It’ll play the top single-player games at smooth framerates without much tinkering, and it’ll handle esports games at the speeds required by the 165 Hz display. The entry-level model includes an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, which is a mid-range core with 6 GB of dedicated memory. There’s plenty of power on the graphics side, too. Sadly, the Core i9 version isn’t currently available in the U.S., and you’ll only need that CPU if you want to run really challenging software. You’ll only get more grunt if you opt for the Core i9-12900H, and it’s available in the Lenovo’s £1,999 model. The Core i7 chip is faster than AMD’s equivalent processors and it outpaces the Apple M1 and M2 CPUs in loads of important tasks, too. The $2,079/£1,799 model includes an Intel Core i7-12700H processor, which has eight cores and a top speed of 4.7 GHz – it’ll hammer through virtually all content creation and development tools. Intel’s processors compete well with rival chips from Apple and AMDĮven the entry-level Lenovo offers ample power for programming, development, and gaming.Decent thermal performance, too – the Lenovo isn’t too hot or loud.Heaps of processing and gaming power available from all specifications.Lenovo Legion 5i Pro review: Specs & Performance The Dell XPS 15 and Apple MacBook Pro 16, for instance, hover around 4.4 lbs and are both less than 0.75 inches (19mm) thick. The Lenovo’s 16-inch frame is 1.05 inches (27 mm) thick and weighs 5.4 lbs (2.49 kg), so it’s heavy compared to rivals. The only other design issue comes on the scales.

We’d recommend using a USB mouse instead. The trackpad isn’t as good: it’s spongy and placed awkwardly on the left-hand side of the laptop. There’s a number pad, and you get that sweet RGB LED backlighting. Its base is solid, and the buttons are fast and crisp. The practicality continues to the keyboard. There’s not much missing, although it’s a shame the Legion doesn’t have biometric sign-in options – the webcam doesn’t support Windows Hello and there’s no fingerprint reader. And, throughout, the entire rig is very sturdy. Elsewhere there’s an HDMI 2.1 port and a webcam with a privacy shutter, and on the inside there’s Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band 802.11ax wireless, and Bluetooth 5.2.

Apple developer tools 10.4