Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16 Review - RTX 4050, RTX 4060 and RTX 4070 tested!

Lenovo's Yoga/Slim Pro line-up got a bigger brother, and we have been able to test the MiniLED-equipped notebook with all three of NVIDIA's entry-to-midrange GPUs and spotted a few surprises along the way.
Please enjoy our video, and for much more in-depth information, follow the links below to our written reviews:

Lenovo Yoga/Slim Pro 9 16 RTX 4050

Lenovo Yoga/Slim Pro 9 16 RTX 4060

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Our Lenovo Yoga/Slim Pro 9i review units comes with your choice of Intel's i7-13705H or i9-13905H, Nvidia's RTX 4050, 4060 or 4070, 16/32/64 GB LPDDR5X-6400 RAM, and a 1TB SSD.

Time Stamps:
0:00 – Intro
0:35 – Overview, Specs
1:30 – Chassis, Ports, Webcam
2:56 – Maintenance, Keyboard, Touchpad
3:36 – Display
5:00 – CPU - Performance, System Performance
6:00 – GPU - Performance
7:15 – NVIDIA Studio - Sponsorspot
09:20 – Gaming - Performance/ Benchmarks
10:16 – Fan Noise + Noise/Speaker Samples
11:20 – Battery Runtimes
11:35 – Summary

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[iz]

Any idea when you will get around to reviewing the 2024 model?

[iz]

Remember the days when Yoga meant it was convertible?

[allanestrada]

Brother question! I see your gaming test was made on
QHD or FHD 1080 res. this laptops come with a res
of 2650x1600.. by setting the game on 1080 res dont
you lose quality? Or get the famous black bars due to
the aspect ratio?

Thats holdong me back from making a decision since most modern laptops come with a 16:10 aspect ratio screen and im worried about that I dont really wamma game in 2560x1600 but im afraid that if i set the game in 1920x1080 im going to get some wierd quality issue or maybe black bars...

[Dare_To_Imagine]

Amazing review! Thans for your work!
Do you think that the i7-16GB-1TB-RTX 4050 versions at 1600€ price point (current Lenovo promo) could be a good bargain for smart working + sporadic gaming session?
I also need to often bring the laptop on the airplane, so bulkier/bigger form factor would non be ok for me.
Based on your experience, do you think that there could be any better option in this price range?
I'm mainly worried about only 16GB of RAM...

[hermeslol]

Love me some notebookcheck reviews. Any info on advanced optimus? Still being advertised on the spec sheet.

[gaming_centric]

Great review guys! Really interesting comparison!
A small little nugget I was curious about. Why does the RTX 4050 of this laptop comes at the same MSRP as something like the Aero 16 OLED, which has a 4070. It seems a pretty big price discrepancy to be completely honest. Maybe the quality is a bit higher but that's a pretty big gap i think...

[ivanfomichev]

Guys why didn't you report the scores from cinebench and other CPU tests? These percentages mean nothing to me, so it's really hard to judge

[braveheart]

waiting for Asus vivobook 16x pro OLED. Don't know why no reviews by anyone. Under 2000 💵 i9 13980HX, 16 GB RAM, 1TB SSD with upgradable slot, 16 inch OLED screen and 4070 looks a great deal. Also it has dual thunderbolt 4.

[gel_ob]

FYI - My HDMI port allows 4K 60Hz just fine. I have the 16in i9-13905H with RTX 4050.
I agree that negatives are:
1. having only 1 USB-C Thunderbolt 4 port - especially since using a USB-C dongle with 85W PD pass thru does not negotiate and does power the laptop
2. low battery life
3. thin, creaky, flexy bottom cover

[timogoldschnatz]

The Legion slim 5 14 inch is bow available to buy and the price is pretty great in €, expected it to be higher

[Tugennov]

I’d love to see a similar comparison of the gpu’s in the 14 inch model. Although, I wonder if any GPU other than the 4050 will be made available in the 14 inch model since I’ve only seen the 4050 in the wild despite initial reports that there would be other gpu’s available.

[SamiGB]

Please answer my question: which is generally better to the eye looking regarding colors, accuracy and more beautiful to the eye looking :
Is it the zenbook pro 14 or slim pro 9i

Zenbook : oled, 120hz, FHD 2880*1800, 550 nits
Lonovo: mini-LED, 165hz, 4K 3072*1920, 1200 nits

[nikhilanandpandit]

Great video as always
Will you review legion slim 7

[kuljitsingh]

Hello. Does yoga 7 pro 14" AMD gen9 rtx 3050 has X Power and Optimus?
And what opinion do you have on the battery of mentioned model?

[gregoryv]

Hi!
Thank you so much for all the reviews, they are super useful and high quality.
I am wondering, could you please let me know if you think its enough to get a 4070 laptop with 32GB and AMD or latest intel?
I tested the 4080 ROG Zephyrus and returned it, while the performance was amazing, the build quality was plasticy and always super warm.
I also tried the ROG Acronym but its super expensive and didnt convince me either, was also pretty warm...
Now, I am curious if the Razer Blade 16 with 4080 would be good to get or should I just get a laptop with 4070 because the rest is way too expensive? I would like to get one and have that one for at least a couple years, would like to play Final Fantasy XVI on it when it comes out.
as for as 4070, I like the look of the Samsung Ultra book 3 and
The Razer blade in mercury white, the black/green accented version looks pretty odd.

[iz]

HOw does the gaming performance of the 4060 here compare to the Legion 14 Slim 5? Could this be a more 'premium' version of the Legion 14?

[blabu]

Great Video!
Will you test the Lenovo Legion Slim 5 14 inch too? If so, how soon? :)

[rey]

Lenovo seems to have been killing with recently laptops in general, I got a Lenovo Idepad Pro 5 with AMD cpu and I am very impressed with price to performance ratio. And this comes from somebody who also owns a Macbook Pro 14inch with M2 CPU/32GB of RAM. I find myself using the Lenovo laptop for 95% of the time instead of my Macbook. Sure there are some departments for improvement but overall I am super happy. One thing if I had to choose between AMD vs intel at this time I would go with the latest AMD cpu-s, as they very impressive and they are very quiet.

[halyazium]

I'm really looking forward to the tests Lenovo Yoga Pro14s 2023, 14, 5" 32gb/1tb, i9-13905H, RTX 4060 8gb. But apparently it will only be available in the Chinese market.

[Puertogio]

And what There's a big monitor on your desk behind you ?