Lenovo’s Yoga range of convertible 2-in-1 laptops is popular, but the Yoga S or Slim range is just as interesting. Sleek and powerful, these laptops offer a mix of multimedia capabilities and raw performance for those who don’t need a convertible design. the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X sits at the top of the stack and while the name is quite a lot, it’s designed for content creators and professionals who need calibrated hardware for their workflows. Let’s get into all the details so you can decide if this should be your next laptop.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X price in India
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X starts at Rs. 1,12,200 according to the Lenovo India website. The base variant comes with a 12th generation Intel Core i5 CPU, 16 GB RAM, a 512 GB SSD and a 3K non-touch display. However, the configuration can be adjusted to suit your needs. Lenovo sent me a higher spec variant that had an Intel Core i7 CPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 GPU priced at Rs. 1,54,100. The price can go higher if you opt for additional software, double the memory, and a touchscreen display.
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X looks great in this Dark Teal color
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X theme
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X looks like any other premium clamshell laptop. The lid can be opened up to 180 degrees, but not beyond that like in other yoga convertibles. I think the Dark Teal finish on my review unit looks very nice as it’s not an ordinary color. The smooth matte texture is also easy on the fingers and doesn’t easily attract fingerprints. All edges and side panels have been carefully rounded, making this device comfortable to hold and use. The laptop is moderately heavy, tipping the scales at just over the advertised 1.4 kg.
The Yoga Slim 7i Pro X offers a decent selection of ports. The left side has two Thunderbolt 4 (Type-C) ports for charging and video output, and a full-size HDMI 2.0 port. The right side of the laptop features a Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 port, a headphone and microphone combo jack, the power button, and a toggle switch to disable the webcam and Windows Hello IR camera at the hardware level. So no malicious app can use it in the background when you need privacy.
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X’s 14.5-inch display is quite captivating thanks to the all-round narrow bezels and decent brightness. The IPS display has a resolution of 3K (3072 x 1920 pixels) and a refresh rate of 120 Hz. It comes factory calibrated with a claimed color accuracy of Delta E<1. The display also supports Dolby Vision playback and Nvidia's G-Sync.
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X has two Thunderbolt 4 ports
The keyboard is evenly backlit with well-spaced keys, good travel, and relatively quiet operation. There are perforated speaker grilles on either side of the keyboard and a large trackpad underneath. The air vents are hidden near the display hinge. The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X comes with a 100W USB Type-C power adapter.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X specifications
Lenovo’s current configurations of the Yoga Slim 7i Pro X in India are based around 12th Gen Intel Core CPUs, but 13th Gen options should be arriving soon, as will those Yoga 9i 2-in-1 was recently refreshed. The variant I have has an Intel Core i7-12700H CPU with a total of 14 cores (six performance, eight efficiency). The 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM is soldered to the motherboard, making expansion impossible.
My device also comes with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 GPU with 4GB of GDDR6 RAM. The stereo speakers are tuned by Harman and support Dolby Atmos. Other features include Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.1 and a 4-cell, 70 Wh battery that is said to deliver up to 10 hours of battery life. There’s no fingerprint sensor, but you do get the IR camera for Windows Hello facial recognition.
Typing on the backlit keyboard of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X is very pleasant
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X ships with Windows 11 Home, although you can upgrade to 11 Pro when configuring. You get the typical Lenovo apps preinstalled like Lenovo Vantage to keep drivers and firmware up to date, Lenovo Smart Appearance (webcam improvements), Lenovo Voice, etc. The Yoga Slim 7i Pro X is, too Nvidia Studio validated meaning it’s optimized to work better with creator apps like Adobe Premiere Pro.
Performance and battery life of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X
With the top-end specs of my review unit, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X was an absolute delight for both work and play. The exhaust fan remains silent in normal use cases, but is faintly audible when gaming or running other heavy workloads. Certain spots on the bottom of the laptop near the air intakes remain a little warm even with light use. When gaming, the base and some of the buttons get a little hot, likely due to the dedicated GPU.
If you type a lot, you’ll be glad to know that the keyboard is very comfortable. The trackpad works just as well. This 3K non-touch display of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X offers sharp images with rich colors. I found the brightness to be more than adequate, and the intensity of the display’s backlight is automatically adjusted based on the ambient light. By default, the Nvidia GPU runs in Optimus mode, which means it only activates when an application needs it. To use G-Sync in games, you’ll need to switch to GPU-only mode, but that will affect battery life.
Modern games like Death Stranding run well on the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X with Nvidia RTX 3050 GPU
The benchmark performance of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X was impressive. In the Cinebench R20 single and multi-core tests, the laptop scored 682 and 5,025, respectively. 3DMark Time Spy’s graphics test suite scored 3,966 points. SSD performance was just as good. The 1TB SSD in my unit delivered read speeds of just over 6GBps in sequential and random tests, and write speeds of over 4.5GBps in sequential and random tests. Real-world testing went well too. It took 1 minute and 12 seconds to compress a 3.7GB folder with various files, while encoding a 1.3GB AVI file to MKV with Handbrake took only 42 seconds.
Since my review unit had a decent GPU, I launched a few popular games to see how well the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X performed. Fourteen days ran smoothly at a stable 30+ fps on the High graphics preset at Full HD. death stranding was also playable well at 1440p when using the High graphics preset with Nvidia’s DLSS enabled. This laptop can definitely handle AAA titles on moderate settings and resolutions, but it gets pretty hot doing so.
Netflix in Microsoft Edge detected the Dolby Vision compatible display and increased the brightness automatically. HDR videos looked good for an IPS panel, although blacks weren’t as deep as an OLED panel. The stereo speakers get really loud and sound clear. The 1080p webcam isn’t bad, and even in dimly lit environments, Lenovo’s software does a good job of reducing noise in the shadows while maintaining good exposure of your face. The laptop also supports presence detection and can automatically lock itself after a certain interval if you move away from it, or wake up when you use it again.
Lenovo’s bundled software with the Yoga Slim 7i Pro X offers useful features
The battery life of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X wasn’t bad. In the Battery Eater Pro Drain test, the laptop lasted just under two hours (1 hour, 54 minutes), which was decent considering my device’s configuration and the high-resolution display. The refresh rate was always set to Dynamic (60Hz or 120Hz, depending on the app) in Windows. I could typically average five to six hours of light to medium usage (Slack and Chrome usage, no gaming), which I felt was again reasonable for the configuration I tested.
Perhaps a lower rated version of this laptop could get closer to the advertised 10 hour battery life. The battery charges fairly quickly with the included adapter, going from zero to about 60 percent in half an hour.
Verdict
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X is a well-made premium laptop that offers good performance and features for the price. The high-resolution display, solid build, fast performance, and relatively light weight make it a good tool for content creators and professionals who want to work on the go. While it’s not meant to be a gaming laptop, it can hold its own in modern 3D games if you configure it with the GeForce RTX 3050 GPU.
The only real gripe I can think of is that this particular configuration tends to run a bit warm most of the time, even if you’re not doing anything intense. It would have been nice to have an SD card slot as well, but that’s not exactly a deal-breaker. It wouldn’t hurt to wait a bit for Lenovo to refresh this model with 13th Gen Intel CPUs, but even if you buy it now it should still be good enough.
