Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 3 Review

Lenovo's ThinkBook 16p Gen 3 (pib ntawm $ 1,438; $ 1,802 raws li kev sim) yog me ntsis ntawm enigma. Qhov no AMD Ryzen-based lag luam laptop tau nthuav tawm raws li cov cuab yeej pom zoo rau cov lag luam me-rau-nruab nrab nrhiav kev ua haujlwm siab thiab kev ruaj ntseg nta-lub laptop uas muaj peev xwm ua haujlwm ua lag luam. thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim. Lenovo yeej xa tawm ntawm feem ntau ntawm cov pem hauv ntej, tab sis nws lub laptop txwv cov xim-gamut kev pab them nqi, thiab tsis pom zoo nyob rau hauv feem ntau ntawm peb cov kev xeem ua tau zoo, ua rau nws nyuaj rau pom zoo raws li kev xaiv sab saum toj rau cov ntsiab lus tsim. Txawm li cas los xij, ThinkBook 16p Gen 3 yuav yog qhov zoo rau feem ntau cov chaw ua haujlwm tsim khoom tsim tau yooj yim thiab cov ntsiab lus sib zog tsim cov haujlwm, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tias koj lub koom haum tuaj yeem tau txais kev cog lus ntau ntawm qhov no.

Lub Lag Luam Laptop Tsis Pom Nws Qhov Chaw

Ib qho ntawm lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb rau ThinkBook 16p yog cov ntsiab lus tsim, nrog nws AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 3.3GHz CPU thiab Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 graphics processor. X-Rite Pantone-certified xim calibration tau txawm siv rau qhov screen. Txawm li cas los xij, thaum peb qhov kev ntsuam xyuas Datacolor Spyder qhia 99% qhov tseeb rau Adobe sRGB xim qhov chaw, nws pom tsuas yog 76% ntawm Adobe RGB thiab 77% ntawm DCI-P3 - tsis txaus ntshai, tab sis tsis tshua muaj cov khoom ntawm cov ntsiab lus kev tsim. Txij li thaum lub laptop tsim tau zoo thiab ua haujlwm zoo, tab sis tsis muaj zog npaum li ntau lub chaw ua haujlwm laptops, gaming laptops, thiab txawm tias cov neeg siv khoom-qib cov qauv tsim qauv, cov lus nug dhau los: "Dab tsi yog qhov zoo tshaj rau?"

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Lub ThinkBook no muaj lub ntsej muag ci 16-nti, tsim qauv tsim, thiab cov ntaub ntawv txhuas zoo nkauj nrog lub ntsej muag qis hauv Mineral Grey. Kev ntsuas 0.73 ntiv tes los ntawm 13.95 ntiv tes los ntawm 9.92 ntiv tes (HWD) thiab hnyav 4.18 phaus, nws yog me ntsis ntawm sab hefty.

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Lenovo's ThinkBook keyboard, zoo li ntau hnub no, ua rau muaj mob stroke nrog lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav me me hauv qab. Nws yog ib qho yooj yim los ntaus rau, txawm nyob rau hauv ceev. Txawm li cas los xij, kuv txuas ntxiv mus ntev rau cov xovxwm sib sib zog nqus thiab cov lus tawm tswv yim muaj zog ntxiv nrog cov txheej txheem teeb tsa cov keyboards koj tau txais ntawm Lenovo's ThinkPads.

Vim tias chav tsev no muaj 16-nti zaub, muaj chav rau tus lej ncoo rau sab xis ntawm lub ntsiab keyboard layout. Qhov ntawd yog ib qho ntxiv rau cov uas feem ntau ua haujlwm hauv cov ntawv nthuav qhia, txawm hais tias lub kaus mom nqaim ntawm tus lej yuam sij tuaj yeem txwv cov ntaub ntawv nkag ceev. Tsis tas li ntawd, vim muaj cov lej cim cais, lub touchpad zaum ntau rau sab laug dua li qhov nws xav tau. Qhov no tsis nthuav tawm qhov teeb meem, xav tias feem ntau ntawm koj cov tswv yim yuav nrog cov ntawv yuam sij.

