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MagyarLG Gram 17 (2022) review: Light office laptop with a large display and great battery life
Low weight (1,350 g), excellent battery life and a matte 16:10 display are the highlights of the LG Gram 17 (2022). Our database doesn't contain any direct competitors. The existing 17-inchers are more bulky or heavier, and they usually have 16:9 displays. The wider competition includes devices like the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15, the Huawei MateBook D 16, the Honor MagicBook 16, and the Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6.
Possible contenders in comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87.3 % | 08/2022 | LG Gram 17 (2022) i5-1240P, Iris Xe G7 80EUs | 1.4 kg | 17.7 mm | 17.00" | 2560x1600 | |
| 87.3 % | 12/2021 | Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US i7-1165G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.1 kg | 11.7 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
| 83.6 % | 07/2022 | Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 i7-12700H, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.7 kg | 18.4 mm | 16.00" | 1920x1200 | |
| 82.2 % | 04/2022 | Honor MagicBook 16 2022 R5 5600H, Vega 7 | 1.8 kg | 18.2 mm | 16.10" | 1920x1080 | |
| 86 % | 08/2021 | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 i5-11300H, GeForce MX450 | 1.9 kg | 18.4 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 |
Case, connectivity, keyboard - No changes
The port configuration (including 2x Thunderbolt 4), keyboard (backlit) and the compact, lightweight magnesium case are the same as in the predecessor. The chassis should be more rigid. Opening the case is a hassle: Most of the screws that need to be loosened to remove the bottom cover are concealed by pads that are glued on (see pictures), and there are more screws behind the two round rubber feet (also glued). The keyboard (backlit), which is suitable for everyday use, wobbles a bit during typing, but its keys offer a thoroughly pleasant pressure point.
You can find more information on these topics in our review of the 2021 Gram 17.
| SD Card Reader | |
| average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (Toshiba Exceria Pro M501 microSDXC 64GB) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (AV Pro SD microSD 128 GB V60) | |
| Average of class Office (8 - 82.7, n=49, last 2 years) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
| maximum AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (Toshiba Exceria Pro M501 microSDXC 64GB) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (AV Pro SD microSD 128 GB V60) | |
| Average of class Office (25 - 90.5, n=43, last 2 years) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
Display - LG laptop with matte 16:10 panel
In contrast to the predecessor models with glossy surfaces, the 2022 Gram features a matte model. The brightness (352.9 cd/m²) and contrast (1,333:1) of the 17-inch display (2,560x1,600 pixels) in the 16:10 format meet their respective targets. The maximum brightness drops a bit on battery power. Good: PWM flickering was not detected.
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Brightness Distribution: 81 %
Center on Battery: 346 cd/m²
Contrast: 1333:1 (Black: 0.3 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 3.15 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5, calibrated: 1.44
ΔE Greyscale 4 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
85.9% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
99.9% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
98.1% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.14
| LG Gram 17 (2022) LG Philips LP170WQ1-SPF2, IPS, 2560x1600, 17.00 | Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US Samsung ATNA56YX02-0, AMOLED, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 BOE NV160WUM-NH0, IPS, 1920x1200, 16.00 | Honor MagicBook 16 2022 NV161FHM-NH0, IPS, 1920x1080, 16.10 | LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G IPS, 2560x1600, 17.00 | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 Lenovo LEN160WQXGA, IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | 2% | -19% | -17% | -3% | -13% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 98.1 | 87.6 -11% | 66.2 -33% | 68.4 -30% | 93 -5% | 74 -25% |
| sRGB Coverage | 99.9 | 100 0% | 96.4 -4% | 98.9 -1% | 98.8 -1% | 98.7 -1% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 85.9 | 99.3 16% | 68.3 -20% | 68.6 -20% | 83.9 -2% | 74.5 -13% |
