Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 (14″ Gen 9) vs MSI Thin A15
Performance Scores
Metric
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 (14″ Gen 9)
MSI Thin A15
Battery Life
61.00
61.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
12556.00
11222.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1624.00
1552.00
Connectivity
71.00
62.00
Display
37.00
58.00
GPU performance
3.00
6.00
Gaming
25.00
31.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10506.00
8199.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2207.00
1977.00
Max. brightness
300.00
0.00
NanoReview Score
53.00
47.00
Performance
63.00
58.00
Portability
87.00
64.00
Specifications
Specification
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 (14″ Gen 9)
MSI Thin A15
Adaptive refresh rate
-
-
Ambient light sensor
N/A
No
Area
690 cm2 (106.8 inches2)
912 cm2 (141.3 inches2)
Aspect ratio
16:10
16:9
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
Yes
Backlight
Optional
Yes
Base frequency
1.2 GHz
3.3 GHz
Battery
-
47 Wh57 Wh
52.4 Wh
Battery type
Li-Po
Li-Po
Bluetooth
v5.3
v5.3
Bus
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
CPU
Intel Core Ultra 5 125HIntel Core Ultra 7 155HAMD Ryzen 5 8645HSAMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
AMD Ryzen 5 7535HSAMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
Channels
1x512 GB
1x256 GB
Charge power
65 W
120 W
Charging port position
Left
Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes
No
Clock
7467 MHz
5600 MHz
Coating
Matte
Matte
Colors
Gray, Blue
Gray
Contrast
-
-
Cooling system
Active
Active
Cores
14 (4P + 10E)
6
DCI-P3 color gamut
N/A
-
Dimensions
312 x 221 x 16.9 mm 12.28 x 8.7 x 0.67 inches
359 x 254 x 21.7 mm 14.13 x 10 x 0.85 inches
Display
-
1920 x 1200 (IPS)1920 x 1200 (OLED)
1920 x 1080
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
Yes
No
Ethernet (RJ45)
No
Yes
FLOPS
3.9 TFLOPS
6 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
5 nm
8 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
Optional
No
Full charging time
N/A
-
GPU
N/A
GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile 4GBGeForce RTX 3050 Laptop 4GBGeForce RTX 4050 Laptop 6GBGeForce RTX 4060 Laptop 8GB
GPU base clock
300 MHz
1185 MHz
GPU boost clock
2200 MHz
1477 MHz
HDMI
1x HDMI 1.4
1x HDMI 2.1
HDR support
No
No
Infrared sensor
Optional
No
Integrated GPU
Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
Radeon 660M
Key travel
1.5 mm
N/A
Keyboard type
Island
Island
L3 Cache
18 MB
16 MB
Liquid metal
No
No
Loudness
~80 dB
N/A
Material
Aluminum
Plastic
Max. ram size
-
64 GB
Memory bus
N/A
64 bit
Memory size
System Shared
4 GB
Memory speed
7.47 Gbps
~14 Gbps
Memory type
LPDDR5X
GDDR6
Microphones
2
-
NVMe
Yes
Yes
Noise level (max. load)
45 dB
N/A
Number of fans
2
1
Numpad
No
No
Nvidia Optimus
N/A
Yes, Advanced Optimus
Opening angle
160°
180°
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
162 ppi
141 ppi
Power
2x2W
2x2W
Proprietary charging port
No
Yes
RAM
-
8GB16GB32GB
-
8GB16GB32GB64GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
24
32
Refresh rate
60 Hz
144 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
1920 x 1200 pixels
1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time
N/A
-
SD card reader
Yes
No
Screen-to-body ratio
~82.4%
~73.6%
Shading units (cores)
896
2048
Side bezels
5.3 mm
6.8 mm
Size
12.0 x 7.5 cm
15.6 inches
Speakers
2.0
2.0
Storage
-
512GB1024GB2048GB
-
256GB512GB1024GB2048GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Plastic
Plastic
Sync technology
No
No
TGP
28 W
45 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
56
64
Threads
18
12
Thunderbolt
No
No
Total slots
2
1
Touchscreen
No
No
Transformer
No
No
Turbo frequency
4.5 GHz
4.55 GHz
Type
LPDDR5X
DDR5
USB Type-C
2x USB 3.2
1x USB 3.2
USB-A
2x USB 3.2
3x USB 3.2
Upgradable
Yes
Yes
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
No
No
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1920 x 1080
1280 x 720
Weight
1.46 kg (3.22 lbs)
1.86 kg (4.1 lbs)
Weight of AC adapter
324 grams
N/A
Wi-Fi standard
v6E
v6E
Windows Precision
Yes
Yes
sRGB color space
-
-