2. Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge (21 hours)
The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge has a 61.8 watt-hour battery that died at the 21-hour mark. It’s not the 24-hour result we saw with the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6, but 21 hours is nothing to sneeze at, especially for a 16-inch laptop with an OLED screen.
You’d think the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge’s 16-inch 2880×1800 OLED would be a drain on the battery, but we believe the long battery life is a direct result of the power-efficient Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 processor. This CPU is a step up from the Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100 that’s inside the Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 6, and this higher-tier processor offers better performance for slightly shorter battery life.
Plus, based on our testing, laptops with Intel Core or AMD processors tend to have shorter battery life than those with Snapdragon processors, which are designed to be more power-efficient.
All in all, the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge is an excellent Snapdragon X Elite-powered PC with a beautiful display, long battery life, and great build quality. But you’re paying extra for the high-end Snapdragon X Elite hardware on the 16-inch model, and it doesn’t deliver the big performance bump you might expect.