| Response Times | 92% | 18% | 54% | -4% | 65% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 46 ? | 1.9 ? 96% | 30.5 ? 34% | 16.8 ? 63% | 47 ? -2% | 13 ? 72% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 19 ? | 2.2 ? 88% | 18.7 ? 2% | 10.4 ? 45% | 20 ? -5% | 8 ? 58% |
| PWM Frequency | 59 | |||||
| Screen | 6% | -3% | 2% | -7% | 9% | |
| Brightness middle | 400 | 296.8 -26% | 319 -20% | 342 -14% | 404 1% | 356 -11% |
| Brightness | 353 | 298 -16% | 317 -10% | 329 -7% | 323 -8% | 322 -9% |
| Brightness Distribution | 81 | 98 21% | 90 11% | 92 14% | 73 -10% | 80 -1% |
| Black Level * | 0.3 | 0.23 23% | 0.29 3% | 0.425 -42% | 0.27 10% | |
| Contrast | 1333 | 1387 4% | 1179 -12% | 951 -29% | 1319 -1% | |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 3.15 | 3.07 3% | 3.4 -8% | 3.2 -2% | 3.46 -10% | 2.4 24% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 6.54 | 5.29 19% | 8.1 -24% | 5.5 16% | 5.23 20% | 4.42 32% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 1.44 | 0.8 44% | 0.9 37% | |||
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 4 | 2.6 35% | 5.7 -43% | 4.5 -13% | 3.12 22% | 2.81 30% |
| Gamma | 2.14 103% | 2.26 97% | 2.1 105% | 2.22 99% | 2.46 89% | 2.4 92% |
| CCT | 7278 89% | 6904 94% | 7433 87% | 7610 85% | 7114 91% | 6294 103% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | 33% /
20% | -1% /
-3% | 13% /
6% | -5% /
-5% | 20% /
13% |
* ... smaller is better
The display shows a very decent color reproduction: With a value of 3.15, the deviation only just misses the target (Delta E < 3) - not perceptible to the viewer. Calibration ensures a more balanced grayscale and a reduction of the color deviation to 1.44. The display can almost completely reproduce the sRGB (99.9%) and DCI-P3 (98%) color spaces, and 86% of the AdobeRGB color space is reproduced.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 19 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 6 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 13 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 36 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (21.5 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 46 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 21 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 25 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.2 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 76 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (33.7 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM not detected | ≤ 100 % brightness setting |    | |
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 17900 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
The viewing-angle stable IPS panel is legible from any position. The screen content can be read outdoors when the sun isn't shining too brightly.
Performance - LG treats the 17Z90Q to an Alder Lake upgrade
A Core i5-1240P processor, 16 GB of RAM (LPDDR5-5200) and a 512 GB SSD equip the laptop for office and Internet use. Other configuration variants are available: For example, Gram models with a Core i7-1260P CPU are available.
Test conditions
The Gram's four cooling modes have an impact on cooling, noise and the CPU's Power Limits. The modes can be selected using the preinstalled LG Smart Assistant program. Our tests were performed under the "Normal" mode (= Standard mode).
| High | Normal | Low | Silent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Limit 1 | 28 W | 25 W | 12 W | 8 W |
| Power Limit 2 | 43 W | 43 W | 43 W | 43 W |
The following pictures show the LG Smart Assistant and LG Update & Recovery tools. These are the laptop's central configuration and backup/recovery programs that you should familiarize yourself with.
Processor
The Core i5-1240P processor (Alder Lake) is made up of four performance cores (Hyper-Threading, 1.7 to 4.4 GHz) and eight efficiency cores (no Hyper-Threading, 1.2 to 3.3 GHz). This results in a total of 16 logical CPU cores.
The Cinebench R15 benchmark's multithread test is briefly processed at medium clock speeds (P cores: 2.5 GHz, E cores: 2.2 GHz), after which the clock rate drops a bit (P cores: 2 GHz, E cores: 1.8 to 1.9 GHz). The single-thread test is executed at 3.3 to 4.4 GHz (P cores) and 2.1 to 3.3 GHz (E cores). The clock rates are significantly lower on battery power.
The clock rates drop within the first runs of the CB15 loop, and the base clock speeds are undercut at times. In other words: Turbo is hardly used or not used at all. When the "Normal" mode is active, clock rates fluctuate continuously. The "High" profile leads to more consistent performance development at a slightly higher level.
