Lenovo Yoga 9n 2-in-1 with NVIDIA RTX Spark: Out of the box

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The Lenovo Yoga 9n 2-in-1 with NVIDIA RTX Spark is on my desk in Cosmic Blue, with the Yoga Pen Gen 2 and its magnetic case alongside it. This is a 16-inch convertible built around NVIDIA’s new Windows PC platform, with a screen that folds back and a pen that has two places to work: the display and Lenovo’s large Force Pad.

That combination gives us more to explore than a processor change. There’s the physical design, the way the pen travels with the laptop, and a set of connections that includes both USB4 and a full-size SD reader. Here’s a closer look at the hardware before the full review.

A 16-inch Yoga in Cosmic Blue

The deep-blue finish covers the lid and sides, with rounded edges framing the broad aluminum panels. The brighter edge highlights give the closed laptop a different outline from a flat-sided slab. Lenovo lists aluminum for both the top and bottom, rather than reserving the metal finish for the lid.

The specifications put it at 360 × 243.1mm, as thin as 17.5mm, and starting at 1.94kg, or 4.28 pounds. This is a full-size 16-inch machine that converts, with a footprint to match.

The hinge lets the keyboard fold behind the display, changing how much of the laptop sits between you and the screen. In tent mode, the keyboard is out of the way and the display stands on its own. Fold it farther back and the touchscreen becomes the main working surface. That flexibility is useful context for the pen, rather than just another way to pose the laptop for a photo.

Lenovo also places two tweeters in a rotating soundbar at the hinge. The company says they face the user across the different positions; four woofers round out the six-speaker system.

The OLED screen and the space around it

Lenovo specifies a 16-inch PureSight Pro OLED touchscreen with a 2880 × 1800 resolution and a 16:10 aspect ratio. The taller shape gives documents, photos and creative-app controls more vertical space than a 16:9 panel of the same width.

The listed refresh range is 30–120Hz. Lenovo also lists full sRGB and P3 coverage, Dolby Vision and DisplayHDR True Black 1000 certification. The 1,100-nit rating is for peak HDR brightness.

The pen has its own case, and a second input surface

The Yoga Pen Gen 2 comes with a separate magnetic case that attaches to the back of the display. It keeps the pen with the laptop, outside the chassis. The case sits above the lid’s surface, so it becomes part of the closed laptop’s profile rather than disappearing inside it.

The pen also charges over USB-C. Lenovo lists AES 3.0, up to 8,192 pressure levels and tilt support, with button and sensitivity adjustments available in Lenovo Pen Settings.

The more unusual part is the Force Pad. Lenovo’s specifications support pen input on that large haptic touchpad as well as on the screen. That gives the same pen two different working positions: directly on the image, or down beside the keyboard while the screen stays upright.

Connections for the gear already on the desk

There’s a USB4 port on each side, and Lenovo specifies 40Gbps data, USB Power Delivery 3.0 and DisplayPort 2.1 support for both. That gives charging, storage and external-display connections a place on either side of the laptop.

Two USB-A ports keep older accessories in the mix. HDMI 2.1 provides a separate display connection, and the 3.5mm combination jack takes headphones or a headset with a microphone.

For camera work, the full-size SD reader is particularly relevant: there’s no separate reader to remember for a full-size card. It’s a UHS-I reader, rather than the faster UHS-II type.

What RTX Spark means in this Yoga

Our assigned configuration is the N1X MAX 675 with 64GB of memory and a 1TB SSD. Lenovo’s guide describes the RTX Spark platform as combining a CPU, NVIDIA Blackwell graphics and unified memory in a Windows PC. This isn’t a separate GeForce laptop GPU added to an Intel processor.

That architecture is relevant to the creative and local-AI work we’re preparing for the review. The question is how the complete laptop handles the applications and files people actually use, including compatibility, sustained work and time away from the charger. Lenovo lists a 99.9Wh battery, but capacity by itself doesn’t tell us the runtime.

The full review will bring the physical design together with the display, pen, application and battery testing. Full benchmarks, testing results and my review impressions remain under embargo until October 16.

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