14 Inch Laptop Screen Dimensions
A 14 inch laptop has a screen 11.9 in30.2 cm wide and 7.4 in18.8 cm tall (30.2 cm11.9 in x 18.8 cm7.4 in). The 14 inches is measured diagonally across the glass, corner to corner. The laptop itself is always a little bigger than these numbers.
Below you can see it to scale, with the exact screens of popular 14 inch laptops. You will also find the viewing distance and resolution that suit this size.
- Width
- 11.9 in 30.2 cm
- Height
- 7.4 in 18.8 cm
- Diagonal
- 14 in 35.6 cm
- Aspect ratio
- 16:10
How big is a 14 inch laptop screen?
Here it is drawn to scale against the largest size in our chart, the 18 inch. The screen covers 88 sq in568 sq cm, 6% more than a 13.6 inch laptop.
- Diagonal
- 14 in (35.6 cm)
- Width
- 11.9 in30.2 cm · 30.2 cm11.9 in
- Height
- 7.4 in18.8 cm · 18.8 cm7.4 in
- Screen area
- 88 sq in568 sq cm
- Aspect ratio
- 16:10
- Perimeter
- 38.6 in98.0 cm
Who is a 14 inch laptop for?
Fourteen inches is now a common size for business and everyday laptops, such as the ThinkPad T14 and Dell Pro 14. It gives more room than a 13 inch screen while still fitting most bags. Most current models use the taller 16:10 shape, which shows more lines of a document.
Which popular laptops have a 14 inch screen?
Laptops with the same screen size can differ by an inch or more in width and depth. Check the maker's spec sheet before you buy a sleeve. Here are the exact screens of popular 14 inch laptops.
Models sold as 14 inch can measure a little more or less. The width and height come from each model's own resolution.
Our list has thirteen 14 inch models, from HP, Apple, Dell, Lenovo, Microsoft Surface, Acer and ASUS. 1920 × 1200 is the most common resolution, on seven of them. The MacBook Pro 14 in has the sharpest screen, at 254 PPI.
The ASUS Vivobook Go 14 (E1404F) has the softest, at 157 PPI. The MacBook Pro 14 in (14.2 in) and Surface Laptop 7th Edition 13.8 in are close to 14 in, so they are listed here. The MacBook Pro 14 in and Surface Laptop 7th Edition 13.8 in use a taller shape than 16:10, so they are narrower than the drawing.
At a typical 18 in46 cm, single pixels show on eight of them, but not on five models.
How far should you sit from a 14 inch laptop?
A laptop usually sits 14 to 24 in (36 to 61 cm) from your eyes. The table shows how much of your view a 14 inch screen fills at each distance. It feels wide at 14 to 16 in36 to 41 cm, ideal at 18 to 22 in46 to 56 cm and small in view at 24 in61 cm.
Which resolution suits a 14 inch laptop?
Higher resolution looks sharper but makes text smaller, so you need display scaling. At 14 inches, 1920 × 1200 gives 162 PPI and 2880 × 1800 gives 243 PPI. The table shows the Windows scaling each needs.
Sit farther away than the last column and you will not see single pixels. See every resolution in the chart.
At this size, 1920 × 1200 hides single pixels from about 21 in53 cm, 2560 × 1600 from about 16 in41 cm and 2880 × 1800 from about 14 in36 cm. At 250% scaling, 2880 × 1800 draws everything two and a half times as big, so its extra pixels go to sharpness, not space. None of them runs at 100%, as text would be too small to read at 18 in46 cm.
How does a 14 inch laptop compare with other sizes?
The next size up, the 15.3 inch laptop, has 19% more screen area. The next size down, the 13.6 inch laptop, has 6% less screen area. Area grows with the square of the diagonal, so a few inches feel bigger than they sound.
It comes fourth of the nine laptop sizes in our chart, counting up from the smallest. The 13.6 inch laptop, the next size down, has the same 16:10 shape. It is under half an inch smaller corner to corner, with a little less screen area.
The 15.3 inch laptop, the next size up, has the same 16:10 shape. It is over an inch bigger corner to corner, with about a fifth more screen area.
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What are the dimensions of a 14 inch laptop screen in cm?
The screen is 30.2 x 18.8 cm, with a diagonal of 35.6 cm.
Is a 14 inch laptop 14 inches wide?
No. 14 inches is the screen diagonal, and the screen is 11.9 in wide.
What resolution is best for a 14 inch laptop?
1920 × 1200 gives 162 PPI at this size, which suits 175% Windows scaling. Higher resolutions look sharper but use more battery.
How much of my view does a 14 inch laptop fill?
At 18 inches (46 cm) from your eyes, the screen fills about 37° of your view. Plug in a monitor if you want a bigger picture at a desk.
How we measure
Screen width = diagonal x a / sqrt(a^2 + b^2) and height = diagonal x b / sqrt(a^2 + b^2) for an a:b screen. Viewing angle = 2 x arctan(half the screen width / distance). Pixel visibility uses 1 arcminute, the limit of 20/20 vision.
Model screens come from each maker's published spec sheet, linked in the table. Last checked 2026-10-13.