Laptop comparison

[adyoyo]

What would you choose between these 2 configurations:

First one:
Lenovo Legion 5 17ITH6
Processor: i5-11400H, 10nm, 6 cores
Cache: 12288 KB
Memory: 16 GB DDR4 3200MHZ
Display: 17.3 inch, IPS, 144HZ, 300 nits
Storage: HDD 1TB 5400 RPM, SSD 256GB M.2 2242
Video card: RTX 3050 4GB GDDR6
Battery: 7.5h, 230W charger
Weight: 2.98 kg
Has a better build quality, all ports are in the back , dedicated for gaming.
Price: 810$

Second one:
Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3 15ACH6
Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600H, 7 nm, 6 cores
Cache: 16384 KB
Display: 15.6 inch, IPS, 165HZ, 300 nits
Memory: 16 GB DDR4 3200MHZ
Storage: SSD 512 GB 2280
Video card: RTX 3050 Ti 4GB GDDR6
Battery: 5h, 135W charger
Weight: 2.25 kg
Price: 830$

 

[Bomby569]

The first one, bigger screen, better gpu, bigger battery.

 

[adyoyo]

The first one, bigger screen, better gpu, bigger battery.

the first one has RTX 3050 which is worse than RTX 3050 ti

 

[FreedomEclipse]

if productivity was priority i would go with the first laptop, for gaming go with the second.

CPU wise the Intel is ever so slightly stronger but the gaming 3 has a slightly stronger graphics card over the Legion 5

From a serious gaming perspective. The 4GB memory buffer on both cards is a bit shitty and will hold both GPUs back. so you might find that you'll have to reduce in game video quality for better FPS anyway even if the 3050Ti is a pretty decent graphics card.

 

[bonehead123]

Neither one... Lenovo's QC has went downhill A LOT in the past 2-3 years, even though they may look somewhat similar to most other machines out there...

And in that price range, if you're a serious gammer, you will be seriously disappointed.... a 4GB GPU, even a "ti" model, will seriously limit performance, and resolution too if you plan to connect it to a larger, higher-res monitor(s)...

 

[adyoyo]

i bought legion laptop but ram sticks are locked to 2667 mhz instead of 3200mhz and i dont know why is this. Anyone has an explanation ?

 

[bonehead123]

i bought legion laptop but ram sticks are locked to 2667 mhz instead of 3200mhz and i dont know why is this. Anyone has an explanation ?

1) You got screwed by Lenovo, who cheapied out & gave you less than what was listed in the spec sheet, for which I would be initiating an immediate rma....or a properly equipped machine that is as advertised...

2) You may need to (if not already tried) to enable XMP 2.0 in the bios. This should have been done at the factory/by default, but that's what happens when you have 15 year olds/slave laborers building your machines for 18 hrs/day @$50/month

3) The ram may be running in single channel mode, which you could also fix in the bios, but again, should have been set to dual channel by default.

 

[mstenholm]

He has a thread on the memory problem all ready. This RAM doesn’t have a XMP profile….

 

[Nike_486DX]

First one, the power supply is beefier, the battery is better, and the cooling in legions is usually better than in ideapads (so less throttling and better perf). The only thing is the 3050ti, but with only 4gigs i dont think thats gonna matter anyways.

 

[mstenholm]

First one, the power supply is beefier, the battery is better, and the cooling in legions is usually better than in ideapads (so less throttling and better perf). The only thing is the 3050ti, but with only 4gigs i dont think thats gonna matter anyways.

He HAS bought one of the as he wrote a couple of posts above……

 

[ZipStout]

With laptops my priority now would always be DPC latency. A couple of years ago I bought a Lenovo Legion with a then up-to-date 1060 gpu. Gaming performance was ok but simple things like video playback failed (stutter). Anything that required real-time performance, e.g. streaming, audio production etc., was unusable.
The next thing I would consider is the possibility of using external battery packs. Battery performance of laptops usually isn't that great. If you get 3-4 hours it's probably better than average but on the road not good enough (why a laptop if we can't use it in battery mode?). That would mean (at least non-gaming) power draw has to be below 100W.

 

[FlyingHopes]

230 W adaptor and RTX 3050, I see... When RTX 3050's max power is 80 W, why did choose this brick? It should be maybe at least 150 W or 180 W.

 

[micropage7]

what you need? gaming only? portable machine, content creator or something
if you gaming just take the bigger screen and the better graphic card
but if you want something that portable you need to deal with some

 

[FlyingHopes]

What would you choose between these 2 configurations:

First one:
Lenovo Legion 5 17ITH6
Processor: i5-11400H, 10nm, 6 cores
Cache: 12288 KB
Memory: 16 GB DDR4 3200MHZ
Display: 17.3 inch, IPS, 144HZ, 300 nits
Storage: HDD 1TB 5400 RPM, SSD 256GB M.2 2242
Video card: RTX 3050 4GB GDDR6
Battery: 7.5h, 230W charger
Weight: 2.98 kg
Has a better build quality, all ports are in the back , dedicated for gaming.
Price: 810$

Second one:
Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3 15ACH6
Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600H, 7 nm, 6 cores
Cache: 16384 KB
Display: 15.6 inch, IPS, 165HZ, 300 nits
Memory: 16 GB DDR4 3200MHZ
Storage: SSD 512 GB 2280
Video card: RTX 3050 Ti 4GB GDDR6
Battery: 5h, 135W charger
Weight: 2.25 kg
Price: 830$

I think you should buy second one, it's worth 20$, it's definitely good. More powerful and efficient.