Lenovo Yoga Slim 6i Gen 8 Review (i7-13700H, 14" OLED)

A review of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 6i Gen 8 laptop. (Intel i7-13700H, 16GB LPDDR5x-5200, 512GB PCIe Gen4 NMVe M.2 2242 SSD, Intel IRIS Xe iGPU, 14" OLED)
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 6i is the cheaper cousin to the Yoga Pro 7 and Yoga Slim 7 I reviewed a few months ago. Prioritising a good compromise between performance, power consumption and price in a sleek lightweight form factor. Does it hit a bullseye with demanding bargain hunters?
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Design
01:07 Upgrade Options
01:26 Display
02:02 Connectivity
02:42 Keyboard & Touchpad
03:07 Audio & Webcam
03:24 Audio Samples
04:02 Performance
04:56 Benchmarking Results
06:57 CPU, Fans & Temps
08:28 Graphics
08:58 Gaming
09:08 Gaming Samples
10:19 Target Audience
10:29 Security
10:45 Battery Life
11:18 The Good, The Bad and the Really Bad
11:20 Good Performance
11:29 Classy OLED
11:46 Solid Construction
11:59 No Card Reader
12:09 Noisy Touchpad
12:20 Poor GPU
12:35 Soldered Memory
12:49 Competition
13:25 Summary
14:25 Outro
Gaming benchmarking results
Apex Legends 17 FPS 1080P High
Counter Strike 2 22 FPS 1080P High
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty 14 FPS 1080P High
Red Dead Redemption 2 19 FPS 1440P High
GTA V 30 FPS 1080P High
Call of Duty: Warzone 46 FPS 1080P Low
Helldivers 2 23 FPS 1080P Low
MUSIC: Final Girl - Jeremy Blake
Wallpapers: / @vibevaultmusic
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UK SKU: Part #:83E0002TUK £666.66p + VAT (£799.99p inc. VAT)
Model: Lenovo Yoga Slim 6i Gen 8 14IRH8
Competition::
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Gen 8 (14″ AMD)
Dell Inspiron 14 Plus
HP Pavilion Plus 14-eh1000na
Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (14″ AMD)
MSI Prestige 14 Evo - B13M
Acer Swift X 14 (2024)
ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED (UX3405)
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[@LucianLatife]

Love the review. Looks like good value if you don't need graphics performance.

[@meal_team_six]

I didn't even know they made a Yoga 6i! However, based on your review, it seems like a lower-tier (mediocre) version of the slim 7i . Battery life, keyboard, and trackpad are subpar. I guess if priced right, someone will buy it. At least it has ports.

[@Dovecomputers]

Sold a few to the ideal market, retired people looking for a lightweight laptop and high school students.

[@PlatinAviation]

Awesome review! Haven’t seen many videos on the Slim 6i.. will you be checking out the new Thinkbook 13x?

[@Dovecomputers]

Thanks. Been begging Lenovo for a loan device for months! Finishing up the X1 Carbon Gen 12 and just ordered a bargain ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 for review. 👍

[@PlatinAviation]

@@Dovecomputers Awesome 👍

[@aquaregia7458]

Pls suggest me from Mac air m2 or yoga 6i

[@Dovecomputers]

The Yoga Slim 7x with Snapdragon X Elite CPU is the nearest rival to the MacBook Air M2/M3.

[@GeordiLaForgery]

Dunno about that trackpad and keyboard look really cheap compared to proper thinkpad.

[@Dovecomputers]

Apart from the clicky touchpad, its actually not bad and it's half the price of the Thinkpad T14.

[@6Ligma]

The screen has a better color coverage than 7i ! It's strange that Lenovo puts a 70% sRGB coverage screen on their laptops in 2024!

[@Dovecomputers]

So agree. It's actually taken until this year to get rid of 250 nit panels, now time to get rid of the 300 (nits) ones too!