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Lenovo Legion 5i 17” vs. 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3): Full specs comparison

We have comprehensively compared the specifications for the Lenovo Legion 5i 17” and 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) models. The report includes detailed information regarding both models' CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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Lenovo Legion 5i 17” Pros

Reasons that Lenovo Legion 5i 17” is better than 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3).

2020 vs. 2018

Intel Core i7-10875H inside Lenovo Legion 5i 17” has a 75% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-8559U inside 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3).

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

Lenovo Legion 5i 17” - Intel Core i7-10875H

6,874

Lenovo Legion 5i 17” - Intel Core i7-10750H

5,412

2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) - Intel Core i7-8559U

3,906

Lenovo Legion 5i 17” - Intel Core i5-10300H

3,747

2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) - Intel Core i5-8259U

3,715

Lenovo Legion 5i 17” supports a larger memory capacity than the 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3). It supports up to 32GB versus 16GB of system memory on the 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3).

Max system memory size

Lenovo Legion 5i 17”

32 GB

2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)

16 GB

Lenovo Legion 5i 17” supports a faster memory speed than the 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3). It supports up to 2933 MHz versus 2133MHz of system memory on the 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3).

Memory type and speed

Lenovo Legion 5i 17” - DDR4

2,933 MHz

2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) - LPDDR3

2,133 MHz

Lenovo Legion 5i 17” 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 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) since it has onboard memory.

Memory	Lenovo Legion 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
Slots	x2	Onboard
Type	DDR4	LPDDR3

Configurable up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6 vs. integrated

Lenovo Legion 5i 17” comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that you can replace and upgrade in the future. On top of that, it also has a single SATA slot that users can use to install a 2.5-inch SATA SSD, SSHD, or a hard disk drive to add even more storage.

Slots	Lenovo Legion 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
M.2	Yes x1	Onboard

Lenovo Legion 5i 17” has a 17.3-inch screen size 30% larger than the 13.3-inch 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3).

Display size

Lenovo Legion 5i 17”

17.3-inch

2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)

13.3-inch

2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) Pros

Reasons that 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) is better than Lenovo Legion 5i 17”.

The 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) weighed 3.02 pounds, 46% lighter than the 5.5 pounds Lenovo Legion 5i 17”.

Weight	Lenovo Legion 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
Pound	5.5 lbs.	3.02 lbs.
Kilogram	2.49 kg	1.37 kg

Prices

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

Lenovo Legion 5i 17” Price
	Lenovo - Legion 5i - Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i7-11800H - 8GB DDR4 RAM - 1TB NVMe TLC SSD - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Graphics - 17.3" FHD 144Hz - Windows 11 Home - Phantom Blue By Lenovo $1,545.89	See at Amazon
	Lenovo 2023 Legion 5i 17.3" 144Hz FHD IPS Gaming Laptop 8-Core Intel i7-11800H 32GB RAM 1TB NVMe SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050Ti 4GB GDDR6 HDMI Thunderbolt4 WiFi AX RJ45 Backlit Windows 11 Pro w/RE USB By Lenovo $2,019.99	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion Tower 5 Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 7 5700G(Up to 4.6GHz), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, 64GB RAM DDR4-3200MHz, 1TB PCIe SSD + 2TB HDD, Ethernet, WiFi 6, Bluetooth, Win 11 Home By Lenovo $1,179.00	See at Amazon
2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) Price
	Apple 2024 MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop with M3 chip: 13.6-inch Liquid Retina Display, 16GB Unified Memory, 512GB SSD Storage, Backlit Keyboard, 1080p FaceTime HD Camera, Touch ID; Midnight By Apple $1,399.00 $1,499.00 7% OFF	See at Amazon
	2018 Apple MacBook Pro with 2.3GHz Intel Core i5 (13-inch, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD Storage) (QWERTY English) Space Gray (Renewed) By Apple $417.00 $455.00 8% OFF	See at Amazon
	Apple 13in MacBook Pro, Retina, Touch Bar, 3.1GHz Intel Core i5 Dual Core, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Space Gray, MPXV2LL/A (Renewed) By Apple $399.00 $439.95 9% OFF	See at Amazon

Availability	Lenovo Legion 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
Released	2020	2018
Release Date	Announced in April 2020	Announced on July 13th, 2018
Pricing	Starting at $1,099.99	$1,799 - Intel Core i5 \| 8GB RAM \| 256GB SSD $1,999 - Intel Core i5 \| 8GB RAM \| 512GB SSD
Applicable Models	-	2018 MacBook Pro 13 2018 MacBook Pro 13 with Four Thunderbolt 3 pors 2018 MacBook Pro 13 with Touch Bar 2018 MacBook Pro 13 with Touch ID
Generations	-	2022 M2 MacBook Pro 13” 2020 M1 MacBook Pro 13” 2020 MacBook Pro 13 (2TB3) 2020 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) 2019 MacBook Pro 13 (2TB3) 2019 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) 2017 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) 2017 MacBook Pro 13 (2TB3) 2016 MacBook Pro 13 (2TB3) 2016 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) 2015 MacBook Pro 13 Retina

