Intel Lunar Lake Laptops Will Beat Apple M2, M3 in Battery Life: Lenovo

Lenovo has announced that its upcoming laptops featuring Intel's Lunar Lake architecture will outperform Apple's M2 and M3 models in battery life. A promotional video from Lenovo demonstrates a Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition laptop with Lunar Lake lasting 23 hours and 54 minutes during a battery rundown test, significantly surpassing the MacBooks, which lasted nearly five and a half hours less. This test involved local video playback at 150 nits using a 1080p/24fps H.264 video file. Dell has also claimed impressive battery life for its Lunar Lake XPS 13, stating it can last up to 26 hours under similar conditions. However, competition is expected from Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite/Plus chips and AMD's upcoming Zen 5 mobile processors. The Lunar Lake architecture, which is Intel's first made exclusively by TSMC on a 3nm process, features embedded memory akin to Apple's M-series chips. The first laptops with Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V CPUs are anticipated to be available for purchase on September 24, 2024.

- Lenovo's Lunar Lake laptops are projected to exceed Apple M2 and M3 in battery life.

- The Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition achieved nearly 24 hours of battery life in testing.

- Dell's XPS 13 with Lunar Lake claims up to 26 hours of battery life.

- Competition includes Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite/Plus and AMD's Zen 5 processors.

- Lunar Lake is Intel's first architecture produced on TSMC's 3nm process.