MacBook Air 15 (M4) vs Yoga 9i Gen 9 14"

Apple MacBook Air 15 M4 512GB / 16GB

AED 5,799

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Lenovo Yoga Slim 9 14ILL10 (Yoga Slim 9 Series) 1TB / 32GB

AED 6,299

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Best Battery

Yoga 9i Gen 9 14"

Our Verdict

MacBook Air 15 (M4) vs Yoga 9i Gen 9 14"

Apple MacBook Air 15 M4 outperforms Lenovo Yoga Slim 9 in CPU efficiency and GPU power with its 10-core M4 (4.5 GHz P-cores) and 10-core GPU versus Intel Ultra 7 258V’s 8-core Lunar Lake and Arc 140V, while remaining fanless for silent operation. Choose the MacBook Air if you edit 4K video with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD, or need 18+ hours of battery life for all-day portability. Pick the Yoga Slim 9 if you run memory-heavy multitasking like virtual machines or large datasets with 32GB LPDDR5x RAM and 1TB SSD, benefiting from Wi-Fi 7 and Windows 11 compatibility. In UAE at AED 5799 vs AED 6299, the MacBook Air is better because it delivers superior performance without a fan; in India at ₹144900 vs ₹174990, the MacBook Air wins on value because it offers 80% of the RAM and double the storage efficiency at 17% lower cost.

Full Specs Comparison

Spec

MacBook Air 15 (M4)

Yoga 9i Gen 9 14"

Processor

Apple M4 10-Core 10c/10t, 4 x 4.5 GHz Apple M4 P-Core, 6 x 2.9 GHz Apple M4 E-Core, 20.5 W PL2 / Short Burst, 9 W PL1 / Sustained

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V 8c/8t, 4 x 4.8 GHz Intel Lion Cove P-Core, 4 x 3.7 GHz Intel Skymont E-Core, 40 W PL2 / Short Burst, 35 W PL1 / Sustained, Lunar Lake

Graphics

Apple M4 10-core GPU

Intel Arc Graphics 140V, Core: 1950 MHz, LPDDR5x, 32.0.101.6326

Screen Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 11.5 x 340.4 x 237.6 ( = 0.45 x 13.4 x 9.35 in)

height x width x depth (in mm): 14.55 x 312.93 x 203.5 ( = 0.57 x 12.32 x 8.01 in)

RAM

16 GB , LPDDR5-7500, onboard

32 GB , LPDDR5x-8533, Soldered

Storage

512

1024

Battery

66.5 Wh Lithium-Polymer

75 Wh Lithium-Polymer

Ports

2 USB4 40 Gbps, 2 Thunderbolt, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 2 DisplayPort, Audio Connections: 3.5 mm Stereo, 1 Fingerprint Reader, Brightness Sensor

2 Thunderbolt, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 2 DisplayPort, Brightness Sensor

Wi-Fi

Broadcom 0x14E4, 0x4388 WiFi 6E AirPort (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/ Wi-Fi 6E 6 GHz), Bluetooth 5.3

Intel BE201 320MHz (a/b/g/h/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/ Wi-Fi 6E 6 GHz be = Wi-Fi 7), Bluetooth 5.4

Weight

1.52 kg ( = 53.62 oz / 3.35 pounds), Power Supply: 188 g ( = 6.63 oz / 0.41 pounds)

1.241 kg ( = 43.78 oz / 2.74 pounds), Power Supply: 181 g ( = 6.38 oz / 0.4 pounds)

Apple macOS 15 Sequoia

Microsoft Windows 11 Home

Price Comparison

Market	MacBook Air 15 (M4)	Yoga 9i Gen 9 14"	Difference
UAE	AED 5,799	AED 6,299	MacBook Air 15 (M4) saves AED 500
India	₹ 1,44,900	₹ 1,74,990	MacBook Air 15 (M4) saves ₹ 30,090

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