Cinebench R15 Multi endurance test
| CPU Performance Rating - Percent | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Average of class Office | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Cinebench R23 | |
| Multi Core | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (1056 - 15743, n=122, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (277 - 11556, n=20) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| Single Core | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (529 - 1995, n=121, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (640 - 1689, n=18) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| Cinebench R20 | |
| CPU (Multi Core) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (356 - 5904, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (763 - 4456, n=16) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| CPU (Single Core) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Average of class Office (181.3 - 764, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (251 - 653, n=16) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| Cinebench R15 | |
| CPU Multi 64Bit | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (Performance) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (Balanced) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (407 - 2007, n=19) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Average of class Office (160.8 - 2642, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| CPU Single 64Bit | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (82.6 - 284, n=118, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (91.8 - 243, n=18) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| Blender - v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Average of class Office (214 - 2844, n=121, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (285 - 1926, n=16) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 | |
| 7z b 4 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (4226 - 62349, n=121, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (7254 - 47002, n=16) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Average of class Office (2233 - 6687, n=121, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (2197 - 5320, n=16) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| Geekbench 5.5 | |
| Multi-Core | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (1763 - 10112, n=15) | |
| Average of class Office (1018 - 11980, n=122, last 2 years) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| Single-Core | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (672 - 1658, n=15) | |
| Average of class Office (510 - 1974, n=122, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - 4k Preset | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (1.55 - 17.4, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (1.99 - 12.9, n=16) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| LibreOffice - 20 Documents To PDF | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (46.4 - 120.5, n=16) | |
| Average of class Office (31.3 - 117.5, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| R Benchmark 2.5 - Overall mean | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (0.4987 - 1.236, n=16) | |
| Average of class Office (0.4244 - 1.397, n=119, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
* ... smaller is better
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
| Performance Rating | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 (v6.50.5800) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (v6.70.6000) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (v6.33.5700) | |
| Average of class Office (763 - 24250, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Hoch) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (2405 - 9694, n=16) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (v6.50.5800) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (v6.33.5700) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Lautlos) | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 (v6.50.5800) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (v6.70.6000) | |
| Average of class Office (4027 - 102228, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Hoch) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (v6.33.5700) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (7407 - 49934, n=16) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (v6.50.5800) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (v6.33.5700) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Lautlos) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (v6.70.6000) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 (v6.50.5800) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (v6.33.5700) | |
| Average of class Office (279 - 4442, n=119, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Hoch) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (415 - 2462, n=16) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (v6.50.5800) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (v6.33.5700) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Lautlos) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (v6.70.6000) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 (v6.50.5800) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (29405 - 76736, n=16) | |
| Average of class Office (8031 - 113016, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Hoch) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Lautlos) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (v6.33.5700) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (v6.33.5700) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (v6.50.5800) | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 (v6.50.5800) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (v6.70.6000) | |
| Average of class Office (404 - 14288, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (2135 - 6540, n=16) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Hoch) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (v6.33.5700) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (v6.50.5800) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (v6.33.5700) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Lautlos) | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 (v6.50.5800) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (v6.70.6000) | |
| Average of class Office (2054 - 54365, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (v6.33.5700) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Hoch) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (5113 - 23992, n=16) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (v6.50.5800) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (v6.33.5700) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Lautlos) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (v6.70.6000) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 (v6.50.5800) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (v6.33.5700) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (v6.33.5700) | |
| Average of class Office (5226 - 147611, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (8849 - 90370, n=16) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Hoch) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (v6.50.5800) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Lautlos) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (v6.70.6000) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 (v6.50.5800) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (101.6 - 812, n=16) | |
| Average of class Office (67.6 - 1018, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Hoch) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (v6.33.5700) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (v6.50.5800) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (v6.33.5700) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Lautlos) | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 (v6.50.5800) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (v6.70.6000) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (v6.33.5700) | |
| Average of class Office (432 - 12755, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Hoch) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (1154 - 5258, n=16) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (v6.50.5800) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (v6.33.5700) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Lautlos) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (v6.33.5700) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (v6.70.6000) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Hoch) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (v6.50.5800) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (11873 - 43661, n=16) | |
| Average of class Office (4814 - 48177, n=120, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (v6.33.5700) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 (v6.50.5800) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (v6.70.6000, Lautlos) | |
System performance
The fast and smooth system delivers enough performance for office and Internet applications. The PCMark results range from decent to good. The RAM's transfer rates are normal for LPDDR5-5200 memory (dual-channel mode, soldered, no memory banks).
