Earlier this month, Intel launched the Core Ultra 200V lineup, a.k.a. The Lunar Lake processors, which will power thin and light laptops. At launch, these CPUs were said to be powerful as well as highly efficient. Intel claimed the best battery life on x86, but it looks like they’ve now proven themselves against Apple’s ARM-based chips.
Considering that these processors will be seen on shelves soon (fitted into a range of laptops), manufacturers have started sharing details about their products powered by the CPUs. And from what we have seen so far, it looks like the Core Ultra 200V can deliver impressive battery life.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i delivers almost 24 hours of video playback
Lenovo became one of the first companies to boast about Intel’s Core Ultra 200V processor in their upcoming Yoga Slim 7i laptop. In the official test conducted by Lenovo, the manufacturer compared Yoga Slim 7i’s battery life to Apple’s MacBooks powered by M2 and M3.
To show the difference in battery life, Lenovo tested the laptops based on Local Video Playback capabilities. For the test, the laptops played an H.264 video on a loop with 150 nits of brightness.
As you can see in the screenshot above, Lenovo’s yet-to-be-released Yoga Slim 7i delivers 23 hours and 54 minutes of local video playback. Meanwhile, the Apple M3 delivered 18 hours and 32 minutes, and the Apple M2 managed to deliver 18 hours and 19 minutes.
Overall, there is about 5 to 5.5 hours of difference between Lenovo’s new Core Ultra 200V-powered laptop and Apple’s MacBooks. It should be noted that Lenovo said that this test was done on an engineering sample, which means the final results may vary a little.
