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The Best 2-in-1 Laptops of 2023

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These are the best 2-in-1 laptops available today. Credit: Reviewed / Betsey Goldwasser

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Editor's Choice Product image of Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 8 (2023)
Best Overall

Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 8 (2023)

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Pros

  • Phenomenal touchscreen display
  • Dynamic audio
  • Included stylus and case

Cons

  • Slightly underpowered
  • Short battery life
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Editor's Choice Product image of Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i (2023)
Best Value

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i (2023)

Lenovo's IdeaPad Flex 5i wrings plenty of performance out of its Intel Core i5-1335U—and its responsive touchscreen makes it a great "budget" 2-in-1. Read More

Pros

  • Good performance for the price
  • Responsive touchscreen
  • Higher-end look than the price suggests

Cons

  • Screen isn’t the brightest or most colorful
  • Heavy
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Editor's Choice Product image of Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2022)
Best Gaming

Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2022)

With a discrete graphics card, a top-tier processor, and an eye-catching design, the ROG Flow Z13 is the best Windows tablet you can buy for everything. Read More

Pros

  • Stunning design
  • Excellent performance
  • Stylus support

Cons

  • Power-hungry
  • Weak battery life
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Editor's Choice Product image of HP Spectre x360 (2022)

HP Spectre x360 (2022)

The HP Spectre x360 14 2-in-1 laptop excels as both a tablet and a laptop, with comfortable ergonomics. It's one of the best 2-in-1s around. Read More

Pros

  • Excellent stylus included
  • Responsive touchscreen display
  • Comfortable keyboard and trackpad

Cons

  • OK battery life
  • Performance could be better
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Editor's Choice Product image of MSI Summit E16 Flip (2022)

MSI Summit E16 Flip (2022)

The Summit E16 Flip is one of the best 2-in-1s available on the market for artists. Its breathtaking, ultra-bright 4K screen is a great selling point. Read More

Pros

  • Phenomenal HDR display
  • Excellent stylus included
  • Sleek form factor

Cons

  • Poor battery life
  • Fingerprint magnet

The best 2-in-1 laptops give you the utility of a traditional laptop plus the versatility of a tablet—one machine for homework, writing emails, drawing, reading, and so much more.

Our top pick is the Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 8 (available at Best Buy for $1,399.99) . We love its touchscreen display, color gamut coverage, and price for the performance. But not all two-in-ones are created equal. From bright screens to portability, or a diverse selection of ports, it has something for everyone.

Credit: Reviewed / Tim Renzi

Pencil artists should appreciate the stylus' textured rubber tip the most.

Best Overall
Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 8 (2023)
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P
  • Graphics: Intel Iris Xe (integrated)
  • Memory: 16GB DDR5 4800MHz
  • Storage: 1TB SSD
  • Display: 14-inch, 3840 x 2400, OLED
  • Battery life: 8.5+ hours

The Lenovo Yoga 9i is a marvelous 2-in-1 laptop. Its 2K touchscreen display is a smooth canvas for the included pressure-sensitive stylus, and its full coverage of the P3 color gamut and 400 nits of brightness make for a beautiful picture. When you factor in its incredibly dynamic audio and snappy performance, the Lenovo Yoga 9i provides a phenomenal multimedia experience.

Writing on the Yoga 9i feels as natural as writing on paper, making it a natural choice for art and note-taking. People who use a laptop from their lap will be very happy to know the laptop never gets scalding hot. Whether you’re an artist working in Photoshop or a student working through formulas in Evernote, you’ll find the Yoga 9i is a reliable companion.

At eight hours and 46 minutes, the Yoga 9i’s battery life should be sufficient for a workday but feels slim compared to some laptops’ 15-plus hours of battery life. Similarly, its Intel Core i7-1360P processor, despite excelling at productivity performance, isn’t able to handle exceptionally heavy workloads like those required for video production, software development, or gaming.

But as an everyday, all-purpose laptop, the Yoga 9i is a dream.

Read our full Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 8 review.

Pros

  • Phenomenal touchscreen display

  • Dynamic audio

  • Included stylus and case

Cons

  • Slightly underpowered

  • Short battery life

An open and powered on laptop showing a colorful image on its display
Credit: Reviewed / Kris Wouk
Best Value
Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i (2023)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-1335U
  • Graphics: Intel Iris Xe
  • Memory: 16GB LPDDR4 4267MHz
  • Storage: 512GB SSD
  • Display: 14-inch, 1920 × 1200, 60Hz, IPS LED-backlit touchscreen with stylus support
  • Battery: 7.5+ hours

The Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i we reviewed costs $900—a steal for the performance, reliability, and versatility it offers, and it looks more expensive than it actually is.

