- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How they compare
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Compare with...
- Apple MacBook Pro 8th Gen
- SAMSUNG Series 7 Chronos
- Apple MacBook Pro 7th Gen
- Sony VAIO S Series
- Apple MacBook Air 5th Gen
- 13.3"
- Core i7 1.7 GHz Dual core
- 8 GB DDR3-1333
- 128 GB SSD
Announced January, 2012
by LaptopMag (Nov, 2012)Plus, the price of this touch converible undercuts the competition.
- 15.6"
- Core i7 2.2 GHz Quad core
- 8 GB DDR3
- 750 GB HDD
Released October, 2011
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga compared to the ASUS N55 Series N55SF
GHz1.7
Intel Core i7 3517U
Rated 80% by by TrustedReviews (Mar, 2013)While no match for the ThinkPad range, its keyboard is pleasant enough to type on and its touchpad is lovely, while that 1,600 x 900 IPS screen supports 10-finger touch.
2.2 GHz
Intel Core i7 2670QM
Rated 80% by by MaxBuilder64 (Nov, 2011)While the screen may appear small at 15.6-Inch, the color and resolution is beautiful and eye-pleasing, as well.
screen size
13.3"
15.6"
IdeaPad Yoga by The Verge (Nov, 2012)But still, It's neither the best nor the worst display I've seen on a device in this class, this size, or this price.
N55 Series N55SF by Wenceslau-Baltor (Dec, 2011)Its screen has a large work area with great clarity and quality.
screen resolution
IdeaPad Yoga by LaptopMag (Nov, 2012)Add in a comfortable keyboard and a sharp 1600 x 900-pixel display and you've got a lightweight convertible that can go from business to party in less than a second.
N55 Series N55SF by Brenorc97 (Apr, 2012)_the 1080p display sometimes make the worlds really small, but i proffer it this way, but if you don't like this just set the resolution to 900p.
cpu speed
| 0 GHz | 2.2 GHz | 3 GHz |
IdeaPad Yoga by LaptopMag (Nov, 2012)Our $1,099 review unit of the IdeaPad Yoga features a 1.7-GHz Intel Core i5-3317U CPU, 8GB of RAM, a 128GB SSD and an Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU.
N55 Series N55SF by MaxBuilder64 (Nov, 2011)Also, the notebook comes with a 'driver DVD' also to my surprise, which I had fully expected all the drivers installed to be up-to-date, being this release is relativity new (7/2011) product mfg updates, and comes fully configured as Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 - Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU 2.20 GHz, 8GB RAM (maximum) 64-bit Operating System - Activated, upon final setup, from the properties of OS (C:) screen.
processor
IdeaPad Yoga by TrustedReviews (Mar, 2013)The specific processor in question is the dual core Intel Core i7-3517U, which hums along at 1.9GHz by default but can turbo clock up to 3GHz.
N55 Series N55SF by Brenorc97 (Apr, 2012)_quad-core processor and 8 GB of RAM is more than enough for every use of the laptop.
memory
| 0 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB |
IdeaPad Yoga by TrustedReviews (Mar, 2013)Oddly for a machine sporting such a nice chip by default, 4GB is the maximum amount of RAM on retail models - the Lenovo Yoga 13 doesn’t seem to be available from the company’s UK site right now, where specs tend to be configurable and the Yoga should take up to 8GB.
N55 Series N55SF by you_nerdThis laptop is fast, especially with the i7 and 8gb of ram and does what is promised.
Performance Real world tests of Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga vs ASUS N55 Series N55SF
3DMark06 CPU
IdeaPad Yoga by LaptopMag (Nov, 2012)Click to EnlargeOn the PCMark 7 benchmark, the Yoga notched a 4,419 score, placing it well above the 3,156 ultraportable average.
N55 Series N55SF by MaxBuilder64 (Nov, 2011)The 2670QM CPU isn't the latest & greatest, but should suffice for most multimedia applications, as well as the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M onboard graphics processor (research both at Intel and NVIDIA sites, first, so you won't be disappointed, as I expected better performance) where most wouldn't want to run the latest Call Of Duty, MW3 game at full (if you know what I mean) might fry the notebook with excessive heat!
battery life
8 hour
4 hour
IdeaPad Yoga by TrustedReviews (Mar, 2013)Compared to the £850 Toshiba Satellite U920t, our Yoga offers a higher-resolution, better quality display, a far nicer keyboard and a lot more processing power, though it loses out when it comes to battery life and portability.