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
| PCMark 10 / Score | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (2325 - 7157, n=105, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (4881 - 5345, n=11) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Average of class Office (5095 - 20841, n=105, last 2 years) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (8890 - 10652, n=11) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (3041 - 10198, n=105, last 2 years) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (6118 - 7058, n=11) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (1912 - 9056, n=105, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (5169 - 6213, n=11) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| CrossMark / Overall | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (1392 - 1553, n=7) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (348 - 1891, n=106, last 2 years) | |
| CrossMark / Productivity | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (1393 - 1524, n=7) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (393 - 1870, n=106, last 2 years) | |
| CrossMark / Creativity | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (1426 - 1647, n=7) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (340 - 1982, n=106, last 2 years) | |
| CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (1267 - 1545, n=7) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (258 - 2017, n=106, last 2 years) | |
| PCMark 8 Home Score Accelerated v2 | 4222 points | |
| PCMark 8 Creative Score Accelerated v2 | 4784 points | |
| PCMark 8 Work Score Accelerated v2 | 2967 points | |
| PCMark 10 Score | 5069 points | |
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| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (23312 - 70537, n=16) | |
| Average of class Office (7158 - 88119, n=121, last 2 years) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (18989 - 70553, n=16) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average of class Office (7325 - 87297, n=121, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (23454 - 62496, n=16) | |
| Average of class Office (7579 - 94965, n=121, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (85.1 - 188.3, n=11) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Average of class Office (44.3 - 188.3, n=122, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
* ... smaller is better
DPC latencies
Our standardized latency monitor test (web browsing, 4K video playback, high-load Prime95) showed issues. Although the laptop offers short latencies, there seems to be a driver problem, which would hinder real-time video and audio editing. Future software updates could lead to improvements or to worse performance as well.
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
* ... smaller is better
Storage
LG has equipped the Gram with a PCIe 4 SSD (M.2 2280) from Samsung that has a storage capacity of 512 GB. Its transfer rates are very good. Nevertheless, the results of the Diskspd loop suggest that speeds are throttled later on due to the temperature. The laptop can still accommodate a second SSD.
* ... smaller is better
Continuous load read: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
Graphics card
The built-in Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU GPU is only able to maintain its maximum clock rate (1,300 MHz) for a short time. Prolonged load leads to fluctuations in clock speeds, regardless of the cooling mode and settings - This is illustrated in our The Witcher 3 test. The "High" profile briefly causes a small increase in performance. In the optimum case, the benchmark results are slightly above the average that we've determined for this GPU so far.
| 3DMark Performance Rating - Percent | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Average of class Office | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G -2! | |
| Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) -1! | |
| 3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance GPU | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| Average of class Office (1474 - 13132, n=113, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (2246 - 6477, n=105) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| 3DMark | |
| 1280x720 Cloud Gate Standard Graphics | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Average of class Office (5681 - 58068, n=93, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (6361 - 30894, n=92) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| 1920x1080 Fire Strike Graphics | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Average of class Office (712 - 9228, n=114, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (1560 - 5305, n=107) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Lautlos) | |
| 2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Average of class Office (242 - 3242, n=110, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (561 - 1511, n=104) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| 3DMark 11 Performance | 4897 points | |
| 3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score | 18533 points | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Score | 3969 points | |
| 3DMark Time Spy Score | 1528 points | |
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Gaming performance
In general, the laptop can bring many games smoothly onto the screen. However, frame rates fluctuate considerably as a result of the GPU's clock rate's significant fluctuation - even when using low settings.
