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日本Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i (16″, 2022) review – its display is fantastic
Temperatures and comfort, Battery Life
Max CPU load
In this test we use 100% on the CPU cores, monitoring their frequencies and chip temperature. The first column shows a computer’s reaction to a short load (2-10 seconds), the second column simulates a serious task (between 15 and 30 seconds), and the third column is a good indicator of how good the laptop is for long loads such as video rendering.
Average P-core frequency; Average E-core frequency; CPU temp.; Package Power
| Intel Core i7-12650H (45W TDP) | 0:02 – 0:10 sec | 0:15 – 0:30 sec | 10:00 – 15:00 min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i (16″, 2022) | 3.53 GHz @ 2.96 GHz @ 72°C @ 102W | 3.46 GHz @ 2.93 GHz @ 77°C @ 98W | 3.01 GHz @ 2.57 GHz @ 63°C @ 70W |
| Acer Swift 3 OLED (SF314-71) | 3.17 GHz @ 2.69 GHz @ 89°C @ 79W | 2.66 GHz @ 2.45 GHz @ 94°C @ 56W | 2.09 GHz @ 1.98 GHz @ 85°C @ 35W |
| ASUS TUF Dash F15 FX517 | 3.03 GHz @ 2.67 GHz @ 67°C @ 72W | 3.06 GHz @ 2.68 GHz @ 75°C @ 72W | 2.30 GHz @ 2.25 GHz @ 69°C @ 45W |
The IdeaPad Gaming 3i (16″, 2022) completely obliterates the other two laptops we’ve tested with this processor. It runs at high clocks and at low temperature.
Real-life gaming
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | GPU frequency/ Core temp (after 2 min) | GPU frequency/ Core temp (after 30 min) | Max Fans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i (16″, 2022) | 1736 MHz @ 69°C @ 105W | 1730 MHz @ 71°C @ 105W | – |
| ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED (UX7602) | 1698 MHz @ 69°C @ 95W | 1696 MHz @ 70°C @ 94W | – |
| HP Envy 16 (16-h0000) | 1565 MHz @ 77°C @ 94W | 1573 MHz @ 78°C @ 95W | – |
| HP Omen 16 (16-k0000) | 1833 MHz @ 79°C @ 140W | 1825 MHz @ 82°C @ 139W | – |
| Lenovo Legion 5i Pro (16″, 2022) | 1941 MHz @ 83°C @ 139W | 1920 MHz @ 86°C @ 138W | – |
| Lenovo Legion 5 (15″, 2022) | 1875 MHz @ 80°C @ 130W | 1863 MHz @ 82°C @ 130W | – |
| MSI Pulse GL76 (12Ux) | 1620 MHz @ 77°C @ 105W | 1608 MHz @ 81°C @ 105W | 1650 MHz @ 70°C @ 105W |
| ASUS ROG Strix G17 G713R (2022) | 1827 MHz @ 83°C @ 139W | 1825 MHz @ 85°C @ 139W | – |
| ASUS ROG Strix G15 G513R (2022) | 1844 MHz @ 81°C @ 139W | 1723 MHz @ 74°C @ 118W | – |
| ASUS TUF Gaming F17 (FX706, 2021) | 1548 MHz @ 80°C @ 95W | 1540 MHz @ 81°C @ 95W | – |
| HP Omen 17 (2021, 17-ck0000) | 1861 MHz @ 72°C @ 129W | 1857 MHz @ 73°C @ 130W | – |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 2 | 1535 MHz @ 69°C @ 75W | 1517 MHz @ 76°C @ 75W | – |
| Lenovo Legion 5i (17″ Intel, 2021) | 1886 MHz @ 75°C @ 127W | 1879 MHz @ 76°C @ 127W | – |
| Lenovo Legion 7 (16″, 2021) | 1867 MHz @ 70°C @ 126W | 1858 MHz @ 74°C @ 127W | – |
| Lenovo Legion 5 (15″ AMD, 2021) | 1831 MHz @ 75°C @ 129W | 1815 MHz @ 80°C @ 129W | – |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro (16″) | 1803 MHz @ 76°C @ 129W | 1787 MHz @ 81°C @ 129W | – |
| MSI GP66 Leopard | 1863 MHz @ 72°C @ 124W | 1852 MHz @ 75°C @ 125W | 1849 MHz @ 69°C @ 127W |
| MSI GP76 Leopard | 1860 MHz @ 71°C @ 129W | 1857 MHz @ 73°C @ 128W | 1869 MHz @ 67°C @ 128W |
You have to keep in mind that this GPU is “limited” to 105W. It runs sustainably at this power target, and we are happy to report that the temperature is relatively low. Also, we have to mention that we used the “GPU Overclock” function from the Lenovo Vantage app. This includes a 100MHz Core and 200MHz VRAM offset.
Gaming comfort
Interestingly, the noise levels were not very high, even with the OC. Apparently, Lenovo has done a fantastic job with this notebook’s cooling design. In addition, the hot spot of the keyboard is also within reasonable margins.
Battery
Now, we conduct the battery tests with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with. This device features a 71Wh battery pack. It lasts for 6 hours and 23 minutes of Web browsing, or 6 hours and 35 minutes of video playback.
In order to simulate real-life conditions, we used our own script for automatic web browsing through over 70 websites.
For every test like this, we use the same video in HD.
Thanks for this I bought the same laptop with i7-12650h and RTX 3050 Ti, and the thermal throttling is unbelievable. with the cinebenchr23 (and everything else)it stays around 90-95 degrees… and lowers the speed to 1.5ghz. very sad and I hope changing the factory thermal paste will solve everything(will put Arctic mx-6) you gave me hope!!