The Dell XPS15 has long been our favorite 15-inch class laptop, but new competitors are coming. The Lenovo ThinkpadZ16 is one such machine.
The thin-and-light 15-inch laptop class is attractive for creators and power users who don’t want the absolute largest machines to lug around. The Dell XPS 15 has led the class for some time now, and it’s one of the best laptops you can buy.
Related For $2,482, the ThinkPad Z16 comes with a Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H CPU, 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, a 16-inch 16:10 4K+ OLED display, and AMD Radeon RX 6500M discrete graphics. The XPS 15 tops out at $4,629 for a Core i9-12900HK CPU, 64GB of RAM, an 8TB SSD, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti GPU, and a choice between a 4K+ IPS panel or a 3.5K OLED display.
The ThinkPad Z16’s keyboard looks a lot like the ThinkPad standard with its sculpted keycaps and plenty of spacing, but it’s lighter than usual with a snappier feel. It’s just as good as the XPS 15’s version, which also has nice keycaps and key spacing. Typing on both laptops is a breeze. The ThinkPad Z16 has a smaller touchpad than the XPS 15’s massive surface, but it’s also a haptic touchpad that provides feedback and clickability across the entire surface.
The two laptops were closely matched in multi-core performance , especially when the XPS 15 was in its performance mode. The XPS 15 was faster in single-core benchmarks, though, and our review unit was equipped with the RTX 3050 Ti GPU, so its gaming and creativity performance was faster. At the high end, the XPS 15 would likely be faster, but that’s not something we were able to test.
Both displays were fine for productivity work, but if you’re a creator or want the best media consumption experience, then you’ll want to upgrade the ThinkPad Z16 to its OLED panel.
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