| The Witcher 3 - 1366x768 Medium Graphics & Postprocessing | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Average of class Office (7.82 - 106.3, n=96, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (21.8 - 56.9, n=100) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| X-Plane 11.11 - 1280x720 low (fps_test=1) | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Average of class Office (9.12 - 128.2, n=123, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (9.12 - 74.4, n=106) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark - 1280x720 Lite Quality | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (1.3) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (1.3) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (1.3) | |
| Average of class Office (5.42 - 103.1, n=115, last 2 years) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 (1.3) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (1.3, Hoch) | |
| Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (8.32 - 45.6, n=101) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (1.3) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (1.3) | |
| Strange Brigade - 1280x720 lowest AF:1 | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (1.47.22.14 D3D12) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (1.47.22.14 D3D12) | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US (1.47.22.14 D3D12) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 (1.47.22.14 D3D12) | |
| Average of class Office (16.3 - 175.7, n=109, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G (1.47.22.14 D3D12) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (1.47.22.14 D3D12, Hoch) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (1.47.22.14 D3D12) | |
| Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (22.7 - 98.7, n=78) | |
| F1 2021 - 1280x720 Ultra Low Preset | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 (800360) | |
| Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 (874931) | |
| Average of class Office (18.2 - 197.8, n=27, last 2 years) | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 (865624) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (874931, Hoch) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (874931) | |
| Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (15.6 - 102, n=18) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| Far Cry 5 - 1280x720 Low Preset AA:T | |
| Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) (Hoch) | |
| Average of class Office (19 - 95, n=48, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 17 (2022) | |
| LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G | |
| Honor MagicBook 16 2022 | |
| Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (14 - 63, n=48) | |
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | |
| GTA V (2015) | 89.6 | 76.1 | 17.9 | 7.27 | 4.87 |
| The Witcher 3 (2015) | 69.9 | 45.1 | 25.8 | 9.53 | |
| Dota 2 Reborn (2015) | 102.9 | 65.1 | 29.8 | 28.6 | |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018) | 25.9 | 15.2 | 10.4 | 7.53 | |
| X-Plane 11.11 (2018) | 40 | 25.9 | 25 | ||
| Far Cry 5 (2018) | 44 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 9 |
| Strange Brigade (2018) | 71.1 | 25 | 20.6 | 18.9 | 14.7 |
| F1 2021 (2021) | 73.1 | 31.4 | 26.4 | 18.3 | 12.3 |
Emissions - The slim 17-inch laptop can run silently
Noise emissions
In everyday use (office, Internet), the fan is often silent; it turns up a bit under load: During the stress test, a maximum sound pressure level of 37.2 dB(A) is reached - a perfectly acceptable value. Nonetheless: The laptop produces an audibly higher noise level than its predecessor. A fully silent operation can be achieved using "Silent" mode. All of this is at the heavy expense of processing power.
Noise Level
| Idle |
| 25.12 / 25.15 / 26 dB(A) |
| Load |
| 36.9 / 37.2 dB(A) |
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30 dB silent 40 dB(A) audible 50 dB(A) loud |
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min:  , med:  , max:  Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 25.1 dB(A) | ||
| LG Gram 17 (2022) Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1240P, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ | Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1165G7, Samsung PM991a MZ9LQ1T0HBLB-00BKN | Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-12700H, Silicon Motion PCIe-8 SSD | Honor MagicBook 16 2022 Vega 7, R5 5600H, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ | LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1135G7, Samsung SSD PM981a MZVLB512HBJQ | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 GeForce MX450, i5-11300H, Samsung SSD PM981a MZVLB512HBJQ | |
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| Noise | 4% | -5% | -6% | 7% | -2% | |
| off / environment * | 25.1 | 23 8% | 24.2 4% | 24.1 4% | 25 -0% | 25 -0% |
| Idle Minimum * | 25.12 | 23.2 8% | 24.2 4% | 24.1 4% | 25 -0% | 25 -0% |
| Idle Average * | 25.15 | 23.2 8% | 25.8 -3% | 24.1 4% | 25 1% | 25 1% |
| Idle Maximum * | 26 | 23.2 11% | 30.5 -17% | 29.2 -12% | 26 -0% | 25 4% |
| Load Average * | 36.9 | 35.8 3% | 39.8 -8% | 40.4 -9% | 27.7 25% | 44.5 -21% |
| Load Maximum * | 37.2 | 41.9 -13% | 39.8 -7% | 47 -26% | 30.5 18% | 36.5 2% |
| Witcher 3 ultra * | 41.9 | 39.8 | 40.4 |
* ... smaller is better
Temperature
The case temperatures remain within the green area in everyday use (office, Internet). Under load (stress test), the laptop heats up noticeably in certain areas, but only moderately overall. The CPU temperatures are no cause for concern.
(-) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 50 °C / 122 F, compared to the average of 34.2 °C / 94 F, ranging from 21.2 to 62.5 °C for the class Office.
