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Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7 vs. M2 MacBook Air: Full specs comparison

The following is a comprehensive comparison of the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7 and M2 MacBook Air specifications, including details on CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7 Pros

Reasons that Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7 is better than M2 MacBook Air.

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7 supports a larger memory capacity than the M2 MacBook Air. It supports up to 32GB versus 24GB of system memory on the M2 MacBook Air.

Max system memory size

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7

32 GB

M2 MacBook Air

24 GB

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7 comes with two SODIMM slots that allow you to replace or upgrade when needed. On the flip side, you can't upgrade RAM on the M2 MacBook Air since it has onboard memory.

Memory	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
Slots	x2	Onboard
Type	DDR5	Unified

Configurable up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6 125W TGP vs. integrated

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7 comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that you can replace and upgrade in the future.

Slots	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
M.2	Yes x1	Onboard

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7 has a 16-inch screen size 17% larger than the 13.6-inch M2 MacBook Air.

Display size

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7

16-inch

M2 MacBook Air

13.6-inch

M2 MacBook Air Pros

Reasons that M2 MacBook Air is better than Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7.

M2 MacBook Air weighed 2.7 pounds, 51% lighter than the 5.49 pounds Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7.

Weight	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
Pound	5.49 lbs.	2.7 lbs.
Kilogram	2.49 kg	1.22 kg

Key Similars

Similar characteristics share between Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7 and M2 MacBook Air.

Both laptops has a similar multi-core CPU performance score.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7 - AMD Ryzen 9-6900HX

8,876

M2 MacBook Air - Apple M2 (8C, 10G)

8,819

M2 MacBook Air - Apple M2 (8C, 8G)

8,819

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7 - AMD Ryzen 7-6800H

8,548

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7 - AMD Ryzen 5-6600H

8,054

Prices

Here are the latest price updates and offers for both devices.

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in 6600H 6800H 6900HX Price
	Lenovo Legion Pro 5 Gen 8 AMD 16" Gaming Laptop (2023 Model) - Ryzen 7 7745HX 8C, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 8GB, 32GB RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe Gen 4 SSD, 16.0" IPS QHD+ 165Hz, Windows 11 Home, Onyx Grey By Lenovo $1,499.00 $1,600.00 6% OFF	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16" 165Hz QHD IPS NVIDIA G-SYNC 500 nits Gaming Laptop AMD Ryzen 7-5800H 16GB RAM 512GB SSD RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6 TGP 130W By Lenovo $1,199.99	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion Pro 5i 16" WQXGA (2560 x 1600) Gaming Laptop - i9-13900HX (24-Core) Processor-GeForce RTX 4060 (TGP 140W), Win 11 Home, w/Mouse Pad (32GB RAM \| 2TB PCIe SSD) By Lenovo $1,649.90	See at Amazon
M2 MacBook Air Price
	Apple 2022 MacBook Air Laptop with M2 chip: 13.6-inch Liquid Retina Display, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage, Backlit Keyboard, 1080p FaceTime HD Camera. Works with iPhone and iPad; Silver By Apple $849.00 $999.00 15% OFF	See at Amazon
	Apple 2022 MacBook Air M2 Chip (13-inch, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage) (QWERTY English) Midnight (Renewed Premium) By Apple $844.00	See at Amazon
	Apple 2023 MacBook Air Laptop with M2 chip: 15.3-inch Liquid Retina Display, 8GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD Storage, 1080p FaceTime HD Camera, Touch ID. Works with iPhone/iPad; Midnight By Apple $1,159.93 $1,299.00 11% OFF	See at Amazon

Availability	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
Released	2022	2022
Release Date	Announced on January 04, 2022. Available starting April 2022.	Announced on June 6, 2022 (WWDC 2022)
Pricing	Starting at $1,429.99	$1,199 M2 (8C, 8G) \| 8GB RAM \| 256GB SSD $1,499 M2 (8C, 10G) \| 8GB RAM \| 512GB SSD
Applicable Models	Lenovo Legion Pro 5 Pro 16” ARH7 Lenovo Legion Pro 5 Pro 16ARH7 Lenovo Legion Pro 5 Pro 16ARH7H Lenovo Legion Pro 5P 16ARH7 Lenovo Legion Pro 5P 16ARH7H 2022 Lenovo Legion Pro 5 Pro 16” ARH7 Lenovo Legion Pro 5 Pro 16” (Ryzen 6000 Series) Lenovo Legion Pro 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	MacBook Air (2022) 2022 MacBook Air MacBook Air with M2 chip
Generations	-	2022 M2 MacBook Air 2020 M1 MacBook Air 2020 Intel MacBook Air MacBook Air 13” 2019 MacBook Air 13” 2018 MacBook Air 13” 2017 MacBook Air 13” 2015 MacBook Air 13” 2014 MacBook Air 13” 2013

