On sale 17%
Lenovo ThinkPad 14" T490s Black
CPU Intel Core i7 8565U
RAM 8 GB
Storage 256 GB
Screen 14"
OS Windows 11 Pro
30 Overall Score
Price CA$290
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong portability (66th percentile) 66th
Cons
- Below average port selection (5th percentile)
- Below average cpu (9th percentile)
- Below average gpu (13th percentile)
- Below average ram (14th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i7 8565U |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 1.8 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 14" |
Physical
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Lenovo ThinkPad 14" T490s | Apple MacBook Pro Excellent 16" MVVK2LL/A | HP OmniBook X Flip /D3KN6UA#ABA | ASUS ZenBook UM3406KA-WS79T | Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge NP960XMA-KB1US | Dell Latitude 7455 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i7 8565U | Intel Core i9 8-Core 2.3 GHz | Intel Core Ultra 7 355 | AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 64 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 512 | 512 |
| Screen | 14" | 16" 3072x1920 | 14" 1920x1200 | 14" 1920x1200 | 16" 2880x1800 | 14" 2560x1600 |
| GPU | - | AMD Radeon Pro 5500M | Intel Graphics | AMD Radeon Graphics | Qualcomm Adreno | Qualcomm Adreno |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro |
| Weight (kg) | - | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | - | 59 | - | 35 | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo ThinkPad 14" T490s | 9 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 4.6 | 21.9 | 66.1 | 17.7 | 80.6 |
| Apple MacBook Pro Excellent 16" MVVK2LL/A Compare | 81.2 | 70.8 | 90.3 | 99.9 | 90.4 | 22.9 | 67.7 | 97.4 |
| HP OmniBook X Flip /D3KN6UA#ABA Compare | 69.1 | 55 | 64.9 | 80.8 | 78 | 80.7 | 67.7 | 32.8 |
| ASUS ZenBook UM3406KA-WS79T Compare | 77.6 | 70 | 80.8 | 83.3 | 80.7 | 86.9 | 80.3 | 59.8 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge NP960XMA-KB1US Compare | 98.8 | 27.4 | 52.1 | 58.4 | 95.9 | 41.8 | 52.5 | 80.6 |
| Dell Latitude 7455 Compare | 98.8 | 27.4 | 80.8 | 75.3 | 86.6 | 79.1 | 38 | 32.8 |
Price
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