The Lenovo Yoga 6 13 (2023) is a budget Windows 2-in-1 convertible laptop. It replaces the Yoga 6 (model 13ALC7) from 2022. This 2023 version is available with an AMD Ryzen 5 7530U or Ryzen 7 7730U CPU, up to 16GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage. It has a 60Hz FHD+ IPS display, a 1080p webcam, Wi-Fi 6E wireless connectivity, a fingerprint sensor, and a facial recognition IR camera. Ports include two USB-As, two USB-Cs, an HDMI 2.0, a MicroSD card reader, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It's only available in the Dark Teal colorway, though you can choose between a model with an aluminum lid or one covered with a textured fabric.
See our unit's specifications and the available configuration options in the Differences Between Variants section.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 is good for school use. It's easy to carry around, thanks to its thin and light design, and its battery lasts easily through a typical school day. It also provides a great user experience with its sharp display, comfortable keyboard, and responsive touchpad. You get a wide port selection for peripherals and external displays, as well as a fingerprint sensor for quick logins. Performance-wise, its AMD CPU and integrated graphics can handle light workloads like text processing and web browsing; however, they aren't powerful enough to handle demanding tasks, so it isn't ideal for students in more technical fields requiring lots of processing power, like 3D graphics or animation.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 is inadequate for gaming. Its low-power CPU and integrated graphics aren't powerful enough to handle demanding AAA titles. You can play some lighter, older games, but you'll have to play at a lower resolution and with low graphical settings to get smooth gameplay. Also, it has a 60Hz display with a slow response time, resulting in a blurry image with visible ghosting in fast-moving scenes.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 is good for media consumption. It's very portable, and since it's a 2-in-1 convertible, you can set up the laptop in tent mode to view content and navigate using touch input. The battery lasts around nine hours of video playback, giving you plenty of time to get through a couple of movies and TV shows. Its 1080p display looks sharp and colorful, though it's on the dimmer side, so visibility can be an issue in well-lit environments. Unfortunately, while the speakers get very loud with minimal compression at higher volume levels, they sound boxy, with almost no bass.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 13ABR8 isn't designed for use as a workstation, as it doesn't have the CPU or GPU processing power to handle highly demanding tasks. Also, you can only get up to 16GB of soldered RAM. It's possible to do some light color correction work like photo editing, but only if the content is in sRGB, and you'll have to calibrate the display first, as the factory calibration is bad.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 is good for business use. It's a well-built and portable laptop with a battery that lasts easily through a typical 8-hour workday. Overall, it provides a great user experience, sporting a sharp display, a comfortable keyboard, and a responsive touchpad. Performance-wise, although its AMD Ryzen CPU isn't exactly top of the line, it's fast enough to handle light productivity tasks like text processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and web browsing. You get a wide port selection for peripherals and external displays, as well as a fingerprint sensor for quick logins. Unfortunately, the webcam's video quality is sub-par, as the image looks soft and underexposed, with an unnatural tint.
We tested the Lenovo Yoga 6 (model 83B2001UUS) with an AMD Ryzen 5 7530U CPU, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. The CPU, memory, and storage are configurable; the available options are in the table below. Our review applies only to variants with a model number starting with '83B2'.
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The Lenovo Yoga 6 13ABR8 is one of the best budget Windows laptops we've tested. It feels very well-built compared to other models in its class, and it provides a good user experience overall. While there isn't anything special about the display, it's still a step above most budget laptops, sporting full sRGB coverage.
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The Lenovo Yoga 6 13 (2023) and the Lenovo Yoga 7i 16 (2023) are both 2-in-1 convertible laptops; however, the Yoga 7i 16 is a higher-end mid-range model, while the Yoga 6 is more of a budget-friendly option. The Yoga 7i 16 is better overall, sporting a larger and brighter display, a better webcam, Thunderbolt 4 support, and more processing power. That said, the Yoga 6 is a more compact device, making it a better option if you need to travel a lot.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 13 (2023) and the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i 14 (2022) are both budget 2-in-1 convertible laptops. Each has its pros and cons. The Yoga 6's build feels slightly sturdier, and its battery lasts almost two hours longer in light uses. However, the IdeaPad Flex 5i has a better webcam, Thunderbolt 4 support, and more processing power. Its FHD+ display isn't as good as the Yoga 6's, as it has a narrow color gamut that makes it look washed out, but unlike the Yoga 6, you can get the IdeaPad with a nicer 2.2k IPS or a 2.8k OLED panel.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 13 (2023) and the ASUS Zenbook 14 Flip OLED (2023) are both 2-in-1 convertible Windows laptops. The ASUS is a more premium model and provides a better user experience overall. It has a sturdier all-aluminum build, a sharper, brighter 90Hz OLED display, a larger and more responsive touchpad, a better webcam, and Thunderbolt 4 support. You can get more performance out of the ASUS, though the difference isn't immediately noticeable if you only perform light productivity tasks.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 13 (2023) and the Acer Aspire 3 Spin 14 (2023) are both budget 2-in-1 convertible laptops. The Yoga 6 feels more premium and provides a better user experience overall, sporting a sturdier build, a brighter and more colorful display, a more comfortable keyboard, and a larger, more responsive glass touchpad. It also has more processing power and longer battery life.