Cov yuam sij xub xub yog nyob rau hauv qhov zoo tagnrho inverted T, cais los ntawm lwm tus yuam sij, zoo siab txais tos tsim qauv. Txawm li cas los xij, lawv ua ob lub luag haujlwm nrog Tsev, Nplooj Ntawv, Nplooj Ntawv, thiab Xaus raws li cov yuam sij ua haujlwm. Qhov no yog kev pabcuam, tab sis pom tseeb tsis yooj yim npaum li cov pawg rau lub ntsiab lus uas yog tus qauv ntawm cov keyboards desktop thiab suav nrog Insert thiab Rho tawm. Cov yuam sij saum toj kawg nkaus yog tsawg dua li ib nrab ntawm qhov siab ntawm cov ntawv yuam sij, thiab lawv tsis yog kab ntsug, uas ua rau nws nyuaj rau siv lawv thaum kov-typing. Cov no suav nrog Escape, Volume Up thiab Down, Airplane Mode, thiab Rho tawm.

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Lenovo's touchpad muaj chav txaus thiab du, ua haujlwm zoo. Nws qhov chaw ntsuas 4.75 nti kab rov tav thiab 5.5 nti ntawm kab pheeb ces kaum. Qhov no touchpad lub sab saum toj ib nrab yog tsau, cia lub ncoo flex down raws ntug hauv qab. Ob lub keyboard thiab touchpad yog spill-resistant.

Nyob rau hauv nws txoj kev nyiam, ThinkBook no ntiav 1080p webcam nrog rau tus kheej slider. WQXGA zaub yog 16:10 ntawm 2,560 x 1,600 pixels. Cov yam ntxwv kev ruaj ntseg suav nrog tus nyeem ntiv tes ntawm lub zog khawm, lub koob yees duab IR rau lub ntsej muag lees paub ntawm Windows Hello, thiab Microsoft Secure BIOS (Qib 2).

Dolby Atmos tau txais ntau tshaj tawm ntawm cov hais lus me

Raws li nrog txhua lub laptops, ThinkBook cov neeg hais lus ntsib qhov kev sib tw me me. Lub dual 2-watt (W) hais lus ntsej muag downward, uas mutes lub ntim me ntsis. Txawm li cas los xij, lub suab tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm Dolby Atmos, lub kaw lus tom qab feem ntau cov yeeb yaj kiab-theatre suab.

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Dolby Atmos txhawb nqa ntau tus hais lus 7.1 ib puag ncig lub suab, ntxiv rau ob lub ntsiab lus ntxiv thiab software los nrhiav lub suab "khoom" hauv qhov chaw suab peb sab. (Tau kawg, cuaj tus neeg hais lus yuav tsis tshwm sim ntawm lub laptop.) Raws li kev siv ntawm ThinkBook, Dolby Atmos muab lub suab sib txawv qhov zoo, yog li koj yuav luag hnov ​​​​cov nag los hloov qhov chaw raws li nplooj sway nyob rau hauv cov cua ntawm qhov demo. clip. Tab sis nrog tsuas yog 2W ib channel, lub suab yog txwv nyob rau hauv kev cuam tshuam, xws li mloog lub suab paj nruag orchestra ua yeeb yam hauv lub thawv khau. Yam tsawg kawg distortion yog tsawg heev, thiab qhov zoo siab tau hnov ​​los ntawm lub lag luam laptop.

Kev sib txuas muaj xws li Wi-Fi 6 thiab Bluetooth 5.0. Lub 71-watt-teev, 230W roj teeb txhawb nqa Rapid Charge Pro, uas tuaj yeem tau txais lub roj teeb mus txog 50% ntawm xoom hauv 30 feeb.

Lenovo tus qauv warranty rau ThinkBook 16p yog ib xyoos ntawm Depot Support. Nrog rau txoj kev npaj no, yog tias koj qhov teeb meem tsis daws teeb meem tom qab kev sib tham hauv xov tooj rau cov teeb meem kev siv tshuab lossis kev siv ib txwm siv, koj yog lub luag haujlwm xa lub laptop mus rau qhov chaw pabcuam raug xaiv los kho lossis pauv, thiab khaws nws ib zaug kho. Extensions rau lub hauv paus warranty tuaj yeem yuav mus txog plaub xyoos ntxiv; Cov kev pabcuam Onsite thiab Premier Onsite tuaj yeem yuav txog li tsib xyoos.

Zoo li feem ntau Lenovo laptops, ThinkBook 16p los nrog Lenovo Vantage ntsia. Qhov software no yog qhov yooj yim interface uas pab koj tus kheej lub suab thiab pom kev teeb tsa, hloov kho cov tsav tsheb, ntxuav cov khib nyiab ntau ntxiv, txhim kho Windows chaw, thiab nrhiav cov neeg siv khoom txhawb nqa.

