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Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 8 vs Dell 16

46 out of 100
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 8
VS
47 out of 100
Dell 16
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 8
Dell 16
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Review

Evaluation of Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 8 and Dell 16 important characteristics
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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VS
69.5
(Good)
Value Index
102.4
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 8
  • Easier to carry: weighs 280 grams less (around 0.62 lbs)
  • Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
  • Around 23% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
Advantages of the Dell 16
  • Can run popular games at about 245-334% higher FPS
  • Features a bigger (~20%) battery – 54 against 45 watt-hours

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs
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ThinkBook 16 Gen 8
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Dell 16

Case

Weight 1.7 kg (3.75 lbs) 1.98 kg (4.37 lbs)
Dimensions 356 x 253.5 x 17.5 mm
14.02 x 9.98 x 0.69 inches		 356.78 x 249.52 x 16.18-19.05 mm
14.05 x 9.82 x 0.64-0.75 inches
Area 902 cm2 (139.9 inches2) 890 cm2 (138 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~82.2% ~83.4%
Side bezels 5.7 mm 6.1 mm
Colors Gray Silver
Material Top: Aluminum
Middle: Plastic
Bottom: Plastic
Top: Aluminum
Middle: Plastic
Bottom: Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle 180° -
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 1 1

Display

Size 16 inches 16 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
PPI 142 ppi 142 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor No No
Display tests
Contrast 1000:1 1000:1
Response time - 35 ms
Max. brightness
ThinkBook 16 Gen 8
300 nits
Dell 16
300 nits

Battery

Capacity
Voltage - 15 V
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes
Charging port position Left Left
Charge power 65 W 65 W
Weight of AC adapter - 271 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.1 GHz 1.4 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.6 GHz 5 GHz
Cores 8 (4P + 4E) 10 (2P + 8E)
Threads 12 12
L3 Cache 12 MB 12 MB
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
ThinkBook 16 Gen 8
2196
Dell 16 +14%
2506
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
ThinkBook 16 Gen 8 +14%
9221
Dell 16
8120
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
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Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 15 W -
Nvidia Optimus - Yes
Type Integrated Dedicated
Fabrication process 10 nm 8 nm
GPU base clock 400 MHz 1155 MHz
GPU boost clock 1400 MHz 1477 MHz
FLOPS 1.1 TFLOPS 6 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared 2 GB
Memory type DDR5 GDDR6
Memory bus - 64 bit
Memory speed 5.6 Gbps ~12 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 384 2048
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 24 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 12 40
GPU performance 1.1 TFLOPS 6 TFLOPS
Blender GPU - 507
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
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RAM

RAM size
Channels 1x8 GB 1x8 GB
Clock 5600 MHz 5200 MHz
Type DDR5 DDR5
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
Max. ram size 64 GB 32 GB

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x256 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip Realtek ALC3287 Realtek ALC3254
Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power 2x2W 2x2W
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v6E
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.3
Fingerprint Optional Optional
Infrared sensor Optional No
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 1x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 1.4
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes No
SD card reader Yes Yes
Proprietary charging port No No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Backlight Optional Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm 1 mm
Touchpad
Size 12.0 x 7.5 cm 11.5 x 8.0 cm
Surface Plastic Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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