(-) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 50 °C / 122 F, compared to the average of 36.7 °C / 98 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 29.5 °C / 85 F, compared to the device average of 29.5 °C / 85 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are cooler than skin temperature with a maximum of 31.4 °C / 88.5 F and are therefore cool to the touch.
(-) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 27.7 °C / 81.9 F (-3.7 °C / -6.6 F).
| LG Gram 17 (2022) Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US Intel Core i7-1165G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 Intel Core i7-12700H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | Honor MagicBook 16 2022 AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 | LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G Intel Core i5-1135G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 Intel Core i5-11300H, NVIDIA GeForce MX450 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | 23% | 10% | 19% | 16% | -1% | |
| Maximum Upper Side * | 50 | 37.2 26% | 41.8 16% | 41.6 17% | 43.6 13% | 65.3 -31% |
| Maximum Bottom * | 50 | 47 6% | 47.3 5% | 43.1 14% | 41.4 17% | 55.4 -11% |
| Idle Upper Side * | 31.5 | 22 30% | 28.3 10% | 25.4 19% | 26.4 16% | 25.4 19% |
| Idle Bottom * | 33.5 | 23.6 30% | 30.2 10% | 25.6 24% | 27 19% | 26.8 20% |
* ... smaller is better
Stress test
The CPU clock rate, which is already very low at the beginning of the stress test (Prime95 and FurMark run for at least an hour), continues to drop quite quickly. The latter also applies to the GPU clock rate. This behavior can be seen in the energy consumption chart (below). The stress test represents an extreme scenario. We use this test to verify that the system remains stable under full load.
Speakers
The stereo speakers deliver decent sound that is lacking in bass.
LG Gram 17 (2022) audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (88.1 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 22.3% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (12.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 1.9% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (5.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) | higher highs - on average 8.9% higher than median
(+) | highs are linear (5.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (21.6% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 49% of all tested devices in this class were better, 10% similar, 41% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 22%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 56% of all tested devices were better, 7% similar, 37% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US audio analysis
(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (81.4 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 22.6% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (12.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 3% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (4.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 3.1% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (3.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (15.9% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 34% of all tested devices in this class were better, 6% similar, 61% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 18%, worst was 45%
Compared to all devices tested
» 20% of all tested devices were better, 5% similar, 75% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Energy management - LG laptop delivers very good battery life
Energy consumption
There are no irregularities in terms of energy consumption. During the stress test, power consumption increases up to 65.9 watts, but this value drops quite quickly - just like in our The Witcher 3 test. The included USB-C power adapter (65 watts) has enough capacity.
| Off / Standby | 0.5 / 1.37 Watt |
| Idle | 4 / 12.2 / 13.2 Watt |
| Load |
34 / 65.9 Watt |
   
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| LG Gram 17 (2022) i5-1240P, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ, IPS, 2560x1600, 17.00 | Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US i7-1165G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Samsung PM991a MZ9LQ1T0HBLB-00BKN, AMOLED, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 i7-12700H, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Silicon Motion PCIe-8 SSD, IPS, 1920x1200, 16.00 | Honor MagicBook 16 2022 R5 5600H, Vega 7, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ, IPS, 1920x1080, 16.10 | LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, Samsung SSD PM981a MZVLB512HBJQ, IPS, 2560x1600, 17.00 | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 i5-11300H, GeForce MX450, Samsung SSD PM981a MZVLB512HBJQ, IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | Average of class Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Consumption | 13% | -30% | -6% | 12% | -36% | 12% | 11% | |
| Idle Minimum * | 4 | 3.8 5% | 6.1 -53% | 5.1 -28% | 4.9 -23% | 5 -25% | 4.46 ? -12% | 4.3 ? -8% |
| Idle Average * | 12.2 | 5.2 57% | 10.6 13% | 8.7 29% | 10.8 11% | 9 26% | 7.33 ? 40% | 7.35 ? 40% |
| Idle Maximum * | 13.2 | 10.9 17% | 11.5 13% | 9.2 30% | 14 -6% | 9.4 29% | 9.25 ? 30% | 9.15 ? 31% |
| Load Average * | 34 | 40.9 -20% | 65.5 -93% | 50.7 -49% | 26.4 22% | 71 -109% | 36.1 ? -6% | 41.1 ? -21% |
| Witcher 3 ultra * | 39.4 | 32.6 17% | 61.2 -55% | 45.9 -16% | 26.3 33% | 72.4 -84% | ||
| Load Maximum * | 65.9 | 63.7 3% | 68.4 -4% | 66.5 -1% | 42 36% | 99 -50% | 61.2 ? 7% | 58.1 ? 12% |
* ... smaller is better
Energy consumption during The Witcher 3 / stress test
Energy consumption with an external monitor
Battery life
The 17-inch laptop achieves runtimes of 11:09 hours and 14:04 hours in our Wi-Fi test (accessing websites via a script) and video test (short film Big Buck Bunny (H.264 encoding, Full HD) running in a loop), respectively. The laptop's power-saving features are disabled during both tests, and the display brightness is set to about 150 cd/m². In addition, the wireless modules are disabled for the video test.
