Lenovo Yoga Lunar Lake laptop outlasts latest MacBooks, can run for nearly 24 hours

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The big picture: Intel has been playing catch-up in the mobile processor market for years, watching from the sidelines as rivals like Apple made significant efficiency gains. However, if early previews are any indication, the chip giant's latest Lunar Lake lineup may finally help it regain lost ground. A wave of laptops powered by these new CPUs is about to hit the market, and the reported battery life figures are impressive.

The Lenovo PC YouTube channel recently put the upcoming Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition laptop through its paces, pitting its Core Ultra 7 258V Lunar Lake chip against Apple's M2 and M3 processors. The test involved playing a 1080p video at 24fps, with brightness locked at 150 nits and Wi-Fi disabled.

The M2 MacBook Air lasted 18 hours and 19 minutes, while the M3 model held out slightly longer at 18 hours and 32 minutes. However, the Yoga Slim 7i kept going, finally running out of power after an impressive 23 hours and 54 minutes.

It's worth noting that the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i had a slightly larger 70Wh battery compared to the 66.5Wh batteries in the MacBooks. However, the Lenovo still lasted nearly a third longer, making the battery size advantage negligible.

Of course, video playback is just one scenario. Real-world performance under heavier workloads will be the true test. Winning the battery life race isn't just about extending movie playback time – it's about achieving the perfect balance across a variety of tasks.

It's also important to mention that Lenovo's results are just a sample compared to what other Lunar Lake laptop makers are promising. Acer, for example, claims a staggering 29 hours of runtime on select models with 65Wh batteries. Asus is making similar claims for its upcoming ExpertBooks. And let's not forget that AMD's new Zen 5 chips and Qualcomm's highly efficient X-series chips will also be competing for top mobile performance.

The laptop Lenovo tested featured a Core Ultra 7 258V processor paired with 32 GB of LPDDR5X 8,533 MHz RAM on Windows 11 24H2. As one of Intel's top-tier Lunar Lake offerings, these results represent the higher end of performance.

The Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition boasts a 15.3-inch, 1,800p 120 Hz LCD. It might have performed even better with an OLED panel. Other key specs include 1TB of M.2 PCIe Gen 4 SSD storage, WiFi 7 support, and the 70Wh battery. Pricing starts at $1,279.99, and it's expected to hit the market in the coming weeks.

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Lenovo Yoga Lunar Lake laptop outlasts latest MacBooks, can run for nearly 24 hours

 

[ScottSoapbox]

How many L’s can we fit into the headline...

 

[Theinsanegamer]

But but but but muh ARM! muh FuTuRe!

If this pans out on other devices teh apple fans are gonna be saaaalti bois. And AMD is gonna be in a heap of trouble.

 

[opckieran]

As impressive as it is that Apple build their own SoCs, I doubt they have it in them for a 30-50% battery life improvement within a generation (and let’s be honest, they’re probably gonna need more like an 80-100% increase in battery life over their current lineup to re-establish the lead they had before).

 

[HeeeF]

I'd like to see fanless designs with Lunar Lake. There's just something nice about never hearing anything from my M2 Air. Bliss. For light use, fanless is perfect.

 

[toooooot]

Impressive. If they lack problems of the previous generations and Intel can manage supply demand, I think
we will see a lot of these in the next year or two.

 

[Felusy]

Yep, Intels days of using more power vanished with TSMC 3N. Lunar Lake even beats ARM in battery life and behind the scenes, Intel 18A is improving and ready for production in 2025+

Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake is going to do very well.

Meanwhile AMD just did the worst CPU launch in many years with Zen 5. I hope they will be rushing out Ryzen 9000X3D soon after Arrow Lake, because they will need it.


Hopefully AMD took note:

Don't rebrand chipsets and raise prices.
Don't reuse 7nm IOD.
Don't cheap out and use 5nm when 3nm is ready.
Have new motherboards ready along with new CPUs. People don't want to buy old motherboards and flash the firmware over USB - LOL.
Be sure that no Windows bugs affects performance.
Be sure reviewers gets guidelines for testing so optimal performance is seen and overall result are similar.

Zen 5 has been a mess so far. AMD is silent tho. Especially about 3D chips which is what most people actually want.

What AMD SHOULD have done:
Release entire Ryzen 9000 series, including 3D models along with new gen motherboards.

Did AMD learn? Probably not.

