The test field reflects the wide range of compact notebooks available. The Acer Swift 5 (SF514-56T) and the Asus ZenBook 14X Space Edition deliver a lot of computing power, but are noisy. Lenovo and Microsoft have tuned their ThinkBook 13s Gen 4 (ARB) and Surface Laptop 5 13.5" the other way round: The maximum computing power is sometimes only half as high (but still sufficient), but they remain quiet...

Super-light and powerful at the same time: LG has done a great job with the Gram 14 (14Z90Q). It also lasts a very long time without a power socket. There is room for improvement in the low-contrast display.