Lenovo Legion 5i 5i 16" Gray 2025
The 24-core Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and RTX 5060 with 105W TGP drive a 240Hz 2560x1600 IPS panel with full DCI-P3 coverage, delivering high frame rates and color accuracy for both gaming and creation. It pairs that performance with an unusually generous 64GB of DDR5 RAM and a 2TB SSD out of the box, eliminating immediate upgrade needs. This configuration is best for game streamers and 3D artists who need to simultaneously run demanding titles and memory-intensive creative applications on a single machine.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong ram (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong cpu (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong storage (95th percentile) 95th
Cons
- Below average compact (9th percentile)
- Below average social proof (18th percentile)
What owners think
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX |
| Cores | 24 |
| Frequency | 2.7 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 36 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 64 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 2 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 2560 (QHD) |
| Panel | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 240 Hz |
| Brightness | 500 nits |
| Color Gamut | 100% DCI-P3 |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 2 |
| USB Ports | 3 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1 x HDMI 2.1 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| Ethernet | 1 x RJ-45 |
Physical
| Weight | 2.7 kg / 5.9 lbs |
| Battery | 80 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Lenovo Legion 5i 5i 16" | Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max | ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WW-G14.R95080 | HP OMEN Transcend 14-fb1023dx | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | Microsoft Surface Laptop ZGQ-00001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Apple M4 Max | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 |
| RAM (GB) | 64 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 2048 | 8192 | 2000 | 1024 | 1000 | 1024 |
| Screen | 16" 2560x1600 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 13.8" 2304x1536 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | Apple (40-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | Intel Arc Graphics | Qualcomm Adreno |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Battery (Wh) | 80 | 72 | - | 71 | - | 54 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo Legion 5i 5i 16" | 96.5 | 82.1 | 98 | 98.7 | 91.5 | 9.2 | 94.8 | 79.4 | 17.9 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max Compare | 92.7 | 84.8 | 96.4 | 78.5 | 99.2 | 67.7 | 99.7 | 96.7 | 88.2 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WW-G14.R95080 Compare | 89.2 | 91.7 | 92.5 | 91.6 | 96 | 73.1 | 90.4 | 59.2 | 97.7 |
| HP OMEN Transcend 14-fb1023dx Compare | 88.5 | 86.7 | 91.4 | 91.6 | 96 | 71.8 | 69.9 | 32.8 | 96.6 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 64.7 | 62.6 | 82.1 | 82 | 91.1 | 95.3 | 74.3 | 59.2 | 86.8 |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop ZGQ-00001 Compare | 99 | 24.9 | 82.1 | 60.1 | 88 | 87.8 | 81.9 | 79.4 | 90.8 |
Usage Scores
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