Peb qhov kev tshuaj xyuas ThinkBook 16p tuaj nrog Windows 11 Pro, nrog rau cov ntawv sim ntawm McAfee kev ruaj ntseg thiab software tiv thaiv kab mob. Nws yog qhov pab tau kom muaj kev tiv thaiv no pib, txawm hais tias lub software dhau los ua cov kab tsuag me ntsis raws li qhov kawg ntawm lub sijhawm sim ze. Thaum kawg, nws yuav tso tseg thiab muab cov dawb version ntawm McAfee software, txawm tias koj twb tau teeb tsa dawb version ntawm hom tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob sib txawv.

Cov chaw nres nkoj muaj txiaj ntsig Tag Nrho Ib puag ncig… sab nraub qaum, Qhov ntawd yog

Lenovo's ThinkBook 16p muaj tag nrho cov chaw nres nkoj, nrog plaub nyob rau sab nraub qaum: USB 3.2 Gen 2, USB 3.2 (qhov no ib txwm nyob ntawm), HDMI 2.1, thiab 230W fais fab txuas. Qhov no rear positioning hloov mus ua ib qho tseem ceeb heev, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau lub hwj chim connector.

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Nyob rau sab laug yog 3.5mm lub mloog pob ntseg / microphone jack thiab SD daim npav nyeem ntawv…

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... thiab ntawm sab xis yog 40Gbps USB4 chaw nres nkoj, USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 chaw nres nkoj, thiab Kensington Nano kev ruaj ntseg cable xauv qhov ntsuas.

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Frankly, nws yuav zoo dua yog tias Lenovo tau tswj kom nyem rau hauv ib qho chaw nres nkoj USB ntxiv ntawm sab laug - kom nkag mus tau ntau tshaj. Tab sis txwv tsis pub cov chaw nres nkoj qhov chaw thiab kom muaj nuj nqis yog qhov txaus siab heev.

Ntsuam xyuas ThinkBook 16p Gen 3: Hauv Kev Tshawb Fawb Cov Khoom

Peb qhov kev txheeb xyuas, sab saum toj-ntawm-tus-kab rau ThinkBook 16p Gen 3, raug nqi $ 1,802 thaum lub sijhawm sau ntawv. (Lenovo tus nqi hloov pauv me ntsis ib hnub rau ib hnub.) uas suav nrog Ryzen CPU, GeForce GPU, 32GB ntawm LPDDR5-6400 (txog 6,400Gbps) nco, 1TB solid-state drive (SSD), lub zog siv nrog Rapid Charge Pro, thiab ruaj khov WQXGA 165Hz zaub uas xa 555 nits, qhov ci ntsa iab ntawm peb qhov sib piv.

Rau peb qhov kev sib piv piv txwv, peb tau sib piv rau ThinkBook 16p tiv thaiv cov khoos phis tawj uas zoo sib xws rau kev lag luam thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim. Txawm li cas los xij, qhov kev tshaj tawm xov xwm hloov kho lub laptop no muaj cov neeg siv khoom qib, Nvidia RTX 30-series cov duab - tsis yog ib qho ntawm Nvidia's A-series GPUs tsim los rau kev siv duab kos duab.

Yog li, peb tau suav nrog ob tus neeg siv khoom-qib cov ntsiab lus tsim lub laptops, thiab qee lub tshuab ua si, hauv kev sib xyaw. (Qee lub gaming laptops tau muab tso rau hauv lub laptops tsim yav dhau los, zoo li Gigabyte Aero 15 OLED XC, uas tsis nyob hauv kev khiav ntawm no.) Cov neeg siv khoom siv laptops suav nrog Dell Inspiron 16 Plus laptop, uas muaj GPU qeeb me ntsis hauv. , thiab ntau qhov sib piv-specced HP Envy 16. Lub ThinkBook 16p los luv luv ntawm kev txaus siab rau peb thoob plaws hauv nws txoj kev khiav ntawm peb cov qauv, txawm li cas los xij.

Hauv qhov kev sim no ntau, ThinkBook yog tib lub laptop nrog Ryzen CPU sab hauv, vim tsis muaj ntau qhov chaw lag luam piv rau Intel. Txawm li cas los xij, txhua qhov system ntawm no los nruab nrog Nvidia GeForce cov duab. Dell's Inspiron, qhov kev sib piv nkag rau hauv ThinkBook, muaj qhov muaj zog tshaj plaws: GeForce RTX 3050 nrog 4GB ntawm kev nco video. Qhov ntawd yog ua raws li HP Envy 16 nrog tib GeForce RTX 3060 nrog 6GB uas nyob hauv ThinkBook. Thaum kawg, ob peb lub laptops gaming pricier me ntsis, Acer Predator Triton 300SE (2022, 16-nti) thiab Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 (G733), tau sim nrog GeForce RTX 3070 nrog 8GB, kom muaj kev nkag siab ntau dua- kawg xaiv. (Cov neeg tsim cov ntsiab lus qee zaum xaiv rau gaming units, tom qab tag nrho, rau lawv cov high-end CPUs thiab muaj zog GPUs.)

