CES 2023 | Office-friendly Lenovo Legion Pro 7i and Legion Pro 5i gaming laptops land with up to a Core i9-13900HX and an RTX 4090

Lenovo Legion laptops are some of the most popular gaming notebooks on the market. One reason why they are so popular is their understated design that doesn’t feel out of place in a professional setting. Continuing this trend of office-friendly gaming devices, Lenovo has now revealed the Legion Pro 7i and Pro 5i at CES 2023.

The Legion Pro 7i and the Pro 5i are based around Intel’s 13^th gen Raptor Lake CPUs and Nvidia RTX 40 boards. The entry-level configuration of the Legion Pro 5i features a Core i7-13500HX with high-end SKUs going up to a Core i9-13900HX. Except for the Core i7-13500HX, the Legion Pro 7i shares the same CPU options as the Pro 5i. On the GPU side, the Legion Pro 5i can be equipped with an entry-level RTX 3050 or the latest RTX 4050/RTX 4060/RTX 4070 graphics. The base model Legion Pro 7i rocks an RTX 4070 and goes all the way up to the flagship RTX 4090.

The Legion Pro 7i and the Pro 5i also share RAM and storage options, as both notebooks pack up to 32 GB of DDR5 memory with up to 2 TB of PCIe Gen 4 storage. The only difference between the two machines is that the memory on the Legion Pro 7i has been clocked to 6000 MHz while the Legion Pro 5i sticks to 5600 MHz.

Moving on to the display, all configs of the Legion Pro 7i come with a 16-inch, 16:10 WQXGA (2560x1600) IPS panel with a 240 Hz refresh rate, and a 3 ms response time. The screen also covers 100% of the sRGB gamut, supports Nvidia G-SYNC, and is VESA DisplayHDR 400 certified with a peak brightness of 500 nits. The Legion Pro 5i has another 16-inch display on offer but with a reduced 165 Hz refresh rate and 300 nits peak brightness.

The port situation on both the Legion Pro 7i and the Pro 5i is identical save for a Thunderbolt 4 port on the high-end Legion Pro 7i models. The rest of the I/O which is shared by the notebooks includes (on the left side) one Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 port with DisplayPort 1.4, and one USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A port. The right side is populated by one 3.5 mm combo jack, one USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, and an E-shutter button to block the webcam. The back of the devices features a DC-in for power, one USB 3.2 Gen 2 with DisplayPort 1.4 and 140 W PowerDelivery, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, a single HDMI 2.1, and one ethernet port.

Finally, Lenovo advertises up to 8 hours of battery life for the Legion Pro 7i and the Pro 5i with 99.99 Wh and 80 Wh capacities respectively. The company claims that you can charge both machines to 80% in 30 and to 100% in 60 minutes.

The Lenovo Legion Pro 5i and the Legion Pro 7i will be available in March at starting prices of US$1,699 and US$2,799 respectively.

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