Yoga 7/7i 14" Gen 8 - AMD 7735U or Intel i5-1340P - which CPU for a day's work disconnected from AC?

mshanann on 20/07/2023 - 00:02
Last edited 20/07/2023 - 07:58

Hi Gurus - I'm trying to decide between the new Gen 8 Lenovo Yoga 7 AMD versus the largely equivalent Intel Yoga 7i model.

Primary use is in the classroom - so ideally am trying to get a legitimate full day's use out of the battery - for school style programs - and would want to use sleep/power management when moving between classrooms.

Which would you purchase, the Intel or the AMD? (Note the Intel has Thunderbolt 4, whilst the AMD has USB4 @ 40Gbps)

Both machines have the same display/battery/wireless along with 3y onsite warranty
Display: 14" WUXGA (1920 x 1200), OLED, Glare, Touch, HDR 500, 100%DCI-P3, 400 nits, 60Hz, Glass
Battery: 4 Cell Li-Polymer 71Wh
Wireless: Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 AX & Bluetooth® 5.1 or above

Note the AMD machine has a bigger SSD, and increased memory speed.

$1379
Processor: 13th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-1340P Processor (E-cores up to 3.40 GHz P-cores up to 4.60 GHz)
Memory: 16 GB LPDDR5-5200MHz
Solid State Drive: 512 GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC

or

$1306
Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 7 7735U Processor (2.70 GHz up to 4.75 GHz)
Memory: 16 GB LPDDR5-6400MHz
Solid State Drive: 1 TB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC

many thanks!

EDIT - Other option … ($88 less than above is to lower the CPU / HDD)
$1218
AMD Ryzen™ 5 7535U Processor (2.90 GHz up to 4.55 GHz)
and 512 GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC

https://www.notebookcheck.net/R5-7535U-vs-i5-1340P-vs-R7-773…

Poll Options

  • 1
    Yoga 7i - Intel i5-1340P, 512 GB SSD, Thunderbolt 4 - $1379
  • 15
    Yoga 7 - AMD Ryzen 7 7735U, 1TB SSD, USB 4 - $1306
  • 1
    Yoga 7 - AMD Ryzen 5 7535U, 512GB SSD, USB 4 - $1218
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Comments

  • happychappy1 on 20/07/2023 - 02:31
    +1

    AMD, no question.

    • mshanann on 20/07/2023 - 07:28

      Hi. Why is that? Performance and duration of the AMD on battery?

      CPU performance plugged in seems to favour Intel.

  • Slippery Otter on 20/07/2023 - 08:27
    +1

    I have the previous generation with Ryzen 6800u and it's amazing! Battery lasts for hours. The keyboard lag was real but fixed with BIOS update months later. I found the deal on here for around $1,700. I cannot comment how long the battery lasts in hours, I use it all day at work connected to power and study at home after 7:30pm on battery mode along with watching Amazon Prime the whole night until 1130pm, plug back in at work next day. Battery last longer with Netflix.

  • videlity on 20/07/2023 - 12:27
    +2

    I've heard AMD has better battery optimisation, but if you want to do any gaming or editing, it has to be the 7735U.
    Its iGPU is much much better than the the Intel.

  • PhilToinby on 22/07/2023 - 09:59

    Just curious, where are you getting these prices? I'm looking for something similar.and can only see the previous generation AMD CPU for this price. I'm not a student, but do work at a university, so could get education pricing.

    • videlity on 23/07/2023 - 14:56

      Lenovo website

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