- 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
- Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display
- Apple MacBook Air 4th Gen
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon
- 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.
Rated 40% by by MarkIt came with 128GB SSD and after running some benchmarks, it showed it was much faster than the 256GB SSD in the UX31E.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga compared to the ASUS Zenbook UX31E
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.
2.3 GHz
Intel Core i5 2557M
Rated 100% by by Gabriel-Ordonez (Dec, 2011)The laptop is very quick and responsive, and I think the Solid State Drive really makes a difference.
screen size
13.3"
13.3"
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.
Zenbook UX31E by JR (Nov, 2011)The display is very sharp and very small fonts are clear and readable.
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.
Zenbook UX31E by Gabriel-Ordonez (Dec, 2011)The screen resolution is great: 1600x900, so it is exactly widescreen (16:9), and I've enjoyed seeing movies, pictures and working on it.
cpu speed
| 0 GHz | 2.3 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.
Zenbook UX31E by mikeyforgets (Mar, 2012)The lightweight portability, performance & beauty is enough to make me want to buy another zenbook for my wife(or myself) when updates are added later this year(IPS screen, ivy bridge cpu, 512 ssd).
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.
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.
Zenbook UX31E by Dan-S (Dec, 2011)I do wish it had more ram and wireless N, Overall I am thrilled with this laptop and my friends are jealous.
Performance Real world tests of Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga vs ASUS Zenbook UX31E
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.
Zenbook UX31E by Jo-AskaPerformance-Processing/read-write: It's an i7, performs at the level expected with a very fast SSD.
battery life
8 hour
7 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.
Zenbook UX31E by J.-Moses (May, 2012)This ultra book Zenbook 31 is very good maybe even greatIt stays cool the battery life it great.
cinebench r10 32Bit
IdeaPad Yoga by c|net (Oct, 2012)While Tegra 3 is a solid choice, it's already becoming a bit long in the tooth as newer CPUs from Qualcomm and Texas Instruments begin to surpass it in performance.
Zenbook UX31E by Gabriel-Ordonez (Dec, 2011)From what I've read the difference in performance with the DH53, which has the core i5, is not really noticeable for the price difference, but I haven't used the DH53, so I really cannot make that assesment.
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the ASUS Zenbook UX31E
| 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 more RAM | 8 GB | vs | 4 GB |
| Twice as much RAM; run more applications and have more browser tabs open without slowing down the system | |||
| Has a memory card reader | MMC, MMC Plus, MMC Plus HD, SD, SDHC, SDSC, SDXC | vs | None |
| Read and write data from a camera or phone memory card | |||
| Faster turbo speed | 3 GHz | vs | 2.7 GHz (Intel Core i5 2557M) |
| More than 10% faster turbo speed; gain a temporary speed boost for computation-intensive applications | |||
| More l3 cache | 4 MB (Intel Core i7 3517U) | vs | 3 MB (Intel Core i5 2557M) |
| More than 30% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
| Longer battery life | 8 hour | vs | 7 hour |
| More than 10% longer battery life; surf the web longer without having to plug in | |||
| Better CPU benchmark score | 31.54 | vs | 26.17 |
| More than 20% better benchmark score; the CPU performs better in various benchmark tests and will likely perform better in real-world applications | |||
| Thinner | 17 mm | vs | 30 mm |
| More than 40% thinner | |||
| Better cinebench r10 32Bit | 8,516.7 (Intel Core i7 3517U) | vs | 6,533.5 (Intel Core i5 2557M) |
| More than 30% better cinebench r10 32Bit | |||
Advantages compared to the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga
| Has a microphone jack | Yes | vs | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somewhat common; Can use an external microphone for superior audio quality | |||
| More advanced architecture | x86-64 (Intel Core i5 2557M) | vs | x86 |
| A 64-bit architecture allows more RAM to be installed and accessed by the processor | |||
| Significantly faster processor | 2.3 GHz | vs | 1.7 GHz |
| Around 40% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster | |||
| More storage capacity | 256 GB | vs | 128 GB |
| 2x more storage capacity | |||
Reviews Word on the street
Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga | ASUS Zenbook UX31E |
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Apple MacBook Pro 8th Gen Quite good CPU benchmark score |
 | 4 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Newest on the market |
 | 5 | Apple MacBook Air 5th Gen 6-way tie: Has a memory card reader |
 | 6 | Acer Aspire S S7 Fastest processor |
 | 8 | ASUS ZENBOOK UX31A 4-way tie: Is full HD |
