[Video Review] Lenovo Legion 5 (15″ AMD, 2021) – in search of perfection
From: Nikolay Palaozov
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Lenovo Legion 5 (15" AMD, 2021) in-depth review
Last year, Lenovo was both conservative, and bold. Although it kept the same design, which proved successful in the past, the manufacturer took the risk to rely on AMD (in addition to Intel) for their processors. And today, the Legion 5 gets an update with the Zen 3 architecture and RTX 3000 graphics cards.Thankfully for the gamers, the laptop is equipped with a MUX switch. This allows you to connect the integrated display either to the integrated GPU for maximum efficiency and battery life or to the dedicated GPU, for the full bandwidth.Generally, the device remains pretty much uncha[...]
Pros
- High TGP GPUs
- 2x M.2 PCIe slots, 2x RAM SODIMM slots in dual channel, Wi-Fi 6
- Covers 97% of the sRGB color gamut and has accurate color representation with our Gaming and Web design profile (BOE NV156FHM-NY8 (BOE0998))
- Snappy panel with quick response times (BOE NV156FHM-NY8 (BOE0998))
- Has a ton of ports
- Great input devices
- Keyboard remains relatively cool after long gaming sessions
- Competitive price
Cons
- No SD card
- High luminance nonuniformity (BOE NV156FHM-NY8 (BOE0998))
Lenovo Legion 5 (15" AMD, 2021) - Specs
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W) #45 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W) #89 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop, 95W) #155 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 95W) #162 in Top GPUs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop) #213 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX 6600M #131 in Top GPUs
- HDD/SSD
- up to 16000GB SSD + up to 2000GB HDD
- M.2 Slot
- 2x M.2 NVMe slots See photo
- RAM
- up to 64GB
- OS
- Windows 11 Home, No OS, DOS, Windows 10 Home, Windows 11, Windows 11 Pro, Chrome OS, Windows 10 Pro
- Battery
- 60Wh, 4-cell, 80Wh, 60Wh, 4-cell , 80Wh, 4-cell, 60Wh, 4-cel
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate
- Dimensions
- 362.56 x 260.61 x 22.5 ~ 25.75 mm (14.27" x 10.26" x 0.89")
- Weight
- 2.40 kg (5.3 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Sleep and Charge
- 3x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- HDMI
- 2.1
- Card reader
- Ethernet LAN
- 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.1
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- optional
- Web camera
- HD
- Backlit keyboard
- optional
- Microphone
- Dual Array Microphone
- Speakers
- 2x 2W, Nahimic 3D Audio
- Optical drive
- optional
- Security Lock slot
All Lenovo Legion 5 (15″ AMD, 2021) configurations
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Author: Nikolay Palaozov
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