Lenovo Legion 5 / 5i (17″ Intel, 2021)
Lenovo Legion 5 / 5i (17" Intel, 2021) - Specs
- HDD/SSD
- up to 8000GB SSD + up to 1000GB HDD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x 2280 M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 + 1x 2280 M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 See photo
- RAM
- up to 64GB
- OS
- Windows 11 Home, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11, No OS
- Battery
- 80Wh, 4-cell, 80Wh
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate
- Dimensions
- 398.6 x 290 x 24.3 ~ 26.2 mm (15.69" x 11.42" x 0.96")
- Weight
- 2.98 kg (6.6 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
- SD
- 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
- optional
- Microphone
- Dual Array Microphone
- Speakers
- 2x 2W, Nahimic 3D Audio
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot
All Lenovo Legion 5 / 5i (17″ Intel, 2021) configurations
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Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.
Design and Gaming
This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.
Health-Guard
Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.
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CPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the CPUs that come in the Lenovo Legion 5 / 5i (17" Intel, 2021) series.
Here, we evaluate the CPU's performance using a real-world 3D rendering task, assessing its ability to handle complex computations and rendering workloads efficiently.
Results are from the Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core test (higher is better)
GPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the GPUs that come in the Lenovo Legion 5 / 5i (17" Intel, 2021) series.
The results are from 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics). Higher is better.
Lenovo Legion 5 / 5i (17" Intel, 2021) in-depth review
As arguably the most popular notebook on the market, the Legion 5 has shared its fair share of success. However, this year, you get a total of 6 options to choose from - two 15-inch, two 17-inch, and two 16-inch Pro models. Why two each? Well, because AMD is now a true player in the laptop field. However, Lenovo has shown that its love for Intel is still alive, and today we are going to review the Legion 5i (17" Intel, 2021).Generally, you will get the tried and tested outfit low-key outfit, but as you can take from the naming - this time, we got the 17-inch model. Quite frankly, it's def[...]
Pros
- Good keyboard with decent travel and clicky feedback
- High TGP GPUs
- Great upgradeability + PCIe Gen 4 support
- Snappy 144Hz panel with quick response times (Innolux N173HCE-G33)
- 95% sRGB coverage and accurate color representation with our Gaming and Web design profile (Innolux N173HCE-G33)
- Doesn't get too hot during long gaming sessions
- No PWM (Innolux N173HCE-G33)
- 2x Thunderbolt 4 + SD card reader and the widest I/O out there
- Decent battery life
Cons
- Plastic shell (although with decent quality)
- Not the best speakers
Inside Lenovo Legion 5i (17" Intel, 2021) - disassembly and upgrade options
Games you can play on this laptop series
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
VERY LOW |
NORMAL |
ULTRA |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 190 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 176 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 135 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W) | 165 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 149 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 112 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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