Its processor keeps up with Intel’s fast, last-gen i7 H-series chips, despite it being one of the slowest mobile processors Intel offers from its current, 13th-generation line-up. The IdeaPad Flex 5i also has every type of port you could ever realistically need.

We were most impressed with the responsive touchscreen, a crucial aspect of any 2-in-1 laptop. The display brightness was lower than we would have liked to see, but that only starts to cause glare problems if you use the laptop outside on a super sunny day.

You will want to listen to music or other types of rich, layered audio through headphones; the Flex’s speakers are tinny and quieter compared to, say, a 5th-generation iPad Air.

Read our full Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i review.

Pros

  • Good performance for the price

  • Responsive touchscreen

  • Higher-end look than the price suggests

Cons

  • Screen isn’t the brightest or most colorful

  • Heavy

An open and powered on laptop with a game controller and stylus resting on the keyboard.
Credit: Reviewed / Joanna Nelius
Best Gaming
Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2022)
  • Processor: Intel Core i9-12900H
  • Graphics: Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti (discrete), Intel Iris Xe (integrated)
  • Memory: 16GB LPDDR5
  • Storage: 1TB SSD
  • Display: 13.4-inch, 1920 x 1200, 120Hz IPS touch screen with stylus support
  • Battery life: 4.5+ hours

The Asus ROG Flow Z13 is the full-fledged gaming tablet we wish we could see from the Microsoft Surface line. Unlike the Flow X13 convertible gaming laptop Asus released in 2021, the Z13 has a fully detachable keyboard that also functions as a screen cover.

But like its big sibling, it has a proprietary connection to one of Asus’ external GPUs if you need more gaming power. It’s the fastest, true all-around tablet you can get—although an entry-level RTX 3050 Ti GPU means you will need to turn down the graphics settings and/or enable DLSS in demanding games like Cyberpunk 2077.

The Flow Z13 is also faster in single-core and multi-core synthetic benchmarks than Apple’s M1 Max chip and AMD’s Ryzen 9 5900HX and Ryzen 9 6900HX, and it renders 3D images in Blender up to 90 seconds faster than all three of those competing chips.

This incredible gaming tablet’s one major downfall is its battery life, which is just under five hours. For a main machine, you might be better off looking at gaming or creator laptops or sticking with the iPad Pro. But if you’re looking for a unique and portable secondary machine, that short battery life might not be an issue.

Read our full Asus ROG Flow Z13 review.

Pros

  • Stunning design

  • Excellent performance

  • Stylus support

Cons

  • Power-hungry

  • Weak battery life

Other 2-in-1 Laptops We Tested

Product image of HP Spectre x360 (2022)
HP Spectre x360 (2022)
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-1255U
  • Graphics: Intel Iris Xe (Integrated)
  • Memory: 16GB
  • Storage Size: 512GB
  • Display: 13.5-inch, 3000 x 2000, OLED
  • Battery Life: 7.5+ hours

The HP Spectre x360 14 is a 2-in-1 laptop that nails just about everything. In laptop mode, it has a great keyboard and a roomy trackpad. In tablet mode, the touchscreen and pressure-sensitive stylus offer a seamless experience for note-taking and drawing. As an added bonus, the display covers the entire P3 color gamut, which means the colors are accurate and plentiful.

And there’s more to love, from the speakers that outclass the Apple MacBook to the fact that it’s lighter than three pounds. A whole host of USB-C and USB-A ports are great for work environments, and it can reach over 7.5 hours of battery life.

This laptop’s Intel Core i7-1255U processor single-core performance is about as fast as an M1 MacBook’s. It’s great for Photoshop or Lightroom, but it took an extra couple of minutes for 3D renders, and film editing may push it pretty hard. Still, the HP Spectre x360 14 is a fantastic 2-in-1.

Read our full HP Spectre x360 14 review.

Pros

  • Excellent stylus included

  • Responsive touchscreen display

  • Comfortable keyboard and trackpad

Cons

  • OK battery life

  • Performance could be better

Product image of MSI Summit E16 Flip (2022)
MSI Summit E16 Flip (2022)
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-1260P
  • Graphics: Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti
  • Memory: 32GB DDR5
  • Storage: 1TB
  • Display: 16-inch, 2560 x 1600, 165Hz, IPS touchscreen with stylus support
  • Battery life: About 4 hours

The MSI Summit E16 Flip is one of the best 2-in-1s an artist could hope for. Its breathtaking, ultra-bright 4K screen accurately displays HDR content with a full DCI-P3 and Adobe RGB color gamut.

The graphics processor is powerful enough for 3D modeling work, easily opening and working on sculpts. If you’re more of a 2D person, the MSI Pen stylus has 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity for crisp, varied line art.

