LG gram 14Z980 vs. Lenovo Yoga 920: Two thin and light workhorses

Lenovo'southward Yoga 920 is its crowning laptop achievement. I favorably reviewed it, noting a premium quality and great 14-inch blueprint. LG's new gram Z980 serial — I reviewed the 15-inch version — is also available in xiii- and 14-inch configurations, the latter of which I'll be focusing on here. While the Yoga 920 is convertible and the gram (the lowercase "one thousand" is emphasized) is a standard notebook, they both accept touchscreens, a slim build, and sit in the same price range. I'll compare the ii here to make it easier for yous to make up one's mind which 1 is all-time for your needs.

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LG gram 14Z980 vs. Lenovo Yoga 920: Specifications

LG gram 14Z980

Category	LG gram 14Z980	Lenovo Yoga 920
Processor	Eighth-gen Intel Core i5-8250U Intel Core i7-8550U	8th-gen Intel Core i5-8250U Intel Cadre i7-8550U
Brandish size	14-inch IPS (touch and not-affect)	13.9-inch IPS (touch)
Brandish resolution	FHD (1,920 x ane,080)	FHD (1,920 x one,080) UHD (3,840 10 ii,160)
RAM	8GB DDR4-2400MHz	8GB DDR4-2400MHz 16GB DDR4-2400MHz
Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 620	Intel UHD Graphics 620
Storage	256GB SATA SSD 512GB SATA SSD	256GB PCIe SSD 512GB PCIe SSD 1TB PCIe SSD
Camera	Front-facing 720p	Front-facing 720p
Biometrics	Fingerprint reader	Fingerprint reader
Ports	Two USB-A three.0 USB-C HDMI microSD reader 3.5mm sound	Two USB-C Thunderbolt 3 USB-A 3.0 three.5mm audio
Battery	Four-cell 72WHr	Four-cell 70WHr
Dimensions	12.7 in 10 viii.three in ten 0.six in 322.58mm 10 210.82mm 10 15.24mm	12.7 in x viii.8 in 10 0.54 in 323mm x 223.5mm 10 13.95mm
Weight	2.19 pounds (965g)	3.02 pounds (1.37kg)
Cost	Starting at about $ane,150	Starting at well-nigh $1,200

LG gram 14Z980 vs. Lenovo Yoga 920: Performance

Yoga 920

Both of these laptops are using Intel's eighth-generation processors (CPU), available in either Core i5 or Core i7. No matter what you choose, y'all're getting four cores of power with a depression thermal design point (TDP), which helps with the battery life.

Straight from the factory, the Yoga 920 is available with upward to 16GB of DDR4 RAM, while the gram 14Z980 is capped at 8GB of the same DDR4 RAM. Likewise, the solid-state drive (SSD) in the gram is smaller — bachelor upwardly to 512GB — while the one in the Yoga 920 tin be had up to 1TB. If transfer speed is important to y'all, note that the SATA SSD in the gram isn't nearly as fast as the PCIe SSD in the Yoga 920.

Winner: Lenovo Yoga 920. Processing ability comes out even, but the Yoga 920 is bachelor with more than RAM and a larger, faster SSD.

LG gram 14Z980 vs. Lenovo Yoga 920: Brandish

Yoga 920

Available in either FHD or 4K, the Yoga 920'due south touch on brandish is stunning. It might not be as bright as some of the competition, only it has excellent colour reproduction and deep contrast. Add in a compatible Lenovo Active Pen 2 with 4,096 levels of pressure, and you have a functional combination thanks to the convertible design.

The gram 14Z980 is available only in 1080p, and while information technology isn't a convertible laptop, it does have an available touch brandish. Similar the Yoga 920's screen, the gram's has peachy color and contrast, though at that place is no pen support.

Neither display has much bezel effectually it, though the glass on the Yoga 920 stretches from edge to edge. The gram has a raised plastic edge effectually it that isn't quite equally attractive, though it keeps the brandish from touching the keys when airtight.

