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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 power profiles are Quiet, Balanced, and Performance, and you can select them from Vantage or switch between them with Fn+Q. Performance is only available with the laptop plugged into the wall. These profiles apply different power settings to the CPU/GPU and different fan profiles, as well as switch the color of the LED in the power button. Here’s a table that shows what each mode does: Quiet All in all, the Legion 5 is one of the best-value mid-tier laptops of this generation, and a potential recommendation in this 3060 configuration over here in Europe where it’s very aggressively priced. That’s not the case everywhere, though, as the same configuration is expensive in other regions.
Technically speaking, the 15.6in 1,920 x 1,080 IPS panel is well up to the mark. The maximum brightness of 345cd/m² and the contrast ratio of 1,313:9 are both solid, while the Delta E (colour accuracy) of 0.63 is pretty outstanding for a gaming laptop. The Legion 5’s sRGB gamut coverage of 94% and volume of 98.8% don’t let the side down, either.Witness victory on a 15.6" screen with up to WQHD resolution that lets you employ super-human reflexes from 165Hz refresh rate and only 3ms response time thanks to OverDrive technology. Push what's possible with AMD FreeSync™ and NVIDIA® G-SYNC® support and aim to game with purpose on this incredible screen. 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. 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. Lenovo’s latest laptop gets off to a good start with an Nvidia RTX 3070, and the GPU is bolstered by an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H which is one of the most popular laptop chips on the market right now. Finally, I’ll mention that camera at the top of the screen. It’s HD-only and washed-out quality even in good light, but at least it’s there and can do that job when needed. This comes with an electronic shutter on the left side of the laptop, which electronically kills both the camera and the microphones, and not just covers the lens with a piece of plastic. Battery life
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 laptop offers a MUX, but no Advanced Optimus. This means you can opt for a Hybrid mode that enables Optimus (in the Vantage control app or in the BIOS ), which actively switches between the Vega and Nvidia chips, or disable the Hybrid mode and only keep the Nvidia dGPU active, which directly links the dGPU to the internal display and enables GSync in the settings. Switching between the two modes requires a restart. 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. 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. That aside, there are also Intel-based versions of Legion 5i, built on Tiger Lake H45 hardware. Over here, those are more expensive than the AMD versions. Final thoughts- Lenovo Legion 5
Case - Legion with dark blue plastics
USB-A 3.2 gen2, 1x USB-C 3.2 DP 1.4, 1x USB-C with DP 1.4 and PD support, 1x HDMI 2.1, Ethernet, mic/earphone
Battery:These systems do not support batteries that are not genuine Lenovo-made or authorized. Systems will continue to boot, but may not charge unauthorized batteries. Attention: Lenovo has no responsibility for the performance or safety of unauthorized batteries, and provides no warranties for failures or damage arising out of their use. Battery life (and recharge times) will vary based on many factors, including system settings and usage. The legion 5 doesn’t even try to be compact and portable by any means, either. The laptop weighs 2.4 kilos in this tested configuration with the 80Wh battery, and you must also consider the massive 300W charger included with this configuration, which weighs an extra 1.15 kilos. If you need a thin-and-light full-size laptop that would be easy to lug around every day to work and school, this is not it. Running Witcher 3 on Performance mode to represent typical gaming loads would cause the Nvidia GPU to stabilize at 1972 MHz, 134 W board power draw, and 76 C. If on Balanced mode, the GPU would instead stabilize at 1665 MHz, 95 W, and 70 C for a 10 percent performance deficit as detailed in our GPU Performance section above. Users must therefore enable Performance mode through the Vantage software if they want to exploit the GPU to its fullest. Unlike the 3050Ti variant we’ve already covered a few months ago, this 3060 is significantly more capable in games and GPU-intensive workloads, for roughly 200 EUR more over here in Europe.The colours are middling, too. The panel does display a decent 91.7% of the sRGB colour gamut and its Delta E of 2.39 is reasonable, but the temperature of 7809K is cool. Combine this with the low contrast figure and you’ve got a display that looks pallid. READ NEXT: The best cheap gaming laptops to buy Lenovo Legion 5 Advantage Edition review: Price and competition It’s not just about the GPU, however. This particular laptop also includes an AMD CPU – the Ryzen 7 5800H in the case of the review model or a Ryzen 5 5600H model – and the laptop is being marketed under the AMD’s “Advanced Edition” banner ( you can see exactly what this entails here). In a nutshell, this is a raft of system optimisations designed to get the best from laptops using AMD’s CPUs, GPUs and accompanying systems such as FideltyFX Super Resolution technology and FreeSync. 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 Balanced profile barely impacts the fan noise with combined loads, and the Quiet mode is the most usable option here, as it keeps the fans at around 43-44 dB with the laptop on the desk and around 40 dB with it pushed up, as the lower temperatures somehow allow for quieter fans in this case.
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