Lenovo ThinkPad T495s Review: The AMD business laptop is good, but the fan is annoying

With the ThinkPad T495s, Lenovo offers another very good office notebook a fter the ThinkPad T495 . While due to the weak cooling system, you cannot take advantage of the full performance of the Ryzen 7 Pro processor, the same is the case for the T490s with the Intel processor as well.

robust and high-quality case; very good 1080p display (matte; bright; almost complete sRGB coverage; long battery life; excellent keyboard; very good system performance; faster iGPU than in the Intel model; WWAN-ready; 3-year warranty

high-frequency fan; no Thunderbolt 3; limited maintenance options; performance potential of the CPU/GPU not fully realized; slow response times of the panel; microSD reader in a very bad position

Lenovo ThinkPad T495s (AMD Ryzen Pro)

AMD is on something of a hot streak. The chip company's latest Zen CPU architecture has reinvigorated the desktop space , there's genuine momentum in enterprise , 7nm Navi GPUs have brought renewed competition to PC graphics , and next-gen consoles will continue to be powered by AMD hardware.

Strong multi-core performance; Solid ThinkPad build quality; Excellent keyboard and trackpad; Cheaper than Intel equivalent; Casual gaming credentials; Decent battery life

No WQHD display option; IPC lags behind Intel machines; Thunderbolt not supported