Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 laptop review: A hefty US$1600 for the GeForce RTX 4060
The Legion Pro 5 16 IRX8 (or Legion Pro 5i 16 Gen 8) is the successor to the 2022 Legion Pro 5i 16 Gen 7. It introduces several changes including a chassis overhaul with 13th gen Intel Raptor Lake-H CPU and Nvidia Ada Lovelace GPU options to replace the older 12th gen Alder Lake-H and Ampere options, respectively. It's an upper midrange gaming model sitting in between the entry-level IdeaPad gaming series and the flagship Legion Pro 7 series.
Our specific test unit is a middle configuration with the Core i7-13700HX, GeForce RTX 4060, and 165 Hz IPS display for approximately $1400 to $1700 USD. Lower-end and higher-end SKUs are available with the Core i5-12500H, RTX 4050, RTX 4070, or 240 Hz IPS display instead, but all display options at the moment have G-Sync and a native resolution of 2560 x 1600.
Competitors to the Legion Pro 5 16 include other 16-inch gaming laptops like the Razer Blade 16, Asus ROG Zephyrus M16, Dell G16 7620, or Gigabyte Aero 16.
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Potential Competitors in Comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87.9 % v7 (old) | 05 / 2023 | Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU | 2.5 kg | 26.8 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
| 87.8 % v7 (old) | 02 / 2023 | Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.1 kg | 19.9 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
| 91.2 % v7 (old) | 02 / 2023 | Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU | 2.4 kg | 21.99 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
| 89.4 % v7 (old) | 02 / 2023 | Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU | 2.7 kg | 26 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
| 87.7 % v7 (old) | 10 / 2022 | Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti R7 6800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.6 kg | 26.6 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
| 89.3 % v7 (old) | 11 / 2022 | Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 R9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6800S | 2.2 kg | 16.9 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 |
Case — A Leaner Legion
Visually, the revised chassis has fewer accents and angles for a flatter and more professional look than last year's model especially along the rear. The two-tone gray and silver color scheme is gone in favor of a more uniform appearance. We prefer the new design as it leans towards minimalism while maintaining many of the distinctive Legion features.
Chassis rigidity is excellent on our unit with no audible creaking or terribly weak points. The base and lid exhibit more twisting than the stiffer Blade 16, but not enough to be of any huge concern.
The Legion Pro 5 16 is noticeably larger and heavier than many of its peers. The Aero 16, Blade 16, and Zephyrus M16 are all thinner and lighter than the Lenovo by up to 8 mm or 400 grams which is not insignificant. Though it's certainly nowhere near as bulky as many 17.3-inch gaming laptops, the Legion Pro 5 16 isn't exactly the most travel-friendly option in its 16-inch size class, either.
Connectivity — Lots Of Ports But No Thunderbolt
There is a healthy selection of ports with most of them positioned along the rear. In fact, the model shares the exact same ports and positioning as on the higher-end Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H even though both models are visually dissimilar.
Note that the model does not support Thunderbolt. It at least comes with an RJ-45 port unlike on the Blade 16.
The rear ports are labeled with icons visible from the top of the chassis as shown by the picture above. The icons make it easier to connect cables unlike on the rear ports of the Alienware m18, but they unfortunately do not light up.
Communication
An Intel AX211 comes standard for Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity. We experienced stable transfer rates and no issues when paired to our 6 GHz Asus AXE11000 network.
Webcam
The 1080p or 2 MP webcam has become standard on gaming laptops. On our Lenovo, however, automatic brightness adjustments would occur slower than usual resulting in a darker picture.
There is an electronic webcam shutter for privacy control but no IR sensor.
Maintenance
The bottom panel comes off easily with just a Philips screwdriver to reveal 2x M.2 2280 PCIe4 x4 bays, 2x SODIMM slots, and the removable WLAN module. Note that the bays and WLAN slot are covered by aluminum heat spreaders.
Accessories and Warranty
There are no extras in the box other than the AC adapter and paperwork. The usual one-year limited manufacturer applies if purchased in the US.
Input Devices — Comfortable And Spacious Keyboard
Keyboard
The keyboard offers 1.5 mm travel, 0.2 mm pitch, and 100 percent anti-ghosting for gaming purposes. The travel and feedback alone are already deeper and stronger, respectively, than the keyboards on the Razer Blade 16 or Asus Zephyrus M16 for a more satisfying typing experience than either competitor.
Certain features remain exclusive to the higher-end Legion 7 Pro series such the mechanical keyboard and per-key RGB lighting. The former is understandable, but we find it ridiculous that Lenovo doesn't offer the latter for our $1500+ configuration. Owners have to settle for quad-zone RGB lighting instead.
