Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X

A sleek choice for creatives, but more power is available elsewhere if you don’t need its portability

TIM DANTON

PRICE £1,643 (£1,971 inc VAT) from lenovo.com/gb Graphics workstation or gaming laptop? This isn’t the first time we’ve asked ourselves this question since Nvidia launched its Studio initiative, where it works with companies such as Autodesk, Adobe and DaVinci to fine-tune their software for GeForce graphics chips. What’s unusual about the Yoga Slim 7i Pro X is that it weighs 1.5kg, which is light for a system with creative professionals in its sights. The key attraction is the GeForce RTX 3050. It lacks the firepower of the RTX 3070 Ti found in MSI Creator Z16P (see issue 336, p57), but it means that creative applications can exploit the 2,048 CUDA, 16 ray-tracing and 64 tensor cores. SPECviewperf scores of 54 in the 3ds Max viewset, 29 in Catia and 179 in Maya hardly…

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