[Specs and Info] Lenovo IdeaPad 1 (14″, 2021) and IdeaPad 1 (15″, 2021) get an increased hardware range
The IdeaPad 1-series of laptops offers the cheapest barrier to entry in Lenovo’s laptop hierarchy, except if you start looking into Chromebooks, as with them prices take even harder of a plummet. The laptops have previously only been offered with only low-powered dual or quad-core chips from the Athlon family from AMD, or Celeron and Pentium SKUs from Intel.
Now, Lenovo is introducing some quite powerful components, which will put the device in a whole new category in terms of performance. However, we are worried about overlapping with the IdeaPad 3 series, since performance and hardware availability are really the only considerable difference between the two series.
Today we’re taking a quick look at the Lenovo IdeaPad 1 (14″, 2021) and IdeaPad 1 (15″, 2021).
Full Specs: Lenovo IdeaPad 1 (14″, 2021) / IdeaPad 1 (15″, 2021)
Lenovo IdeaPad 1 (14″, 2021) configurations:
Lenovo IdeaPad 1 (15″, 2021) configurations:
Design
Since the laptop has made only a few small changes, we won’t go over the whole device. The design remains the same, with a chassis crafted entirely from plastic. There is a difference between the 14 and 15.6-inch notebooks, mainly that the larger device has a larger keyboard with a NumPad. The overall design is really simplistic with rounded corners and sharp edges.
Display
The display selection consists of two TN panels with either 1366 x 768p or a Full HD resolution, and a single IPS FHD panel. They are on the lower end, but if you want better displays you will have to upgrade to an IdeaPad 3 or an IdeaPad 5, which offer good options with good color coverage and color accuracy.
Specifications and features
The new CPU additions are the three Ryzen 5000U-series CPUs, which despite the 5000U-series name, use the older Zen 2 architecture. This, however, isn’t an issue, especially in laptops this inexpensive, as the performance truly is remarkable for a device like this one. Even the lower-end Ryzen 3 5300U has four cores and eight threads and with its added iGPU, it can handle moderate tasks. If you want to upgrade to the more powerful SKUs, you can do a lot more, with the higher core and thread count.
Lenovo IdeaPad 1 (14", 2021/22) series
- CPU
- Intel Pentium Silver N6000Intel Pentium Silver N5030Intel Pentium 8505Intel Core i7-1255U #158 in Top CPUsIntel Core i5-1235UIntel Core i5-1135G7Intel Core i3-1215U #200 in Top CPUsIntel Core i3-1115G4Intel Celeron N5100Intel Celeron N4500Intel Celeron N4120Intel Celeron N4020Intel Celeron N4000Intel Celeron 6305AMD Ryzen 7 5700U #196 in Top CPUsAMD Ryzen 5 5500UAMD Ryzen 5 3500U #208 in Top CPUsAMD Ryzen 3 5300UAMD Ryzen 3 3250UAMD Athlon Silver 3050eAMD Athlon Silver 3050UAMD 3020e
- GPU
- Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) #312 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics Xe G1Intel UHD Graphics 605 #364 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics 600 #365 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU) #353 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU) #352 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) #332 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics (Alder Lake, 64EU) #314 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics #363 in Top GPUsIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) #322 in Top GPUsIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) #317 in Top GPUsIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (64EU)Intel HD Graphics 500 (Apollo Lake)Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) #309 in Top GPUsAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) #321 in Top GPUsAMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 15W) #320 in Top GPUsAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (R4000/5000, 15W) #328 in Top GPUsAMD Radeon RX Vega 3 #334 in Top GPUs
- Dimensions
- 325.3 x 216.5 x 17.9 mm (12.81" x 8.52" x 0.70")
- Weight
- 1.32 kg (2.9 lbs)
- Price
- Starting at $158.27
Lenovo IdeaPad 1 (15", 2021/22) series
- CPU
- Intel Pentium Silver N6000Intel Pentium Silver N5030Intel Core i7-1255U #158 in Top CPUsIntel Core i5-1335U #182 in Top CPUsIntel Core i5-1235UIntel Core i5-1155G7Intel Core i3-N305 #205 in Top CPUsIntel Core i3-1220P #197 in Top CPUsIntel Core i3-1215U #200 in Top CPUsIntel Core i3-1115G4Intel Core i3-1005G1 #214 in Top CPUsIntel Celeron N5100Intel Celeron N4500Intel Celeron N4120Intel Celeron N4020Intel Celeron N4000Intel Celeron 6305AMD Ryzen 7 5825UAMD Ryzen 7 5700U #196 in Top CPUsAMD Ryzen 7 3700UAMD Ryzen 5 7520U #206 in Top CPUsAMD Ryzen 5 5625UAMD Ryzen 5 5500UAMD Ryzen 5 3500U #208 in Top CPUsAMD Ryzen 3 5300UAMD Ryzen 3 3250UAMD Ryzen 3 3200UAMD Athlon Silver 3050UAMD Athlon Gold 3150UAMD Athlon 300UAMD 3020e
- GPU
- Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) #312 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics Xe G1Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 (32EU) #342 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics Xe 750 (16EU) #346 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics G1 #344 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics 605 #364 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics 600 #365 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU) #353 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU) #352 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) #332 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics (Alder Lake, 64EU) #314 in Top GPUsIntel UHD Graphics #363 in Top GPUsIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) #322 in Top GPUsIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) #317 in Top GPUsIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (64EU)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) #309 in Top GPUsAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) #321 in Top GPUsAMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 15W) #320 in Top GPUsAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (R4000/5000, 15W) #328 in Top GPUsAMD Radeon RX Vega 3 #334 in Top GPUsAMD Radeon RX Vega 10 #307 in Top GPUsAMD Radeon 610M #329 in Top GPUs
- Dimensions
- 360.2 x 236 x 17.9 mm (14.18" x 9.29" x 0.70")
- Weight
- 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
- Price
- Starting at $190.00
All Lenovo IdeaPad 1 (14″, 2021) configurations:
All Lenovo IdeaPad 1 (15″, 2021) configurations:
Author: Severin Kolakov
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