CES 2024 | Gen 9 Lenovo Legion 7i and 5i are official with understated looks and optional Core i9-14900HX

Lenovo has announced the Legion 7i and 5i Gen 9 laptops targeted towards gamers and STEM students. Aside from a few major differences like the port selection, battery capacity, and finishes, both machines are almost identical.

The Legion 7i and 5i Gen 9 can be configured with up to an Intel Core i9-14900HX Raptor Lake Refresh CPU. Users can pair the processor with up to an RTX 4070 laptop board, making the Legion 7i and 5i Gen 9 gaming and content creation powerhouses.

Keeping the internals cool is a brand new “Coldfront: Hyper” thermal design. According to Lenovo, the Coldfront: Hyper design keeps the hot exhaust air from mixing with the cold intake air. The result is that Lenovo Legion 7i and 5i Gen 9 can push max TDPs of 170 and 190 W respectively.

Display-wise, both the Legion 7i and 5i Gen 9 pack 16-inch 1600p IPS panels with 100% sRGB coverage, 500 nits of peak brightness, a 3ms response time, a 240 Hz refresh rate, and NVIDIA G-SYNC. On the Legion 7i, users also have the option of a 3.2K panel a 165 Hz refresh rate, 430 nits of brightness, 100% DCI-P3 coverage, and NVIDIA G-SYNC. All panels available for the Legion 7i and 5i Gen 9 support Dolby Vision and are Panton X-Rite validated.

Moving on to ports, the Legion 7i and 5i Gen 9 feature a healthy selection highlighted by Thunderbolt 4, USB Type-C with DisplayPort, USB Type-A, HDMI 2.1, and MicroSD card reader, to name a few.

Finally, the Legion 7i and 5i Gen 9 pack up to Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6E, respectively, alongside Bluetooth 5.1 in the entry-level models.

The Legion 7i is set to go on sale in March at a starting price of $2,099 while users will be able to purchase the Legion 5i Gen 9 in April for an entry-level price of $1,399.

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