Lenovo ThinkPad E480
laptop
2017
14"
dGPU
⏱ ~5h
⚖️ 1.75 kg
⚖️ GPU-bound
LB Score
40
out of 100
Fit for you
48/100
✚ Strong: fit_price
⚠ Weak: fit_reliability
M2 · Refining requirements — on-demand, from your Wizard answers + browsing signals.
Profile
vs medianRelated resources
CPU
41
GPU
24
Radeon RX 550
RAM max
32 GB
DDR4
Battery
48 Wh ~
~5h
Price
$256
market
Age
9 years
2017
LB Score
40
/100
ThinkPad E480 vs
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 40/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (100), weakest — Gaming (16).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (100)
⚠ Weaknesses
Gaming (16)
💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$99/year (8%).
Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.
Specs in context
LB Score
40
CPU score
41
Office tier
GPU score
24
Light tier
RAM max
32 GB
Professional
Weight
1.75 kg
Light tier
Battery
48 Wh
Standard
Bars show where each spec sits on the site-wide level scale (same thresholds as the quick verdict). For weight, shorter bars mean a lighter laptop.
Full specifications
- Brand
- Lenovo
- Series
- ThinkPad (other)
- Type
- Business
- Release year
- 2017
- Screen size
- 14"
- Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Panel type
- ips
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 100%~
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 8250U , Core i3 7020U , Core i3 7130U , Core i3 8130U , Core i5 7200U , Core i7 8550U
- Graphics
- Radeon RX 550
- RAM (max)
- 32 GB DDR4
- Weight
- 1.75 kg
- Ports
- 7
- Battery
- 48 Wh~
Performance metrics
Performance
38
Portability
61
Light office
60
Gaming
16
Creative
35
Energy efficiency
63
Connectivity
100
Value
55
Color accuracy
—
Graphics (1 discrete + 0 integrated)
🎮 Gaming performance
FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU
| Game | Medium (1080p) | High (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS:GO | — | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Overwatch | — | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| GTA V | — | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) | — | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Dota 2 | — | 45 | ⚠ Playable |
| Batman: Arkham Knight | — | 39 | ⚠ Playable |
| Monster Hunter Stories 2 | 35 | 32 | ⚠ Playable |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 31 | 29 | ✗ Low |
| Civilization 6 | — | 24 | ✗ Low |
| Grand Theft Auto V | — | 24 | ✗ Low |
| Metro Exodus | 28 | 24 | ✗ Low |
| Ashes of the Singularity | 25 | 22 | ✗ Low |
| Doom | — | 22 | ✗ Low |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 23 | 22 | ✗ Low |
| Gears Tactics | 27 | 19 | ✗ Low |
| Dead Island 2 | 18 | — | ✗ Low |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | — | 18 | ✗ Low |
| Diablo 4 | 20 | 17 | ✗ Low |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | — | 17 | ✗ Low |
| GRID Legends | 19 | 16 | ✗ Low |
| F1 2021 | 19 | 15 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 5 | 18 | 15 | ✗ Low |
| Back 4 Blood | 20 | 14 | ✗ Low |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 | 14 | — | ✗ Low |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 27 | 14 | ✗ Low |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 12 | — | ✗ Low |
| Outriders | 16 | 12 | ✗ Low |
| The Division 2 | 21 | 12 | ✗ Low |
| The Quarry | 12 | — | ✗ Low |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 16 | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Yakuza Like a Dragon | 12 | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Death Stranding | 11 | 10 | ✗ Low |
| Dying Light 2 | 10 | — | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 13 | 10 | ✗ Low |
| Hitman 3 | 14 | 10 | ✗ Low |
| Riders Republic | 13 | 10 | ✗ Low |
| Elden Ring | 12 | 9 | ✗ Low |
| Flight Simulator 2020 | 9 | — | ✗ Low |
| High On Life | 9 | — | ✗ Low |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 9 | — | ✗ Low |
| Sons of the Forest | 9 | — | ✗ Low |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 8 | 8 | ✗ Low |
| Dirt 5 | 8 | — | ✗ Low |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 10 | 8 | ✗ Low |
| Atomic Heart | 10 | 7 | ✗ Low |
| Control | 10 | 7 | ✗ Low |
| F1 23 | 13 | 7 | ✗ Low |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 7 | — | ✗ Low |
| Elex 2 | 6 | — | ✗ Low |
| The Callisto Protocol | 6 | — | ✗ Low |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 15 | 5 | ✗ Low |
| God of War | 5 | — | ✗ Low |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 9 | 5 | ✗ Low |
| Crysis Remastered | 23 | 4 | ✗ Low |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7 | 4 | ✗ Low |
💡 55 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
35%
RAM
400%
Grand Theft Auto V
✓ Runs well
CPU
204%
GPU
483%
RAM
800%
Cyberpunk 2077
✗ Weak
CPU
117%
GPU
80%
RAM
400%
Minecraft
✓ Runs well
CPU
408%
GPU
241%
RAM
800%
Fortnite
