Lenovo Yoga 7x Slim Review: Discover What Makes It Almost Perfect!

Lenovo laptops have firmly established themselves in the market as top-notch choices, especially in the ultrabook segment where their designs are as lightweight as they are functional, performing splendidly.

As for Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs, they tend to be underrated in the PC market, mainly because they didn’t make a significant impact with their first generation. However, if the 2026 Lenovo Yoga 7x Slim proves anything, it’s that these chips are seriously underestimated.

Specifications

Design

In terms of design and primarily the chassis, the Lenovo Yoga 7x Slim sticks to the tried and true formula. The Chinese manufacturer has long since found its groove and has little left to prove regarding quality and comfort. We still find a chassis with highly rounded sides, featuring a slightly protruding camera island to help easily open it with one hand. This midnight blue color works wonderfully well on this beautifully crafted metal.

The main highlight is its lightness combined with its sleekness. Weighing just 1.17 kilograms and measuring 1.39 centimeters thick in a 14-inch format that can slip into almost any bag, even the smallest ones, it offers absolute comfort. Moreover, despite its lightness, the Lenovo Yoga 7x Slim maintains a reassuring solidity to withstand the rigors of daily use.

Keyboard and Touchpad

This is perhaps where we appreciate Lenovo the most. The manufacturer’s keys always offer astonishing activation distance for the formats it supports, a very pleasant, soft but immediate rebound, all with unmatched stability.

The touchpad could use some improvements, though. While the size is satisfying, as is the glide, the traditional click is a bit soft and lacks feedback.

Connectivity

On the left, we have two USB-C 4.0 (or Thunderbolt 3) ports at 40 Gbps, while on the right, there is a third USB-C 4.0 port and… that’s it.

Even for a 14-inch format, this is sparse. While the number of ports is not bad for a small PC, the lack of diversity and the absence of a combo jack are greatly felt in daily use. Lenovo opts for a vision of modernity that we have already rejected many times, to the point that even the inflexible Apple has backtracked. Unfortunately, the dongle life is imposed on you.

Webcam and Audio

The Lenovo Yoga 7x Slim does not mess around with the webcam: 9 megapixels that are quite well managed thanks to the dedicated part of the Qualcomm SoCs which continues to be above the rest. It’s not at the level of a smartphone yet, but we are gradually getting there.

The audio experience is… adequate for this format. Again, the comparison with entry-level smartphones is apt. We don’t hate the output, but it lacks a bit of everything to be truly interesting. At least, for light multimedia consumption, it does its job.

Screen

On our test model, we find a 14-inch OLED panel offering a resolution of 2880 x 1800 pixels, which is a 16:10 ratio. The panel is not touch-sensitive, but is compatible with a refresh rate of 120 Hz set to 60 Hz by default. Unfortunately, it is also not treated for anti-glare.

Under our probe and with the CalMAN software from Portrait Displays, we measure a coverage of 168% of the sRGB space and 112% of the DCI-P3 space. In SDR, the maximum brightness is measured at exactly 500 cd/m², excellent for somewhat countering reflections, with an average color temperature of 6348K near perfection. The same goes for the average delta e00 of 1.78, which is simply perfect, with a maximum deviation of 5.59.

In HDR, we measure a maximum brightness peak of 1067 cd/m² which still provides an excellent overall brightness of 800 cd/m² in regular use. Hats off to the designer. The average color temperature suffers slightly by becoming a bit warmer at 6041K, but the average delta e00 without luminance error maintains a very good 3.5 for a maximum deviation of 5.07.

Lenovo, as usual, offers an excellent panel here. However, be aware: we have not been able to test the most widespread Full HD version on this model.

Software

Nothing very surprising to report here. Lenovo Vantage continues to be a central software for managing the machine’s fine settings quite effectively, even though it could be a bit clearer to use. While the explanations are there, the separation of elements is not the clearest to follow.

And of course, we also have numerous adware programs that need to be uninstalled urgently. Particularly this demon McAfee that follows us wherever we go.

Performance

In our test configuration, the Lenovo Yoga 7x Slim is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E88100 SoC with 18 cores and 18 threads that can turbo up to 4.7 GHz. It also benefits from the most powerful Adreno X2-90 graphics part of this generation for Qualcomm. All this is supported by 32 GB of LPDDR5X RAM at 9532 MT/s and a 1 TB storage space in PCIe Gen 4.0 QLC. This detail is important, as we’ll see next.

Benchmarks

In Cinebench 2026, we find scores of 5144 points in multi-threads and 639 points in single-thread, confirming once again that Qualcomm has an absolute advantage in this aspect in the laptop market today. Even the excellent Panther Lake from Intel is not close to reaching these scores, in multi or single thread.

It’s in the graphics part where Intel retains a significant advantage, but the score of 4825 points under Steel Nomad Light is far from bad and exceeds the integrated Radeon 890M notably in the ROG Xbox Ally X.

But here’s the thing… These 1 TB of storage, which are also supplied by Samsung, are far from meeting expectations. What is commonly referred to as the RAM crisis is actually a NAND memory crisis, and storage is affected. This is clearly seen here with ancient scores, far from what is expected on PCIe Gen 4.

Here’s the trick: we are dealing with QLC memories, not TLC as usual. Memories organized on 4 levels that are generally reserved for long-term storage since they are very slow. It’s a very big sacrifice that’s hard to swallow on modern laptops, whose OS and software expect much more responsiveness.

Lenovo is certainly “doing what it can” at the moment, but this decision is hard to accept. A laptop from a previous generation could be, particularly in the management of large files, 3 times faster in use for this single fact.

Cooling and Noise

Qualcomm’s excellence is evident in this aspect. The Lenovo Yoga 7x Slim does not heat up at all, and is barely noisy even on our synthetic tests. It’s a pure delight.

Battery Life

The Lenovo Yoga 7x Slim incorporates a 70 Wh battery, rechargeable through any Power Delivery charger on the market. The most optimal would be a 65-watt charger, not included.

In office use at 50% screen brightness, we find a battery life between 11 and 12 hours. While this is above the general average, we expected a bit better for a PC of this new generation, and it’s likely the price to pay to enjoy this sublime OLED screen.

Price and Availability

The 11th generation Lenovo Yoga 7x Slim is already available in France starting at 1599 euros.