Productivity thiab Content-Creation Tests

Peb qhov kev ua tau zoo tshaj plaws yog UL's PCMark 10, uas simulates ntau yam kev tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim ua haujlwm los ntsuas tag nrho cov kev ua tau zoo rau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, cov ntawv ua haujlwm, kev tshawb nrhiav hauv web, thiab videoconferencing. Peb kuj tseem khiav PCMark 10's Full System Drive test los ntsuas lub laptop lub sijhawm khaws cia thiab dhau los. 

Peb qhov kev ntsuas ntxiv tsom mus rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab xov, kom ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau kev ua haujlwm hnyav. Maxon's Cinebench R23 siv lub tuam txhab Cinema 4D lub cav los ua qhov nyuaj, thaum Primate Labs 'Geekbench 5.4 Pro simulates nrov. apps xws li los ntawm PDF rendering thiab kev paub hais lus rau kev kawm tshuab. Thaum kawg, peb siv qhov qhib-qhov video transcoder HandBrake 1.4 los hloov 12-feeb video clip los ntawm 4K rau 1080p daws teeb meem (qis dua lub sijhawm zoo dua).

Peb qhov kev sim ua tiav zaum kawg yog Puget Systems 'PugetBench rau Photoshop, uas siv Creative Cloud version 22 ntawm Adobe's nto moo duab editor los ntsuas lub PC qhov kev ua tau zoo rau cov ntsiab lus tsim thiab kev siv multimedia. Nws yog qhov kev txuas ntxiv uas siv tau uas ua tiav ntau yam dav dav thiab GPU-nrawm Photoshop cov haujlwm xws li qhib, tig, hloov pauv, thiab txuag cov duab rau kev siv lub qhov ncauj qhov ntswg, gradient fills, thiab lim.

Lenovo's ThinkBook 16p tau qhab nia zoo dua peb cov qauv ntawm 4,000 cov ntsiab lus rau kev siv cov khoom siv dav dav, ntawm 6,555, tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov thib ob los ntawm hauv qab hauv peb cov kev sib piv cov ntsiab lus tsim thiab gamer laptops - tsuas yog Dell Inspiron 16 Plus los qis dua. Hauv kev sim PCMark cia, ThinkBook tsaws nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm pob, tab sis ntawm tag nrho lwm tus, nws los txog thaum kawg. Qhov qhab nia Photoshop ntawm 779 yog ho-hum rau lub laptop uas yog tsim los ua cov ntsiab lus tsim rau cov kws tshaj lij. Qhov sib ntxiv ntawm Cov cores Ua tau zoo (E-cores) hauv 12th Generation Intel mobile Core i7 thiab i9 chips muab rau lawv cov leeg ntau cov xov uas pab lawv saum Ryzen 9-based ThinkBook hauv cov kev sim no.

Graphics thiab Gaming Tests

Peb sim Windows PCs 'graphic nrog ob DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark benchmarking suite: Hmo ntuj Raid (ntau dua, haum rau cov khoos phis tawj nrog cov duab sib xyaw) thiab Sijhawm Spy (ntau xav tau, haum rau gaming rigs nrog discrete GPUs).

Tsis tas li ntawd, peb khiav cov kev ntsuam xyuas los ntawm cross-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, uas nyuaj rau ob qho tib si theem qis, zoo li texturing, thiab qib siab, game-zoo li duab rendering. Lub 1440p Aztec Ruins thiab 1080p Car Chase tests-rendered offscreen to adapts different display resolutions — exercise graphics and compute shaders using the OpenGL programming interface and hardware tessellation feem. Qhov ntau thav duab ib ob (fps), qhov zoo dua.

Txawm hais tias thaum piv nrog me ntsis ntxiv cov neeg taug kev laptops uas muaj Nvidia cov duab, ThinkBook tau zoo dua los ntawm txhua tus tab sis Dell hauv kev sim duab kos-txuag rau ib qho piv txwv uas nws dhau qhov khib. Rau nws thawj qhov chaw ua cov ntsiab lus tsim lub laptop, ThinkBook lags nyob rau hauv ob qho tib si CPU thiab GPU zog piv nrog rau feem ntau ntawm cov tshuab no. Ntxiv rau, feem ntau ntawm cov gaming laptops muaj cov txheej txheem nkag uas pheej yig dua thiab ntau dua piv rau ThinkBook hauv cov khoom.

