Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 Intel Laptop Review: Small OLED workstation without endurance

Name: Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE
Brand: Lenovo

Too much performance in too little laptop. The Lenovo ThinkPad P14s is the smallest ThinkPad workstation. The model ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel has some interesting features that are MIA from its successor, but the battery life suffers due to the inefficient OLED screen - and the cooling system is overwhelmed by the components on the inside.

Benjamin Herzig 👁 (translated by Benjamin Herzig), Published 07/01/2024 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 ...

Business Workstation Windows ThinkPad Laptop

With the new Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 with Intel Core Ultra, Lenovo has changed a great deal: for the first time, the smallest P ThinkPad has its own design. This results in interesting features and a bigger screen as well as a higher capacity battery, but also a bigger screen and a higher weight. Also, some options like the OLED screen have disappeared.

The Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 on the other hand is still based on the ThinkPad T14 and thus more lightweight and mobile. In our review, we will take a look at the older model and if it still can be of interest with the successor already on the market.

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Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE (ThinkPad P14s G4 Series)

Processor

Intel Core i7-1370P 14 x 1.4 - 5.2 GHz, 65 W PL2 / Short Burst, 32.5 W PL1 / Sustained, Raptor Lake-P

Graphics adapter

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU - 4 GB VRAM, Core: 1537 MHz, Memory: 1500 MHz, 30 W TDP, GA107 , 537.7, Optimus

Memory

64 GB

, LPDDR5X-4800, on-board, quad channel

Display

14.00 inch 16:10, 2880 x 1800 pixel 243 PPI, ATNA40YK15-0, OLED, glossy: yes, HDR, 60 Hz

Mainboard

Intel Alder Lake-P PCH

Storage

SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N, 2048 GB

, M. 2280, NVMe PCIe 4.0, TCG OPAL 2.0, 1776 GB free

Connections

2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 2 USB 4.0 40 Gbps, 2 Thunderbolt, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 1 HDMI, 2 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: 3.5mm Audio, 1 SmartCard, 1 Fingerprint Reader

Networking

Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM (10/100/1000MBit/s), Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (a/b/g/h/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/ Wi-Fi 6E 6 GHz), Bluetooth 5.3

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 22.7 x 317.7 x 226.9 ( = 0.89 x 12.51 x 8.93 in)

Battery

52.5 Wh Lithium-Polymer

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro

Camera

Webcam: 5 MPix

Additional features

Speakers: 2 W Stereo, Keyboard: 6 row Chiclet full-size, 1.5mm travel, Keyboard Light: yes, 100 W USB C Charger, Lenovo Commercial Vantage, Lenovo View, 36 Months Warranty

Weight

1.453 kg ( = 51.25 oz / 3.2 pounds), Power Supply: 392 g ( = 13.83 oz / 0.86 pounds)

Price

2660 Euro

Links

Lenovo homepage
Lenovo notebook section

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Rating	Version	Date	Model	Weight	Height	Size	Resolution
81 %	v8 ^(new)	07/2024	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	1.5 kg	22.7 mm	14.00"	2880x1800
87.8 %	v7 ^(old)	01/2024	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE R7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	1.3 kg	21.8 mm	14.00"	1920x1200
87.4 %	v7 ^(old)	10/2023	HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A R5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	1.5 kg	20 mm	14.00"	1920x1200
89.3 %	v7 ^(old)	04/2024	Dell Precision 5000 5490 Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	1.6 kg	18.95 mm	14.00"	2560x1600

Note: We have recently updated our rating system and the results of version 8 are not comparable with the results of version 7. More information is available here .

Design: T14 chassis with aluminum bottom cover

The Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel is still based on the Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3, which came to the market in 2022. Part of the redesign back then was the 16:10 aspect ratio and a new dark-grey chassis - this is in contrast to the new ThinkPads, which return to the pure black design. The dark black paint does not look as high quality, but it is less susceptible to dirt and fat. A new design attribute is the reverse notch for the webcam. If you dislike this new design trait, an older model like the ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 could be a good option, as it still lacks the webcam bump.

While the ThinkPad P14s G4 looks like the ThinkPad T14 G4, they are not identical. The ThinkPad P14s G4 Intel has a bottom cover out of aluminum, while the T variant uses reinforced plastic. The stability of the base unit is better here, it can barely be twisted. The palmrest has little flex, same with the keyboard - here the magnesium frame beneath helps. Without a metal reinforcement, the screen cover is somewhat more flexible, but still pretty robust.

The two small metal drop down hinges enable an opening angle of 180 degrees. One-handed opening is not possible.

The Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 Intel is not a thin laptop - Lenovo says that the chassis is 17.9 mm thick, but we have measured 22.7 mm. The weight sits at 1.45 kg, meaning our review device is roughly 150 g lighter than the new Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 Intel. Compared with the Gen 5, the device is also less wide, but despite the bigger 14.5 inch display, the P14s G5 is not deeper. This is possible thanks to the smaller screen bezels.

Size comparison

Lenovo ThinkPad P1 G6-21FV000DGE Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Dell Precision 5000 5490 DIN A4 ❌

Connectivity: Small workstation with optional WWAN

In comparison with the ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 Intel, there are no big differences in terms of the connectivity options. The RJ45 Ethernet port here does not have a flap, which it does have on the P14s G5 Intel. Compared with the Dell Precision 5490, the P14s excels with its selection of legacy ports (2x USB-A, HDMI, RJ45), while the Dell is a USB-C only system. The HP's ZBook Firefly 14 G10 is a better fit in this regard, but HP does not include RJ45. A full size SD card slot is not present in any of these 14 inch workstation, though the Dell at least has a microSD slot.

right: Smartcard, USB A 3.2 Gen 1, Kensington Lock Slot

left: RJ45-Ethernet, 2x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, USB A 3.2 Gen 1, 3.5mm Audio

Communication

Lenovo puts the Intel AX211 into the ThinkPad P14s Gen 4. Compared against the Qualcomm solution of the P14s G4 AMD, the Intel variant has higher and more stable transfer rates.

WWAN is not integrated from the get-go here, but LTE is upgradeable. The necessary antennas are in the place. The newer Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 Intel completely omits this feature.

Networking
iperf3 transmit AXE11000
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (464 - 1861, n=203)	1243 MBit/s +99%
Average of class Workstation (521 - 1838, n=21, last 2 years)	1088 MBit/s +74%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200 320MHz	834 (746^min - 993^max) MBit/s +33%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E MT7922 160MHz Wireless LAN Card	653 (323^min - 1015^max) MBit/s +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	626 (345^min - 739^max) MBit/s
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Qualcomm WCN685x	565 (508^min - 662^max) MBit/s -10%
iperf3 receive AXE11000
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E MT7922 160MHz Wireless LAN Card	1720 (1696^min - 1743^max) MBit/s +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	1671 (1629^min - 1702^max) MBit/s
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Qualcomm WCN685x	1585 (1345^min - 1653^max) MBit/s -5%
Average of class Workstation (845 - 1777, n=21, last 2 years)	1438 MBit/s -14%
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (582 - 1890, n=203)	1387 MBit/s -17%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200 320MHz	845 (782^min - 875^max) MBit/s -49%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (632 - 1851, n=184)	1369 MBit/s +39%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200 320MHz	1330 (808^min - 1711^max) MBit/s +35%
Average of class Workstation (623 - 1659, n=23, last 2 years)	1234 MBit/s +25%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	984 (279^min - 1386^max) MBit/s
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Qualcomm WCN685x	623 (576^min - 686^max) MBit/s -37%
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Qualcomm WCN685x	1696 (1632^min - 1734^max) MBit/s +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	1580 (1498^min - 1622^max) MBit/s
Average of class Workstation (1106 - 1774, n=23, last 2 years)	1511 MBit/s -4%
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (700 - 1857, n=183)	1486 MBit/s -6%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200 320MHz	1449 (1278^min - 1511^max) MBit/s -8%

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE; iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz; iperf 3.1.3: Ø965 (279-1386)

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE; iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1579 (1498-1622)

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE; iperf3 transmit AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø615 (345-739)

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE; iperf3 receive AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1671 (1629-1702)

Webcam

The webcam has a resolution of five megapixels. In good lighting conditions, the picture is usable for video conferencing. Certainly, a modern smartphones can deliver much better pictures than the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 Intel.