Touchpad
The clickpad (12 x 7.5 cm) is about the same size as the one on the Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 (11.5 x 8 cm). Gliding is smooth and responsive with just a bit of sticking at slower speeds for more accurate clicks. However, travel is very shallow when clicking and feedback isn't very strong. Nonetheless, the clickpad works reliably enough for simple tasks when a mouse isn't available.
Display — 165 Hz Minimum
There are two display options for the 2023 Legion Pro 5 16: 165 Hz and 240 Hz. Both support G-Sync, 2560 x 1600 native resolution, and full sRGB coverage while only the 240 Hz panel supports HDR400. The base 165 Hz option should be more than sufficient for the target midrange gamer. Image quality is excellent with surprisingly minimal graininess for a matte panel.
Backlight bleeding could certainly be improved upon. Our unit would exhibit a fair amount of light bleeding which we find to be borderline unacceptable on a gaming laptop of this price range.
Users interested in OLED or wider AdobeRGB colors will have to look beyond the midrange Legion Pro 5 series.
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Brightness Distribution: 87 %
Center on Battery: 405.7 cd/m²
Contrast: 1068:1 (Black: 0.38 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 1.65 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.91, calibrated: 0.53
ΔE Greyscale 1.2 | 0.5-98 Ø5.2
73.3% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
98.8% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
71.2% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.3
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 AU Optronics B160QAN03.1, IPS, 2560x1600, 16" | Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z BOE0A0B (BOE CQ NE160QDM-NY3), IPS, 2560x1600, 16" | Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 CSOT T3 MNG007DA4-1, IPS, 2560x1600, 16" | Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H MNG007DA2-3 (CSO1628), IPS, 2560x1600, 16" | Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti BOE CQ NE160QDM-NY1, IPS, 2560x1600, 16" | Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 BOE CQ NE160QDM-NY1, IPS, 2560x1600, 16" | |
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| Display | 14% | 20% | -2% | -4% | -2% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 71.2 | 92.8 30% | 98.5 38% | 69.1 -3% | 67.3 -5% | 69.8 -2% |
| sRGB Coverage | 98.8 | 98.5 0% | 100 1% | 99.7 1% | 96.1 -3% | 98.1 -1% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 73.3 | 83.1 13% | 89.7 22% | 71.2 -3% | 69.5 -5% | 71.9 -2% |
| Response Times | 26% | 20% | 29% | -4% | 4% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 14.5 ? | 7.6 ? 48% | 6.6 ? 54% | 12.3 ? 15% | 14.4 ? 1% | 10 ? 31% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 10.4 ? | 10 ? 4% | 12 ? -15% | 5.9 ? 43% | 11.2 ? -8% | 12.8 ? -23% |
| PWM Frequency | ||||||
| Screen | -62% | -29% | 15% | -22% | -8% | |
| Brightness middle | 405.7 | 497 23% | 456.8 13% | 511 26% | 522.8 29% | 492.4 21% |
| Brightness | 368 | 481 31% | 437 19% | 469 27% | 503 37% | 471 28% |
| Brightness Distribution | 87 | 82 -6% | 83 -5% | 86 -1% | 84 -3% | 90 3% |
| Black Level * | 0.38 | 0.21 45% | 0.35 8% | 0.4 -5% | 0.41 -8% | 0.4 -5% |
| Contrast | 1068 | 2367 122% | 1305 22% | 1278 20% | 1275 19% | 1231 15% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 1.65 | 3.53 -114% | 3.7 -124% | 0.95 42% | 2.47 -50% | 1.9 -15% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 4.2 | 6.15 -46% | 6.42 -53% | 2.07 51% | 6.56 -56% | 3.81 9% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 0.53 | 3.53 -566% | 0.66 -25% | 0.91 -72% | 0.61 -15% | 0.99 -87% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 1.2 | 1.74 -45% | 2.6 -117% | 0.6 50% | 3 -150% | 1.7 -42% |
| Gamma | 2.3 96% | 2.2 100% | 2.3 96% | 2.176 101% | 2.27 97% | 2.36 93% |
| CCT | 6453 101% | 6418 101% | 6108 106% | 6545 99% | 6719 97% | 6497 100% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -7% /
-33% | 4% /
-12% | 14% /
14% | -10% /
-16% | -2% /
-5% |
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The display comes well-calibrated out of the box with average grayscale and color deltaE values of just 1.2 and 1.65, respectively. Such values are low enough where an end-user calibration is not needed. Calibrating the panel anyway would improve color accuracy even further to <1 as shown by the screenshots below. If we are to nitpick, purple appears to be the represented the least accurately out of all the tested colors with its deltaE of 2.71.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10.4 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 5.7 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 4.7 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. » 25 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (20.9 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 14.5 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 7 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 7.5 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 0.165 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 25 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (32.8 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM not detected |  | ||
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 8705 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured. | |||
At 400 nits, the display is generally usable under shade. The 240 Hz panel option is slightly brighter if outdoor visibility is a concern. The displays on most 16-inch gaming machines are already brighter than on many midrange Ultrabooks where 300 nits is common.
