However, like the Omen 16, the Lenovo Legion doesn’t get much change from its large battery, lasting 7hrs 38mins from an 80Wh (5,210mAh) battery in our video rundown test. Lenovo Legion 5 Advantage Edition review: Verdict The speaker system in the Legion 5 is good enough, but hardly exceptional. It can’t compare with the Asus TUF Dash F15, since it has smaller drivers, but there’s a reasonable amount of volume and the sound is tight and punchy. The absence of any form of bass is the biggest issue, though, which is something the pre-installed Nahimic control panel can only do so much to ameliorate. Finally, I’ll add that gaming on battery mode is somewhat possible here, but the CPU and GPU are limited at a 50W combined power, so the performance takes a massive toll in comparison to even the Quiet plugged-in mode. Also, don’t expect more than an hour and a bit of runtime with gaming on the battery. Speed meets endurance when you play with a gaming laptop powered by AMD Ryzen™ processors. Seize the pure performance you need to win, without compromising battery life.

The screen on this Legion 5 series doesn’t automatically commute from 165 Hz to 60 Hz when you unplug the laptop, as other devices do, but you should, in theory, be able to cycle between 60 and 165 Hz refresh by hitting Fn+R. The shortcut doesn’t do anything on this unit. On Quiet, the processor runs at ~25W sustained with only slightly audible fans (<32 dB) and temperatures in the 70s. The scores are roughly 75% of what the system delivers on Performance, despite the limited power. Anyway, here’s what we got on our unit, with the screen’s brightness set at around 120 nits (~60 brightness) and 165 Hz refresh. The calibration is alright out of the box, with good uniformity and little light bleeding around the edges.Lenovo went with consistent inputs across their entire range of Legion laptops, and that means little has been sacrificed on what is the entry-level Legion 5 series. Turning to game tests, the Legion 5 averaged 61fps in the Hitman 2 test and 68fps in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The latter was performed with ray tracing enabled, DLSS off and all other graphics settings set at the highest level. External temperatures are fine with this laptop, both with daily use and with games. It’s unusual though that the hotspots are placed just around the arrows keys and the Enter key, but the chassis never gets uncomfortable to the touch, as even those are only in the low to mid-40s Celsius. Still, I didn’t notice the same king of hotspots on Derek’s review units, so I’m not sure if this is normal or some sort of an issue with my unit. Internally, these hotspots seem to be placed over the chipset and SSD, which do not overheat based on our HWinfo logs. This series allows full control over the RAM, storage slots, and WiFi module. There are 2x RAM slots and 2x SSD slots on the Legion 5, both on the 60 and 80 Wh configurations. Our review unit comes with 16 GB of RAM in dual-channel; the included memory is SR, but the kind with faster latencies, as shown above.

The final piece of the puzzle is the SSD, which returned decent read and write speeds of 3594MB/s and 1681MB/s, which means it can save and load data on the physical drive at a healthy pace. Over here, this tested Ryzen 5 + RTX 3060 configuration is available in stores for around 1000-1100 EUR, which is very competitive for what you’re getting. The same goes for under 1000 GBP in the UK, but with a 60Wh battery. Upgrading to a Ryzen 7 is a 50 EUR extra, while upgrading to an RTX 3070 dGPU would cost around 200 EUR on top. Lenovo kept their better panels for the 5 Pro and 7 lineups, and this Legion 5 only gets a FHD 1920 x 1080 px option with 300+ nits of brightness and 100% sRGB color coverage, as well as 165 Hz refresh rate and pretty good response times. All these make for a balanced panel, well suited for daily use, work, and gaming. And since there’s a MUX on this Legion 5 series, you’ll benefit from either FreeSync or GSync when running games.READ NEXT: The best cheap gaming laptops to buy Lenovo Legion 5 Advantage Edition review: Price and competition Nvidia’s latest laptop graphics chips run at different power levels to deliver varying levels of performance and efficiency. The GeForce RTX 3070 inside the Legion runs at 130W, which is about as high as this chip can go. Elsewhere, it’s got the usual 8GB of memory and 5120 stream processors. This article here goes over the AMD Ryzen 5 + RTX 3060 + FHD 165Hz configuration of the Lenovo Legion 5, and we’ll also go over a similar Legion 5 Pro variant in this article. Battery: These systems do not support batteries that are not genuine Lenovo-made or authorised. Systems will continue to boot, but may not charge unauthorised batteries. Lenovo has no responsibility for the performance or safety of unauthorised batteries, and provides no warranties for failures or damage arising out of their use. **Battery life is based on the MobileMark® 2014 methodology and is an estimated maximum. Actual battery life may vary based on many factors, including screen brightness, active applications, features, power management settings, battery age and conditioning, and other customer preferences. The extra performance comes at the cost of a heavier and larger chassis. The large protruding rear is hard to ignore and competitors like theAsus TUF Gaming F15 FX507ZM or Razer Blade 15 Base Model are each noticeably lighter. If you travel a lot, then the higher performance may not be worth the heavier weight. The bulky 300 W AC adapter doesn't make the Lenovo very travel friendly, either.

The Lenovo Legion 5 is an impressive gaming laptop on paper, with high-end components throughout, but it’s going to have to work hard when lined up against some strong rivals. The only downside is the fairly noisy fans on this configuration, which often ramp up to 50 dB on the Performance mode in the combined tests. You can always opt for the Balanced and Quiet modes if you want to, and we’ll get to that in a bit, but even those are not as quiet as I was expecting.The RTX 3060 model goes for significantly more in the US, at around 1400-1500 USD at this point. Over there, the 3050Ti configurations are aggressively priced at around 1000 USD, but that’s also for the 60Wh options. Lenovo offers options for an RX6600 dGPU in some markets, or for a QHD 165 Hz display. Switching over to the Balanced profile leads to the Ryzen 5 stabilizing at 45W of power. The fans spin at 43-44 dB in this case, and temperatures stabilize in the low-80s.