ColorChecker Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE: 11.8 ∆E min: 2.75 - max: 25.11 ∆E

Security

Mobile workstations count under the business laptop label. For the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel, the result is a wide selection of security functions. Among them, we count the Kensington lock slot, a dedicated TPM chip, the smart card reader as well as the fingerprint reader and the infrared webcam for the fast log-in with Windows Hello. Also, the ThinkPad laptop has a physical webcam shutter for enhanced privacy.

Accessories

As the only accessory in the box, Lenovo includes a 100 W USB-C charger with the ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel.

Maintenance

Different from the Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4, the RAM here is completely soldered down. In contrast, the new ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 Intel offers upgradeable memory. For the P14s G4, at least the M.2 2280 SSD is modular, though there is sadly only a single slot - especially for a workstation, a second SSD would be a great asset. The Wi-Fi module is soldered as well, though there is an open M.2 2242 slot for the WWAN module. Also, the screwed in battery can be easily changed and the cooling system cleaned. All of these components are accessible via the bottom cover, which is held down by seven screws and a few clips on the backside.

Very nice is the possibility to change the keyboard by just loosening two screws - the new P14s G5 Intel does not have this feature anymore.

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel: Internals

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel: Keyboard removed

Sustainability

Lenovo increasingly banks on sustainability as a marketing argument. With the ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel, a few components are made out of recycled plastics. Also, the packaging is made out of compostable materials, too. As usual, Lenovo publishes a repair manual for its ThinkPads, the Hardware Maintenance Manual) and there are video tutorials, too. Via support.lenoov.com, parts are easy to order and over at compliance.lenovo.com, the CO₂ pollution that is incured during production is listed as well.

Warranty

Lenovo ships the ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 with a three-year warranty. During the first year, premier support including on-site warranty is valid. Afterward, it turns into a standard bring-in warranty, which means the device has to be sent in. For an additional fee, the service can be extended to five years and extras like a longer battery warranty or on-site service can be added. Since this is a business model, the warranty is valid internationally, though here always only with bring-in service.

Input devices: known high quality ThinkPad keyboard

The input devices of the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel are pretty much identical to those used in the other 2022 and 2023 ThinkPads. Beneath the comfortable backlight keyboard (two levels) with 1.5 mm travel, slightly concave Chiclet keys with a sensible layout, Lenovo places a classic mechanical clickpad (11.5 x 6 cm). It is made out of plastic and thus less high quality than some comparable glass trackpad, but we have nothing to complain about when it comes to usability. Alternatively, the red ThinkPad TrackPoint with its three dedicated keys is there, with the middle button for scrolling. The TrackPoint, which is made by ELAN in this case, functions flawlessly for mouse pointing and can be an excellent alternative to the touchpad.

It should be noted that the FN key is still the most leftward key on this ThinkPad keyboard, as was typical for ThinkPads thus far. With the new 2024 ThinkPads, Lenovo has switched the Ctrl and FN keys. If one is married to that particular arrangement, it might be a positive for the P14s G4.

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel: Touchpad

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel: TrackPoint

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel: Keyboard

Display: OLED panel with high quality, but also PWM

Subpixel array Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel

Different from the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 Intel, where Lenovo employs the bigger 14.5 inch format, the PC manufacturer still uses the more common 14 inch size for the ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel. The following 16:10 monitors are available:

WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200), IPS, 300 cd/m², 45 % NTSC, matte
WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200), IPS, 300 cd/m², 45 % NTSC, matte, Touchscreen
WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200), IPS, 400 cd/m², 100 % sRGB, matte, Low Power
WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200), IPS, 500 cd/m², 100 % sRGB, matte, PrivacyGuard
2.2K (2,240 x 1,400), IPS, 300 cd/m², 100 % sRGB, matte
2.8K (2,880 x 1,800), OLED, 400 cd/m², 100 % DCI-P3, semi-matte/semi-glossy, Dolby Vision HDR

The competitors all use IPS screens that can not compete with the OLED screen of the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel in response times and contrast. While the P14s G4 AMD and HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 both use lower resolution WUXGA LCDs, the Dell Precision 5490 contains a WQXGA (2,560 x 1,600) display - this IPS panel (485 cd/m²) is the only one which beats the organic screen of the ThinkPad (432 cd/m²) when it comes to screen brightness.

Typical for an OLED screen is that Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) is used for dimming it. The frequency of 360 Hz is not extremely low, but it can still sometimes lead to problems.

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

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To dim the screen, some notebooks will simply cycle the backlight on and off in rapid succession - a method called Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) . This cycling frequency should ideally be undetectable to the human eye. If said frequency is too low, users with sensitive eyes may experience strain or headaches or even notice the flickering altogether.

Screen flickering / PWM detected

360 Hz
Amplitude: 25 %

≤ 100 % brightness setting

The display backlight flickers at 360 Hz (worst case, e.g., utilizing PWM) Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 100 % and below. There should be no flickering or PWM above this brightness setting.

The frequency of 360 Hz is relatively high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering. However, there are reports that some users are still sensitive to PWM at 500 Hz and above, so be aware.

In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 17629 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured.

PWM: 6/10 Brightness, ~360 Hz (DC Dimming)

PWM: 8/10 Brightness, ~360 Hz (DC Dimming)

PWM: 10/10 Brightness, ~360 Hz (DC Dimming)


435 cd/m²	432 cd/m²	434 cd/m²
433 cd/m²	432 cd/m²	433 cd/m²
429 cd/m²	428 cd/m²	431 cd/m²

Distribution of brightness

ATNA40YK15-0 tested with X-Rite i1Pro 3

Maximum: 435 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 431.9 cd/m² Minimum: 4.1 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 98 %
Center on Battery: 432 cd/m²
Contrast: ∞:1 (Black: 0 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 4.8 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.98, calibrated: 4.9
ΔE Greyscale 2.3 | 0.57-98 Ø5.2
97% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
100% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
99.9% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.23

Download ICC File (X-Rite i1Pro 3)

	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE ATNA40YK15-0, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Lenovo MNE007JA1-1, IPS, 1920x1200, 14.00	HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A CMN1435, IPS, 1920x1200, 14.00	Dell Precision 5000 5490 AU Optronics B140QAN, IPS, 2560x1600, 14.00
Display		-19%	-20%	-13%
Display P3 Coverage	99.9	69.4 -31%	68.7 -31%	79.7 -20%
sRGB Coverage	100	99.9 0%	98.2 -2%	100 0%
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage	97	71.4 -26%	70.8 -27%	79.5 -18%
Response Times		-1363%	-1409%	-1529%
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% *	3 ?(1.5, 1.5)	45.9 ?(21.9, 24) -1430%	56.2 ?(25.6, 30.6) -1773%	52.3 ?(23.6, 28.7) -1643%
Response Time Black / White *	2.2 ?(1.1, 1.1)	30.7 ?(16.6, 14.1) -1295%	25.2 ?(10.4, 14.8) -1045%	33.3 ?(16.2, 17.1) -1414%
PWM Frequency	360 ?(100)
Screen		22%	20%	30%
Brightness middle	432	414 -4%	397 -8%	485.1 12%
Brightness	432	392 -9%	367 -15%	471 9%
Brightness Distribution	98	89 -9%	86 -12%	90 -8%
Black Level *		0.26	0.25	0.38
Colorchecker dE 2000 *	4.8	1.9 60%	2.35 51%	2.15 55%
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. *	9.2	3.6 61%	4.68 49%	5.39 41%
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated *	4.9	0.8 84%	1.15 77%	0.67 86%
Greyscale dE 2000 *	2.3	2.9 -26%	2.4 -4%	2 13%
Gamma	2.23 ^99%	2.26 ^97%	2.067 ^106%	2.3 ^96%
CCT	6391 ^102%	6227 ^104%	6409 ^101%	6826 ^95%
Contrast		1592	1588	1277
Total Average (Program / Settings)		-453% / -219%	-470% / -228%	-504% / -241%

* ... smaller is better

The display is calibrated from the factory, a calibration with the X-Rite i1Pro 3 and iProfiler brings no improvement. Multiple color profiles are preinstalled, with the choice depending on the color gamut. We measured the sRGB and P3 profiles in addition to the default one. Lenovo's calibration is good, as the Colorchecker deltaE values of 1.2 and 1.4 are sufficiently low, indicating a high color accuracy.

