Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 3 (AMD) vs Microsoft Surface Pro 12
Performance Scores
Metric
Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 3 (AMD)
Microsoft Surface Pro 12
Battery Life
66.00
73.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
4565.00
6880.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1095.00
1006.00
Connectivity
60.00
73.00
Display
26.00
58.00
GPU performance
1.00
1.00
Gaming
13.00
14.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4331.00
10380.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1436.00
2200.00
Max. brightness
250.00
400.00
NanoReview Score
41.00
61.00
Performance
36.00
52.00
Portability
84.00
100.00
Specifications
Specification
Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 3 (AMD)
Microsoft Surface Pro 12
Adaptive refresh rate
N/A
Yes (60-90 Hz)
Adobe RGB profile
N/A
73%
Ambient light sensor
No
Yes
Area
715 cm2 (110.9 inches2)
521 cm2 (80.7 inches2)
Aspect ratio
16:9
3:2
Audio chip
Realtek ALC328
-
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
No
Backlight
Yes
-
Base frequency
2.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Battery
-
45 Wh57 Wh
N/A
Battery type
Li-Po
Li-Po
Bluetooth
v5.2
v5.4
Bus
PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
Custom
CPU
AMD Ryzen 3 5300UAMD Ryzen 5 5500UAMD Ryzen 5 5600UAMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650UAMD Ryzen 7 5700UAMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Channels
1x128 GB
1x256 GB
Charge power
65 W
45 W
Charging port position
Left
Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes
Yes, 45 W
Clock
3200 MHz
8448 MHz
Coating
Matte
Glossy (Antireflective)
Colors
Black, Gray
Gray, Blue, Purple
Contrast
-
1200:1
Cooling system
Active
Passive
Cores
4
8
DCI-P3 color gamut
N/A
72.7%
Dimensions
324 x 220.7 x 17.9-20.9 mm 12.76 x 8.69 x 0.7-0.82 inches
274 x 190 x 7.8 mm 10.79 x 7.48 x 0.31 inches
Display
-
1920 x 1080 (TN)1920 x 1080 (IPS)
N/A
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
Yes
Yes
Ethernet (RJ45)
Yes
No
FLOPS
1.2 TFLOPS
1.7 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
7 nm
4 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
Yes
No
Full charging time
-
2:05 hr
GPU base clock
300 MHz
280 MHz
GPU boost clock
1500 MHz
1107 MHz
HDMI
1x HDMI 1.4
No
HDR support
No
No
Infrared sensor
Optional
Yes
Integrated GPU
Radeon RX Vega 6
Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
Key travel
1.8 mm
-
Keyboard type
Island
-
L3 Cache
4 MB
-
Liquid metal
No
No
Loudness
~77.5 dB
~82.1 dB
Material
Top: Aluminum Middle: Aluminum Bottom: Plastic
Aluminum
Max. ram size
-
-
Memory size
System Shared
System Shared
Memory speed
3.2 Gbps
8.45 Gbps
Memory type
DDR4
LPDDR5X
Microphones
2
2
NVMe
Yes
No
Noise level (max. load)
34.5 dB
N/A
Number of fans
1
-
Numpad
No
-
Opening angle
180°
360°
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
157 ppi
220 ppi
Power
2x2W
2x2W
Proprietary charging port
No
No
RAM
-
4GB8GB16GB20GB24GB
16GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
8
24
Refresh rate
60 Hz
90 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels
2196 x 1464 pixels
Response time
N/A
25 ms
SD card reader
No
No
Screen-to-body ratio
~75.5%
~82.4%
Shading units (cores)
384
768
Side bezels
7.1 mm
10.2 mm
Size
10.0 x 5.6 cm
-
Speakers
2.0
2.0
Storage
-
128GB256GB512GB1024GB
-
256GB512GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Plastic
-
Sync technology
No
No
TGP
15 W
30 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
24
48
Threads
8
8
Thunderbolt
No
No
Total slots
2
-
Touchscreen
No
Yes
Transformer
No
Yes
Turbo frequency
3.8 GHz
3.4 GHz
Type
DDR4
LPDDR5X
USB Type-C
1x USB 3.2
2x USB 4.0
USB-A
2x USB 3.2
No
Upgradable
Yes
No
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
No
No
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1280 x 720
1920 x 1080
Weight
1.64 kg (3.62 lbs)
0.68 kg (1.5 lbs)
Weight of AC adapter
365 grams
173 grams
Wi-Fi standard
v6
v7
Windows Precision
Yes
-
sRGB color space
N/A
98.1%