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Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 16IRP8 review

Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 16IRP8

CHOICE Expert Rating

78%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  • Very good storage read speed
  • Excellent storage write speed
  • Excellent touchpad
  • Short time to charge to 80 per cent
  • Short time to charge to 100 per cent
  • Very good screen luminance
  • Excellent viewing angles
  • Very good screen
  • Can replace or upgrade components (SSD, battery)
  • Full-sized HDMI port
  • Very good keyboard
  • Full-sized SD card slot
Bad points

Bad Points

  • Charger is not USB-C (USB-C power delivery 3.0 specification does not support the 170W power requirement of this laptop)
  • Noticeably loud fans under full processing load

Type

Ultraportable
Ultrabook
Tablet mode
Operating system
Windows 11 Home

Recommended products

Recommended
Not recommended
Recommended for tablet use

Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
78%
Performance score
85%
Tablet use score
N/A
Ease of use score
76%
Battery life score
72%
Display score
85%
Audio score
70%
Wi-Fi score
64%
Storage write-speed (MBps)
5259
Storage read-speed (MBps)
7052
Wi-Fi speed (MBps)
42
Average battery life – heavy usage (hours)
7:23
Charging time to 80% full (h:min)
0:41
Expert tester comments
Lenovo's Yoga Pro 9i 16IRP8 is a high-resolution, 16in laptop that comes with a discrete NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 graphics adapter, which makes it suitable for gaming. It can provide smooth frame rates in modern games, but exactly how smooth will depend on the resolution and detail settings that are chosen for each game. After play time, the system's graphics, 13th generation Intel Core i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and exceptionally fast 1TB storage, will combine to make short work of common office tasks, and even tougher ones, such as video rendering. Definitely a laptop to consider if you need lots of speed at a not-too-high price point.

Sustainability

Shop Ethical rating
C
Warranty (years)
3
Replaceable battery
Replace/upgrade RAM
Slots for additional RAM
Replace/upgrade storage
Slot for additional storage
Replace/upgrade Wi-Fi
Country of origin
China

Related products

Availability
Discontinued model

Cost

Price
$2,339.00

Specifications

Screen size (inches)
16
Native screen resolution (pixels)
3200 x 2000
Processor (CPU) type
Intel Core i7-13705H
CPU frequency (GHz)
2.4
RAM (GB)
16
Video graphics type
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
Storage capacity (GB)
1024
Available user space (GB)
888
Storage type
SSD
Wi-Fi version
6E
Weight of laptop (kg)
2.2
Weight of power supply (kg)
0.56
Size (mm, H x D x W)
25 x 246 x 362

Features

Screen finish
Glossy
Touchscreen
USB-C
USB 2.0 ports
0
USB 3.0 ports
2
USB 4 as USB-C port
0
USB-C (USB 3.2 Gen 1 or 2, not Thunderbolt 3 or 4) ports
0
Thunderbolt 3 or 4 (as USB-C) ports
1
SD card slot (full-size)
SD card slot (micro)
HDMI port
Gigabit ethernet port
Rear camera
Backlit keyboard levels of brightness
2

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