LG Ultra PC 14: Battery life exceeded expectations in our testing

After the LG Ultra PC 16 demonstrated a few months ago that it has longer battery life than the similarly designed LG gram 16, we believe the trend is here to stay. The Ultra PC 14, a 14-inch laptop with an AMD Ryzen processor, can go five hours longer than its Intel-based counterpart under the same test conditions (running a script to browse the web over Wi-Fi, at 150 cd/m² screen brightness).

So is the AMD version of the Ultra PC better than the gram 14 and 16? This question probably isn't very helpful because the drastic weight difference between the devices (almost 400 g, or 0.88 lb) makes them almost impossible to compare. The gram is still one of the lightest standard laptops around, whereas the Ultra PC's weight is fairly typical for 14- and 16-inch laptops. If you want to your device to be as light as possible, you'll have to live with shorter battery life and weaker performance.

Because one thing is for sure: the AMD-based Ultra PC runs faster regardless of whether it's handling single- or multi-core tasks. This is true for the expensive Ryzen 7 5825U and even for the humble Ryzen 3 5300U (found in the Ultra PC 16 we reviewed). The Ryzen 3 managed to beat the Core i7-1165G7 in multi-core processes – even if it is by a tiny margin.

Check out our in-depth review for more details and benchmarks.