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SPECIFICATIONS

8-core3.2GHz(4.4GHzboost)AMDRyzen 7

5800Hprocessor16GBDDR4-3200RAM

16GBNvidiaGeForceRTX 3080 graphics

16in165Hznon-touchIPSdisplay,2,560x

1,600resolution1TBM.2PCI-E3SSD

720pwebcam2x2Wi-Fi6 Bluetooth5.1

HDMI2.12xUSB-C 3 .2USB-C3.1(data

only)3xUSB-A3.1Ethernetport3.5mm

jack80WhbatteryWindows 10 Home

360 x2 60 x23.5mm(WDH)2.5kg1yr

limitedwarrantypartcode82N6001PUK

HIGHER

IS

BETTER

HIGHER

IS B

ETTER

AsusZephyrusG15

Ryzen 95900 HS, 32 GB,RTX 3080

HPVictus

Ryzen 75800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3080

LenovoLegion 5

Ryzen 75800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3070

AsusZephyrusM16

Corei 9 - 11900 H, 32 GB,RTX 3070

LenovoLegion 7

Ryzen 75800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3080

MSIGL66Pulse

Corei 7 - 11800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3050 Ti

LenovoLegion 7

Ryzen 75800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3080

AsusZephyrusM16

Corei 9 - 11900 H, 32 GB,RTX 3070

AsusZephyrusG15

Ryzen 95900 HS, 32 GB,RTX 3080

LenovoLegion 5

Ryzen 75800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3070

HPVictus

Ryzen 75800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3080

MSIGL66Pulse

Corei 7 - 11800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3050 Ti

214

211

193

187

178

METRO:LASTLIGHT( 1080 P,HIGH,FPS) BATTERYLIFE

Thesoundsystemiseverybitas
goodasthedisplay:thetwo2W
HarmanKardonspeakerspumpout
plentyofvolumeandloadsofbass.
Ifyouliketofiddleaboutwithyour
soundscape,theNahimicAudio
controlpanelletsyoudoso,but
whatsetsthespeakersystemapart
isn’tsomuchthevolumeorbassas
thedetail.
Ichanceduponaperformanceof
ArvoPärt’sFratresforCelloandPiano
recordedinachurchwhilesurfing
YouTubeontheLegion 7 .Thedetail
thatcouldbeheardinthemusic,and
thesenseofspacesurroundingit,was
hugelyimpressiveforalaptop,and
I’myettohearanybetter.

Numbersgame
There’salsonodenyingthe
exceptionalperformanceofthe
Legion7.Runningthedemanding
Hitman 2 Mumbaibenchmark,it
scored68fpsat1, 920 x 1 , 08 0.That’s
thehighestscorewe’veseenon
laptopwith2xsupersampling,
evenat2,560x1,660itreached
ShadowoftheTombRaider
itsmostdemandingsettingswit
tracingenabled,scored 9 9fpsat
nativeresolution,whilethe
scoreIgotfromWolfenstein:
Youngbloodwas 10 5fps,and
withraytracingon,DLSSoff
runningmaximumdetaillevelsat
2,560x1,660.Droptheresolutionto
FullHDandtheframeratejumps
to141fps.
Asthegraphsaboveshow,those
ratesnudgeaheadofeventhetop-end
Asusgaminglaptops,andLenovo
claimsthisisbecauseithas
paireditsLegionAI
Enginewithits
Coldfront3cooling
system.Thissuiteof
tweaksconstantly
managesthe
Legion7’ssystem
settingsinthe
searchfor
ever-greater
levelsof
optimisationand
higherframerates.
Normally,I’mwary
ofsuchvague-
soundingsystem
optimisers,buttheyseem
tomakeagenuinedifference.
TheLegion7continuedthisfine
forminthePCProbenchmarks,with
anoverallscoreof 286 rightupamong
thebest.Sure,itcan’tmatchtheAsus
ZephyrusM16–whichscored3 27 –
butthat’sinpartduetohaving 1 6GB
ofRAMtotheAsus’32GB,notto
mentionitsCorei9processor.
TheGeekbench5stresstesttellsa
similartale,withtheLegion7scoring
1,436single-coreand7,322multicore