Exterior	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
Dimensions	14.17 x 10.33 x 0.78 ~ 1.04 inches (359.9 x 262.4 x 19.9 ~ 26.4 mm)	11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 in (304.1 x 215 x 11.3 mm)
Weight	Up to 5.49 lbs (2.49 kg)	Starting at 2.7 pounds (1.24 kg)
Colors	Storm Grey Glacier White	Midnight Starlight Space Gray Silver
Keyboard and Trackpad	Keyboard 6-rows with multimedia Fn keys. Numeric keypad. Swappable keycap. 1.5 mm key travel. 0.3 mm ditch. 100% anti-ghosting. White backlight Storm grey models. Blue backlight Glacier white models. Optional 4-Zone RGB backlight. Touchpad Buttonless Mylar® surface multi-touch touchpad	Backlit Magic Keyboard with: 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement Touch ID Ambient light sensor Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing, and Multi-Touch gestures

Display	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
Size	16 Inches	13.6 Inches
Info	16" FHD+ 165Hz 1920 x 1200, 165 Hz, 300 nits. 16" WQHD+ 165Hz 2560 x 1600, 165 Hz, 500 nits. 16" WQHD+ 165~240Hz VRR 2560 x 1600, 165 ~ 240 Hz Variable Refresh Rate, 500 nits. More 16:10 aspect ratio, 3ms response time, 100% sRGB, wide viewing angle, Anti-glare surface, IPS display type, Non-touch, VESA DisplayHDR™️ 400, Dolby® Vision™, NVIDIA® G-SYNC™, AMD FreeSync™ Premium, TÜV Rheinland Certified.	Liquid Retina display 13.6-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology. 2560-by-1664 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch with support for 1 billion colors 500 nits brightness Wide color (P3) True Tone technology

Ports	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
Left 2 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) and DisplayPort 1.4 only. Right 1 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x Headset jack 3.5mm 1 x E-camera shutter switch Rear 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) with Power Delivery up to 135W and DisplayPort 1.4. 2 x USB-A 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) with Always On. 1 x HDMI 2.1 1 x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet port. 1 x Power connector	Image Source: Apple Left (3) 2 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 4.0 (40 Gbps), Charging, DisplayPort 1 x MagSafe 3 Magnetic charging port Right (1) 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone

Internal Specs	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
Processor	AMD Ryzen™ 5 6600H 6 cores, 12 threads, 3.30 → 4.50 GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 16MB L3 Cache, 45W AMD Ryzen™ 7 6800H 8 cores, 16 threads, 3.20 → 4.70 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 16MB L3 Cache, 45W AMD Ryzen™ 9 6900HX 8 cores, 16 threads, 3.30 → 4.90 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 16MB L3 Cache, 45W	Apple M2 (8C, 8G) 8 cores, 8 threads, 2.42 → 3.48 GHz, Apple M2 (8C, 10G) 8 cores, 8 threads, 2.42 → 3.48 GHz,
Integrated Graphics	AMD Ryzen™ 5 6600H AMD Radeon™ 660M Graphics 6 Graphics Cores, 1900 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 7 6800H AMD Radeon™ 680M Graphics 12 Graphics Cores, 2200 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 9 6900HX AMD Radeon™ 680M Graphics 12 Graphics Cores, 2400 MHz	Apple M2 (8C, 8G) Apple M2 iGPU 8 GPU Cores, 16 Neural Engine Cores, Apple M2 (8C, 10G) Apple M2 iGPU 10 GPU Cores, 16 Neural Engine Cores,
Memory	8GB 16GB 24GB 32GB 4800 MHz DDR5 Memory 2 x SO-DIMM DDR5 Slots.	8GB 16GB 24GB unified memory.
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3050 Ti \| 4GB GDDR6 Up to 1695 MHz at 80W TGP, supports Advanced Optimus, Resizable BAR, Dynamic Boost 2.0, DirectX® 12. NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3060 \| 6GB GDDR6 Up to 1702 MHz at 115W TGP, supports Advanced Optimus, Resizable BAR, Dynamic Boost 2.0, DirectX® 12. NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3070 \| 8GB GDDR6 Up to 1620 MHz at 125W TGP, supports Advanced Optimus, Resizable BAR, Dynamic Boost 2.0, DirectX® 12. NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3070 Ti \| 8GB GDDR6 Up to 1485 MHz at 125W TGP, supports Advanced Optimus, Resizable BAR, Dynamic Boost 2.0, DirectX® 12.	-
Storage	512 GB 1TB 2TB M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 4 SSD	256GB 512GB SSD Configurable to 1TB or 2TB
Fans Number	-	-
Cooling Info	-	Passive