The LG laptop delivers very good battery runtimes, but it remains behind the rates of its Tiger Lake predecessor, which has an identical battery.
| LG Gram 17 (2022) i5-1240P, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, 80 Wh | Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 NP950XDB-KC5US i7-1165G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 68 Wh | Huawei MateBook D 16 2022 i7-12700H, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 60 Wh | Honor MagicBook 16 2022 R5 5600H, Vega 7, 56 Wh | LG Gram 17Z90P-G.AA56G i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, 80 Wh | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16IHU6 i5-11300H, GeForce MX450, 75 Wh | Average of class Office | |
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| Battery Runtime | -7% | -37% | -46% | 7% | -32% | -19% | |
| Reader / Idle | 1692 | 2232 32% | 2014 19% | 1163 -31% | 1436 ? -15% | ||
| H.264 | 844 | 484 -43% | 625 -26% | 705 ? -16% | |||
| WiFi v1.3 | 669 | 603 -10% | 424 -37% | 491 -27% | 763 14% | 543 -19% | 594 ? -11% |
| Load | 179 | 100 -44% | 57 -68% | 155 -13% | 84 -53% | 117.7 ? -34% |
Pros
Cons
Verdict - A laptop that is both a step forward and a step backwards
The newest incarnation of the Gram 17 can be classified as a model update. LG uses the predecessor's compact, light magnesium case along with an identical port configuration (including 2x Thunderbolt 4) and keyboard. Changes can be found in the hardware.
With the Gram 17 (2022), LG offers a light (approx. 1,350 g), mobile work device - and finally with a matte display.
Alder Lake provides more (multithread) CPU performance with the Core i5-1240P, while the GPU performance remains on par with the predecessor. Short load peaks are met with a lot of processing power, while prolonged load leads to a reduction in clock speed - this applies to both the CPU and the iGPU. Therefore, buying a Gram model with the nominally more powerful Core-i7-1260P processor is unlikely to be worthwhile: With the same core count and distribution as the Core i5-1240P, the marginally higher clock rates will barely have an effect, or they might not even be taken advantage of at all. The same will probably be true for the somewhat faster iGPU.
The additional CPU cores as well as Alder Lake's higher energy consumption have side effects: The 2022 Gram generates more noise under load and delivers shorter battery life than its predecessor. Nonetheless, practical endurance values between 11 and 14 hours (7 hours at maximum display brightness) can still be described as excellent.
The matte display is a very welcome change. The predecessors only had displays with reflective surfaces. The 17-inch display (2,560x1,600 pixels) in the 16:10 format scores points in terms of brightness and contrast, and it covers the DCI-P3 color space almost completely. This is complemented by stable viewing angles and good color reproduction.
An alternative to the 2022 Gram would be the predecessor, which is still available. Less noise and better battery life are offset by less CPU power and a reflective display. Another alternative would be the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 - a 15.6-inch device. It undercuts the Gram's weight by a good 300 grams, but it offers less processing power and slightly shorter battery life.
Price and availability
At the time of writing, our review configuration of the LG Gram 17 (2022), which is equipped with a Core i5-1240P, 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD, can be found on Amazon for around $1,480.
LG Gram 17 (2022)
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08/13/2022 v7
Sascha Mölck
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