Lenovo"s Legion 5 is almost identical to the Legion 5i that I reviewed over the summer. In fact, Lenovo didn"t even send over a new reviewer"s guide because there"s one key difference: it has AMD"s Ryzen 4000 H-series processors. The 45W chip inside of the one that Lenovo sent me is the Ryzen 7 4800H.
The Ryzen 7 4800H is an octa-core processor with 16 threads, and as mentioned above, a 45W TDP. It has a base clock speed of 2.9GHz and a max boost clock of 4.2GHz. It"s built on AMD"s Zen 2 architecture, so it"s on a 7nm process.
As far as graphics, this machine has an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti. Gone are the days of always seeing AMD Radeon graphics in AMD-powered gaming PCs. Here"s the problem though. Like HP did with its OMEN 15, Lenovo gave the AMD version of its product only lower-end SKUs. The Legion 5 is offered with a GTX 1650 or GTX 1650 Ti, while the Intel-powered Legion 5i is offered with a GTX 1660 Ti or an RTX 2060.
Check out the unboxing video below:
Update: While the AMD models are only available with a GTX 1650 or 1650 Ti on Lenovo"s website, some users have spotted a configuration with a GTX 1660 Ti on Amazon.