N55 Series N55SF by T.C. (Jan, 2012)It starts up fast, shuts down fast, battery life is decent but not fantastic, monitor is awesome.
cinebench r10 32Bit (Aggregate)
IdeaPad Yoga by c|net (Mar, 2013)I also tested Wi-Fi speed using the synthetic benchmark, PC Benchmark, and saw speeds in parity with the Surface RT; however, real-world Web speed was a different matter.
N55 Series N55SF by MaxBuilder64 (Nov, 2011)The Recovery DVDs (4) are finished now, while writing this review and the desktop Intel Core i7 processor icon is no longer reporting the CPU's processor speed, and unknown why?
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the ASUS N55 Series N55SF
| Has a touch screen | Capacitive | vs | None |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very few laptops have a touch screen; interact with the screen using your fingers | |||
| Has an accelerometer | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Detects movement for interactive apps | |||
| Much faster internal storage | 0.1 ms (SSD) | vs | 10 ms (HDD) |
| 100x faster random access time; faster boot times and shorter application load times | |||
| Much longer battery life | 8 hour | vs | 4 hour |
| 2x longer battery life; surf the web longer without having to plug in | |||
| Much faster RAM | DDR3-1333 | vs | DDR3 |
| More than 65% faster RAM; data is transferred to/from RAM more quickly | |||
| Significantly lighter | 1,500 g | vs | 2,902 g |
| Around 50% lighter | |||
| Much faster Bluetooth | 24 Mbit/s (Bluetooth v4.0) | vs | 3 Mbit/s (Bluetooth v3.0) |
| 8x faster Bluetooth | |||
| Much faster USB | 572 MB/s (USB 3.0) | vs | 57 MB/s (USB 2.0) |
| More than 10x faster USB; connect a high-speed external hard drive or other high-speed device | |||
| Thinner | 17 mm | vs | 41 mm |
| 2.4x thinner | |||
Advantages compared to the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga
| Has a CD reader | Yes | vs | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| About half of laptops have a CD reader | |||
| Has a microphone jack | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Can use an external microphone for superior audio quality | |||
| Has a DVD reader | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; watch movies and share large files on DVDs | |||
| Much more storage capacity | 750 GB | vs | 128 GB |
| More than 5.8x more storage capacity | |||
| Is full HD | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; the screen is large enough to display 1080p video without scaling | |||
| Has a Blu-Ray reader | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; watch high-definition movies on Blu-Ray discs | |||
| Much bigger screen | 15.6" | vs | 13.3" |
| More than 15% bigger screen | |||
| More advanced architecture | x86-64 (Intel Core i7 2670QM) | vs | x86 |
| A 64-bit architecture allows more RAM to be installed and accessed by the processor | |||
| Significantly better CPU benchmark score | 54.85 | vs | 31.54 |
| Around 75% better benchmark score; the CPU performs better in various benchmark tests and will likely perform better in real-world applications | |||
| More cores | Quad core | vs | Dual core |
| Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Faster processor | 2.2 GHz | vs | 1.7 GHz |
| Around 30% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster | |||
| Significantly higher resolution screen | 1920 x 1080 | vs | 1600 x 900 |
| Around 45% higher resolution screen | |||
| Significantly more l3 cache | 6 MB (Intel Core i7 2670QM) | vs | 4 MB (Intel Core i7 3517U) |
| 50% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
| Significantly better 3DMark06 CPU | 5,418.8 (Intel Core i7 2670QM) | vs | 3,121.7 (Intel Core i7 3517U) |
| Around 75% better 3DMark06 CPU | |||
| Significantly better cinebench r10 32Bit (Aggregate) | 14,844.8 (Intel Core i7 2670QM) | vs | 8,516.7 (Intel Core i7 3517U) |
| Around 75% better cinebench r10 32Bit (Aggregate) | |||
| More l2 cache | 1 MB (Intel Core i7 2670QM) | vs | 0.5 MB (Intel Core i7 3517U) |
| 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Faster turbo speed | 3.1 GHz (Intel Core i7 2670QM) | vs | 3 GHz |
| Around 5% faster turbo speed; gain a temporary speed boost for computation-intensive applications | |||
Reviews Word on the street
Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga | ASUS N55 Series N55SF |
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Apple MacBook Pro 8th Gen Quite good CPU benchmark score |
 | 5 | Apple MacBook Air 5th Gen 3-way tie: Fast Bluetooth |
 | 6 | Apple MacBook Pro 5th Gen 5-way tie: Has a CD reader |
 | 7 | Dell XPS 12 Sharpest screen |