Both the sRGB and P3 color gamut are covered by the OLED panel of the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel. Even the AdobeRGB gamut is almost covered. This screen is well suited for working with colors.

With the display being semi-matte/semi-glossy, there are some reflections, but they are reduced. Thanks to the comparably high brightness and good contrast of the OLED panel, the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 Intel is still suited for using outdoors.

Display Response Times

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Display response times show how fast the screen is able to change from one color to the next. Slow response times can lead to afterimages and can cause moving objects to appear blurry (ghosting). Gamers of fast-paced 3D titles should pay special attention to fast response times.

↔ Response Time Black to White
2.2 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 1.1 ms rise
2.2 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 1.1 ms fall
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 7 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (21.3 ms).
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey
3 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 1.5 ms rise
3 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 1.5 ms fall
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.2 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 8 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (33.5 ms).

The viewing angle stability of this OLED panel is very good, we have no complaints.

Performance: Raptor Lake combined with Nvidia RTX A500

Lenovo sells the ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel only with P28 CPUs of the Raptor Lake generation, with the Intel Core i5-1340P, i5-1350P, i7-1360P and i7-1370P as available options. The Iris Xe and Nvidia RTX A500 make up the GPU selection.

The choice of GPU influences the memory, as the dGPU models have soldered RAM, with 16, 32 and 64 GB LPDDR5X-7500 on board. Pure iGPU models have a single 16 GB DDR5-5600 module on board, plus an open SO-DIMM for up to 48 GB. As for mass storage, Lenovo puts in a single M.2 2280 SSD with up to 2 TB of capacity.

Test conditions

There are three different performance modes in the Windows settings, which influence the power limits of the processor (Power Limit 1 = performance under load, Power Limit 2 = short term performance):

Best energy efficiency: PL1 22 W / PL 2 22 W
Balanced: PL1 25 W / PL2 65 W
Best performance: PL1 32.5 W / PL2 65 W

Processor

The Intel Core i7-1370P is the most powerful Raptor Lake chip of the P28 series. The only Raptor Lake P CPU with 14 cores, it has six big P cores (1.9 to 5.2 GHz) and eight E cores (1.4 to 3.9 GHz). For comprehensible comparisons with other CPUs, our CPU benchmark list is a great tool.

Despite the processor having more cores than the AMD chips in the ZBook Firefly 14 G10 and ThinkPad P14s G4 AMD, the ThinkPad P14s G4 Intel loses the performance comparison. However: The Raptor Lake chip can beat them when it comes to boost performance, but even here, the Dell Precision 5490 with its better cooling system wins out. Overall, the ThinkPad P14s G4 Intel does not deliver a bad performance, but also not a great one.

Instead of 14,000 points in CB23, the ThinkPad only achieves 10,000 points when in battery mode. This is a reduction of 28.5 percent.

Cinebench R15 Multi Loop

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P: Ø1795 (1665.07-2404.28)

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U: Ø2112 (2084.96-2240.27)

HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS: Ø1837 (1822.49-1862.54)

Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H: Ø2234 (2141.1-2808.99)

CPU Performance Rating: Percent
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 6.2: Multi-Core | Single-Core
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean

CPU Performance Rating
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	82 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	78.5 pt
Average of class Workstation	78.3 pt
Average Intel Core i7-1370P	75.5 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	73.5 pt
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	65.8 pt

Cinebench R23 / Multi Core
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	17002 (14526.5^min - 17001.9^max) Points +15%
Average of class Workstation (4332 - 24560, n=29, last 2 years)	15473 Points +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	14741 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	13971 Points -5%
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (12778 - 14741, n=3)	13559 Points -8%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	11507 Points -22%

Cinebench R23 / Single Core
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	1915 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (1750 - 1995, n=3)	1887 Points -1%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	1770 Points -8%
Average of class Workstation (1144 - 2106, n=29, last 2 years)	1761 Points -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	1718 Points -10%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	1581 Points -17%

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core)
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	6407 Points +13%
Average of class Workstation (1669 - 9329, n=30, last 2 years)	5876 Points +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	5651 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	5471 Points -3%
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (5079 - 5651, n=3)	5293 Points -6%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	4530 Points -20%

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core)
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	729 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (675 - 764, n=3)	723 Points -1%
Average of class Workstation (528 - 816, n=30, last 2 years)	685 Points -6%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	680 Points -7%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	652 Points -11%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	612 Points -16%

Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	2809 (2141.1^min - 2808.99^max) Points +17%
Average of class Workstation (706 - 3625, n=29, last 2 years)	2411 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	2404 (1665.07^min - 2404.28^max) Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (2052 - 2492, n=3)	2316 Points -4%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	2240 (2084.96^min - 2240.27^max) Points -7%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	1863 (1822.49^min - 1862.54^max) Points -23%

Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (258 - 284, n=3)	269 Points +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	267 Points +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	264 Points
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	257 Points -3%
Average of class Workstation (166.2 - 301, n=29, last 2 years)	256 Points -3%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	249 Points -6%

Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (246 - 389, n=3)	298 Seconds * -16%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	270 Seconds * -5%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	258 Seconds *
Average of class Workstation (137 - 684, n=29, last 2 years)	248 Seconds * +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	237 Seconds * +8%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	202 Seconds * +22%

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	67914 MIPS +27%
Average of class Workstation (20087 - 99351, n=29, last 2 years)	61988 MIPS +16%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	58386 MIPS +9%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	53407 MIPS
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (48229 - 55049, n=3)	52228 MIPS -2%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	51096 MIPS -4%

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (6140 - 6687, n=3)	6334 MIPS +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	6176 MIPS
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	5892 MIPS -5%
Average of class Workstation (4777 - 6670, n=29, last 2 years)	5878 MIPS -5%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	5862 MIPS -5%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	5489 MIPS -11%

Geekbench 6.2 / Multi-Core
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	13972 Points +12%
Average of class Workstation (10200 - 15878, n=13, last 2 years)	12869 Points +3%
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (12497 - 12891, n=2)	12694 Points +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	12497 Points
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	10931 Points -13%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	10200 Points -18%

Geekbench 6.2 / Single-Core
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (2639 - 2644, n=2)	2642 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	2639 Points
Average of class Workstation (2352 - 2949, n=13, last 2 years)	2596 Points -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	2491 Points -6%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	2384 Points -10%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	2352 Points -11%

Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	12826 Points +8%
Average of class Workstation (5022 - 17487, n=29, last 2 years)	11836 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	11832 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (10184 - 11832, n=4)	11028 Points -7%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	9968 Points -16%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	8863 Points -25%

Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	1856 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (1655 - 1974, n=4)	1843 Points -1%
Average of class Workstation (1474 - 2095, n=29, last 2 years)	1829 Points -1%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	1759 Points -5%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	1748 Points -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	1740 Points -6%

HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	17.2 fps +11%
Average of class Workstation (5.09 - 26, n=29, last 2 years)	17.2 fps +11%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	16.5 fps +6%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	15.5 fps
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	14.7 fps -5%
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (9.65 - 15.5, n=3)	13.2 fps -15%

LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	56.9 s * -33%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	51.5 s * -20%
Average of class Workstation (36.5 - 95.2, n=29, last 2 years)	47.7 s * -11%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	42.8 s *
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	42.7 s * -0%
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (39.6 - 45.2, n=3)	42.5 s * +1%

R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	0.4888 sec * -13%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	0.4807 sec * -11%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	0.4757 sec * -10%
Average of class Workstation (0.3876 - 0.544, n=29, last 2 years)	0.4611 sec * -6%
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (0.4244 - 0.4649, n=3)	0.4411 sec * -2%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P	0.434 sec *

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Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit

6844

Cinebench R10 Shading 64Bit

6833 Points

Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit

212.83 fps

Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 32Bit

208.78 fps

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

2404 Points

Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64Bit

262 fps

Cinebench R15 Ref. Match 64Bit

99.6 %

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

264 Points

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Performance Rating
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	94.7 pt
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	86.3 pt
Average of class Workstation	84 pt
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	82.8 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	68.6 pt
Average Intel Core i7-1370P	64.6 pt

AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	21231 KRay/s +89%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	18845 KRay/s +68%
Average of class Workstation (2619 - 25776, n=29, last 2 years)	15717 KRay/s +40%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	14212 KRay/s +27%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	11222 KRay/s
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (5618 - 11995, n=3)	9612 KRay/s -14%

AIDA64 / FPU Julia
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	88764 Points +51%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	79267 Points +35%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	78977 Points +35%
Average of class Workstation (12909 - 109059, n=29, last 2 years)	78470 Points +34%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	58630 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (31165 - 60283, n=3)	50026 Points -15%

AIDA64 / CPU SHA3
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	3991 MB/s +48%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	3897 MB/s +45%
Average of class Workstation (824 - 4981, n=29, last 2 years)	3489 MB/s +30%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	3407 MB/s +27%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	2689 MB/s
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (1439 - 2799, n=3)	2309 MB/s -14%

AIDA64 / CPU Queen
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	104372 Points +4%
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (100027 - 104796, n=3)	101643 Points +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	100105 Points
Average of class Workstation (26716 - 131931, n=29, last 2 years)	97982 Points -2%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	94589 Points -6%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	88555 Points -12%

AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	13224 Points +67%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	10620 Points +34%
Average of class Workstation (3105 - 14742, n=29, last 2 years)	10371 Points +31%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	10059 Points +27%
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (7906 - 8733, n=3)	8349 Points +6%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	7906 Points

AIDA64 / FPU Mandel
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	47322 Points +67%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	42254 Points +49%
Average of class Workstation (6967 - 58181, n=29, last 2 years)	39314 Points +39%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	35965 Points +27%
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (28284 - 32966, n=3)	30294 Points +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	28284 Points

AIDA64 / CPU AES
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	75997 MB/s +33%
Average of class Workstation (19489 - 132156, n=29, last 2 years)	73296 MB/s +28%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	72766 MB/s +27%
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (32334 - 107331, n=3)	65617 MB/s +15%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	62790 MB/s +10%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	57187 MB/s

AIDA64 / CPU ZLib
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	1036 MB/s +27%
Average of class Workstation (314 - 1472, n=29, last 2 years)	943 MB/s +15%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	890 MB/s +9%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	818 MB/s
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	754 MB/s -8%
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (406 - 818, n=3)	677 MB/s -17%

AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	11132 KRay/s +86%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	9999 KRay/s +67%
Average of class Workstation (1473 - 13800, n=29, last 2 years)	8443 KRay/s +41%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	7430 KRay/s +24%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	5996 KRay/s
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (2964 - 6372, n=3)	5111 KRay/s -15%

AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	51637 MPixel/s +32%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	39240 MPixel/s
Average of class Workstation (18157 - 51647, n=29, last 2 years)	37143 MPixel/s -5%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	33752 MPixel/s -14%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	33564 MPixel/s -14%
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (27048 - 39240, n=3)	33087 MPixel/s -16%

System Performance

In the system performance benchmarks, the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel beats its AMD competitors, but it lags behind the Dell Precision 5490. In everyday use, the Lenovo workstation works smoothly.

PCMark 10 / Score
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	7383 Points +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	7009 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	7009 Points 0%
Average of class Workstation (5488 - 8587, n=29, last 2 years)	6942 Points -1%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	6665 Points -5%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Radeon 760M, R5 PRO 7640HS, Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	6336 Points -10%

PCMark 10 / Essentials
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	11137 Points +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	10589 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	10589 Points 0%
Average of class Workstation (9151 - 12197, n=29, last 2 years)	10579 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	10055 Points -5%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Radeon 760M, R5 PRO 7640HS, Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	9882 Points -7%

PCMark 10 / Productivity
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	9850 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	9850 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	9229 Points -6%
Average of class Workstation (7846 - 10820, n=29, last 2 years)	9218 Points -6%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Radeon 760M, R5 PRO 7640HS, Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	9203 Points -7%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	9153 Points -7%

PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	10716 Points +20%
Average of class Workstation (5399 - 13947, n=29, last 2 years)	9427 Points +5%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	8958 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	8958 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	8658 Points -3%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Radeon 760M, R5 PRO 7640HS, Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	7589 Points -15%

CrossMark / Overall
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	1830 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	1830 Points 0%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	1754 Points -4%
Average of class Workstation (1154 - 1972, n=28, last 2 years)	1731 Points -5%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	1581 Points -14%

CrossMark / Productivity
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	1730 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	1730 Points 0%
Average of class Workstation (1188 - 1842, n=28, last 2 years)	1653 Points -4%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	1643 Points -5%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	1546 Points -11%

CrossMark / Creativity
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	2043 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	2043 Points 0%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	2001 Points -2%
Average of class Workstation (1180 - 2248, n=28, last 2 years)	1920 Points -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	1697 Points -17%

CrossMark / Responsiveness
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	1554 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	1554 Points 0%
Average of class Workstation (990 - 1865, n=28, last 2 years)	1466 Points -6%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	1438 Points -7%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	1367 Points -12%

WebXPRT 3 / Overall
Average of class Workstation (218 - 415, n=30, last 2 years)	298 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	297 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	297 Points 0%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	286 Points -4%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Radeon 760M, R5 PRO 7640HS, Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	262 Points -12%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Radeon 760M, R5 PRO 7640HS, Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	262 Points -12%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	260 Points -12%

WebXPRT 4 / Overall
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	270 Points
Average Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	270 Points 0%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	268 Points -1%
Average of class Workstation (166.7 - 338, n=25, last 2 years)	261 Points -3%

Mozilla Kraken 1.1 / Total
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Radeon 760M, R5 PRO 7640HS, Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	591 ms * -22%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Radeon 760M, R5 PRO 7640HS, Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	591 ms * -22%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	571 ms * -18%
Average of class Workstation (451 - 612, n=30, last 2 years)	525 ms * -9%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	522 ms * -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	483 ms *
Average Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	483 ms * -0%

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PCMark 10 Score		7009 points
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AIDA64: Memory Copy | Memory Read | Memory Write | Memory Latency

AIDA64 / Memory Copy
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	95718 MB/s +55%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	67500 MB/s +9%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	62397 MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	61773 MB/s
Average of class Workstation (30324 - 95718, n=29, last 2 years)	61037 MB/s -1%
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (46184 - 69471, n=3)	59143 MB/s -4%

AIDA64 / Memory Read
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	85570 MB/s +45%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	61683 MB/s +5%
Average of class Workstation (30787 - 86584, n=29, last 2 years)	59791 MB/s +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	58871 MB/s
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (50228 - 66704, n=3)	58601 MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	47725 MB/s -19%

AIDA64 / Memory Write
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	93871 MB/s +34%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	92336 MB/s +32%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	78276 MB/s +12%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	69824 MB/s
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (47356 - 85119, n=3)	67433 MB/s -3%
Average of class Workstation (32728 - 93871, n=29, last 2 years)	64490 MB/s -8%

AIDA64 / Memory Latency
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	139.3 ns * -47%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M	138.9 ns * -47%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M	100.7 ns * -6%
Average of class Workstation (83.4 - 140.8, n=29, last 2 years)	100.3 ns * -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU	94.6 ns *
Average Intel Core i7-1370P (72.5 - 94.6, n=3)	87.1 ns * +8%

* ... smaller is better

DPC latency

Problems with DPC latencies are shared by all 14 inch workstations, the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel is no exception. With driver updates, Lenovo could solve this problem, which mostly affects audio software.

DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	1829.9 μs * -12%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	1633.2 μs *
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Radeon 760M, R5 PRO 7640HS, Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	1470.6 μs * +10%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	1354 μs * +17%

* ... smaller is better

Storage

The mass storage of the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel was made by SK Hynix. It has a capacity of 2 TB, which is the maximum that Lenovo offers in the ThinkPad laptop. In the comparison, this flash memory is the fastest. It is connected via NVMe PCIe 4.0.

AS SSD

DiskSpd

SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N

Sequential Read: 5236MB/s

Sequential Write: 3357MB/s

4K Read: 68MB/s

4K Write: 221MB/s

4K-64 Read: 834MB/s

4K-64 Write: 3556MB/s

Access Time Read: 0.035ms

Access Time Write: 0.018ms

Copy ISO: 4616.33MB/s

Copy Program: 1088.43MB/s

Copy Game: 2764.9MB/s

Score Read: 1425Points

Score Write: 4113Points

Score Total: 6191Points

Drive Performance Rating | DiskSpd | AS SSD

Drive Performance Rating - Percent
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	87.8 pt
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	87.8 pt
Average of class Workstation	84.9 pt
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	66.9 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	64.1 pt
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	50.3 pt

DiskSpd
seq read
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	4609 (4461.81^min - 4608.91^max) MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	4609 MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	3908 (3816.19^min - 3908.46^max) MB/s -15%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	3464 (3418.44^min - 3463.86^max) MB/s -25%
Average of class Workstation (1844 - 5715, n=28, last 2 years)	3426 MB/s -26%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	2440 (2385.72^min - 2439.62^max) MB/s -47%
seq write
Average of class Workstation (1309 - 7289, n=28, last 2 years)	3771 MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	3728 (3642.75^min - 3728.32^max) MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	3728 MB/s 0%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	3307 (3062.26^min - 3306.79^max) MB/s -11%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	1768 (1717.28^min - 1767.69^max) MB/s -53%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	1309 (1092.49^min - 1309.25^max) MB/s -65%
seq q8 t1 read
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	7066 (5632.8^min - 7065.64^max) MB/s +1%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	6964 (5501.88^min - 6964.43^max) MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	6964 MB/s 0%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	6958 (5976.88^min - 6957.93^max) MB/s 0%
Average of class Workstation (3361 - 12631, n=28, last 2 years)	6519 MB/s -6%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	3600 (3082.18^min - 3600.18^max) MB/s -48%
seq q8 t1 write
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	6006 (5965.14^min - 6005.77^max) MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	6006 MB/s 0%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	5528 (5383.39^min - 5527.88^max) MB/s -8%
Average of class Workstation (2526 - 9890, n=28, last 2 years)	5502 MB/s -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	3045 (1153.22^min - 3044.85^max) MB/s -49%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	2526 (2510.28^min - 2526.21^max) MB/s -58%
4k q1 t1 read
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	73.3 (70.69^min - 73.27^max) MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	73.3 MB/s 0%
Average of class Workstation (45.4 - 92.2, n=28, last 2 years)	64.3 MB/s -12%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	58.4 (56.95^min - 58.41^max) MB/s -20%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	54.9 (54.52^min - 54.94^max) MB/s -25%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	52.4 (51.93^min - 52.38^max) MB/s -29%
4k q1 t1 write
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	172.9 (169.65^min - 172.92^max) MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	172.9 MB/s 0%
Average of class Workstation (106.8 - 251, n=28, last 2 years)	152.1 MB/s -12%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	150.4 (140.83^min - 150.39^max) MB/s -13%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	126.2 (123.81^min - 126.16^max) MB/s -27%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	106.8 (102.65^min - 106.79^max) MB/s -38%
4k q32 t16 read
Average of class Workstation (561 - 3965, n=28, last 2 years)	1308 MB/s +51%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	970 (944.3^min - 970.45^max) MB/s +12%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	927 (892.22^min - 927.05^max) MB/s +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	864 (729.93^min - 864.12^max) MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	864 MB/s 0%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	561 (558.39^min - 560.89^max) MB/s -35%
4k q32 t16 write
Average of class Workstation (360 - 3306, n=28, last 2 years)	906 MB/s +123%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	479 (414.03^min - 479.23^max) MB/s +18%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	407 (382.83^min - 406.71^max) MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	407 MB/s 0%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	402 (391.12^min - 401.87^max) MB/s -1%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	361 (350.01^min - 361.34^max) MB/s -11%

AS SSD
Score Total
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	6191 Points
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	6191 Points 0%
Average of class Workstation (2512 - 8992, n=27, last 2 years)	5495 Points -11%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	4800 Points -22%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	3454 Points -44%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	2512 Points -59%
Score Read
Average of class Workstation (983 - 26650, n=27, last 2 years)	2640 Points +85%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	1425 Points
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	1425 Points 0%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	1368 Points -4%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	1336 Points -6%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	1188 Points -17%
Score Write
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	4113 Points
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	4113 Points 0%
Average of class Workstation (742 - 4410, n=27, last 2 years)	2935 Points -29%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	2830 Points -31%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	1534 Points -63%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	742 Points -82%
Seq Read
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	5384.34 MB/s +3%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	5236 MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	5236 MB/s 0%
Average of class Workstation (2873 - 7437, n=27, last 2 years)	5183 MB/s -1%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	4480 MB/s -14%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	2888.21 MB/s -45%
Seq Write
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	3357 MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	3357 MB/s 0%
Average of class Workstation (1785 - 6302, n=27, last 2 years)	3232 MB/s -4%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	3168.84 MB/s -6%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	2223 MB/s -34%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	2124.11 MB/s -37%
4K Read
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	68 MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	68 MB/s 0%
Average of class Workstation (46.6 - 84, n=27, last 2 years)	62.8 MB/s -8%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	57.1 MB/s -16%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	56.84 MB/s -16%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	51.48 MB/s -24%
4K Write
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	221 MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	221 MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	178.5 MB/s -19%
Average of class Workstation (97.9 - 237, n=27, last 2 years)	169.3 MB/s -23%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	164.98 MB/s -25%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	98.57 MB/s -55%
4K-64 Read
Average of class Workstation (421 - 2790, n=27, last 2 years)	1170 MB/s +40%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	847.84 MB/s +2%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	834 MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	834 MB/s 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	831 MB/s 0%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	772.81 MB/s -7%
4K-64 Write
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	3556 MB/s
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	3556 MB/s 0%
Average of class Workstation (431 - 3818, n=27, last 2 years)	2442 MB/s -31%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	2347.92 MB/s -34%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	1133 MB/s -68%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	431.45 MB/s -88%
Access Time Read
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	0.092 ms * -163%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	0.062 ms * -77%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	0.051 ms * -46%
Average of class Workstation (0.017 - 0.092, n=27, last 2 years)	0.04441 ms * -27%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	0.035 ms *
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	0.035 ms * -0%
Access Time Write
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	0.071 ms * -294%
Average of class Workstation (0.017 - 0.092, n=27, last 2 years)	0.04456 ms * -148%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	0.042 ms * -133%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	0.022 ms * -22%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	0.018 ms *
Average SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N ()	0.018 ms * -0%

* ... smaller is better

Sustained performance read: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE; diskspd 2.0.17 f: Ø5542 (3472.02-6984.98)

Graphicscard

The Nvidia RTX A500 is the entry level Ampere solution for professional users. It is a cut-down version of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 and the first RTX GPU in the ThinkPad P14s. With a TDP of only 30 W and 4 GB GDDR6 memory, this is a very weak dedicated GPU, which is being replaced by the new Nvidia RTX 500 Ada in the ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 Intel.

