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Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 AMD vs Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 14

Which is the better buy? Side-by-side on rating, price, strengths, and watch-outs — with the published ratings we averaged to get there.

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The short answer

Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 14 comes out ahead by a narrow margin (4.3 vs 4.2). Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 14 is best for: professionals prioritizing display quality. Read the strengths below before deciding.

Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 AMD
Ranked #4 in Best Laptops Under $2000
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 AMD
1 source$1,311.75as of Oct 13

The ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 AMD is a 14-inch business laptop built around AMD's Ryzen 7 8840U. Notebookcheck rated it 86% and found it clearly faster than the Intel version of the same chassis, with an excellent keyboard, a bright matte 1920 x 1200 screen, an RJ45 Ethernet port and, for the first time since the Gen 2, fully upgradeable RAM in two SO-DIMM slots. The costs of that performance are a hot underside and a loud fan under full load, only average battery life and some coil whine.

Strengths
  • — Clearly faster than the Intel T14 Gen 5 in Notebookcheck's benchmarks, including single-core performance
  • — Two SO-DIMM slots make the RAM fully upgradeable, and the SSD, WWAN modem, battery and keyboard are replaceable, per Notebookcheck
  • — RJ45 Ethernet, Thunderbolt 4 and optional LTE, as Notebookcheck notes
Watch-outs
  • — Notebookcheck measured more than 60 C (143 F) on the bottom and 47 dB(A) of fan noise under maximum load
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Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 14
Higher ratedRanked #1 in Best Laptops Under $2000
Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 14
3 sources$1,319.99as of Aug 12

The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 14 is a lightweight, elegant business laptop with an outstanding OLED display and solid build quality. PCWorld's Thomas Rau praised its 3K OLED touchscreen and sturdy aluminum design, noting it weighs just 2.64 pounds. However, initial performance was disappointing due to outdated GPU drivers, though this was resolved with a manual driver update. The laptop lacks Wi-Fi 7 and has only 512GB SSD storage, which may be limiting for power users. It's best suited for professionals who prioritize portability and display quality over raw performance and storage capacity.

Strengths
  • — Outstanding OLED screen with 3K resolution and dynamic 2x display
  • — Very light weight at 2.64 pounds
  • — Sturdy aluminum casing with elegant Moonstone Grey finish
Watch-outs
  • — Slightly slower processor with Core Ultra 7 155H
  • — Limited storage and lack of Wi-Fi 7
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How they stack up

Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 AMD

The ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 AMD is a business laptop with an RJ45 Ethernet port, an optional LTE modem and two SO-DIMM RAM slots, features aimed at office fleets rather than the thin consumer designs of the Apple MacBook Air 15-inch M3, Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 14 and Microsoft Surface Laptop 7. Notebookcheck measured it at 3.28 pounds.

Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 14

The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 14 has a 14-inch 3K OLED touchscreen, where the Dell XPS 14 9440 uses a 14-inch IPS panel, and both run the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H. At 2.64 pounds it is lighter than the 3.17 lb HP Spectre x360 14, which uses the same processor but lists 32 GB of memory and 2 TB of storage to the Samsung's 16GB and 512GB. It costs less than the Dell.

Specs side-by-side

SpecLenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 AMDSamsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 14
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 7 8840UCore Ultra 7 155H
Memory16GB DDR5 (two SO-DIMM slots, upgradeable)16GB of LPDDR5X
Storage512GB SSD (M.2 2280)512GB SSD
Display14-inch IPS, 1920 x 1200, matte14-inch 3K OLED
Weight3.28 lbs (Notebookcheck, measured)2.64 pounds
GPUAMD Radeon 780MIntel ARC graphics
Battery52.5 Wh—
Operating SystemWindows 11 ProWindows 11 Home
Dimensions12.95 x 8.94 x 0.70 inches—
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