Winner: Lenovo Yoga 920. Both laptops have excellent touch on displays, but only the Yoga 920 is available in a 4K choice and is the merely one with pen support.

LG gram 14Z980 vs. Lenovo Yoga 920: Design and features

LG gram 14Z980

If you similar a light laptop, I'll finish you lot right here: get with the gram 14Z980. It weighs in at but over two pounds, whereas the Yoga 920 is almost a pound heavier. However, if information technology's a thin laptop you're afterwards, the Yoga 920 is about a half-inch thinner than the gram.

The Yoga 920 is heavier because of its all-metal chassis and watchband hinge. Both feel very sturdy when handled, and at that place's not much flex at all in the hat. The gram's nanocarbon-magnesium hybrid body doesn't experience quite equally sturdy and in that location's quite a chip of flex in the lid when open, though I've been using the xv-inch version heavily for about a calendar month at present and no bug have arisen. One big point for the gram is that you tin can open the lid with one manus.

Yoga 920

Thanks to the watchband hinge on the Yoga 920 the laptop is fully convertible. The gram is strictly a notebook, so this alone could be the deciding factor. The Yoga makes a great standard laptop, merely don't attempt turning the gram into a tablet.

Despite beingness so thin and light, the gram has a great option of ports, including USB-A 3.0, USB-C, and HDMI. Notation that the 14-inch gram doesn't accept Thunderbolt 3 support. The Yoga 920 is express to fewer ports, though it does have two Thunderbolt 3 to work with as well as a USB-A three.0 for your older accessories. I recall the gram edges out the Yoga 920 thanks to the HDMI port, though if you need Thunderbolt 3, the choice is unproblematic.

LG gram 14Z980

The keyboards and touchpads here could be considered a depict. Both laptops take backlit keys, both have Precision touchpads, and both are great for long days of typing. Ane matter I did annotation when reviewing the Yoga 920 — and this is likely a per-laptop event — was that some of the keys squeak when typing.

Winner: Tie. The Yoga 920 feels sturdier, but the gram is lighter. If you need convertible, become Yoga; if yous need notebook, go gram.

LG gram 14Z980 vs. Lenovo Yoga 920: Battery

Yoga 920

Testing the 4K version of the Yoga 920, I saw about 10 hours of life from the 70WHr bombardment. That's plenty to get through a workday, and if you opt for the FHD display, y'all'll no doubt get a few hours more.

I was also able to test the fifteen-inch gram's battery life, which is using the same 72WHr battery as the gram 14Z980. With an FHD touch display, I saw near 13 hours of life without pushing the laptop with anything strenuous.

Winner: Tie. Both laptops offer first-class battery life.

LG gram 14Z980 vs. Lenovo Yoga 920: Price and availability

LG gram 14Z980

At the time of writing, LG's gram Z980 lineup is just starting to striking the marketplace. The 13-inch models are priced starting at about $1,075, 15-inch models beginning at about $1,226, and xiv-inch models — still non officially released — start at about $1,150.

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Yoga 920 configurations commencement at about $1,200 for a model with a Core i5 CPU, FHD display, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB PCIe SSD. All are readily bachelor, and you lot tin can expect to pay upwardly of about $2,000 for a model with 4K display and otherwise maxed specs.

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Winner: Tie. Both are competitively priced, though if you lot need a xiv-inch laptop today, the Yoga 920 is set to transport.

LG gram 14Z980 vs. Lenovo Yoga 920: Conclusion

Yoga 920

Adding up the score, it'south articulate that these two laptops are quite evenly matched. Performance hardware is similar, though you tin can get more RAM and a faster, larger SSD in the Yoga 920, and while both displays are bang-up, once more simply the Yoga 920 has a 4K choice.

The gram is lighter simply the Yoga is thinner, and one makes a great notebook with lots of ports while the other has the extra convertible feature and pen support. Bombardment life is bully in both, and prices are similar.

My communication? If yous don't have much use for a convertible design, become with the gram Z980. If you lot'd rather have something that tin turn into a laptop or you like the idea of a 4K screen, the Yoga 920 is a better choice.