Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i (14", Gen 9) review

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i (14", Gen 9): office excellence, graphics unverified

The Yoga Slim 7i Gen 9 in its 14-inch Intel trim (2024) at $1,084 carries an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 32GB of memory. The 125H's integrated Arc silicon is present in the config; the scoring sheet, characteristically for the platform year, does not resolve it.

Where it holds up

Reliability posts 75 against a convertible median of 49 — a 53.1% margin, top quartile, the named strength. Office productivity reaches 88.99 — top band — as the strongest absolute axis, and the 65Wh battery tops the class median by 20.4%. Portability at 71.6 (high) keeps the Slim brief honest, and the 32GB memory sits at the class median rather than under it.

Where it falls short

The graphics column reads zero — not a literal score but the absence of a matched scoring entry, a coverage gap rather than a hardware verdict, worth a hands-on check. The resolved floors are the integrated-GPU norm: gaming at 19, modeling at 27, engineering CAD at 33 and photo design at 13 — the last the lowest photo figure in this batch's convertible set. Performance at 34.99 (low) and value at 20.7 (low) complete a sheet that leans hard on office and reliability while conceding most everything else.

Price and depreciation

At $1,084 the class rate reads 13.87% per year with no cohort anchor for a projection — rate-only framing for the convertible segment. A 20.7 value score on a mid-teens curve is the financial mirror of the axis sheet: the price buys format and reliability, not throughput.

Alternatives to consider

The Yoga 7i Gen 9 14 at the same $1,084 posts the same top-band office and reliability figures with a better photo score — the closer sibling on data. The Yoga Slim 7 Gen 8 AMD at $163 less resolves its graphics properly (a 37.92 score) and posts top-band photo design; between the two, the older platform is the stronger data case.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class. The Slim 7i Gen 9 is an office-and-reliability machine — top-band office throughput on a 71.6 portability frame — whose zeroed graphics column is a scoring gap to verify and whose 13-band photo figure sets honest expectations.