170

9 hrs 41 mins

7 hrs 45 mins

7 hrs 32 mins

6 hrs 9 mins

6 hrs 1 min

3 hrs 48 mins

HIGHER

IS

BETTER

HIGHER

IS

BETTER

AsusZephyrusM16

Corei 9 - 11900 H, 32 GB,RTX 3070

AsusZephyrusG15

Ryzen 95900 HS, 32 GB,RTX 3080

HPVictus

Ryzen 75800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3080

LenovoLegion 7

Ryzen 75800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3080

MSIGL66Pulse

Corei 7 - 11800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3050 Ti

LenovoLegion 5

Ryzen 75800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3070

LenovoLegion 7

Ryzen 75800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3080

LenovoLegion 5

Ryzen 75800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3070

AsusZephyrusM16

Corei 9 - 11900 H, 32 GB,RTX 3070

AsusZephyrusG15

Ryzen 95900 HS, 32 GB,RTX 3080

HPVictus

Ryzen 75800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3080

MSIGL66Pulse*

Corei 7 - 11800 H, 16 GB,RTX 3050 Ti

161

143

132

124

117

PCPROBENCHMARKS WOLFENSTEIN( 1080 P,MEINLEBEN,RT,DLSS,FPS)

113

327

323

289

286

284

284

totheCorei9-poweredM16’s 1 ,618

and9,025.Butthedifferencebetween

thoseproductivitybenchmarkscores

islikethedifferencebetweena

175mphFerrarianda200mph

Lamborghini:indistinguishableand

irrelevantinreal-worlduse.

Wecansaythesameforstorage,

withtheSamsungSSD

returningsequentialread

andwritespeedsof

3,126MB/secand

2,648MB/sec

respectively.The

AsusM 16 hasit

wellbeaten

withspeedsof

5,536MB/sec

and4,325MB/sec,

butwe’dbe

moreconcerned

bytheAsus’

512GBcapacity.

Myinitialbattery

rundowntestdrainedthe

Legion7’s80Whcellinonly

3hrs 2 5mins,whichisabsolutely

dire.However,Ithenrealisedthatthe

integratedAMDVegaGPUwasturned

offandwithitNvidia’sOptimus

graphicsswitchingsystem.

AfterI’denabledtheiGPUby

puttingtheLegion7intohybridmode

usingLenovo’sVantagecontrolpanel

(aprocessthatinvolvesareboot),I

retestedandgotanaltogethermore

sensibleresultofsixhours.That’sstill

notagreatnumber,butahigh-power

systemsuchasthisisalwaysgoingto

burnthroughafullchargerapidly.

TheAsusM16onlymanagedeight

minutesmore.

Powerking

Power,looks,construction,display,

soundsystemandkeyboard–the

Legion7excelsinallthoseareas,

leavingmescratchingaroundfor

faultslikeaboredchicken

inthedirt.

Theless-than-stellar

batterylifeandlackofa

fingerprintscanneraren’t

ideal,buttoofferallthis

powerandfinesseina

laptopcostingundertwo

grandisastonishing.TheLenovo

Legion7givesgamingnotebooks

costingmuchmorearunfortheir

money.I’veneverwantedtoreturna

reviewmachineless.ALUNTAYLOR

“Power,looks,build

quality,display,sound

systemandkeyboard–

theLegion 7 excelsinall

thoseareas”

LEFTThekeyboardis

faultlesslylaidout,

althoughthere’sno

fingerprintscanner

ABOVELenovoclaims

thebodyismadefrom

“aerospace-grade

aluminium”

*ResultwasinHighsettings,asMeinLebenwouldn’trun