Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15 (2024) Laptop Review

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 is only available in the Luna Gray colorway. See the bottom of the laptop.

The Lenovo Slim 7i's build quality is excellent. Its full-aluminum chassis feels very sturdy, exhibiting only a small amount of flex on the lid and keyboard deck. The finish doesn't pick up many fingerprints or smudges; minor scratches appear with regular use, but a quick wipe with a microfiber cloth buffs them away almost completely. The feet feel solid and stick firmly to the bottom.

The hinge is okay. While it feels smooth when opening and closing the lid, it has far too much resistance to allow for a one-handed lift. The screen doesn’t wobble when typing heavily; it does when using touch input near the top of the screen, but the wobbling isn’t bad enough to be an issue.

Accessing the Lenovo Slim 7i Aura Edition's internals is straightforward; you only need to remove five torque screws and release the bottom panel's clips with a prying tool. The storage slot supports M.2 2242 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSDs.

See the maintenance manual on Lenovo's support page.

• 65W power adapter
• Documentation

The Lenovo Slim 7i is available with the following displays:

• 15.3" IPS 2880 x 1800 120Hz (glossy, touchscreen)
• 15.3" OLED 2880 x 1800 120Hz (glossy)

The 2.8k resolution looks very sharp on a 15.3-inch screen—you would have to be a few inches from the screen to see individual pixels. The 16:10 aspect ratio is well-suited for productivity; it gives you more vertical space than a standard 16:9 screen, allowing you to see more information at once when reading a document, so you don't have to scroll as much. The OLED panel (available only outside of North America) will provide a better visual experience, but keep in mind that OLEDs are susceptible to permanent burn-in, especially with static desktop elements like Windows' taskbar.

Both panels have a 120Hz refresh rate and Dynamic Refresh Rate support. The latter allows the display to vary the refresh rate between 60Hz and 120Hz depending on whether you're actively using the laptop or looking at static content. Dynamic Refresh Rate isn't the same as FreeSync or G-SYNC, so you'll likely still see screen tearing when gaming. The IPS panel's response time is okay; there's visible ghosting behind fast-moving objects, though it's relatively minimal considering this is primarily a productivity laptop. The OLED likely has a faster response time, as most OLEDs do.

The IPS display's contrast ratio is decent and within the typical range of most IPS panels; however, it's still low compared to other display technologies. This contrast level makes blacks look gray in dim settings. The OLED panel's contrast ratio is effectively infinite since OLEDs can turn off individual pixels to produce perfect blacks.

The IPS display gets bright enough for use in most indoor settings. Outdoor use is possible, but you may have trouble seeing some content in sunny conditions, as the display's glossy finish doesn't handle direct reflections all that well. The panel gets very dim at the lowest brightness setting, which is great for dark room viewing as it causes less eye strain. The OLED panel has the same advertised brightness.

The display's reflection handling is okay. Its glossy finish mainly struggles with bright light sources, like a lamp or open window during the day. These reflections are visible even with the screen at maximum brightness. The OLED panel has the same glossy finish.

The OLED panel's black uniformity is perfect since OLEDs can turn off individual pixels.

The IPS panel's out-of-the-box accuracy is great. Most white balance inaccuracies are minor and hard to spot. The Color dE is a little high, mainly because the panel targets a wider color space by default, resulting in oversaturation. The gamma doesn't follow the curve all that well; most scenes look too bright, while dark scenes look too dark.

The IPS display has an outstanding color gamut. It has full coverage of the sRGB and DCI P3 color spaces, making it suitable for general media consumption and some content creation. Its Adobe RGB coverage is excellent, but it likely still isn't enough for photography professionals, as it's missing the highly saturated greens that define Adobe RGB. The OLED panel has the same advertised color gamut.

The IPS panel we tested is entirely flicker-free. The OLED panel likely flickers, as most OLEDs do. Unfortunately, we don't know the exact flicker frequency, as we haven't tested it.

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i has an excellent keyboard. Its layout feels spacious and is easy to get used to. Typing feels very comfortable; the keys have a good amount of travel, are easy to actuate, and provide clear, satisfying tactile feedback. Key stability is great for the most part; only a few keys wobble slightly. You can toggle between two backlight brightness levels or set it to 'Auto' using Fn + Space Bar. The backlight is white and shines well through the legends.

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition's touchpad is large and responsive to all movements and gestures. Palm rejection works as intended, and there are no issues with actions like dragging and dropping or zooming in and out of images. This is a diving board touchpad, so you can only click in the bottom half of the touchpad. Unfortunately, the actuation feels shallow and mushy.

The Lenovo Slim 7i has a quad-speaker system with two drivers flanking the keyboard and two more at the bottom of the laptop, near the front. The speakers sound relatively full and well-balanced, with a good amount of bass and instrument separation. They get very loud, though there's compression at max volume, causing some harshness in the sound.

The webcam is decent. The image has a fair amount of fine details, but it's quite noisy throughout, even in brighter areas. There's a slight greenish tint, and the colors look a tad washed out. Voices sound loud and clear; the microphone picks up some background noise, but only when it's recording your voice. There's no physical privacy cover, only a toggle on the side of the laptop to disable the camera at the software level.

