The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Review: OLED and LCD Tested
by Brett Howse & Brandon Chester on September 29, 2016 11:30 AM ESTGPU Performance
Once again, since this is likely the last Skylake Ultrabook to be tested here, it’s also likely our last look at Intel’s HD 520 GPU. It’s been a nice improvement over Broadwell, even though the elusive Iris version has not made it’s way here. With 24 EUs in the GT2 GPU, it ends up being reasonable for low end games, and Intel seems to be promoting integrated GPU performance with more effort recently.
The X1 Yoga was run through the standard GPU suite, with a few synthetic tests, as well as Dota 2 for a low end game that can be played on an iGPU.
3DMark
Once again, there are no surprises with the HD 520, and the X1 Yoga falls in-line with the other Skylake GT2 units.
GFXBench
Much like 3DMark, the X1 Yoga scores similarly to the other Skylake devices tested.
Dota 2 Reborn
Valve recreated Dota 2 with a new gaming engine, which limits our selection of devices to compare against since the new Reborn version was launched. As an online game, it is also constantly updated.
The X1 Yoga outscored the Razer Blade Stealth in the lightest test, but was unable to pass it in the higher quality tests. Due to the nature of it being an online game, with frequent updates, this could be due to game engine changes as well as driver differences between the tests (typically notebooks are only short-term review units, so it can be difficult to maintain consistency). The margins are not huge though, and although the game is somewhat playable on our medium test, it really can only be played well at the lightest settings.
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Brett Howse - Thursday, September 29, 2016 - link
It's microSD so no.ScytheNoire - Thursday, September 29, 2016 - link
Got one of these at work and it's really nice, except the trackpad is horrible. It's among the worst trackpads I've ever used.Lolimaster - Thursday, September 29, 2016 - link
Question, why is the screen so shit compared to the Galaxy Tab S2 which also features RGB AMOLED.Lolimaster - Thursday, September 29, 2016 - link
To release such crap using OLED, better go a high quality VA panel.zeeBomb - Thursday, September 29, 2016 - link
Brett still alive???Brett Howse - Friday, September 30, 2016 - link
Still here yes!Calista - Friday, September 30, 2016 - link
The battery life penalty for the OLED was shocking. I knew some could be expected, but dropping the battery life in half for very common tasks doesn't seem acceptable to me.The Von Matrices - Friday, September 30, 2016 - link
Agreed. However, I'd be curious about battery life numbers if you used a web browser with reversed colors - white text on a black background. Surely the OLED would improve in that test, but by how much?overzealot - Friday, September 30, 2016 - link
How is the quality on 3.5mm audio? Loud enough?Is the connector fit tight?
I'm assuming you would have made a note if it was bad, but at least a couple of words on it would be nice after 4 pages of discussion about the screen.
Brett Howse - Saturday, October 1, 2016 - link
It's fine. I'll try and make note of adding a line about this in the future.