[Video Review] Lenovo IdeaPad 5 (14″, 2022) – Light, efficient, and powerful
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Lenovo IdeaPad 5 (14", 2022) in-depth review
Lenovo has spent the past year thinking about how to make the IdeaPad 5 and Legion 5 more premium. And you know the maxim - if you want to make something look more expensive, just slap more metal on it.Like the Legion 5, the IdeaPad 5 (14", 2022) now comes in an aluminum shell. Contrary to the situation with the gaming device, the IdeaPad still offers you the option for a plastic base.Nevertheless, the more interesting choice you get is Intel vs AMD. However, while Team Blue is represented by the latest 12th Gen chips, AMD only supplied the refreshed Zen 3 CPUs.Albeit it's weird, [...]
Pros
- USB Type-C charging, SD card, and M.2 PCIe x4 drive support
- Reasonably comfortable keyboard with optional backlight
- No PWM (Innolux N140HCA-EAE (CMN140A))
- Comfortable viewing angles and good contrast ratio (Innolux N140HCA-EAE (CMN140A))
- Decent performance and good cooling
- Pretty long battery life
- Optional all-metal design
Cons
- Covers only 54% of sRGB (Innolux N140HCA-EAE (CMN140A))
- Memory is soldered to the motherboard
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 (14", 2022) - Specs
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce MX550 #247 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics (Alder Lake, 64EU) #314 in Top GPUs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) #322 in Top GPUs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) #317 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) #309 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 15W) #320 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (R4000/5000, 15W) #328 in Top GPUsIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (64EU)
- HDD/SSD
- up to 1000GB SSD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x 2280 M.2 NVMe slot See photo
- RAM
- up to 16GB
- OS
- Windows 11 Home, No OS, Windows 11 Pro
- Battery
- 56.5Wh, 44.5Wh
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum
- Dimensions
- 321.69 x 211.84 x 16.9 - 17.9 mm (12.66" x 8.34" x 0.67")
- Weight
- 1.38 kg (3 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Sleep and Charge
- 2x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- HDMI
- 1.4b
- Card reader
- SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC
- Ethernet LAN
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- optional
- Web camera
- HD / FHD with Privacy Shutter, Fixed Focus
- Backlit keyboard
- optional
- Microphone
- Dual Array Microphone with Noise Cancellation, Support for Lenovo Voice Assistant/ Amazon Alexa
- Speakers
- 2x 2W Stereo Speakers, Dolby Audio
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot
All Lenovo IdeaPad 5 (14″, 2022) configurations
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Author: Nikolay Palaozov
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