QHD (2560 x 1600) IPS, 16:10, 500 nits, 165Hz / 3ms response time, 100% sRGB, VESA DisplayHDR™-certified, Dolby Vision™-enabled, NVIDIA ® G-SYNC ®, AMD Freesync™ The screen is one of the main selling points of the Legion 5 Pro series over the competition in the mid-range segment. The fans are still fairly noisy on this 5 Pro, as they ramp up to 50 dB on the Performance mode in the combined tests. You can always opt for the Balanced and Quiet modes if you want to, and we’ll get to them in a bit. On the other hand, this is only FHD resolution, it’s not a very bright panel, so it might not suffice outdoors or in brightness environments, and it’s not wide-gamut either, so might not do for certain color-accurate workloads. But it’s still a fair option for this sort of mid-tier laptop, even at the higher price tag of the 3060/3070 configurations.

Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6H 15.6 Inch FHD 120 Hz Gaming Laptop Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6H 15.6 Inch FHD 120 Hz Gaming Laptop

Switching over to the Balanced profile, the Ryzen 7 stabilizes at 45W of power after a few runs. The fans spin at 43-44 dB in this case, and temperatures stabilize in the low-80s. This series allows full control over the RAM, storage slots, and WiFi module. There are 2x RAM slots and 2x SSD slots on the Legion 5 Pro. Our review unit comes with 16 GB of RAM in dual-channel; the included memory is SR, but the kind with faster latencies, as shown above. The legion 5 doesn’t even try to be compact and portable by any means, either. The laptop weighs 2.4 kilos in this tested configuration with the 80Wh battery, and you must also consider the massive 300W charger included with this configuration, which weighs an extra 1.15 kilos. If you need a thin-and-light full-size laptop that would be easy to lug around every day to work and school, this is not it.Somehow, this Legion 5 Pro proved far more efficient and consistent than the buggy Legion 5, and that lead to longer and more consistent runtimes, despite the higher resolution screen here. The system still doesn’t automatically switch from 165 Hz to 60 Hz when you unplug the laptop, as other devices do, but you can cycle between 60 and 165 Hz refresh by hitting Fn+R, manually. And it actually works on this unit, and makes a difference with streaming and lightweight chores! Unlike on the Legion 5 tested recently, the CPU is aggressively limited in most tests and workloads on this Quiet mode here. It runs at up to 30W in sustained CPU-only loads, but only at around 7-8W of power when the GPU is active as well, which can lead to stuttering and hiccups in some cases. As for the GPU, this mode limits it at around 80W of power, which translates to roughly 80% of its capabilities on the Performance mode. Finally, I’ll add that gaming on battery mode is somewhat possible here, with the CPU running at 15-25W and the GPU at around 30-35W, so don’t expect much in performance. Also, don’t expect more than an hour and a bit of runtime with gaming on the battery. Multimedia, Budget Multimedia, Gaming, Budget Gaming, Lightweight Gaming, Business, Budget Office, Workstation, Subnotebooks, Ultrabooks, Chromebooks

Lenovo Legion 5 Laptop, Intel Core i7-11800H, 15.6 Inch FHD Lenovo Legion 5 Laptop, Intel Core i7-11800H, 15.6 Inch FHD

The Lenovo Legion 5 17 is a current-gen 17-inch gaming laptop and equipped with the latest AMD CPU and a powerful GPU, that manages to reach its full potential. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600H is a very good choice for this laptop and able to maintain its performance level for long periods of time. Our test model only falls behind consistently in a direct comparison with its competitors that are often equipped with eight cores and 16 threads. Despite this, the Legion 5 17 leaves an excellent impression and is almost able to keep up with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 mobile GPU in synthetic benchmarks thanks to its non-limited Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 mobile GPU. We were also pleased with the 17-inch display, which comes precalibrated ex-factory. This is something we would like to see more of. The 144-Hz refresh rate clearly designates the Lenovo for gaming. However, it is also well suited to video or photo editing thanks to its low deltaE-2000 values. Update2: Here’s our coverage of what looks like the 2023 successor of the Legion 5i series, the new Lenovo LOQ 15/16 lineup. Design and constructionThe maximum temperature on the upper side is 42.2 °C / 108 F, compared to the average of 40.4 °C / 105 F, ranging from 21.2 to 68.8 °C for the class Gaming. On top of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H and the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, users may choose from three different Nvidia GPUs. The GeForce RTX 3050 base model of the Lenovo Legion 5 17 starts at 1150 USD, while our test configuration with a GeForce RTX 3060 mobile GPU is available for approximately 1220 USD. For the price, users also receive a 144-Hz 1080p display, 16 GB of RAM, and a 512-GB NVMe SSD. Windows 11 Home edition is included by default. The system can be configured according to your preferences through Lenovo's online shop. Still, I was actually surprised how punchy the colors are on this screen, especially when you pump up the brightness. I put this screen right next to the 4K 100% AdobeRGB panel of the XPS 15 and only at that point I could tell the differences between the two panels at high brightness, and they appeared much closer than I was expecting. Too bad I didn’t have a Zephyrus M16 to compare with, as that one offers a 450+ nits WQHD+ panel with 100% DCI-P3 color coverage. I’d expect that to be a better option for professionals, but this here should still do for most. For the Legion 5 17, Lenovo relies on a fast Samsung SSD. In this case, it has a capacity of 512 GB and uses the fast M.2 PCIe interface for data transfers. As our results show, however, this setup cannot quite keep up with the competition. At 512 GB, the capacity is not exactly massive, either. On a gaming laptop, we expect at least 1 TB of storage space.