Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Gen 4 (Intel) review

Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Gen 4: the carry-first business compact

The ThinkBook 13s Gen 4 (2022, Intel) at $780 pairs an Intel Core i5 1240P with 32GB of memory in a 13-inch business chassis. It is the smallest ThinkBook of this era in the batch, and the sheet is exactly what a carry-first compact should produce: mobility numbers up top, throughput floors below.

Where it holds up

Mobility is the named strength: 76 against a business-class median of 60, a 26.7% margin in the top quartile. The 56Wh battery tops the class median by 24.4%, and office productivity posts 82.35 (high) — the working case, intact. Portability at 82.3 (high) completes the carry story, and photo design at 37 (mid) is fair for integrated silicon.

Where it falls short

The named weakness is the composite score: 35 against a class median of 49, a budget-segment placing. The floors follow the pattern: performance at 33.63 (low), gaming at 23 (low), modeling at 27 (low) and engineering CAD at 30 (low), while value at 19 (low) is the sharpest flag — the $780 asking price runs ahead of what the sheet returns. The 32GB memory sits at the class median, the one spec that keeps pace.

Price and depreciation

At $780 the class rate reads 10% per year with no cohort anchor for a projection — rate-only framing for the business segment. A low value band on a gentle curve says the machine was priced for format and build, not benchmarks; the drift will not close that gap.

Alternatives to consider

The ThinkBook 14 Gen 4 at the same $780 trades some portability for an MX550 discrete card, top-band photo design and a far stronger value figure — the data-preferred pick. If the 13-inch carry format is the requirement, the Yoga Slim 7i Carbon at $566 offers a lighter body and a top-band portability score for $214 less.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class. The 13s Gen 4 is the mobility-and-battery compact with high-band office throughput — a format purchase whose 19-point value score tells the buyer to double-check the price against what the axes actually deliver.