In the 3DMark benchmarks, the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 Intel clearly loses out to the Dell Precision 5490 with RTX 3000 Ada, which is to be expected. More interesting is the comparison with the two AMD workstations: While the AMD Radeon 760M of HP's ZBook Firefly 14 G10 is roughly 20 percent slower, the is performance parity with the Radeon 780M in the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 AMD. However, in the workstation test SPECviewperf, the situation changes, as the dGPU has the advantage here.

3DMark Performance Rating | 3DMark 11 | 3DMark

3DMark Performance Rating - Percent
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	100 pt
Average of class Workstation	84.8 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Radeon 780M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	39.9 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-1370P	37.2 pt
Average NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU	37.2 pt
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Radeon 760M, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	29.5 pt

3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance GPU
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	28283 Points +163%
Average of class Workstation (7432 - 54334, n=29, last 2 years)	24566 Points +129%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Radeon 780M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	12272 Points +14%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-1370P	10748 Points
Average NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	10748 Points 0%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Radeon 760M, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	9356 Points -13%

3DMark
1920x1080 Fire Strike Graphics
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	20233 Points +166%
Average of class Workstation (4816 - 35868, n=30, last 2 years)	16841 Points +121%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Radeon 780M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	8154 Points +7%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-1370P	7617 Points
Average NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	7617 Points 0%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Radeon 760M, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	6121 Points -20%
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	7959 Points +177%
Average of class Workstation (1882 - 16218, n=30, last 2 years)	6699 Points +133%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-1370P	2873 Points
Average NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	2873 Points 0%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Radeon 780M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	2867 Points 0%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Radeon 760M, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	1997 Points -30%

SPECviewperf Performance Rating | SPECviewperf 2020

SPECviewperf Performance Rating - Percent
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	100 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	44.1 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	38.7 pt

SPECviewperf 2020
1920x1080 Siemens NX (snx-04)
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	314.39 fps +125%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	139.98 fps
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	133.9 fps -4%
1920x1080 Medical (medical-03)
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	96.95 fps +252%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	27.58 fps
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	22.8 fps -17%
1920x1080 Maya (maya-06)
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	310.86 fps +117%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	143.05 fps
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	122.7 fps -14%
1920x1080 Energy (energy-03)
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	57.2 fps +180%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	22.3 fps +9%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	20.44 fps
1920x1080 Creo (creo-03)
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	113.79 fps +57%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	72.31 fps
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	54.7 fps -24%
1920x1080 CATIA (catia-06)
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	78.93 fps +128%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	34.65 fps
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	34 fps -2%
1920x1080 3ds Max (3dsmax-07)
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	80.93 fps +114%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	37.79 fps
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	28.5 fps -25%

3DMark 06 Standard Score		40862 points
3DMark Vantage P Result		40923 points
3DMark 11 Performance		11213 points
3DMark Ice Storm Standard Score		84552 points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score		27001 points
3DMark Fire Strike Score		6899 points
3DMark Time Spy Score		3127 points
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Blender
v3.3 Classroom OPTIX/RTX
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-1370P	88 Seconds *
Average NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	88 Seconds * -0%
Average of class Workstation (14 - 269, n=26, last 2 years)	63.5 Seconds * +28%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	27 Seconds * +69%
v3.3 Classroom CUDA
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-1370P	150 Seconds *
Average NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	150 Seconds * -0%
Average of class Workstation (21 - 285, n=26, last 2 years)	93.9 Seconds * +37%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	44 Seconds * +71%
v3.3 Classroom CPU
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-1370P	472 Seconds *
Average NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU ()	472 Seconds * -0%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Radeon 760M, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS	444 Seconds * +6%
Average of class Workstation (254 - 1326, n=30, last 2 years)	429 Seconds * +9%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Radeon 780M, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U	390 Seconds * +17%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	350 Seconds * +26%

* ... smaller is better

Gaming Performance

Gaming after work is a possibility, as the RTX A500 is sufficiently powerful to handle even some modern games. 4K gaming is not possible, and in some newer titles, the setting "High" is the most this GPU can handle.

Performance Rating - Percent
Dell Precision 5000 5490 ^-1! Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	99.2 pt
Average of class Workstation	92.6 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU	60.4 pt
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, AMD Radeon 780M	39.8 pt
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, AMD Radeon 760M	33.1 pt

The Witcher 3 - 1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+)
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	79.5 (58^min) fps +156%
Average of class Workstation (19.6 - 156.5, n=30, last 2 years)	65.9 fps +112%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU	31.1 (26^min) fps
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, AMD Radeon 780M	29 fps -7%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, AMD Radeon 760M	23.3 fps -25%

GTA V - 1920x1080 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x
Average of class Workstation (18.3 - 124.4, n=26, last 2 years)	70.9 fps +65%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU	42.9 (18.1^min, 29.4^P1) fps
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, AMD Radeon 780M	26.6 (2.97^min, 17.9^P1) fps -38%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, AMD Radeon 760M	18.3 (1.834^min, 12.5^P1) fps -57%

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark - 1920x1080 High Quality
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	72.9 fps +122%
Average of class Workstation (21.2 - 149.1, n=30, last 2 years)	66.1 fps +101%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU	32.9 fps
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, AMD Radeon 780M	27.3 fps -17%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, AMD Radeon 760M	21.2 fps -36%

Strange Brigade - 1920x1080 ultra AA:ultra AF:16
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	132.5 (69.9^min, 101.5^P1) fps +147%
Average of class Workstation (33.2 - 283, n=28, last 2 years)	108.5 fps +102%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU	53.6 (38.5^min, 41.9^P1) fps
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, AMD Radeon 780M	48.4 (7.8^min, 11.4^P1) fps -10%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, AMD Radeon 760M	35.8 (7.5^min, 11.4^P1) fps -33%

Dota 2 Reborn - 1920x1080 ultra (3/3) best looking
Average of class Workstation (57.8 - 166.7, n=30, last 2 years)	123.4 fps +18%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	123.3 (100.7^min) fps +18%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU	104.8 (91.6^min) fps
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, AMD Radeon 780M	69.1 (59.3^min) fps -34%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, AMD Radeon 760M	64.8 (52.8^min) fps -38%

X-Plane 11.11 - 1920x1080 high (fps_test=3)
Average of class Workstation (27.7 - 122.4, n=31, last 2 years)	79.9 fps +8%
Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU	76.7 fps +4%
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU	73.9 fps
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, AMD Radeon 780M	28 fps -62%
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, AMD Radeon 760M	27.7 fps -63%

Cyberpunk FPS diagram

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU: Ø17.5 (15.6-18.5)

	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
GTA V (2015)	173.3	161.7	89.7	42.9	29.8	54
The Witcher 3 (2015)	174.5	104.1	56.8	31.1
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	157.7	131.1	111.9	104.8
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)	90.4	45.8	32.9		23.3
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	117.7	89.2	73.9
Strange Brigade (2018)	183.5	76.5	61.9	53.6	39.2
F1 23 (2023)	57	56.3	43.1	10.9	6.63
Baldur's Gate 3 (2023)	39.2	30.8	26.2	25.8	17.8
Cyberpunk 2077 2.1 Phantom Liberty (2023)	43.3	32.1	25.1	20.4	10.4	4.29

Emissions: ThinkPad P14s gets hot

Noise

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel: Cooling System

As a quite compact model, the cooling system of the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 Intel is quite constrained. Only one fan has to keep CPU and GPU temperatures in check. Even when idling, it becomes active sometimes, though it is inaudible here. Under load, the ThinkPad consistently reaches a noise level beyond 40 dB(a), no matter if under average load (profile: Balanced) or in the stress test (profile: Maximum performance). The HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 has a similar noise level, with the AMD variant of the ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 running more quiet. Only the Dell Precision 5490 gets even louder, due to its more powerful GPU.