Performance — 13th Gen Raptor Lake
Testing Conditions
We set our test unit to Performance mode with GPU Overclock active and Hybrid mode off prior to running the benchmarks below. All of these settings are thankfully easily accessible via the Lenovo Vantage home screen.
Note that while MUX is supported for switching between Optimus and discrete GPU mode only, a system reboot would always be required. Advanced Optimus is therefore not supported. G-Sync for the internal display only works when on dGPU mode.
Processor
Our Core i7-13700HX is only about 5 to 15 percent faster in multi-threaded loads than the older Core i7-12700H that it replaces. The advantages are measurable albeit relatively minor. Overall performance is comparable to last year's Core i9-12900H.
Performance sustainability is excellent with no notable dips over time when running CineBench R15 xT in a loop.
Upgrading to the Core i9-13900HX SKU is expected to increase multi-thread performance significantly by 50 to 70 percent over the Core i7-13700HX. If you value processor performance, then it may be worth skipping the Core i5-13500H and Core i7-13700HX options for the Core i9.
Cinebench R15 Multi Loop
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
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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 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (15397 - 21999, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (77807 - 109364, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (3412 - 5053, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (105112 - 114717, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (10407 - 13519, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (38311 - 53484, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (72510 - 182575, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (981 - 1451, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (8145 - 11837, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (20471 - 42415, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
System Performance
PCMark results are comparable to other Legion models like the 2022 Legion 5 Pro 16 despite the newer generational processors in our 2023 unit. This suggests that while the CPU and GPU may be faster this time around, they won't necessarily run day-to-day applications like office work or browsers noticeably faster than a gaming laptop from yesteryear.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
| PCMark 10 / Score | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (6909 - 7743, n=5) | |
| PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (9760 - 11313, n=5) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (9131 - 11018, n=5) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (9393 - 12434, n=5) | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| CrossMark / Overall | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (1663 - 2105, n=5) | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| CrossMark / Productivity | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (1618 - 1989, n=5) | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| CrossMark / Creativity | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (1710 - 2274, n=5) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (1269 - 1983, n=5) | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| PCMark 10 Score | 7691 points | |
Help | ||
| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (36504 - 63990, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (36510 - 69729, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (33598 - 85675, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average Intel Core i7-13700HX (81.9 - 97.9, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
* ... smaller is better
DPC Latency
LatencyMon reveals minor DPC issues when opening multiple browser tabs of our homepage even when on iGPU mode. 4K video playback at 60 FPS is otherwise perfect with no dropped frames recorded.
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion S7 16ARHA7 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
* ... smaller is better
Storage Devices — Up To Two PCIe4 x4 Drives
Our unit utilizes the same PCIe4 x4 512 GB SK Hynix drive as found on the Lenovo Legion S7 16. Performance is excellent with sequential read and write rates approaching 7200 MB/s and 5000 MB/s, respectively, rivaling the popular Samsung PM9A1. Even so, there's still room for improvement as transfer rates may periodically throttle to 6300 MB/s instead of maintaining a flat maximum of 7200 MB/s.
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Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
GPU Performance — GeForce RTX 4060
Graphics performance is 10 to 15 percent faster than the average laptop in our database with the same mobile GeForce RTX 4060 GPU. Thus, the Legion Pro 5 16 can be a good option for those who want to maximize graphics performance. The MSI Cyborg 15, for example, comes with the same GPU but it targets a much lower 45 W TGP for slower performance overall.
Last year's mobile RTX 3070 Ti is slightly faster than our mobile RTX 4060 by about 15 percent. Upgrading from an RTX 3060 laptop to our RTX 4060 will improve performance by about 20 to 25 percent which isn't bad for a midrange card. You'd have to play titles that support DLSS3 to better exploit the RTX 4060 as the feature is not available on GeForce 30 GPUs.
Upgrading to the RTX 4070 SKU will improve graphics performance by 15 to 20 percent over our RTX 4060. For RTX 4080 or RTX 4090 options, however, you'll have to consider the higher-end Legion 7 Pro series instead.
