Lenovo ThinkPad 14.5" P14s Gen 5 Review
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong ram (96th percentile) 97th
- Strong screen (88th percentile) 92th
- Strong port (77th percentile) 79th
- Strong reliability (75th percentile) 76th
Cons
- Below average gpu (18th percentile) 20th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 7 165H |
| Cores | 16 |
| Frequency | 3.8 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 500 with 4 GB GDDR6 VRAM |
| Type | discrete |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 64 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 14.5" |
| Resolution | 3072 |
| Panel | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 120 Hz |
| Brightness | 350 nits |
| Color Gamut | 100% DCI-P3 |
Connectivity
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI Output |
| Wi-Fi | WiFi 6E |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
Physical
| Weight | 1.6 kg / 3.5 lbs |
| Battery | 75 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
Value & Pricing
vs Competition
| Spec | Lenovo ThinkPad 14.5" P14s Gen 5 | Apple MacBook Pro Apple 14" MacBook Pro (M5, Silver) | ASUS ROG Zephyrus ASUS - ROG Zephyrus G14 14" 3K OLED 120Hz Gaming | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro Samsung - Galaxy Book5 Pro - Copilot+ PC - 14" 3K | MSI Prestige MSI - Prestige 13”AI+ - Ukiyoe Edition 13.3"OLED | Microsoft Surface Laptop Microsoft - Surface Laptop - 13.8" 2K Touchscreen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 7 165H | Apple M5 | AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series | Intel Core Ultra 7 Series 2 | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100 |
| RAM (GB) | 64 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 4096 | 2000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Screen | 14.5" 3072x1920 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 13.8" 2304x1536 |
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 500 with 4 GB GDDR6 VRAM | Apple (10-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics | Qualcomm X1 |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Battery (Wh) | 75 | 72 | - | - | - | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo ThinkPad 14.5" P14s Gen 5 | 78.7 | 19.9 | 97.3 | 76.3 | 91.9 | 58 | 75.2 | 74.7 |
| Apple MacBook Pro 14" Compare | 81.6 | 19.9 | 76.4 | 89.9 | 96.6 | 74.4 | 98.5 | 94.7 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" 3K Compare | 89.9 | 90.6 | 94 | 96.6 | 93.7 | 76.2 | 91.1 | 53.8 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro Galaxy Book5 Pro 14" 3K Compare | 67 | 64.8 | 85.8 | 89.9 | 93 | 85.2 | 70.8 | 74.7 |
| MSI Prestige 13”AI+ Ukiyoe Edition 13.3"OLED Compare | 63.8 | 64.8 | 85.8 | 98.2 | 89.8 | 95.5 | 70.8 | 53.8 |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 13.8" 2K Touchscreen Compare | 94.7 | 40.5 | 85.8 | 94.3 | 79.6 | 87 | 70.8 | 74.7 |