Lenovo ThinkPad 16" E16 Gen 3 Eclipse Black 2024
Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025
What Buyers Say
Lenovo ThinkPad 16" E16 Gen 3 Eclipse Black 2024
The Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 AMD is widely praised for its solid build quality, comfortable keyboard, and strong performance for business and development tasks. Many users highlight the large matte display, good battery life, and upgradeability as key strengths. However, several verified reviews report issues with the trackpoint recalibration, fingerprint sensor reliability, and occasional software bugs. Customer service complaints about return labels and support responsiveness are also a recurring negative theme.
Pros
- Solid build quality
- Comfortable keyboard
- Large matte display
- Good performance for business tasks
- Upgradeable RAM and storage
Cons
- Trackpoint recalibration issues
- Fingerprint sensor unreliable
- Customer service unresponsive
- Pre-installed bloatware (McAfee)
- Occasional software bugs
Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025
Users are very satisfied with this Surface Laptop, praising its build quality, smooth trackpad, excellent screen brightness, and long battery life. One reviewer noted a printer connectivity issue, but overall sentiment is highly positive.
Pros
- Excellent screen brightness
- Smooth trackpad
- Great battery life
- Solid build quality
- Magnetic charging port
Cons
- Printer connectivity issue
Scores
Specifications
| Lenovo ThinkPad 16" E16 Gen 3 | Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | ||
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 250★ | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 |
| CPU Multi-Core Score | No data | |
| Cores | 8 | 12★ |
| Frequency | 3.3 GHz | 3.4 GHz★ |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB★ | 6 MB |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU* | Integrated AMD Radeon 780M★ | Qualcomm Adreno GPU |
| GPU Benchmark Score | ||
| Type | integrated | integrated |
| VRAM Type | Shared | Shared |
| Memory & Storage | ||
| RAM | 16 GB | 64 GB★ |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Storage 1 | 1 TB | 1 TB |
| Storage 1 Type | NVMe SSD | NVMe SSD |
| Display | ||
| Size | 16" | 15" |
| Resolution | 1920 px | 2496 px★ |
| Panel | IPS | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz★ |
| Brightness | 300 nits | 600 nits★ |
| Color Gamut | 45% NTSC | sRGB |
| Connectivity | ||
| USB-C Ports | 2 | 2 |
| USB Ports | 2★ | 1 |
| Thunderbolt | USB 4 40Gbps | USB4 |
| HDMI | HDMI 2.1 | — |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6 | Wi-Fi 7★ |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.4★ |
| Ethernet | Ethernet (RJ45) | — |
| Physical | ||
| Weight | 1.71 kg | 1.66 kg★ |
| Battery | 48 Wh | 66 Wh★ |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro |
Pros & Cons
Lenovo ThinkPad 16" E16 Gen 3 Eclipse Black 2024
- Strong social proof (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong port selection (84th percentile)84th %ile
- Strong reliability (81st percentile)81st %ile
- Strong storage (80th percentile)80th %ile
- Below average portability (31st percentile)
Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025
- Strong cpu (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong ram (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong screen (91st percentile)91st %ile
- Strong reliability (81st percentile)81st %ile
- Below average gpu (28th percentile)
Pricing
Lenovo ThinkPad 16" E16 Gen 3 Eclipse Black 2024 offers 1.4x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 75 overall, wins 6 of 8 usage categories and 10 of 29 specs.