Despite the massive screen, its 16:10 aspect ratio and ultrathin bezels keep it down to about the same size as a standard 15.6-inch laptop. When you use it as a laptop, you’ll find a roomy, smooth trackpad and a crisp, easy-to-use keyboard.

The Summit E16 Flip does have one major downside: a 4-hour battery life. This puts it well behind other 2-in-1s, including MSI’s previous model, the Summit E13 Flip, which gets eight hours. However, most 2-in-1s don’t feature a 16-inch, 4K display, or have a lot of graphical processing power.

While the Summit E16 Flip is one of the pricier 2-in-1s out there, its excellent pressure-sensitive display and powerful graphics hardware are some of the best on the market.

Read our full MSI Summit E16 Flip review.

Pros

  • Phenomenal HDR display

  • Excellent stylus included

  • Sleek form factor

Cons

  • Poor battery life

  • Fingerprint magnet

Product image of HP Envy x360 15.6 (2022)
HP Envy x360 15.6 (2022)
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5625U
  • Graphics: Integrated
  • Memory: 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
  • Storage: 512GB SSD
  • Display: 15.6-inch, 1920 x 1080p
  • Battery life: 8+ hours

HP’s Envy x360 is another budget-friendly, 2-in-1 laptop, but is configured with an AMD processor instead of an Intel processor like our top pick. There are many configurations available, including a 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD version and one with a faster AMD Ryzen 5 7530U processor.

But even with the weaker 5625U processor, this HP Envy x360 15.6 sailed through our performance benchmarks. The processor may not be bleeding-edge, but it is energy-efficient, helping this machine run for over eight hours on a single charge.

Outside the laptop, its large, comfortable keyboard is snappy and responsive. The trackpad works well with light touches and parses complicated gestures with ease, too.

Our one big complaint is the same one we have with every HP: There’s way too much bloatware; we removed over 15 programs out of the box.

Read our full HP Envy x360 15.6 review.

Pros

  • Sturdy, stylish chassis

  • Good performance

  • Good battery life

Cons

  • Mediocre display

  • Bloatware

Product image of Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 7420 (2022)
Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 7420 (2022)
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-1255U
  • Graphics: Intel Iris Xe
  • Memory: 16GB DDR4 3200MHz
  • Storage: 512GB
  • Display: 14-inch, 1920 x 1200, 60Hz, IPS touch display
  • Battery life: About 7 hours

This 2-in-1 Dell Inspiron 14 is a fantastic tablet and a somewhat frustrating laptop. The touchscreen is responsive, pressure-sensitive, and speedy. It comes with a Dell Active Pen that offers 4096 pressure levels but is also compatible with Wacom styluses.

The screen isn’t a game-changer, but it’s also no slouch. The brightness and resolution are fine for most use cases. The speakers are powerful (if oddly placed). The keyboard is silent enough for quiet environments and for folks with auditory sensitivities.

Unfortunately, using this device in laptop mode is irksome. It’s large and heavy. The trackpad responsiveness is off, and the battery life and heat management both leave a lot to be desired.

Dell’s Inspiron 14 2-in-1 is a strong contender for people who want a tablet with an occasional keyboard. But if you want the full flexibility of both form factors, this may not be the strongest choice compared to others on this list.

Read our full Dell Inspiron 14 2-in1 review.

Pros

  • Pressure-sensitive tablet mode

  • Quiet keyboard

Cons

  • Uncomfortable laptop mode

  • Chunky design

  • Poor heat management

Product image of Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2022)
Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2022)
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
  • Graphics: Integrated
  • Memory: 8GB LPDDR4X
  • Storage: 128GB eMMC
  • Display: 14-inch, 1920 x 1080, IPS with LED backlight technology
  • Battery life: About 6.5 hours

This Acer Chromebook Spin 514 isn’t bad. In fact, we enjoy using it! But the asking price feels high for what you get. For $700, we’d love to see better specs.

We could do with more RAM and storage, or maybe a little extra battery life. The speakers are also tinny-sounding, which we, unfortunately, encounter a lot in the Chromebook space.

Still, the Spin 514 is sturdy and doesn’t overheat when you push the processor harder than social media or video streaming. It also has enough ports included around that you shouldn’t need a USB dock.

Read our full Acer Chromebook Spin 514 review.

Pros

  • Sturdy build

  • Comfortable keyboard

  • Stays cool

Cons

  • Dim display

  • Tinny audio

  • Mediocre battery life

Product image of Lenovo Yoga 6 (2022)
Lenovo Yoga 6 (2022)
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • Graphics: Integrated
  • Memory: 8GB LPDDR4X 4266MHz
  • Storage: 256GB SSD
  • Display: 13.3-inch, 1920 x 1200, 60Hz, IPS
  • Battery life: 10+ hours

We love the Lenovo Yoga 6 for its thin, light form and great battery life. We do wish that the price was a little lower for the moderate performance, but it’s still a solid machine.

