Lenovo Legion 5 / 5i

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Date Published: 10 Feb 2025

Intel Core i7-11800H
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)
15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
512GB SSD
16GB RAM
2.40 kg (5.3 lbs)

TOTAL SCORE

5.0 Portability Average

7.0 Display Very Good

6.7 For Work Good

7.2 For Gaming Very Good

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Specs

Display
15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS

HDD/SSD
512GB SSD

M.2 Slot
2x M.2 NVMe slots See photo

RAM
16GB RAM

OS
Windows 11 Home

Body Material
Plastic / Polycarbonate

Dimensions
363.06 x 259.61 x 23.57 - 26.10 mm (14.29" x 10.22" x 0.93")

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
Thunderbolt 4, DisplayPort

1x USB Type-C
Thunderbolt 4, 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

Web camera
HD

Backlit keyboard

Microphone
Dual Array Microphone

Speakers
2x 2W, Nahimic 3D Audio

Security Lock slot

Portability

Lenovo Legion 5 / 5i (15″ Intel, 2021)

14.29" x 10.22" x 0.93" Dimensions

2.40 kg (5.3 lbs) Weight

Average 15.6-inch laptop

2.03 kg (4.5 lbs) -15% Weight

Review

Lenovo Legion 5 / 5i in-depth review

As we've concluded in one of our reviews, the Lenovo Legion 5 (15″ AMD, 2021) is a great gaming device that has only a few disadvantages. In this article, we're going to inspect the performance of the Intel sibling - the Lenovo Legion 5 (15″ Intel, 2021). Both are based on the same chassis, have similar display options, and have identical TGPs of the GPUs.The main difference here is the CPU platform. Expectedly, the Intel variants are equipped with Tiger Lake H45 processors. These chips are much better offerings compared to their predecessors from the Comet-Lake H platform that saw numerous refreshes, and the CPUs were hot and power-hungry (at least in most cases). Well, the Tiger Lake H45 chips aren't efficient as the 7nm AMD Zen 3 counterparts but they bring good performance to the t[...]

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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))
Fast panel with quick response times (BOE NV156FHM-NY8 (BOE0998))
Rich I/O
Great input devices
Competitive price
MUX switch (except for GTX 1650 models)

Cons

No SD card
High luminance nonuniformity (BOE NV156FHM-NY8 (BOE0998))

Disassembly, maintenance and upgrade options

The new Lenovo Legion 5 / 5i (15″ Intel, 2021) is here, and in this article, we'll show you how to open it if you need to upgrade something or you just want to deep clean the internals.Check out all Lenovo Legion 5 / 5i (15″ Intel, 2021) prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.1. Remove the bottom plate The removal of the bottom plate is easy. After undoing 10 Phillips-head screws you can remove the bottom panel with a pry tool.2. Battery This Lenovo device can be picked with a 60 or 80Wh battery unit and both of them support Rapi[...]