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
151%
RAM
400%
Valorant
✓ Runs well
CPU
272%
GPU
483%
RAM
800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✗ Weak
CPU
136%
GPU
97%
RAM
533%
Elden Ring
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
50%
RAM
267%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✗ Weak
CPU
136%
GPU
86%
RAM
400%
Apex Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
60%
RAM
533%
Hogwarts Legacy
✗ Weak
CPU
91%
GPU
80%
RAM
200%
Dota 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
272%
GPU
483%
RAM
800%
Baldur's Gate 3
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
69%
RAM
400%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
58%
GPU
35%
RAM
200%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
69%
RAM
400%
League of Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
408%
GPU
483%
RAM
999%
Sims 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
272%
GPU
483%
RAM
800%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
58%
GPU
37%
RAM
400%
Battlefield 5
✗ Weak
CPU
91%
GPU
80%
RAM
400%
Far Cry 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
102%
GPU
110%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
117%
GPU
134%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 5
✗ Weak
CPU
91%
GPU
69%
RAM
400%
Metro Exodus
✗ Weak
CPU
102%
GPU
78%
RAM
400%
Overwatch
✓ Runs well
CPU
163%
GPU
483%
RAM
800%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✓ Runs well
CPU
102%
GPU
101%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
59%
RAM
400%
Escape from Tarkov
✗ Weak
CPU
136%
GPU
97%
RAM
400%
God of War
✓ Runs well
CPU
186%
GPU
101%
RAM
400%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✗ Weak
CPU
186%
GPU
80%
RAM
400%
Death Stranding
✗ Weak
CPU
163%
GPU
78%
RAM
400%
Control
✗ Weak
CPU
136%
GPU
80%
RAM
400%
Doom Eternal
✓ Runs well
CPU
186%
GPU
121%
RAM
400%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✓ Runs well
CPU
227%
GPU
121%
RAM
533%
Hitman 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
186%
GPU
121%
RAM
400%
Flight Simulator 2020
✗ Weak
CPU
146%
GPU
97%
RAM
400%
Watch Dogs Legion
✓ Runs well
CPU
146%
GPU
101%
RAM
400%
Borderlands 3
✗ Weak
CPU
163%
GPU
86%
RAM
533%
Anno 1800
✓ Runs well
CPU
136%
GPU
121%
RAM
400%
Rainbow Six Siege
✓ Runs well
CPU
340%
GPU
241%
RAM
533%
The Division 2
✗ Weak
CPU
186%
GPU
97%
RAM
400%
Gears Tactics
✓ Runs well
CPU
163%
GPU
161%
RAM
400%
Hunt Showdown
✓ Runs well
CPU
146%
GPU
121%
RAM
533%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✗ Weak
CPU
136%
GPU
59%
RAM
400%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✓ Runs well
CPU
186%
GPU
121%
RAM
533%
Days Gone
✗ Weak
CPU
186%
GPU
80%
RAM
400%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✗ Weak
CPU
97%
GPU
101%
RAM
267%
Returnal
✗ Weak
CPU
117%
GPU
60%
RAM
200%
Dying Light 2
✗ Weak
CPU
136%
GPU
59%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil Village
✗ Weak
CPU
117%
GPU
69%
RAM
400%
The Callisto Protocol
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
60%
RAM
400%
Atomic Heart
✓ Runs well
CPU
128%
GPU
101%
RAM
400%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
97%
GPU
37%
RAM
200%
Black Myth Wukong
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
101%
RAM
200%
Ghost of Tsushima
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
101%
RAM
400%
The Last of Us Part 1
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
60%
RAM
200%
Diablo 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
186%
GPU
121%
RAM
400%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✓ Runs well
CPU
136%
GPU
121%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
44%
RAM
400%
Dead Space Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
128%
GPU
59%
RAM
400%
Lies of P
✓ Runs well
CPU
117%
GPU
101%
RAM
400%
Sons of the Forest
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
52%
RAM
267%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
272%
GPU
241%
RAM
800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
227%
GPU
121%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✓ Runs well
CPU
204%
GPU
121%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✓ Runs well
CPU
117%
GPU
101%
RAM
400%
F1 24
✗ Weak
CPU
227%
GPU
59%
RAM
400%
Need for Speed Heat
✗ Weak
CPU
117%
GPU
69%
RAM
400%
Civilization 6
✓ Runs well
CPU
272%
GPU
241%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✓ Runs well
CPU
227%
GPU
201%
RAM
400%
🔗 Same series
4 models in the series.
≅ Similar by specs
Similar performance profile across other series and brands.
≈ Similar class
Same lineage_class (how iconic the series is), other series.
Configuration options
Available model options · 8 variants across 3 categories
⚙ Processors (6)
Intel Core i5 8250U
Core i3-7020U
Core i3-7130U
Core i3-8130U
Core i5-7200U
Core i7-8550U
🎮 Graphics (1)
Radeon RX 550
• Igpu (1)
Intel UHD Graphics 620