The keyboard Lenovo offers here feels like a traditional keyboard, with great responsiveness and key travel. The touchscreen is fast and accurate, and using a stylus feels as much like writing on paper as possible. The compact size makes it easy to switch from laptop to tablet mode as needed.

There are some downsides, and most of them have to do with computing power. The included Ryzen 5 5500U processor will get the job done, but it’s built for squeezing the most performance out of a laptop without making it run too hot. The 8GB of RAM isn’t going to add a ton of speed to the equation, either, and the speakers are underwhelming.

If you’re mostly writing and checking email on the go, you’ll be happy. But as much as we love the portability and feel, there are some performance drawbacks that have to be considered.

Read our full Lenovo Yoga 6 review.

Pros

  • Good battery life

  • Comfortable keyboard

  • Responsive touchscreen

Cons

  • Just okay performance

  • Terrible audio

  • Fabric-covered lid


How We Test 2-in-1 Laptops

These are the best 2-in-1 laptops.
Credit: Reviewed / Betsey Goldwasser

We test laptops for their processing capability, graphics, battery life, and screen brightness.

At Reviewed, we use a series of standardized benchmark tests for laptops to measure their processing capability, graphics, battery life, and screen brightness. Those benchmarks include standard tests like Geekbench and 3DMark to gauge how well the laptop multitasks, runs games, and handles day-to-day computing.

To test battery life, we set up our laptops to continuously cycle through various websites at a brightness of 200 nits—around 60% brightness for many of these 2-in-1 models—until they run out of power, estimating how much work you can get done on a single charge. Our tech experts also personally use each laptop for an extended period of time, rating each on factors like build quality, price, portability, and design.

How to Choose a 2-in-1 Laptop

2-in-1 or convertible laptops tend to be more expensive than their traditional counterparts, so there aren’t a lot of great budget models in this space. When we look at 2-in-1 laptops, we analyze their performance for most everyday tasks and build quality that will last more than a year or two of use. Still, you’ll likely have to make some choices about what’s most important to you. You’ll need to consider:

Performance

The processor, graphics chip, RAM, and storage all affect your laptop’s capabilities. If you’re doing anything remotely taxing, a midrange chip like the Intel i5 is a solid choice. We’d also recommend at least 8GB of RAM. You could maybe get away with 4GB on a 2-in-1 Chromebook, but with the modern possibilities of extra tabs and browser extensions, even the Internet can take a lot of RAM.

For more intense work (or play) like photo/video editing or keeping up with new games, you’ll want a little more juice. Intel’s higher-end i7 processors make for noticeably faster video rendering, a dedicated graphics card will help you get the most out of AAA games.

No matter who you are, we recommend loading up on storage. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a heavy computer user, your photos, videos, and music can eat up a lot of space over time. You can definitely pay a lot for a high-end solid-state drive, but you can also just look for a 2-in-1 with an SD card slot and give yourself an option for affordable expansion later.

Build

Most 2-in-1 laptops have a 360-degree hinge so that the keyboard cover can fold to prop up the screen, or even fold back all the way for tablet functionality. Other models have a separate keyboard/dock that detaches from the screen/tablet. Ultimately, the difference between the two is less important than build quality.

You want a laptop that can take a beating as it rides around in your bag all day. You also want one with a sturdy trackpad and keyboard. After all, a variety of inputs is your whole reason for seeking a 2-in-1 machine.

Display Size

When looking at 2-in-1s, the screen size conversation feels a little different. The balance between having an easy-to-read screen vs. portability is always important, but when your computer doubles as a tablet, new factors come up. You need to consider what you can comfortably hold, as well as how much space you need to comfortably use your stylus.

Most screen sizes for 2-in-1s fall between 13 and 17 inches. It’s not uncommon to find thin bezels here that make 2-in-1s smaller than traditional laptops. Bear in mind that small laptops tend to be less powerful. In turn, if you do find a small, powerful 2-in-1, it’ll usually cost more than choosing one or the other.

Upgrading

Many modern laptops (especially tablets) feature components that are soldered onto the motherboard. That means that if you want more RAM or bigger storage later on, you’re out of luck. As you shop, either look for a laptop that allows you to swap out parts, or plan to spend more upfront to future-proof your purchase a little.

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Michael Garrett Steele has been writing and editing professionally since 2013, and has been a part of Reviewed since 2020. An MFA in music composition, Garrett has lent audio expertise to everyone from Independence Community College to Bethesda Softworks, informing reviews of audio equipment and services. Garrett also covers tech, drawing on experience working everywhere from IT helpdesks to enterprise architecture sales. Steele has also become a go-to reviewer for minor plumbing fixtures since covering bidets for Reviewed in early 2020.

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