Lenovo’s latest Legion desktops and laptops packs the newest CPU and GPU hardware from Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA.
Last month, Lenovo preempted CES 2023 by unveiling an assortment of new IdeaPad and ThinkPad devices. However, these early announcements didn’t reveal Lenovo’s full lineup of new and updated offerings. Now that CES is here, Lenovo has even more new laptops, monitors, and PCs to show off. In this post, we’re going to take a look at the new products in the company’s Legion gaming series, but first we should mention that we’ve teamed up with Lenovo to offer HotHardware readers a change to win some tech gear in a CES 2023 giveaway. Before reading the rest of this post, go check out our announcement of the giveaway and enter to win one of four prize packs.
Lenovo actually has two variants of this AI chip, the LA1 and LA2-Q, and they serve as a distinguishing factor between the company’s Legion Pro 5/5i and Legion Pro 7/7i laptops. The Pro 5 and 5i feature the LA1, while the Legion Pro 7 and 7i bear the LA2-Q. The Pro 7 and 7i are slightly bigger and heavier to accommodate this presumably more potent chip, as well as a bigger battery to power it. The other major difference between the two comes down to buyers’ choice of processors.
In the case of the Intel-based models, the Pro 7i will be available with an
Lenovo indicates that the Legion Pro 7i will first be available sometime in March at a starting price of $1999.99. However, the Pro 7i’s AMD-based brother, the Pro 7, won’t be available in North America. That said, AMD-fans will be able to get their hands on the Pro 5. Lenovo expects both the Pro 5 and 5i to be available in April with starting price tags of $1459.99 and $1479.99, respectively. Now that you’re back from entering the giveaway, we’ll start with Lenovo’s unveiling of the Legion Pro laptops. The big news here is that these laptops feature new custom silicon in the form of the Lenovo LA AI chip. According to the company, this chip powers the Lenovo AI Engine+, which “deploys a software machine learning algorithm to optimally tune system performance.” Lenovo is targeting gamers with this hardware and software integration by monitoring in-game FPS through Lenovo Vantage and dynamically adjusting various system parameters to boost performance.Lenovo actually has two variants of this AI chip, the LA1 and LA2-Q, and they serve as a distinguishing factor between the company’s Legion Pro 5/5i and Legion Pro 7/7i laptops.