Roj teeb thiab Zaub Tests

Peb sim lub laptops lub roj teeb lub neej los ntawm kev ua si hauv zos khaws cia 720p video file (qhov qhib-qhov Blender movie Kua muag ntawm hlau) nrog zaub brightness ntawm 50% thiab lub ntim ntawm 100%. Peb xyuas kom meej tias lub roj teeb tau them tag nrho ua ntej kev sim, nrog Wi-Fi thiab keyboard backlighting tua. 

Rau kev kuaj pom, peb siv Datacolor SpyderX Elite saib ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab software ntsuas lub khoos phis tawj lub vijtsam xim xim - pes tsawg feem pua ​​​​ntawm sRGB, Adobe RGB, thiab DCI-P3 xim gamuts lossis palettes cov zaub tuaj yeem pom - thiab nws 50% thiab ncov brightness nyob rau hauv nits (candelas ib square meter).

Par rau cov chav kawm, ThinkBook tuaj nyob rau hauv tuag kawg ntawm peb lub roj teeb rundown, kav tsuas yog 6 teev thiab 3 feeb. Txawm tias qhov sib piv tsis muaj zog Dell yuav kav ntev li 10 teev.

Lenovo's ThinkBook ua tau zoo hauv cov duab ci ntsa iab, los ua ntej nrog 555 nits ntawm 100%. Qhov no yog qhov qhab nia zoo, nyob rau hauv txoj kab nrog nws cov xim ci, zoo-saturated txhawb los ntawm snappy 165Hz refresh npaum li cas, txhua yam ua rau lub laptop zoo siab ua haujlwm nrog. Hmoov tsis zoo, thaum ThinkBook ua tiav 99% xim xim ntawm Adobe sRGB xim gamut, nws tsuas yog 76% thiab 77% ntawm Adobe RGB thiab DCI-P3 gamuts, feem. Cov no tsis yog cov qhab nia txaus ntshai, tab sis lawv tsis txaus siab rau kev tshaj lij video thiab cov duab tuav.

Nws yog qhov tseeb HP Envy 16, thiab cov gaming laptops, kom qis dua, uas tau tawm ntawm Lenovo lub xov xwm kho tshuab hauv qhov no, nrog rau Envy tau qhab nia zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov xim xim thoob plaws lub rooj tsavxwm. Thaum nws cov OLED tso tawm tso tawm qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm 325 nits ntawm 100% qhov ci ci, nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau cov ntsiab lus tsim.

Lenovo's ThinkBook 16p Gen 3 yog lub laptop zoo nkauj hauv cov ntaub ntawv txhuas ruaj khov uas, nrog cov bezels nyias thiab cov zaub ci, yooj yim ntawm lub qhov muag. Alas, nws cov xim tsis txwv, tsis hais txog kev ua haujlwm nruab nrab, txwv cov txheej txheem no rau kev tsim cov ntsiab lus qib kev tshaj lij.

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Tau kawg, lub laptop no muaj ntau lub zog rau kev lag luam kev lag luam, xws li kev ua cov lus, kev siv daim ntawv nthuav dav, tshawb xyuas lub vev xaib, thiab videoconferencing. Paub txog qhov no, nws muaj peev xwm txo qis cov specs rau tus nqi zoo dua. Kho qhov system no nrog AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB ntawm RAM, thiab tej zaum 512GB SSD tuaj yeem txo tus nqi ntau dua $ 200. Tsis tas yuav txi Windows 11 Pro lossis lub ci 165Hz zaub, ThinkBook 16p tom qab ntawd ua rau lub lag luam nruab nrab ntawm lub laptop rau kev siv dav dav.

Txawm li cas los xij, yog tias cov ntsiab lus tsim yog koj qhov kev ua si, koj yuav tau siv ntau dua hauv kev lag luam lossis xav txog cov kev xaiv ntawm cov neeg siv khoom, xws li HP Envy 16. HP lwm txoj kev muab cov xim zoo tshaj plaws ntawm pawg, thiab nws khwv tau nyiaj siab. cov cim rau cov nyiaj ntawm feem ntau ntawm peb cov qauv ntsuas. Ntawm nws tus nqi, Editors 'Choice Award-winning HP Envy 16 yog qhov kev sib tw tsis zoo.