPDDR4x, 4266 MHz
Dimensions
319.4 x 216.4 x 14.6 ~ 15.7 mm (12.57" x 8.52" x 0.57")
Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-A 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)
- 2x USB Type-C Thunderbolt 3, Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- Wi-Fi 802.11ax
- Bluetooth 5.1
- Audio jack 3.5 Combo Jack
Features
- Fingerprint reader
- Web camera HD
- Backlit keyboard
- Microphone Dual-Array Microphone
- Speakers Rotating Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot
DISPLAY: 14.0”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
Name |
14.0”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS |
Diagonal |
14.0" |
Pixel density |
157.35 ppi |
Panel Type |
IPS |
Resolution |
1920 x 1080 |
Becomes "Retina" from |
22 inches (56 cm) |
Lenovo Yoga 9i 14 in-depth review
Since Lenovo felt their Yoga C940 laptops were not premium enough, they decided to make some changes. Now the laptop features an optional lather lid cover, a glass palm-rest area, and other minor improvements, and oh - a Tiger Lake processor under the bonnet.
Our particular unit comes with the flagship Intel Core i7-1185G7, which is also equipped with the latest and greatest iGPU from the Blue company - the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 - more on that - later.
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CPU Performance: Intel Core i7-1185G7
Results are from the Cinebench 15 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)
1054.00
+30.6% performance
Results are from the Fritz chess benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)
GPU Performance: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
Results are for the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
6351.00
+11.8% performance
Results are for the Unigine Heaven 4.0 benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
1382.00
+25.2% performance
Results are for the Unigine Superposition benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Results are for the Unigine Heaven 3.0 benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
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