Lenovo 16" Pro 9i Aura Edition
The 16-inch Tandem OLED display peaks at 1600 nits with full DCI-P3, paired with an RTX 5070 12GB GPU, 64GB RAM, and Intel Core Ultra 9 386H. Unique Force Pad doubles as a drawing surface with the included Yoga Pen, and at 1.90kg it stays portable despite the 92Wh battery. Best for color-accurate digital artists and 4K video editors who need GPU power and pen input, though compactness suffers.
About This Laptop
The 16-inch Tandem OLED display peaks at 1600 nits with full DCI-P3, paired with an RTX 5070 12GB GPU, 64GB RAM, and Intel Core Ultra 9 386H. Unique Force Pad doubles as a drawing surface with the included Yoga Pen, and at 1.90kg it stays portable despite the 92Wh battery. Best for color-accurate digital artists and 4K video editors who need GPU power and pen input, though compactness suffers.
- CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
- RAM 64 GB
- Storage 1024 GB
- Screen 16" 3200x2000
- GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
- OS Windows 11 Home
- Weight kg 1.9
- Battery wh 92
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong cpu (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong screen (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong ram (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong gpu (87th percentile) 87th
Cons
- Below average compact (22th percentile) 22th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 386H |
| Cores | 50 |
| Frequency | 2.1 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 18 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | RTX 5070 |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 64 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 3200 |
| Panel | OLED |
| Refresh Rate | 120 Hz |
| Brightness | 1600 nits |
| Color Gamut | 100% DCI-P3100% sRGB99% Adobe RGB |
Connectivity
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 Output |
| Wi-Fi | WiFi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
Physical
| Weight | 1.9 kg / 4.2 lbs |
| Battery | 92 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
Value & Pricing
vs Competition
| Spec | Lenovo 16" Pro 9i Aura Edition | Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max | ASUS ROG Flow Z13 GZ302 | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition | Dell Premium LDA14250-7667SLV-PUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 386H | Apple M4 Max | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 7 268V | Intel Core Ultra 7 255H |
| RAM (GB) | 64 | 64 | 128 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 8192 | 1024 | 1000 | 1024 | 1000 |
| Screen | 16" 3200x2000 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 13.4" 2560x1600 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 13.8" 2304x1536 | 14.5" 3200x2000 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | Apple (40-Core) | AMD Radeon 8060S | Intel Arc | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel Arc |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| Battery (Wh) | 92 | 72 | 70 | - | 39 | 62 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo 16" Pro 9i Aura Edition | 100 | 87.3 | 96.3 | 45.3 | 99.4 | 21.7 | 81.5 | 78.5 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max Compare | 91.7 | 18.4 | 96.3 | 80.7 | 99.1 | 67.2 | 99.7 | 96.1 |
| ASUS ROG Flow Z13 GZ302 Compare | 95.1 | 79.8 | 99.9 | 78.6 | 89.5 | 92.9 | 81.5 | 58.2 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.7 | 64 | 81.4 | 83.8 | 90.2 | 95.4 | 73.8 | 58.2 |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition Compare | 66.2 | 64 | 93.3 | 62.4 | 86.8 | 86.8 | 81.5 | 78.5 |
| Dell Premium LDA14250-7667SLV-PUS Compare | 84.7 | 64 | 90.6 | 74.3 | 96 | 55.2 | 64.5 | 31.7 |
Usage Scores
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