We did not detect any coil whine here.

Noise Level

Idle		24.6 / 24.6 / 25.9 dB(A)
Load		41.3 / 46.2 dB(A)

	30 dB silent 40 dB(A) audible 50 dB(A) loud
min: , med: , max: Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 24.6 dB(A)

	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE RTX A500 Laptop GPU, i7-1370P, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N	HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A Radeon 760M, R5 PRO 7640HS, Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU	Dell Precision 5000 5490 NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Ultra 9 185H, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02
Noise		13%	-3%	1%
off / environment *	24.6	22.4 9%	25 -2%	22.8 7%
Idle Minimum *	24.6	22.4 9%	25 -2%	23.8 3%
Idle Average *	24.6	22.4 9%	26 -6%	23.8 3%
Idle Maximum *	25.9	22.4 14%	27 -4%	24.7 5%
Load Average *	41.3	31.3 24%	45 -9%	38.9 6%
Witcher 3 ultra *	46	39.5 14%	45 2%	49.9 -8%
Cyberpunk 2077 ultra *	44.2
Load Maximum *	46.2	39.2 15%	46 -0%	51.4 -11%

* ... smaller is better

Heat

A compact design, strong components, only one fan: This combination makes the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel a hot one. The upper right corner of the ThinkPad laptop gets very hot, with 55 degrees Celsius / 132 F above the fan outlet as the hotspot. The palmrest also gets toasty with up to 32 degrees / 90 F.

In the stress test, the limitation of the cooling system becomes apparent. CPU and GPU can only consume 40 W together, with both components being allotted 20 W. In the case of the GPU, this results in throttling.

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


34.1 °C 93 F	52 °C 126 F	42.2 °C 108 F
35.5 °C 96 F	50.3 °C 123 F	55.3 °C 132 F
31 °C 88 F	29.3 °C 85 F	32.1 °C 90 F

Maximum: 55.3 °C = 132 F
Average: 40.2 °C = 104 F


45.1 °C 113 F	46.1 °C 115 F	34.9 °C 95 F
40.8 °C 105 F	48.7 °C 120 F	34.6 °C 94 F
31.1 °C 88 F	32.5 °C 91 F	30.6 °C 87 F

Maximum: 48.7 °C = 120 F
Average: 38.3 °C = 101 F

Power Supply (max.) 44.5 °C = 112 F | Room Temperature 21.9 °C = 71 F | Fluke 62 Max+

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


28.1 °C 83 F	31 °C 88 F	28.7 °C 84 F
28.6 °C 83 F	30.1 °C 86 F	29.3 °C 85 F
27.1 °C 81 F	26.2 °C 79 F	25.8 °C 78 F

Maximum: 31 °C = 88 F
Average: 28.3 °C = 83 F


28.7 °C 84 F	29.9 °C 86 F	27.9 °C 82 F
28.2 °C 83 F	28.8 °C 84 F	28.5 °C 83 F
26.4 °C 80 F	26 °C 79 F	26 °C 79 F

Maximum: 29.9 °C = 86 F
Average: 27.8 °C = 82 F

Power Supply (max.) 28 °C = 82 F | Room Temperature 21.5 °C = 71 F | Fluke 62 Max+

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


35.3 °C 96 F	52.1 °C 126 F	45.1 °C 113 F
34.8 °C 95 F	50.5 °C 123 F	50.4 °C 123 F
30.6 °C 87 F	28.6 °C 83 F	33.1 °C 92 F

Maximum: 52.1 °C = 126 F
Average: 40.1 °C = 104 F


42.8 °C 109 F	45.7 °C 114 F	34.4 °C 94 F
41.9 °C 107 F	48.3 °C 119 F	33.7 °C 93 F
33.6 °C 92 F	33.6 °C 92 F	30.6 °C 87 F

Maximum: 48.3 °C = 119 F
Average: 38.3 °C = 101 F

Power Supply (max.) 42.3 °C = 108 F | Room Temperature 21.9 °C = 71 F | Fluke 62 Max+

(-) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 40.2 °C / 104 F, compared to the average of 32 °C / 90 F for the devices in the class Workstation.
(-) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 55.3 °C / 132 F, compared to the average of 38.2 °C / 101 F, ranging from 22.2 to 69.8 °C for the class Workstation.
(-) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 48.7 °C / 120 F, compared to the average of 41.2 °C / 106 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 28.3 °C / 83 F, compared to the device average of 32 °C / 90 F.
(-) Playing The Witcher 3, the average temperature for the upper side is 40.1 °C / 104 F, compared to the device average of 32 °C / 90 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are reaching skin temperature as a maximum (33.1 °C / 91.6 F) and are therefore not hot.
(-) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 27.8 °C / 82 F (-5.3 °C / -9.6 F).

	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE Intel Core i7-1370P, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, AMD Radeon 780M	HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, AMD Radeon 760M	Dell Precision 5000 5490 Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU
Heat		13%	9%	10%
Maximum Upper Side *	55.3	41.1 26%	50 10%	43.2 22%
Maximum Bottom *	48.7	48.2 1%	51 -5%	38.4 21%
Idle Upper Side *	31	26.5 15%	25 19%	31.6 -2%
Idle Bottom *	29.9	26.9 10%	27 10%	30.6 -2%

* ... smaller is better

Speakers

Volume and base - both are lacking for the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel. Both the HP ZBook and the Dell Precision have better speakers.

Frequency diagram (checkboxes can be checked and unchecked to compare devices)

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE audio analysis

(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (78.1 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 27% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (12.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 3.5% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (4.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 3.3% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (6% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (21.2% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 71% of all tested devices in this class were better, 8% similar, 22% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 18%, worst was 35%
Compared to all devices tested
» 54% of all tested devices were better, 7% similar, 39% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%

HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A audio analysis

(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (78 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 12% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (12.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 4.7% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (5.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2.2% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (5.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (14.2% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 24% of all tested devices in this class were better, 3% similar, 72% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 18%, worst was 35%
Compared to all devices tested
» 14% of all tested devices were better, 3% similar, 83% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%

Dell Precision 5000 5490 audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (87.8 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 10.9% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (7.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 1.7% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (3.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 4.4% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (3.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (9.2% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 3% of all tested devices in this class were better, 2% similar, 95% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 18%, worst was 35%
Compared to all devices tested
» 2% of all tested devices were better, 1% similar, 97% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%

Energy management: OLED quickly drains the battery

Power consumption

While idling, the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 sips much more power than the AMD workstations. Only the Dell Precision 5490 consumes more energy.

The maximum power consumption of 98.3 W is covered by the 100 W charger.

Power Consumption

Off / Standby	0.3 / 0.7 Watt
Idle	6.3 / 7 / 8.1 Watt
Load	84.6 / 98.3 Watt


Key: min: , med: , max: Metrahit Energy Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.

