The Lenovo outran that system but was far from impressive—it took 36 minutes to process the Handbrake video clip, when most midrange laptops take around 15 minutes and the fastest need only seven or eight. This means that whether you’re trying to give it your all in a match, or you’re on-the-go, it can give its best performance at all times.

The display of third-party trademarks and trade names on this site does not necessarily indicate any affiliation or the endorsement of PCMag. A portal to the latest Chromebook features, the IdeaPad 3 Chromebook (14") FHD performs smoothly and effortlessly. Its AMD Ryzen processor can handle most tasks like text formatting, spreadsheets, and presentations.

The IdeaPad 3 14 also features an Eye Care mode, which adjusts the color temperature of your display to filter out blue light, which can reduce fatigue when you use your computer for a long time.

It captures some fine details like the writing on the bottle or the cards, but the whole image is overexposed, making colors appear washed out. Swap effortlessly between 'Max mode' where your CPU takes charge and provides the quickest performance and 'battery saving mode' for better battery performance – all with a simple keystroke. You can see more details about the configurations in the Differences Between Variants section below.Unless you need something really compact or a lot of screen real estate, this laptop hits the sweet spot between giving you lots of display to look at without sacrificing too much in the way of mobility. But it's worth noting that savvy laptop users can swap one of the two unsoldered 4GB RAM sticks for an 8GB RAM stick and bump the total RAM to 12GB.

The AMD and Intel processors have similar single-thread performance for the most part; however, the AMD Ryzen CPUs perform better in multi-threaded workloads due to their higher core count, especially the Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 7 5700U processors. Battery life is very short for gaming but much better than most gaming laptops with a dedicated GPU. Established in 2010, Laptop Outlet is one of the UK’s leading tech retailers, offering new and refurbished tech devices, including laptops, smartphones, PCs, tablets, accessories, and much more. Thats why we engineered the 14" IdeaPad 3 with up to a cutting-edge AMD Ryzen 7 3700U Mobile Processoras well as powerful memory and storage options.

The display provides enough space for multitasking and gets bright enough for use in most settings; however, the touchpad is small, and the keyboard can be fatiguing over time. Lenovo's specifications indicate that you can upgrade the SO-DIMM module up to 8GB for a maximum of 12GB.