Connectivity	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
Wi-Fi	2x2 WiFi 5 (802.11 ac) M.2 card 2x2 WiFi 6 (802.11 ax) M.2 card 2x2 WiFi 6E (802.11 ax) M.2 card	802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 wireless networking IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.1	Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology

Battery	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
Size	80Wh Li-Polymer, supports Super Rapid Charge(charge up to 80% in 30min)	52.6 Wh lithium‑polymer battery
Battery Life	5 hours of batter life.	Up to 15 hours of wireless web Up to 18 hours of Apple TV app movie playback
Power Supply	230W 300W Slim tip (3-in) AC adapter.	30W USB‑C Power Adapter (included with M2 with 8-core GPU. 35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter included with M2 with 10-core GPU and 512GB storage, configurable with M2 with 8-core GPU.

Software	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
OS	Windows 11 Home Pro	Shipped with macOS Monterey
Built-in Apps	Lenovo Vantage Lenovo PC Manager McAfee LiveSafe™ Lenovo Antivirus Microsoft Office Trial Power2Go	Photos iMovie GarageBand Pages Numbers Keynote Siri Safari Mail FaceTime Messages Maps News Stocks Home Voice Memos Notes Calendar Contacts Reminders Photo Booth Preview Music Podcasts TV Books App Store Time Machine Find My QuickTime Player

Camera & Audio	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
Camera	Front-facing camera 720p HD fixed focus camera with E-camera shutter.	1080p FaceTime HD camera. Advanced image signal processor with computational video.
Audio	2 x 2W stereo speakers with Nahimic Audio Dual array microphone	Four-speaker sound system Wide stereo sound Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max Three-mic array with directional beamforming 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones

Misc	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
Sensors	-	Touch ID sensor Ambient light sensor
Security	Security Chip Firmware TPM 2.0 integrated in the chipset BIOS Security Supervisor password Power-on password Hard disk password Other Security E-Camera shutter	Touch ID sensor Apple T2 Security Chip
In the box	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16” AC adapter Internal Battery Quick Start Guide	MacBook Air 30W or 35W USB‑C Power Adapter USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m)
Warranty	1-year depot service 1-year depot with 2-year system board service 2-year (1-yr battery) depot service 3-year (1-yr battery) depot service	One-year limited warranty.
More	-	Video Support Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors and: One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz Thunderbolt 3 digital video output Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C VGA, HDMI, DVI, and Thunderbolt 2 output supported using adapters (sold separately)

Key Features	Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16in Gen 7	M2 MacBook Air
At Glance	Released in Early 2022 16:10 WQHD+ 16” 165~240Hz VRR Weight 5.49 lb 2.49 kg Up to AMD Ryzen 9-6900HX 8C/16T, 3.30 → 4.90 GHz Geekbench 5 1,500 Single Core Geekbench 5 8,876 Multi-Core With integrated AMD Radeon™ 680M Graphics 12 Graphics Cores, 2400 MHz Upgradable up to 32GB 4800 MHz DDR5 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6 125W TGP	Released in Mid 2022 16:10 QHD 13.6” 1664p 60Hz Weight 2.7 lb 1.22 kg Up to Apple M2 (8C, 10G) 8C/8T, 2.42 → 3.48 GHz Geekbench 5 1,933 Single Core Geekbench 5 8,819 Multi-Core With integrated Apple M2 iGPU 10 GPU Cores, 16 Neural Engine Cores Configurable up to 24GB Unified Memory Starting at $1,199 M2 (8 GPU), 8GB, 256GB SSD New MagSafe 3 Charging port Supports Fast Charging 50% in 30 mins with 65W charger New 1080p Webcam New Four Speakers Sound System Up to 18 Hours Battery Life Built-in Touch ID Dual USB-C USB4 & Thunderbolt 3 Wi-Fi 6 Bluetooth 5.0