PC World - USA (2019-11)

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Though the differential

between the top

and bottom laptops

under this 3DMark 3D

performance evaluation

is relatively tight, the

ThinkBook 13s still falls

well down the ranks.

There’s enough battery life to last ThinkPad 13s users a full day’s worth of
computing.

HP Spectre x360 13 (2019)

(Core i7-8565U)

HP Spectre x360 13T

(Core i7-8550U)

M(Core i5-8250U)icrosoft Surface Laptop 2

Lenovo ThinkBook 13s(Core i5-8265U)

Sam(Core i7-8550U)sung Notebook 9 Pen

M(Core i5-8250U)icrosoft Surface Pro 6

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon

(6th Gen) (Core i7-8550U)

Lenovo ThinkPad L480

(Core i5-8250U)

Battery Life

(Minutes)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

971

599

633

527

769

588

608

493

9370 (go.pcworld.

com/x319), a 2018

laptop based upon a

Kaby Lake-R chip, and

the 3,882 score

reported by the

Samsung Notebook 9

Pro (2019) (go.pcworld.

com/nbk9). Top scores

go to the HP Spectre

360 x15 (go.pcworld.

com/sx15), at 4,691—a

pricey, top-end

consumer laptop.

While PCMark

attempts to simulate

real-world tests, the

Cinebench test is

synthesized.

Cinebench appears in

two versions, each

rendering a scene using

Maxon’s rendering

engine. The difference

between the two tests

(R15 and R20) depends

HP Spectre x360 13 (2019) (Core i7-8565U)

M(Core i5-8250U)icrosoft Surface Pro 6

Microsoft Surface Laptop 2

(Core i5-8250U)

Samsung Notebook 9 Pen

(Core i7-8550U)

HP Spectre x360 13T

(Core i7-8550U)

Lenovo ThinkBook 13s(Core i5-8265U)

Lenovo ThinkPad L480(Core i5-8250U)

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (6th Gen) (Core i7-8550U)

3Dmark 8 Sky Diver 1.0 Overall

(Demo mode off)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

4,925

4,370

4,658

4,274

4,690

4,286

4,520

4,199