Lenovo 300w 2-in-1 Gen 5 vs 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)

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Review

Evaluation of Lenovo 300w 2-in-1 Gen 5 and 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel) important characteristics
Performance
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Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
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Battery Life
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Connectivity
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Value for money (Beta)

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130.4
(Excellent)
Value Index
51.8
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Lenovo 300w 2-in-1 Gen 5
  • Slightly easier to carry: weighs 170 grams less (around 0.37 lbs)
  • Much smaller footprint: 14% more compact case (89 vs 103.1 square inches)
Advantages of the Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
  • Can run popular games at about 92-125% higher FPS
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port
  • Thinner bezels and 19% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Around 34% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • Features a bigger (~16%) battery – 54.7 against 47 watt-hours
  • User-upgradable RAM (up to 16GB)
  • High-speed PCI Express Gen 4 interface
  • Provides 60% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 250 nits
  • 26% sharper screen – 170 versus 135 pixels per inch (PPI)

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 1.28 kg (2.82 lbs) 1.45 kg (3.2 lbs)
Dimensions 287 x 200 x 19.75 mm
11.3 x 7.87 x 0.78 inches
303 x 219.5 x 18.35 mm
11.93 x 8.64 x 0.72 inches
Area 574 cm2 (88.9 inches2) 665 cm2 (103.1 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~64.6% ~77.1%
Side bezels 15.1 mm 8.3 mm
Colors Gray Gray
Material Plastic Top: Aluminum
Middle: Plastic
Bottom: Plastic
Transformer Yes Yes
Opening angle 360° 360°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 1 1

Display

Size 11.6 inches 13.3 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
PPI 135 ppi 170 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9 16:10
Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen Yes Yes
Coating Glossy (Antireflective) Glossy (Antireflective)
Ambient light sensor No No
Screen space comparison
13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
13.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 79.5 in2
300w 2-in-1 Gen 5
11.6″ (16:9 ratio) = 57.5 in2
~38% more screen space
Display tests
Contrast 800:1 800:1
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes
Charging port position Left Left
Charge power 45 / 65 W 65 W

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 0 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo frequency - 4.4 GHz
Cores 4 (0P + 4E) 5 (1P + 4E)
Threads 4 6
L3 Cache 6 MB 8 MB
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (24EU) Intel UHD Graphics (48EU)
Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 6-10 W 15 W
Type Integrated Integrated
Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm
GPU base clock - 400 MHz
GPU boost clock 750 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS 0.3 TFLOPS 0.8 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared System Shared
Memory type LPDDR5 DDR5
Memory speed 4.8 Gbps 4.8 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 192 384
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 12 24
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 6 12
GPU performance 0.3 TFLOPS 0.8 TFLOPS

RAM

RAM size
Channels 1x4 GB 1x8 GB
Clock 4800 MHz 4800 MHz
Type LPDDR5 DDR5
Upgradable No Yes
Total slots - 1
Max. ram size - 16 GB

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type - SSD (M2)
Channels 1x128 GB 1x128 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 1 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip Realtek® ALC3287 Senary SN6147
Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power 2x2W 2x2W
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v7
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.4
Fingerprint No Optional
Infrared sensor No Optional
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 -
Ports
USB-A 1x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt No No
HDMI 1x HDMI 1.4 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) No No
SD card reader No No
Proprietary charging port No No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight No Optional
Touchpad
Size 10.4 x 6.0 cm 10.4 x 6.0 cm
Surface Plastic Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
Further details
Notes on 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel):
    - The 128 GB variant has a PCIe 3.0 x4.
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