 

[HardReset]

But but but but muh ARM! muh FuTuRe!

If this pans out on other devices teh apple fans are gonna be saaaalti bois. And AMD is gonna be in a heap of trouble.

Why AMD ins in trouble? AMD laptop sales are so low they don't bother laptop APUs much. And therefore, AMD cares very little if Intel has better laptop CPU or not.

Yep, Intels days of using more power vanished with TSMC 3N. Lunar Lake even beats ARM in battery life and behind the scenes, Intel 18A is improving and ready for production in 2025+

Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake is going to do very well.

Meanwhile AMD just did the worst CPU launch in many years with Zen 5. I hope they will be rushing out Ryzen 9000X3D soon after Arrow Lake, because they will need it.


Hopefully AMD took note:

Don't rebrand chipsets and raise prices.
Don't reuse 7nm IOD.
Don't cheap out and use 5nm when 3nm is ready.
Have new motherboards ready along with new CPUs. People don't want to buy old motherboards and flash the firmware over USB - LOL.
Be sure that no Windows bugs affects performance.
Be sure reviewers gets guidelines for testing so optimal performance is seen and overall result are similar.

Zen 5 has been a mess so far. AMD is silent tho. Especially about 3D chips which is what most people actually want.

What AMD SHOULD have done:
Release entire Ryzen 9000 series, including 3D models along with new gen motherboards.

Did AMD learn? Probably not.

Zen5 is best CPU launch since Zen. And you should get your facts right. Zen5 IO die is 6nm not 7. Zen5 chiplet is 4nm not 5nm. Microsoft messing up is not AMDs fault.

 

[Rudyduu]

As impressive as it is that Apple build their own SoCs, I doubt they have it in them for a 30-50% battery life improvement within a generation (and let’s be honest, they’re probably gonna need more like an 80-100% increase in battery life over their current lineup to re-establish the lead they had before).

Apple designs their own SoCs, they do not manufacture them.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Why AMD ins in trouble? AMD laptop sales are so low they don't bother laptop APUs much. And therefore, AMD cares very little if Intel has better laptop CPU or not.

Because AMD's biggest advantages in the mobile space were GPU performance and power usage, with lunar lake AMD may lose both leads. In part, AMD laptop sales are low because AMD can barely get these chips out to OEMS and doesnt seem to want to talk to them about whats going on.

Zen5 is best CPU launch since Zen. And you should get your facts right. Zen5 IO die is 6nm not 7. Zen5 chiplet is 4nm not 5nm. Microsoft messing up is not AMDs fault.

Oh sure, it's MS fault AMD's CPU was so lackluster. SMH. Just cant take responsibility.....

Zen 5 was boring ASF. It has virtually identical performance compared to zen 4, and zen 4 can easily be tuned to use about the same power as well. "The best since Zen" Give me a break man. Zen was a MASSIVE improvement over the junk construction cores. Even the lukewarm zen + was huge compared to zen 5.

 

[HardReset]

Because AMD's biggest advantages in the mobile space were GPU performance and power usage, with lunar lake AMD may lose both leads. In part, AMD laptop sales are low because AMD can barely get these chips out to OEMS and doesnt seem to want to talk to them about whats going on.

Eh? AMDs market share on mobile space is under 10%, and you say power usage is AMDs biggest advantage. AMD doesn't care even if Lunar Lake is 99% more efficient than AMDs own products, because that won't make any difference anyway.

AMD laptop sales are low because for some reason buyers are so stupid they want Intel, no matter how bad Intel chips are. There are no shortage of AMD GPUs, server CPUs, desktop CPUs... There is only shortage of CoWoS and that also affects Nvidia. But somehow AMD laptop chips that manufacturers even don't want to use are short supply ""

Oh sure, it's MS fault AMD's CPU was so lackluster. SMH. Just cant take responsibility.....

Zen 5 was boring ASF. It has virtually identical performance compared to zen 4, and zen 4 can easily be tuned to use about the same power as well. "The best since Zen" Give me a break man. Zen was a MASSIVE improvement over the junk construction cores. Even the lukewarm zen + was huge compared to zen 5.

Microsoft makes Windows, not AMD. If Microsoft messes with branch predictor updates, Microsoft is one to blame. I expect you to understand this kind of simple thing.

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So there is nothing wrong with Zen5. Problem is outdated software. Cinebench is good example of outdated trash that some consider "modern". I expect you to understand I meant launches After Zen.