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Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 (AMD)

The T14's Ryzen chips in a thinner body, with all memory soldered and no room to grow.

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Overall

8.1

out of 10

Axis scores

Strongest on Performance (8.4), weakest on Durability (7.6), a 0.8-point spread. The 8.1 overall is the plain average of all 5 Tech axes, with no weighting.

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 (AMD) — axis scores out of 10Horizontal bar chart of editorial scores out of 10 across 5 axes. Bars run from a shared zero baseline; longer is better. Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 (AMD): Performance 8.4, Value 8.2, Durability 7.6, Ease of use 8.2, Design 8.3.PerformanceLenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 (AMD) — Performance 8.4 out of 108.4ValueLenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 (AMD) — Value 8.2 out of 108.2DurabilityLenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 (AMD) — Durability 7.6 out of 107.6Ease of useLenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 (AMD) — Ease of use 8.2 out of 108.2DesignLenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 (AMD) — Design 8.3 out of 108.3Editorial score out of 10 — higher is better
  • Performance — How well it does the core job
  • Value — What the same money buys elsewhere
  • Durability — Failure and fade reports past the one-year mark
  • Ease of use — Setup, daily operation, cleaning, maintenance
  • Design — Build quality and how it sits in a room

Specs

Processor
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U or Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
Memory
8GB, 16GB, or 32GB soldered LPDDR4x
Display
14-inch, 1920×1080 on most units
Battery
57Wh
Storage
One M.2 NVMe slot

As published by the manufacturer. We didn't measure these ourselves.

Is it for you

Buy it if

  • You want Ryzen performance in a body light enough to carry every day
  • You can find a 16GB or 32GB unit and never plan to open it

Skip it if

  • You want to add memory later, because there is no slot
  • Fan noise under sustained load bothers you

Same Ryzen 5000 PRO chips as the T14 Gen 2, in a thinner chassis that trades upgrade paths for weight. The LPDDR4x memory runs faster than the T14’s mix of soldered and socketed memory, which helps the integrated graphics, but it is fixed for the life of the machine.

Reviewers found the thinner cooling louder under long loads than the T14’s. For office work it stays quiet; for long builds or video exports it does not.

The 57Wh battery is larger than the T14’s 50Wh. On a machine that has been through a three-year lease, that extra capacity is mostly cushion against wear.

Last updated . The scoring method is on how we rank.