The HP Pavilion Aero 13 (2024) and Lenovo Yoga 6 13 (2023) are both 13-inch laptops. While the HP is an ultraportable with a traditional clamshell form factor, the Lenovo is a 2-in-1 convertible; they each have their pros and cons. The HP has faster hardware and comes with 16GB of faster LP-DDR5x RAM by default (you have to pay extra for 16GB with the Lenovo), making it the superior choice for more intensive tasks like programming. By contrast, the Lenovo has better build quality and can be used in tent mode for media consumption.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 2-in-1 is only available in the Dark Teal color. Some models have a textured fabric covering the lid. See the bottom of the laptop here.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 feels well-built. The lid and keyboard deck are aluminum, while the bottom is plastic. There's some flex on the lid and keyboard deck, and the touchpad feels a little loose; however, these issues aren't severe enough to be of concern. As for the finish, although it doesn't scratch easily, it picks up a fair amount of fingerprints and smudges, which is typical for a dark color finish. Some models have a textured fabric covering the lid. Unfortunately, we don't have that model, so it's hard to say how durable it feels and whether it'll fray or stain over time. There are no complaints with the feet; they feel solid and stick firmly to the bottom.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 2-in-1 has good hinges. It feels smooth when opening and closing the lid, and it's very stable, exhibiting only a small amount of wobble when moving the laptop or typing heavily. Unfortunately, there's too much resistance for a one-handed lift.
Accessing the internals is straightforward; you only need to remove six T5 screws and undo the clips holding the bottom panel with a prying tool. The included drive is an M.2 2242 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD, though the slot also supports the larger M.2 2280 format.
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The Lenovo Yoga 6 is only available with an FHD+ display. While this resolution may seem low, it isn't really an issue on a 13-inch screen. The display looks sharp and provides just enough real estate for split-screen multitasking. Its 16:10 aspect ratio is great for productivity, as it gives you slightly more vertical space than a standard 16:9 display, allowing you to see more information at once when reading a document or website.
The display's maximum brightness is acceptable. It's fine for most indoor settings but isn't ideal for sunny rooms or outdoors in broad daylight. It gets very dim at the lowest brightness setting, which is great for dark room viewing as it causes less eye strain.
The display handles reflections relatively well. Its glossy coating mainly struggles with bright light sources, like a lamp or open window during the day. These reflections are visible, even with the screen at maximum brightness.
The display's horizontal viewing angle is passable. The image dims and washes out quickly as you move to the side. It's best to be directly in front of the screen if you need perfect accuracy for color-critical work.
The display's vertical viewing angle is passable. Like the horizontal viewing angle, the image dims and washes when viewing from above and below, so you need to look at the screen more or less straight on to see an accurate image, which can be challenging in tight places where you have little room to tilt the screen, like on a bus or airplane.
The display's accuracy is bad out of the box. The white balance is visibly inaccurate, especially at higher brightness levels where it's overly warm, and the gamma is too high throughout, over-darkening everything. As for color accuracy, the greens and blues are fine; it's mainly the reds and purples that are off. The color temperature is quite warm, giving the image a noticeable reddish tint.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 has an sRGB display, meaning it only has full coverage of the commonly used sRGB color space. It doesn't have enough coverage of the wider Adobe RGB or DCI P3 color spaces for professional photo editing and HDR video production.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 has a great keyboard. Its layout feels spacious and is easy to get used to. The keys are mostly stable and require little force to actuate; however, they could use a bit more travel and tactility. You can adjust between two backlight brightness levels or turn it off completely.
The touchpad is good. It tracks all movements and gestures well, and palm rejection works as intended. It's relatively large for a 13-inch laptop, though it could be a tad wider, as it would make some actions easier, like dragging and dropping over a long distance and manipulating maps. This is a diving board touchpad, so you can only click in the bottom half. Unfortunately, the buttons feel cheap, and they push deeply into the chassis, which might be an issue later, as debris can fall into the crack.
The speakers get very loud with minimal compression at higher volume levels; however, they sound muffled and slightly unnatural, with almost no bass.
