Lenovo Yoga 7 2-in-1 16ILL10 review: Minor updates in all the right places

[Redaktion]

The Yoga 7 2-in-1 16ILL10 may look like just a simple processor update over last year's Yoga 7 2-in-1 16IML9, but it actually carries several other changes that really improve the usability of the 16-inch convertible.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-Yoga-7-2-in-1-16ILL10-review-Minor-updates-in-all-the-right-places.1010649.0.html

[Mothertrucker19]

What is that small black M.2 card next to the CPU?

[OMG]

60 Hz is bad enough, but this? Shame on you LENOVO.

Display P3 Coverage   
39.7
sRGB Coverage   
57.9

Also, no way in hell I would get 16 GB RAM anymore, I want to be able to host my own, decent, LLMs, like Qwen3-30B-A3B-Q4_K_M.gguf (18.63GB - doesn't fit into RAM), Qwen3-32B-Q4_K_M.gguf (19.76GB - doesn't fit into RAM)..16GB RAM aren't going to be enough to even run Qwen3-14B-Q4_K_M.gguf (9 GB), since the OS uses a good chunk of the 16GB RAM already.

[VecchioBabbione]

Thanks for the review but i have a few points:
1)The numbers of the maximum temps seem to be inconsistently reported: the pictures relative to the stress test's temp are different from the numbers of the max load temps in the temperatures table.
This is not the only review where i noticed this.
2) why not including also wifi test temperatures. I think it s very relevant for a user to know the temperatures during a typical usage
3) why not including pictures and description of the hinges at the screen level? Especially in case of convertibles this makes such a huge difference in terms of Durability. An old lenovo yoga 730 i fixed had them GLUED with an adhesive!!!!

[Andrea]

What is that small black M.2 card next to the CPU?

Yeah, I came here to ask the same thing! What is that card on the third slot?

[Results45]

This laptop sets a new record for longest battery life in a x86 16-incher so it's time for another update to the Battery Life Leaderboard*:

• [84Wh] Lenovo Thinkbook 16 Gen 7 QOY Qualcomm @ 1614 minutes or just over 26.75 hours
• [55Wh] Dell XPS 13 9345 @ 1,575 minutes or 26.25 hours
• [60Wh] Dell Pro 13 Premium @ 1,440 minutes or 24 hours
• [58Wh] Lenovo Thinkpad T14s Gen 6 Qualcomm @ 1349 minutes or just over 22.25 hours
• [57Wh] Lenovo Thinkpad X1 2-in1 Gen 10 @ 1318 minutes or 2 minutes just shy of 22 hours
• [58Wh] Lenovo Thinkpad T14s Gen 6 Intel @ 1308 minutes or just over 21.75 hours
• [55Wh] Dell XPS 13 9350 @ 1,236 minutes or just over 20.5 hours
• [99.6Wh] M3 Pro Macbook Pro 16 2023 @ 1204 minutes or just over 20 hours
• [70Wh] Lenovo Yoga 7 16ILL Gen 10 @ 1202 minutes or just over 20 hours
• [99.6Wh] M4 Pro Macbook Pro 16 2023 @ 1178 minutes or just over 19.5 hours
• [77Wh] LG Gram Pro 16 2025 @ 1176 minutes or just over 19.5 hours
• [86Wh] Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 2 @ 1,130 minutes or just over 19 hours
• [78.6Wh] HP Elitebook 1040 G7 @ 1,128 minutes or just over 18.75 hours
• [68Wh] HP Elitebook X Flip G1i 14 @ 1,102 minutes or just over 18.25 hours
• [99.9Wh] MSI Prestige 16 B1MG @ 1,100 minutes or just over 18.25 hours

*Real-world battery life is typically 25-45% shorter than the tested runtimes when factoring-in full display brightness of 300-450 nits (60%+ shorter at 600 nits), operation on "balanced" power mode, and 10% battery degradation within a year as Notebookcheck conducts WLAN/WiFi benchmarks on each model at 150 nits with "activated power-saving measures" while "ultralight web browsing".