	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU, SK Hynix HFS002TEJ9X162N, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE R7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X162N, IPS, 1920x1200, 14.00	HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A R5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M, Samsung PM9B1 512GB MZVL4512HBLU, IPS, 1920x1200, 14.00	Dell Precision 5000 5490 Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02, IPS, 2560x1600, 14.00	Average NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU	Average of class Workstation
Power Consumption		34%	27%	-63%	0%	-61%
Idle Minimum *	6.3	2.9 54%	3 52%	11.1 -76%	6.3 ?() -0%	7.89 ?(2.6 - 19.5, n=28, last 2 years) -25%
Idle Average *	7	5.1 27%	4 43%	14.8 -111%	7 ?() -0%	12.6 ?(4 - 35.9, n=28, last 2 years) -80%
Idle Maximum *	8.1	5.6 31%	8 1%	16.5 -104%	8.1 ?() -0%	18.6 ?(5.6 - 47, n=28, last 2 years) -130%
Load Average *	84.6	51.2 39%	56 34%	70.1 17%	84.6 ?() -0%	95.2 ?(47.7 - 182, n=28, last 2 years) -13%
Witcher 3 ultra *	56.5	49.9 12%	58.2 -3%	93.1 -65%
Load Maximum *	98.3	60.2 39%	66 33%	137.5 -40%	98.3 ?() -0%	156.5 ?(60.2 - 311, n=28, last 2 years) -59%

* ... smaller is better

Energieaufnahme Witcher 3 / Stresstest

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE; Witcher 3 ultra: Ø56.5 (54.2-98)

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE; 1280x720 Prime95 28.10 and Furmark 1.25: Ø80 (73.6-98.3)

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE; Idle 150cd/m2: Ø8.39 (8-9.56)

Power consumption with external monitor

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE; Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): Ø62.1 (51.3-98)

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE; Cinebench R23 Multi (external Monitor): Ø59.9 (45.4-97.6)

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE; 1280x720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): Ø49.1 (47.6-54.4)

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE; 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): Ø54.5 (51.7-94.7)

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE; Idle 1min (external Monitor): Ø7.74 (6.95-9.09)

Battery life

When you put a 14 core CPU, a dedicated GPU and an OLED screen together, the 52.5 Wh battery does not last for long. In the Wi-Fi test, we only achieved six hours, a weak result. With the dark mode forced in the browser, the battery life can be prolonged, but the results are still quite weak when compared with the other devices.

Battery Runtime

WiFi Websurfing		6h 07min
WiFi Websurfing max. Brightness (Edge 125)		4h 33min
WiFi Websurfing max. Brightness (Edge 125 (Dark Mode))		6h 29min
Load (maximum brightness)		0h 59min

	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE i7-1370P, RTX A500 Laptop GPU, 52.5 Wh	Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21K5000LGE R7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M, 52 Wh	HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A R5 PRO 7640HS, Radeon 760M, 51 Wh	Dell Precision 5000 5490 Ultra 9 185H, NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, 72 Wh	Average of class Workstation
Battery Runtime		47%	113%	79%	41%
WiFi v1.3	367	685 87%	782 113%	658 79%	535 ?(252 - 897, n=28, last 2 years) 46%
Load	59	63 7%			79.9 ?(55 - 118, n=16, last 2 years) 35%

Pros

+ robust chassis

+ comfortable input devices

+ colorful OLED screen

+ many ports and security features

+ optional WWAN

+ user replaceable keyboard

+ Nvidia GPU for CUDA

Cons

- bad battery life

- throttling in the stress test

- soldered RAM

- high temperatures under load

- PWM, screen limited to 60 Hz refresh rate

- lower performance in battery mode

- below average speakers

Verdict: ThinkPad workstation has some clear weak points

in review: Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel, review device supplied by

Due to the drastic changes that Lenovo implemented with 2024 ThinkPads like the P14s Gen 5 Intel, the 2023 variant Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel can be an interesting choice, even in 2024. It is a compact mobile workstation with clear strengths - and some definite weak points.

What the ThinkPad laptop does right: Offering very comfortable input devices in a robust design, which also has many ports and security options, even being WWAN upgradable. The user replaceable keyboard is a very nice and rare feature nowadays as well. At the same time, the reviewed version of the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 offers a high quality OLED screen, which is ideal for users who need great colors. It is calibrated ex factory and the only weaknesses are PWM and the limitation to 60 Hz refresh rate. With the Nvidia GeForce RTX A500, the ThinkPad still has an advantage compared with pure iGPU models, bei it for the CUDA compatibility or higher performance in things like gaming or the CAD benchmark SPECviewperf.

The compact workstation starts to struggle when the CPU is concerned. The performance is not bad, but also not nearly good enough to beat the competition. The side effect of the P28 chip, which can consume more than 60 W: The chassis gets pretty hot and the single fan is not quiet either - with the Nvidia GPU not helping the ThinkPad in this regard. It is crystal clear that the P14s G4 is overwhelmed with cooling both components under load, as especially the dGPU is throttled in the stress test. Another weakness: The battery life of the ThinkPad is bad, with the OLED screen contributing to this. The below average speakers and the throttling in battery mode are two additional problems.

With WWAN and OLED, the ThinkPad P14s G4 Intel has interesting features, which are not present with the successor. The weaknesses concering battery life and the cooling system are self evident though.

The successor ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 Intel is already available - with the stronger cooling system and newer, more efficient components as well as a bigger battery, the newer model seems to correct a lot of the issues the ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel had. A review of the newer model is planned.

On the flip side, some options like WWAN and the OLED screen as well as the user replaceable keyboard disappear with the P14s G5. The Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 Intel is Lenovo's last ThinkPad workstation, which combines all those features with an Nvidia GPU, appart from the giant ThinkPad P16. The HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 has more efficient AMD chips, but it is missing the Nvidia GPU that some users need. The Dell Precision 5490 has a much stronger RTX GPU, but it lacks any legacy ports.

Price and performance

The ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel starts at €1,645 with the German reseller Campuspoint. Amazon.com offers a configuration of the ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel for $1,451.

Note: We have recently updated our rating system and the results of version 8 are not comparable with the results of version 7. More information is available here .

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE - 2024-06-28 06/28/2024 v8 ^(new)
Benjamin Herzig

Chassis

86 / 98 → 88%

Keyboard

90%

Pointing Device

93%

Connectivity

72 / 80 → 90%

Weight

70 / 10-66 → 100%

Battery

67 / 95 → 71%

Display

87%

Games Performance

47%

Application Performance

81%

Workstation

54%

AI Performance

89%

Temperature

84 / 95 → 88%

Noise

83 / 90 → 93%

Audio

72%

Camera

41 / 75 → 55%

Average

75%

81%

Workstation - Weighted Average

CO2 Emissions
71.6%

Materials
50%

Packaging
100%

Power Use
81.9%

Repairability
60%

Software Updates
100%

Total Sustainability Score: 77.3%

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Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 Intel Laptop Review: Small OLED workstation without endurance

Possible competitors in comparison

Design: T14 chassis with aluminum bottom cover

Size comparison

Connectivity: Small workstation with optional WWAN

Communication

Webcam

Security

Accessories

Maintenance

Sustainability

Warranty

Input devices: known high quality ThinkPad keyboard

Display: OLED panel with high quality, but also PWM

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

Display Response Times

Performance: Raptor Lake combined with Nvidia RTX A500

Test conditions

Processor

Cinebench R15 Multi Loop

System Performance

DPC latency

Storage

Sustained performance read: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

Graphicscard

Gaming Performance

Cyberpunk FPS diagram

Emissions: ThinkPad P14s gets hot

Noise

Heat

Speakers

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s G4 21HF0017GE audio analysis

HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A audio analysis

Dell Precision 5000 5490 audio analysis

Energy management: OLED quickly drains the battery

Power consumption

Energieaufnahme Witcher 3 / Stresstest

Power consumption with external monitor

Battery life

Pros

Cons

Verdict: ThinkPad workstation has some clear weak points

Price and performance

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