Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 2 (Intel) review
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 2 (Intel) — from 2022, 1.47 kg, performance 48.
Technical specifications
| Type | Workstation |
| Release year | 2022 |
| Screen | 14" · 1920x1080 |
| Processor | Intel Core i5 1135G7 , Intel Core i5 1145G7 , Intel Core i7 1165G7 , Intel Core i7 1185G7 |
| Max. RAM | 64 GB |
| Weight | 1.47 kg |
| Battery | 50 Wh |
Performance scores
A P-series badge without the card
The ThinkPad P14s Gen 2 (Intel) is a 2022 fourteen-inch workstation-class listing whose configuration records a Core i5-1135G7 and 64GB of memory — and no discrete graphics. The sheet's strength is mobility at 58, sixty-one percent above the workstation median; its weak axis is the graphics placing of 3.84 against a median of 42.23, ninety-one percent below. The $901 ticket prices it among machines that carry cards.
The badge-heritage story, stated numerically
Without a card the P14s Gen 2 is an eleven-hundred-class business ultrabook on paper — a Tiger Lake processor, a doubled memory ceiling, an excellent carrying frame — placed on a shelf where the median machine carries professional silicon. The data prices the mismatch honestly: the graphics axis at ninety-one percent below median is the largest shortfall in this batch's ThinkPad section, and the composite score at 47 against a class median of 63 records the aggregate cost. The capability sheet is empty; no visual claim survives.
The ninety-dollar-adjacent shelf
The $901 ticket joins the catalog's crowded price club, where this batch seats five other workstation listings — most carrying measured cards or doubled capacity. Against every one of them this listing's differentiation is the 1.5-kilogram-class frame; against none of them does it compete on capability. A buyer paying this number for this badge should hear the data's version first: the money buys the chassis, the keyboard and the memory, and nothing the GPU axes measure.
No depreciation anchor
No release-price anchor is recorded; the tier convention runs near fifteen percent per year. The ticket stands at the shelf's most competitive number with the shelf's weakest graphics story — the arithmetic is the warning.
Positioning against the aisle
No recorded analogs fall within the formal comparison band. The same-ticket siblings — the P16 Gen 2 with its measured A1000 and 128GB above all — define what the number buys elsewhere; this seat is the mobility corner of the club at the steepest capability discount.
Bottom line
A fairly-priced, badge-led ultrabook on the workstation shelf: mobility-first, memory-complete, graphics-honest at ninety-one percent below class. Buy it for the frame and the ceiling; the professional badge is heritage, not capability.
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⭐ What stands out
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graphics performance is lower than typical workstation class (+90.9%) (office tier).
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mobility is higher than typical workstation class (+61.1%) (mid).
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composite score is lower than typical workstation class (+25.4%).
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⚙️ Configuration analysis
Top configuration handles modern AAA games at high settings, video editing, and heavy multitasking.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 43.5) ↔ price (median 471).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 36) ↔ overall performance (median 60.6).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 100) ↔ battery life (median 2.4).
ThinkPad P14s Gen 2 (Intel): verdict
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