Exterior	Lenovo Legion 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
Size Comparison	Lenovo Legion 5i 17”2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
Dimensions	15.84" x 11.41" x 1.05" / 398.6mm x 290mm x 24.3-26.6mm	11.97” x 8.36” x 0.59” (304.1 mm x 212.4 mm x 14.9 mm)
Weight	Starting at 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)	Starting at 3.02 pounds (1.37 kg)
Colors	Phantom Black	Space Gray Silver
Keyboard and Trackpad	Keyboard Backlit full-size with the white backlit keyboard. Touchpad Precision Touchpad. Supports multi-touch gesture.	Backlit Magic Keyboard with: 64 (U.S.) or 65 (ISO) keys including 4 arrow keys Touch Bar with integrated Touch ID sensor 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 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
Size	17.3 Inches	13.3 Inches
Info	17.3" FHD 60Hz 1920 x 1080, IPS, 60 Hz, 72% NTSC, 300 nits. 17.3" FHD 144Hz 1920 x 1080, IPS, 144 Hz, 72% NTSC, 300 nits, Dolby Vision™ Enabled.	Retina display Retina display 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2560-by-1600 native resolution at 227 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors Supported scaled resolutions: 1680 by 1050 1440 by 900 1024 by 640 500 nits brightness Wide color (P3) True Tone technology

Ports	Lenovo Legion 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C (with DisplayPort) 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A (always on) 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A 1 x HDMI™ 2.0 1 x RJ45 Ethernet 1 x SD Card Reader 1 x Kensington MiniSaver Lock slot 1 x 3.5mm microphone/headphone combo 1 x Power input 1 x NOVO hole	Image Source: Apple Left (2) Image Source: Apple 2 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Charging, Displayport Right (3) Image Source: Apple 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone 2 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Charging, Displayport

Internal Specs	Lenovo Legion 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
Processor	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10300H 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.50 → 4.50 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 45W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10750H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 5.00 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 5.10 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8259U 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.30 → 3.80 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 28W 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8559U 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.70 → 4.50 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 28W
Integrated Graphics	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10300H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8259U Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 655 48 Execution Units with 128 MB eDRAM, 300 → 1050 MHz 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8559U Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 655 48 Execution Units with 128 MB eDRAM, 300 → 1200 MHz
Memory	Memory Slots 2 x DDR4 SODIMM Memory Configurations Minimum Memory: 8GB Maximum Memory: 32GB Memory Speed: 2933MHz	8GB configurable to 16GB of 2133MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 (4GB GDDR5) NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 Ti (4GB GDDR6) NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti (6GB GDDR6) NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 (6GB GDDR6)	-
Storage	Storage Slots 1 x M.2 2230/2280 PCIe SSD slot 1 x 2.5 inches hard drive slot Storage Configurations 128 GB/256 GB/512 GB/1 TB PCIe NVMe SSD 1 TB/2 TB HDD	256GB 512GB configurable to 1TB or 2TB SSD

Connectivity	Lenovo Legion 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
Wi-Fi	WiFi 6 802.11AX (2 x 2) Up to 2400 Mbps, WiFi 802.11 b/g/a/n/ac/ax.	802.11ac Wi‑Fi wireless networking IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0	Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology
Ethernet	Gigabit LAN Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.	-

Battery	Lenovo Legion 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
Size	80 Wh (4 Cell polymer)	58.0 Wh lithium‑polymer battery
Battery Life	Up to 7.7 hours	Up to 10 hours wireless web Up to 10 hours Apple TV app movie playback Up to 30 days of standby time
Power Supply	170W AC power adapter Lenovo proprietary charging port. 230W AC power adapter Lenovo proprietary charging port.	61W USB‑C Power Adapter

Software	Lenovo Legion 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
OS	Windows 10 Home 64-bit Windows 10 Pro 64-bit	Shipped with macOS Mojave
Built-in Apps	Lenovo Vantage Lenovo PC Manager McAfee LiveSafe™ Lenovo Antivirus Microsoft Office Trial5 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 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
Camera	Front-facing camera Top-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps.	720p FaceTime HD camera
Audio	2 x 2W Harman Kardon® Speaker System with Chamber Dolby Atmos® Headphone Support Dual-array microphones	Stereo speakers with high dynamic range Three microphones 3.5mm headphone jack

Misc	Lenovo Legion 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
Sensors	-	Touch ID sensor
Security	Chassis Kensington® Wedge security lock	Touch ID sensor Apple T2 Chip
In the box	Legion 5i 17" AC Adapter 80Wh Internal Battery Quick start guide	13‑inch MacBook Pro 61W USB‑C Power Adapter USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)
Warranty	One Year Legion Ultimate Support	Your MacBook Pro comes with 90 days of complimentary technical support and a one‑year limited warranty. Purchase AppleCare+ for Mac to extend your coverage to three years from your AppleCare+ purchase date and add up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage, each subject to a service fee of $99 for screen damage or external enclosure damage, or $299 for other repairable damage, plus applicable tax.
More	-	Video Support Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors and: One display with 5120-by-2880 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors Up to two displays with 4096-by-2304 resolution at 60Hz at millions of colors Up to two displays with 3840-by-2160 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors 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 5i 17”	2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3)
At Glance	Released in Early 2020 16:9 FHD 17.3” 1080p 144Hz Weight 5.5 lb 2.49 kg Up to Intel Core i7-10875H 8C/16T, 2.30 → 5.10 GHz Geekbench 5 1,192 Single Core Geekbench 5 6,874 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz Upgradable up to 32GB 2933 MHz DDR4 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6	Released in Mid 2018 16:10 WQXGA 13.3” 1600p 60Hz Weight 3.02 lb 1.37 kg Up to Intel Core i7-8559U 4C/8T, 2.70 → 4.50 GHz Geekbench 5 1,008 Single Core Geekbench 5 3,906 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 655 48 Execution Units with 128 MB eDRAM, 300 → 1200 MHz Configurable up to 16GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3