Lenovo Yoga 9 (14″, 2023) review – fantastic build quality, efficiency, and performance
Temperatures and comfort, Battery Life
Max CPU load
In this test we use 100% on the CPU cores, monitoring their frequencies and chip temperature. The first column shows a computer’s reaction to a short load (2-10 seconds), the second column simulates a serious task (between 15 and 30 seconds), and the third column is a good indicator of how good the laptop is for long loads such as video rendering.
Average P-core frequency; Average E-core frequency; CPU temp.; Package Power
| Intel Core i7-1360P (28W TDP) | 0:02 – 0:10 sec | 0:15 – 0:30 sec | 10:00 – 15:00 min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo Yoga 9 (14″, 2023) | 3.45 GHz @ 2.71 GHz @ 81°C @ 64W | 3.00 GHz @ 2.37 GHz @ 92°C @ 50W | 2.17 GHz @ 1.68 GHz @ 72°C @ 28W |
The Yoga 9 (14″, 2023) shows a very good performance in the first two stages of the test, before settling for the promised 28W power limit at the end.
Comfort during full load
Indeed, the laptop can get pretty loud during extreme workload scenarios. However, it doesn’t get too hot. Also, it is almost silent during your day-to-day browsing.
Battery
Now, we conduct the battery tests with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with. Here, you get a 75Wh battery pack. It lasts for 10 hours and 55 minutes of Web browsing, or 10 hours and 33 minutes of video playback.
Brightness: 180 nits; Display Mode: SDR
Time to Full Discharge: Higher is Better
In order to simulate real-life conditions, we used our own script for automatic web browsing through over 70 websites.
Author: Alex Iliev
Author: eng. Kroum NikolovHead of Engineering at LaptopMedia.com, inventor and innovator with 40+ years of experience in electronics and high technology.
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