The Lenovo Slim 7i has a great port selection. The USB-A port supports USB 3.2 Gen 1 data transfer speed of 5Gbps. Both USB-Cs support Thunderbolt 4/USB4 data transfer speed of 40Gbps, DisplayPort 2.1, and Power Delivery 3.1. The HDMI port’s advertised maximum output resolution is 4k @ 60Hz; however, we can confirm that it can output a 4k @ 120Hz signal.

The Lenovo Slim 7i's wireless adapter is an Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE201. Like Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 7 gives you access to the 6GHz band but with even faster speeds and lower latency. However, you need a router that supports Wi-Fi 7 to benefit from these features. Check out our best router recommendations if you want to upgrade your wireless setup.

The Lenovo Slim 7i is available with the following SoCs:

• Intel Core Ultra 7 256V (8 cores/8 threads, up to 4.8GHz, 12MB cache, Arc Graphics 140V, 16GB RAM)
• Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (8 cores/8 threads, up to 4.8GHz, 12MB cache, Arc Graphics 140V, 32GB RAM)

Both are low-power processors designed for general productivity tasks like web browsing, text processing, spreadsheets, and video playback. Unlike previous Intel chips, these Lunar Lake processors are proper SoCs (System on Chip) with the RAM built in. The 256V and the 258V are the same chip with identical clock speeds and core composition (four performance and four efficiency). The only difference is their memory size—16GB and 32GB, respectively—so the choice comes down to the amount of RAM you need for your workload. Another change is the lack of Hyper-Threading, resulting in slightly slower multi-thread performance compared to Meteor Lake CPUs. These SoCs have an NPU (Neural Processing Unit) with a rated performance of 47 TOPS (Trillions of Operations per Second) to handle AI tasks, like Windows Copilot, image generation in photo editing apps, and background-blurring on video calls.

The Lenovo Slim 7i is only available with Intel's Arc Graphics 140V, an integrated GPU designed primarily for light productivity tasks. The 140V is faster than previous Intel integrated graphics, at least on the gaming side. That said, it's still noticeably behind older, entry-level discrete GPUs like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU. It can handle lighter games at 1080p, but you'll have to play with relatively low settings to get playable frame rates.

You can get this laptop with 16GB or 32GB of RAM. However, as mentioned in the CPU section, you can only get 16GB if you get a model with a Core Ultra 7 256V SoC, while 32GB is only available on models with a Core Ultra 7 258V SoC. The RAM isn't user-replaceable.

The Lenovo Slim 7i's Intel Core Ultra 7 256V SoC scores well in the Geekbench 5 benchmarks. Though not the fastest power-efficient chip of its generation, it's still plenty fast for most common, everyday tasks. There are much faster processors on the market if you have a demanding workload, like Apple's M4 SoC or the Intel and AMD HX chips, typically found in gaming laptops and workstations.

As for GPU performance, although the new Arc Graphics are better than previous generation integrated GPUs from Intel, they're still pretty weak compared to current-gen entry-level discrete GPUs, at least when it comes to non-gaming, computing tasks.

While the Intel Core Ultra 7 256V SoC's performance is great for a power-efficient chip in a thin, thermally limited chassis, it doesn't really stand out, as it lags behind its Intel Meteor Lake predecessors and Apple's M4 SoC. This performance level is suitable for light to moderately intensive workloads but not ideal for highly demanding tasks. For the latter, you're better off getting a workstation or gaming laptop, like the Razer Blade 18 (2024) or the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2024).

While you can render 3D images in Blender using the CPU, getting a laptop with a discrete GPU is best, as even an entry-level GPU, like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, can render images much faster.

The Intel Lunar Lake SoC's integrated Arc Graphics 140V scores decently well in the Basemark GPU benchmarks. This performance level is almost in the same ballpark as an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (mobile), an entry-level discrete GPU first launched in 2019. It can handle some demanding games at 1080p, but you'll have to lower the graphical settings to get playable frame rates.

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Borderlands 3 runs poorly at 1080p on the Lenovo Slim 7i. Although you can get over 60 fps with low settings, the gameplay is extremely choppy due to frame drops. Lowering the resolution to 720p will likely reduce the stuttering but won't completely fix it.

The Intel Lunar Lake's integrated graphics run Civilization VI and other similarly demanding strategy games smoothly at 1080p, as these types of games typically don't require a lot of GPU processing power. The average turn time is slow, though, even against the same chip in the HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 (2024).

Counter-Strike 2 isn't really playable at 1080p. Although you can get well over 60 fps with some tweaks in the settings, there are frequent stutters due to frame drops, which isn't ideal for an FPS game. Lowering the resolution helps but doesn't completely fix the problem.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is somewhat playable at 1080p on the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura. You can get over 60 fps by tweaking the graphical settings, but you'll likely experience some stutters in busy scenes. The large frametime spikes are scene changes and aren't representative of the performance.

The keyboard is only mildly warm under load, not enough to cause discomfort. Using the laptop on your lap shouldn't be a problem either, as the bottom only reaches 42.2 °C (107.96 °F).

The posted results are measurements taken in the Performance power mode. You can change the power mode via the Lenovo Commercial Vantage app.

The Lenovo Slim 7i has many pre-installed applications; see this video for the full list.

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i has a Windows Hello facial recognition camera. You can use it to log in quickly, authorize purchases in the Windows Store, and auto-fill saved passwords on supported websites.