Lenovo Yoga 16" 83DL Grey 2024

The Lenovo Yoga 83DL is a 16-inch 2-in-1 with a Core Ultra 7 155U, 16GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD. It's great for productivity, with excellent port selection and a useful touchscreen, but the integrated graphics kill any gaming ambitions. US pricing starts at $849, which is a good deal, but European buyers should shop carefully since prices range from EUR 1,224 to EUR 2,016. Buy it for work and flexibility, not for play.

The Core Ultra 7 155U sits right around the middle of the pack in our CPU rankings, at the 51st percentile. That's not a knock, it's just reality. This chip can boost up to 4.8 GHz on the performance cores, which is plenty for compiling code, running virtual machines, juggling dozens of browser tabs, and handling Office workloads. The 14-thread setup means background tasks won't choke your foreground work. But if you're expecting desktop-class rendering or heavy data crunching, you'll feel the ceiling.

The integrated Intel Graphics lands at the 14th percentile for GPU performance. That's the trade-off for the efficiency-focused chip. You can play older titles, indie games, and esports at low settings, but anything modern at 1080p or higher will struggle. The gaming score of 14.3 out of 100 in our database confirms it. This is not a gaming laptop, and the integrated graphics are the main reason. For everything else, the 16GB of DDR5 and fast NVMe storage keep things snappy. The RAM is middle-of-the-road at the 51st percentile, but 16GB is still the sweet spot for most productivity work in 2025.

The Yoga 83DL sits in a weird middle ground. Against the Apple MacBook Pro M4 Pro, it loses on raw performance, battery life, and display quality, but it wins on price and the 2-in-1 flexibility. The MacBook Pro is a workstation. The Yoga is a versatile daily driver. If you need sustained performance for video editing or heavy development, the MacBook is the obvious choice. If you want to flip your screen around and draw on it, the Yoga is the only one of the two that can.

Against the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition, the Yoga offers more ports and a convertible hinge, but the Surface has a better display and likely better battery life. The ASUS ROG Flow Z13 and Acer Predator Helios Neo are gaming machines with dedicated GPUs, so they'll crush the Yoga in any graphics workload, but they're heavier, pricier, and don't have the same business-friendly vibe. The MSI Raider is in a completely different class, a desktop replacement with serious GPU power. None of those competitors offer the same combination of touchscreen, 360-degree hinge, and port selection at this price point.

Pricing is all over the map, which is worth paying attention to. In the US, you'll see this machine listed between $849 and $1,004 across three listings. That's a $155 spread for what should be the same laptop. If you're buying in the US, shop around and don't pay the high end. The lower end of that range is a genuinely good deal for a 16-inch convertible with 16GB RAM, 1TB storage, and Thunderbolt 4.

In Europe, the spread is wilder. EUR prices range from EUR 1,224 to EUR 2,016 across four listings in Germany, Spain, France, and Italy. That's a EUR 792 difference, which is frankly absurd. The lower end is competitive. The upper end is someone hoping you won't check other stores. In Canada, you're looking at CAD 1,650, and in the UK, GBP 1,240. The US pricing at the low end is the best value we're seeing. If you're in Europe, hunt for the EUR 1,224 listing and ignore the EUR 2,016 one entirely.

The Lenovo Yoga 83DL, sold as the Yoga 7i 2-in-1, is one of those machines that makes you wonder why more laptops don't just flip around already. It's a 16-inch convertible with a 360-degree hinge, a touchscreen, and a Core Ultra 7 155U inside. The pitch is simple: one device for laptop work, tablet scrolling, tent mode for Netflix, and stand mode for presentations. And honestly, for a lot of people, that pitch lands.

Who's this for? Developers who want a big screen and a real keyboard but also want to sketch or swipe through docs on the couch. Business folks who live in spreadsheets and video calls. Students who need one machine that does everything without weighing down a backpack too much. At 2.10kg (about 4.63 lbs), it's not ultrabook-light, but it's reasonable for a 16-inch convertible.

The interesting part is the spec sheet. You get 16GB of DDR5, a 1TB NVMe SSD, Wi-Fi 6E, Thunderbolt 4, and a 1920 x 1200 IPS touchscreen. That's a solid foundation. The Core Ultra 7 155U is a 12-core chip with 2 performance cores, 8 efficiency cores, and 2 low-power cores, totaling 14 threads. It's built for efficiency more than raw muscle, which tells you a lot about what this machine is and isn't for.

If you're a gamer, skip this. The integrated graphics are a hard wall, and no amount of RAM or storage will fix that. Look at the Acer Predator Helios Neo or ASUS ROG Flow Z13 instead, both have dedicated GPUs that will actually run modern games. If you're a video editor or 3D artist, same story. The GPU just isn't there.

If you travel constantly and weight is your top priority, this 2.10kg machine will feel heavy in a bag. The 17th percentile compactness score reflects that. A 13-inch or 14-inch ultrabook, or even the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition, would be a better fit. And if battery life is make-or-break for you, the unknown battery spec here is a genuine risk. We can't verify how long it lasts, and that's a problem for a machine marketed as portable.

For developers and business users who want a big touchscreen, a real keyboard, and the flexibility to flip into tablet or tent mode, the Yoga 83DL is a solid pick. The 16GB of RAM and 1TB SSD handle real workloads, and the port selection means you won't need dongles for your monitor, ethernet, or USB-A peripherals. The Core Ultra 7 155U is efficient enough for all-day productivity, even if it won't set benchmark records.

For anyone who wants to game, edit video, or run GPU-accelerated workloads, this is the wrong machine. The integrated graphics are a hard limit. You'd be better off with something like the Acer Predator Helios Neo or ASUS ROG Flow Z13, both of which have dedicated GPUs. And if battery life is your top concern, the unknown battery spec here is a reason to look elsewhere, the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition has a reputation for longevity that this machine can't verify.