{"id":682225,"date":"2026-05-20T04:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/682225\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T04:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:15:08","slug":"lenovo-launches-new-14-inch-thinkpad-globally-with-amd-zen-5-processors-and-64-gb-ram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/682225\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenovo launches new 14-inch ThinkPad globally with AMD Zen 5 processors and 64 GB RAM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, we lamented Lenovo<\/a> for equipping the AMD versions of the ThinkPad E14 Gen 7<\/a> with Zen 4 processors (curr. $949 on Amazon)<\/a>. By contrast, the company equipped Intel variants with modern Lunar Lake processors. For 2026, Lenovo has rectified this by including Zen 5 alternatives across the board.<\/p>\n

According to PSREF, the company will offer the ThinkPad E14 Gen 8 with Krackan Point 2 and Gorgon Point processors spanning the Ryzen AI 5 330<\/a> through to the Ryzen AI 7 450<\/a>. At the time of writing, Lenovo lists the following seven processors on its website:<\/p>\n

Ryzen AI 5 330 – 4 cores, 8 threads, Radeon 820MRyzen AI 5 Pro 340 – 6 cores, 12 threads, Radeon 840MRyzen AI 5 430 – 4 cores, 8 threads, Radeon 840MRyzen AI 5 435 – 6 cores, 12 threads, Radeon 840MRyzen AI 7 345 – 6 cores, 12 threads, Radeon 820MRyzen AI 7 445 – 6 cores, 12 threads, Radeon 840MRyzen AI 7 450 – 8 cores, 16 threads, Radeon 860M<\/p>\n

Additionally, the ThinkPad E14 Gen 8 will be available with up to 64 GB of DDR5-5600 RAM and a 48 Wh or 64 Wh battery. Also, the 14-inch laptop has space for two SSDs thanks to M.2 2242 and M.2 2280 slots. A trio of displays will be available, too. All IPS panels, the pick of the bunch is a 1800p (2.8K) option that peaks at 500 nits with a 1,500:1 contrast ratio, 100% sRGB colour space coverage and a 120 Hz VRR refresh rate.<\/p>\n

As far as we can tell, Lenovo has not listed the ThinkPad E14 Gen 8 with AMD processors on any of its websites yet. In the meantime, one retailer has priced<\/a> the laptop at $3,252 with a Ryzen AI 5 330 processor and its entry-level 1200p display. Please see Lenovo’s website<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

\"Alex<\/a>Alex Alderson<\/a> – Senior Tech Writer – 14857 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2018<\/p>\n

Prior to writing and translating for Notebookcheck, I worked for various companies including Apple and Neowin. I have a BA in International History and Politics from the University of Leeds, which I have since converted to a Law Degree. Happy to chat on Twitter or Notebookchat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last year, we lamented Lenovo for equipping the AMD versions of the ThinkPad E14 Gen 7 with Zen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,234,235,227,233,226,236,232,228,229,105,231,230,86096,329006,329007,329008],"class_list":["post-682225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-benchmarks","tag-graphics-card","tag-laptop","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-thinkpad","tag-thinkpad-e14","tag-thinkpad-e14-gen-8","tag-thinkpad-e14-gen-8-amd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}