The webcam's video quality is sub-par. The image looks soft and underexposed, with an unnatural tint and colors. Thankfully, the audio is much better—voices sound loud and clear, with no static background noise. The privacy cover is only a physical barrier, so it doesn't disable the camera or the microphone at the software level. You can manually turn off the microphone via the F4 shortcut.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 has a great port selection. All USB ports (type A and C) support USB 3.2 Gen 1 data transfer speed of up to 5Gbps. The USB-A next to the MicroSD card slot is always on, meaning you can use it to charge an external device even when the computer is off. The HDMI's maximum output resolution is 4k @ 60Hz.
The wireless adapter is a MediaTek MT7921. Wi-Fi 6E gives access to the 6GHz band, providing faster speeds, lower latency, and less signal interference than previous Wi-Fi standards. However, you need a router that supports Wi-Fi 6E to benefit from these features.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 is available with the following CPUs:
Based on AMD's older Zen 3 architecture, the Ryzen 5 7530U and Ryzen 7 7730U are low-power processors typically found in ultraportable laptops. They can only handle light to moderately intensive productivity tasks like text processing, web browsing, spreadsheets, and video playback. Most people with such a workload can likely get by with the 6-core Ryzen 5. The Ryzen 7 7730U has more cores and threads, making it a better option for heavy multitaskers or more intensive applications.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 is only available with integrated Radeon graphics. This GPU can only handle light tasks like text processing, web browsing, and video playback. It isn't powerful enough to run graphically intensive games; some older or lighter titles will run, but you'll have to play with the lowest graphical settings to get playable frame rates.
You can configure this laptop with 8GB or 16GB of RAM. The memory isn't user-replaceable.
You can get this laptop with 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB of storage. The SSD is user-replaceable; the slot supports M.2 2242 and 2280 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSDs.
The Lenovo Yoga 6's AMD Ryzen 5 7530U is fast enough to provide a relatively smooth desktop experience in light, general productivity workloads like text processing and web browsing; however, don't expect to do anything remotely intensive, as its multi-thread performance is lacking. If you're a heavy multitasker, it's best to get a model with a Ryzen 7 7730U, as its two additional cores will give you more headroom. Like most integrated GPUs, the Radeon Graphics processor performs poorly and isn't suitable for demanding workloads.
The AMD Ryzen 5 7530U's single-thread performance is pretty good for a low-power CPU based on AMD's older Zen 3 architecture; however, its multi-thread performance is lacking. As for the Ryzen 7 7730U, it has better multi-thread performance because it has two additional cores, but bear in mind that there'll be some thermal throttling, as this is a thin and light, general productivity laptop with limited cooling.
The AMD Radeon Graphics perform poorly in the Basemark GPU benchmark. This integrated GPU is far too slow for graphically intensive games. You can play some simple, puzzle-like games or older titles at 1080p, but you'll have to play at a lower resolution or with low graphics settings to get playable frame rates.
Borderlands 3 isn't playable on the Lenovo Yoga 6. The CPU and integrated GPU can't handle such demanding titles. You can get over 30 fps with the lowest graphical settings, but the gameplay is still very choppy due to frame drops.
Civilization VI is playable at 1080p if you turn down the graphical settings a bit; however, the average turn time is pretty long.
Counter-Strike 2 isn't playable. Although you can get over 60 fps at 1080p with low graphical settings, the gameplay is very choppy due to frequent frame drops.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider isn't playable on the Lenovo Yoga 6 at 1080p. Even with low graphical settings, the gameplay is extremely choppy, sometimes freezing completely. The CPU and integrated GPU aren't powerful enough to handle this and other similarly demanding games.
The keyboard only gets mildly warm under load, and the hot spot is at the top of the keyboard deck, away from where most people rest their hands. The fan is very quiet and isn't bothersome at all. Unlike higher-end Lenovo devices, the Lenovo Vantage app on this machine is more barebones and doesn't include fan control settings.
Although we report the CPU performance loss as 0%, there's clearly some throttling when looking at the graph. This is because we calculate the performance loss based on the initial runs, which score lower than the subsequent runs, resulting in a performance increase. The throttling is fairly minimal and isn't noticeable if you only perform light productivity tasks.
The Lenovo Yoga 6 has a few pre-installed apps, including:
There's a fingerprint sensor and a facial recognition IR camera. You can use either one to log in quickly, authorize purchases in the Windows Store, and auto-fill saved passwords on supported websites.
The display supports pen input, but not all models include a pen in the box, as it depends on the region and retailer. The included stylus is a Lenovo Digital Pen; you can buy it separately if there isn't one included in the box. This stylus uses Wacom AES technology, so any Wacom AES stylus will work.